Skylight Hospitality Cocktail Showcase

Slated for Sunday, Oct. 22 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Teddy’s Preserve, the Skylight Hospitality Cocktail Showcase gives this year’s Skylight mentees an opportunity to serve up custom cocktails created as part of the six-week mentorship program.

The Skylight Hospitality Mentorship Program links women, femme, and nonbinary professionals in the spirits industry by pairing tomorrow’s industry standouts with today’s top talent. The Cocktail Showcase at its conclusion gives Phoenix-area participants a chance to show off the skills they’ve learned from top leaders across the country.This event is a celebration of talent, creativity, and diversity in the Phoenix-area bartending community.

In addition to sipping on sample cocktails from the eight participating Skylight Mentorship Program pairs, attendees can enjoy light bites, mingle with the mentees, and take part in a silent auction featuring rare and high-end liquor bottles along with other premium prizes. Guests will also get the chance to Interact with the passionate and talented Skylight mentees, learn about their journeys, and gain insight into the vibrant world of bartending.

Participating mentees are able to counteract this by gaining access to guidance from those who have once been their shoes on everything from bar management and cocktail creation to equity, diversity and inclusion practices along with personal brand-building.

Tickets are available for $35, cut in half from last year’s event so even more people can stop in and enjoy, with proceeds from ticket sales benefiting Another Round Another Rally and its efforts to provide emergency funding and career-enhancing educational opportunities to hospitality workers.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit give.anotherroundanotherrally.org.