Cocktails in the City: Community Spirit Edition, Bedford Square Gardens

Fancy sipping the concoctions served at 30 of London's best bars? Without having to travel across the city to try them? Of course you do. Cocktails in the City is making a tentative return to the capital from 11 – 12 September, with many of London's most innovative bars (in pop-up form), arriving to offer a weekend of alfresco drinking and show-stopping cocktails. The theme is a fitting one: community spirit. As such, expect live music from sultry late night bars The Piano Works and Nightjar, tasting sessions and cocktail-making demonstrations as well as a chance to sip you own. And, all profits made from the event are going to charity.

Meet the bartenders at the top of their game and look on as experienced mixologists muddle together ingredients to create liquid delights, all against the beautiful backdrop of Bedford Square Gardens. One of the most vibrant cocktail events in the calendar, Cocktails in the City offers a 'whirlwind tour of cocktail exploration'. Pop-up bars to make a beeline for include Callooh Callay, 68 & Boston, Heads + Tails, Cahoots, The Hide Bar and Mr Fogg’s.

And if all this cocktail sampling leaves you peckish, there's promise of street food to keep you well fuelled. Previous iterations of the event have seen Lost Boys Pizza bring their Instagram-ready black dough pizzas to Bedford Square Gardens, along with gyoza experts Rainbo and Indian-meets-hotdog kings Rock a Dolla.

Entry tickets include a complimentary cocktail of your choice upon arrival. All profits go to charity.