Gin & Tonic Festival torna al Bunker di Torino il 12 e 13 giugno

The Gin & Tonic Festival returns to Turin for the second consecutive year and once again chooses the post-industrial spaces of Bunker, located at Via Paganini 0/200, for a new stop on the 10 Years Birthday Day Summer Tour, the celebratory tour marking the festival’s ten-year anniversary. On Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, 2026, Turin will host two evenings dedicated to gin culture, featuring discovery, tasting, and entertainment. After the success of the last edition, the festival reaffirms its role as the most important and recognized Italian Gin & Tonic celebration: an accessible, engaging, and cross-sectional experience, where gin is not just something to drink, but something to live, tell, and share.

At the Bunker, attendees can discover over 400 labels from around the world, participate in free international masterclasses, meet producers and distributors, taste new references, explore perfect serves, and engage in experiential activities like The Gin Lab, created in collaboration with iltuogin.it, which will allow participants to create their own personal recipe and take home a unique bottle. The free masterclasses will be held in collaboration with ilGin.it, a leading editorial reference for the sector, and will feature experts and professionals from the gin world, including Marco Bertoncini, one of the founders of ilGin.it and one of only three Italian members of the prestigious Gin Guild.

Local Heroes: the identity of gin comes from Turin

Among the most significant focuses of the Turin stop is that dedicated to the Local Heroes, realities that bring to the festival the stories of the territory, productive research, and the contemporary identity of gin. The Gin & Tonic Festival confirms its status as an excellent showcase for producers, distributors, and independent realities capable of giving voice to a new way of interpreting the spirit: not just as a product, but as a narrative of places, people, botanicals, creative choices, and the culture of drinking well.

In Turin, Rangoni Spirits will be present with Rangoni Alto Gin and JLC 74, two entities that will participate in the Turin stop and accompany the festival in other stops of the 2026 tour. Rangoni Spirits will bring its project related to Rangoni Alto Gin to the Bunker, an expression of research that combines identity, character, and attention to detail. The presence in Turin is part of a broader journey that will see the brand at the forefront throughout the tour, confirming the festival's value as a national platform for discovery, visibility, and direct dialogue with the public. Alongside Rangoni Spirits, JLC 74 will also be present in Turin and at all other stops of the tour. Its participation strengthens the role of Local Heroes as the beating heart of the festival: brands and producers that bring to the public diverse stories, interpretations, and personalities, contributing to building an increasingly rich map of contemporary Italian gin.

The value of Local Heroes lies not only in their presence at the stands but also in direct encounters with people. The audience will be able to taste, ask questions, listen to the stories of the products, and discover how each label arises from a balance between vision, raw materials, technique, and territory. Alongside Rangoni Spirits and JLC 74, the festival will also showcase other names from the Turin gin scene, expanding the narrative of local identity and confirming Turin as an increasingly vibrant city in the culture of distillation.

A Tour to Celebrate Ten Years of Gin & Tonic Festival

The Turin stop of the Gin & Tonic Festival is the second on the calendar, following the event scheduled in Marrubiu, Sardinia, on May 30 and 31. After Turin, the Gin & Tonic Festival will continue at the Arena dei Fiori in Montesilvano, Pescara (July 17-19), at Le Scuderie Milano, within the Ippodromo del Galoppo (August 28-30), and at Into The Woods in Bergamo, in a pop-up version (September 4-5). Further stops will be announced in the coming weeks. Ten years that reflect the evolution of a format born around gin and grown into an ecosystem made up of culture, experiences, community, brands, producers, and the audience. A festival that today positions itself as a point of reference in Italy for those who want to discover gin in a new way: with quality, expertise, and a desire to enjoy good company. Established in Bergamo in 2016, the Gin & Tonic Festival confirms itself as the only and original Italian festival dedicated to gin & tonic, a project capable of uniting the culture of good drinking, discovery, entertainment, and sharing.
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