Welcome to
Stockholm Rum Fest 2024
To reduce our carbon footprint we have designed a digital guide with everything you need to know with times and happenings. Remember to drink responsibly and have a great time! Here is a fastlink to our festival map.
But first, have you heard of our gin festival? Every year on the second saturday of June we celebrate World Gin Day with dozens of distilleries from the nordics and the rest of the world. Expect a large hall filled with amazing gins of all styles, dry, oaked, pink, herbal, spicy, you name it! Well over 100 varieties will be on show along with over 50 types of tonic.
This years festival will be at K-märkt Garnisonen, right where you are standing now. Enjoy the gin garden, our masterclasses and the fantastic food and dj's. Follow this link and enjoy a 30% discount on all-day tickets! Just use the code RUMLOVESGIN when booking.
New for this year is our Rum Fest Awards. You have the chance to vote for your favourite rum and cast your vote at our voting booth and station next to the Rum Radio stage. There are 5 other categories with prizes to be awarded, decided by our professional jury. Read more here.
All-day ticket holders are permitted to stay in the courtyard during the break between 17.00 - 17.30. There will be plenty to do during the 30 minutes. There is a speed tasting inside the main hall with The Wine Hub. Make sure you book this tastings in advance before it sells out.
There will be a salsa masterclass in the park closest to the spiral staircase so you can slip of your shoes and dance your socks off.
During the break there will also be delicious food served up by Cane Rum Society.
For the full schedule with activities use this fast link and see what's going on!
Masterclasses
We have 9 masterclasses and 5 speed tastings with plenty of variety at different times during the festival.
If you have not yet booked a masterclass then don't worry, yet. There might still be places left. Sign up with the exhibitors at their stands and grab one of the last seats. Remember to be at the meeting point 10 minutes before the tasting starts. Please see our festival map for the meeting points.
Time: 13:00-13.50
Exclusive rum with ''Rum Robban''.
Place: Chambre Séparée. Meeting point is just outside the room in the main hall by the glass hotel.
This tasting will be in Swedish. You will need a 1st session or all-day ticket.
Time: 13.40-15.50
Understanding the rum flavour map and the art of blending, together with Planteray Rums UK Brand Ambassador Paul McFadyen.
Place: Bee urban. Meeting point is the spiral staircase in the courtyard outside.
This tasting is in English. You will need a 1st session or all-day ticket.
Time: 14:30-15.20
Chairman's Reserve, hand-crafted Caribbean Rum with Dave Marsland.
Place: Chambre Séparée. Meeting point is just outside the room in the main hall by the glass hotel.
This tasting will be in English. You will need a 1st session or all-day ticket.
Times: 15.30-16.45 & 17.00-18.15
Chocolate och Rum Pairing med Duane Dove.
Place: Bee Urban. Meeting point is the spiral staircase in the courtyard outside.
This tasting is in Swedish. You will need a 1st session or all-day ticket for the first time and a 2nd session or all-day ticket for the second time.
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Time: 16.00-16.50
Rum tasting with Angostura global ambassador Danijel Jones
Place: Chambre Séparée. Meeting point is just outside the room in the main hall by the glass hotel.
This tasting will be in English. You will need a 1st session or all-day ticket.
Time: 17.30-16.20
Introduction to Rum and Their Different Styles with Lars Renbjer.
Place: Chambre Séparée. Meeting point is just outside the room in the main hall by the glass hotel.
This tasting is in Swedish. You will need a 2nd session or all-day ticket.
Time: 18.45-19.35
Masterclass with Worthy Park Rum and Kenth Eriksson.
Place: Bee Urban. Meeting point is the spiral staircase in the courtyard outside.
This tasting is in Swedish. You will need a 2nd session or all-day ticket.
Time: 19.00-18.00
Excellence Rhum tasting with Matthieu Lange.
Place: Chambre Séparée. Meeting point is just outside the room in the main hall by the glass hotel.
This tasting will be in English. You will need a 2nd session or all-day ticket.
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Times: 13.50- 14.10, 14.50-15.10, 15.50-16.10, 17.00-17.20, 18.30-18.50, 20.00-20.20
Speed tastings with The Wine Hub. Agricole Rom vs Jamaica & New World vs Old World.
Place: By The Wine Hub's stand in the main hall.
This tasting will be in English. You will need a 1st session or all-day ticket for the times up to and including 15.50. For the 17.00 tasting and later you will need a 2nd session or all-day ticket.
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Hungry? Cane Rum Society has got you covered!
Pre-order food and pick it up from the cashier when you are hungry. For your comfort you can scan the QR code and choose what you would like, pay, and collect at your convenience. You will find the menu from our partners Cane Rum Society below serving up tradional Caribbean dishes with a twist.
Be sure to try our their cocktails too while you are there! You will need to order these in the bar.
Need water?
Thirsty, ''every other'' or just need to wash out your glass and get it nice and clean to use again? Look out for our water station found in the middle of the venue, you will see it on our festvial map too. Here you can discard and rinse your glass and help yourself to a glass of refreshing swedish water.
Extra glasses? A bag?
Our glasses are cool right? If you would like to purchase more glasses to take home with you then make your way over to the main entrance. Ask for our glasses and have swish ready to use, no card payments or cash here!
If you would like a paper bag to take your glass home in, then you can find these by the main entrance. Please ask the staff.
Rum Fest Awards 2024
We are proud to present the first time our Rum Fest Awards. In your festival glasses you would have found a voting slip. Vote for your favourite rum and place your vote in our voting booth before 19.00. The winner of the people's choice award will be presented on the Rum Radio stage at 20.30.
We have also created a jury of rum experts to award prizes in the following categories:
* Best Cocktail Rum / Cocktail
* Best Cane Sugar Juice Spirit
* Best Sipping Rum
* Best In Show
* Best Dressed
The winners will be presented at the same time as the People's Choice Award.
Festival Schedule
There is a lot going on at Stockholm Rum Fest as well as our list of exhibitors you will find other happenings going on here with music, live interviews with rum profiles together with Rum Radio (Rom Radion) and Salsa!
13.00 Doors open
13.00 - 15.00 'Uncle' Eric DJ set in the courtyard
14.15 - 14.30 Intro and meet and greet with Rum Radio
15.20 - 15.35 Rum Radio interview with rum guru Daniel Di Zazzo from Herida Brands
15.35 - 15.50 Salsa LIVE next to the Rum Radio stage
16.30 - 16.45 Last order for drinks
16.50 - 17.00 Rum Radio interview with Dave Marsland who represents Chairman's Reserve rum
17.00 - 17.30 Half-time break. All first session ticket holders are kindly asked to leave and join us again next year.
17.00 - 17.20 Salsa Masterclass in the garden. In the park nearest to the spiral you will find Anastasia and her group who will teach you how to dance to the beats.
17.30 Doors open
17.30 - 20.30 'Uncle' Eric DJ set in the courtyard
18.25 - 18.40 Rum Radio interview with a secret guest
18.40 - 18.55 Salsa LIVE next to the Rum Radio stage
20.30 - 20.45 Rum Radio presents the winners of the Sweden Rum Fest Awards 2024
21.00 - 21.15 Last order for drinks
21.30 Doors close.
The Festival Map
