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Save the date for 2026 Sydney Bar Week!

12 – 16th September 2026

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  • Online Australian Bartender today: Melbourne’s Beverly bar manager, Rico Deang, has worked all over the world before taking up his role at one of Melbourne’s favourite rooftop venues.
  • Spirits Academy has stepped forward as a driving force behind this year’s Bartender of the Year and the Top 100 Most Influential, reinforcing its position at the centre of education, advocacy, and community within the Australian hospitality industry. In a landscape where attention is earned, not given, this partnership is not just about presence. It is about purpose.
  • Online Australian Bartender today: Jordan Taskovski breaks down Lexy’s zero waste cocktail menu. @lexymelbourne
  • Online Australian Bartender today: On 2 April, Linla Sydney hosts its first-ever bartender collaboration, teaming up with Penicillin Hong Kong – a bar that’s spent the past few years quietly rewriting the rules on what a “sustainable cocktail” looks like. (Image: Co-Founder Agung Prabowo) @linla_syd @penicillin_bar
  • Online Australian Bartender today: Manchester-born bartender, Holly Grimshaw, didn’t set out with a grand hospitality masterplan – but once bars got under her skin, there was no shaking them. Now based in Sydney, Grimshaw has spent the past 2.5 years behind the bar at Maybe Sammy, carving out a career defined by commitment, curiosity, and a deep belief in team culture.
  • The March issue of Australian Bartender is out now, landing as the industry powers through a busy first quarter marked by international awards, competition season kicking off and big brand activations across the country.
  • Online today: In the backstreets of Collingwood, neighbourhood pub Molly Rose Brewing is resetting the tone of the venue it first opened with a simple goal: make it feel like a local again.
  • Online Australian Bartender today: South Yarra rooftop bar – Beverly, is leaning into the city’s after-work crowd with a new weekday activation – Golden Hour, running from 4pm to 6pm, Monday to Friday, between 16 March and 30 June.

For more information on how to get involved with 2026 Sydney Bar Week please contact Harry Kooros HarryKooros@yaffa.com.au

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