September 17, 2025

We’re very pleased to announce that the 2026 program for the 20th Victoria Whisky Festival will be posted to this website the second or third week of October 2025. The Victoria Whisky Festival will run through Thursday the 15^th, Friday the 16^th, Saturday the 17^th and Sunday the 18^th of January 2026 at the 5-star Hotel Grand Pacific located on Victoria’s beautiful Inner Harbour.

For our 20^th Festival we will continue to sell tickets on two days; Friday 21^st of November 2025 for out of town attendees. They may telephone the Hotel Grand Pacific to purchase their tickets in conjunction with a hotel room reservation.

All Festival tickets will be bundled into packages and strictly limited to two packages per person, and will be non-refundable. The telephone lines will open at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time; please telephone the Hotel Reservation line at 1-800-663-7550 on the 21^st of November to reserve your room and purchase your tickets. Due to the anticipated high demand please allow time for the hotel operators to return your call; this may take several hours or more. Ticket packages that are available to out of town attendees will be posted to this website by October 31, 2025. Please review the ticket package document very carefully as very few packages are duplicates. Tickets may be collected once you have checked into the hotel.

The Hotel Grand Pacific will be Tweeting live updates as the day progresses, please follow the action at @grandpacific on Twitter.

Sales for in town attendees will commence on Sunday November 23^rd, 2025 at 9 a.m. at the Strath Liquor Merchants located at 919 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC. Tickets are only on sale that morning, and will not be available in person at the store after that point. Orders will not be taken over the phone. All Festival tickets are subject to applicable taxes and a small ticket handling fee will be in place. For enquires about this please email whisky@strathliquor.com.

Tickets will be sold in packages only, however you will have the opportunity to build your own custom package with your preferred tastings events. Choices are available on a first come first serve basis, and each person can purchase up to two packages. For people who would like to only purchase individual tickets (not a package), this may be possible at the organizers discretion, but only after all other customers have made their purchases. For those waiting in line, there will be numbered forms handed out around 7am, and the Sticky Wicket will provide a warm place to wait after that point.

Finally, please keep checking this website for updated information on the 2026 Victoria Whisky Festival! We have some surprises in store for our 20^th!

Regards,

Frank
Lawrence
Al
Frederike
Cam
Viola