What is World Gin Day?

Simple, it’s a day for everyone and anyone (over the legal drinking age of course…!) to celebrate and enjoy gin! Whether you’re already a fan of the juniper spirit, or looking for an intro, World Gin Day is the perfect opportunity to get involved.

The aim of World Gin Day

The day is for EVERYONE, is for the LOVE of the category and ultimately aims to give a platform for bars and brands to engage with the gin loving public!

When is World Gin Day?

World Gin Day is always the second Saturday in June. This means the date moves around a little year on year (see date list below), but to make the most of the day we like to give you the Sunday to recover….

Who is behind World Gin Day?

Hi, that’s me! Emma Stokes aka Gin Monkey!

World Gin Day itself was actually founded by Neil Houston in 2009, a very bright idea to bring his friends together to drink gin in Birmingham! Emma and Neil were already firm gin-friends, and so it made sense to bring the celebrations to London in 2010, involving some of Emma’s friends too, in a lovely little gin bar called Graphic in Soho. Since then the day has grown year on year, reaching an ever bigger audience.

In 2013 Emma formally took charge of the day, due to Neil’s work commitments, and the day has since evolved into a truly global celebration with events running in over 30 countries around the world, reaching over 200 million people on social channels. No really, just check out the stats for past years using the links in the site menu…not too shabby I’m sure you’ll agree.

I also have a lovely ambassador for Australia, in the form of The Gin Queen (you can read more about this partnership below!).

How can I find out what’s on in my area? 

• Check out the listings page, listings go live in April every year.
  
  
• Search for the #WorldGinDay hashtag across social media.