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Victoria Film Festival fundraiser spotlights creativity blending spirits and other ingredients
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Bartenders and other spirits experts will create unique and flavourful concoctions at the annual Art of the Cocktail event at Crystal Garden. The event is a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival. Photo contributed

If youB次元官网网址檙e a bit adventurous, enjoy a rousing social outing and have a desire for supporting independent film, Art of the Cocktail has all the bases covered.

This yearB次元官网网址檚 10th annual Victoria Film Festival fundraiser, set for Oct. 13, presents the latest in cocktail creations, made by talented mixologists, distillery staff and restaurant bartenders, all to help the festival continue to screen quality independent movies.

Festival director Kathy Kay remembers the evolution of the event:

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Try something new at the Art of the Cocktail event at Crystal Garden. Photo contributed

While nailing down the exhibitors continues to be a little stressful, she admits, thereB次元官网网址檚 few worries about whether the event will sell well.

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With an eye to that fact, the evening features a best-dressed competition, which should be even more interesting this time around with an Old Hollywood theme enveloping the Crystal Garden. The winner receives four tickets to the opening gala of next FebruaryB次元官网网址檚 25th Victoria Film Festival.

On the vendors side, Ryan Malcolm is an experienced bartender who will be back representing Sooke-based Sheringham Distilleries at the event. He likes how it connects professionals who enjoy creating imaginative new drinks with people keen to try concoctions that can be out of this world.

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Looking at the trends, he says many bartenders are taking advantage of natural elements around them B次元官网网址 think the 100 Mile Diet B次元官网网址 to make their cocktails unique and bursting with new flavours.

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Beside providing attendees a chance to try multiple different options and vote on their favourites, two Cocktails Up Close workshops will teach people how to best utilize bar tools in creating cocktails (Kyle Guilfoyle and Nathan Caudle from The Nimble Bar Co.), and how to get the most out of your cocktail creations (Gez McAlpine from VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Keefer Bar).

Tickets, $65, are available at or at the Victoria Film Festival office, 1215 Blanshard St., Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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