San Diego Spirits Festival is a nationally acclaimed festival of cocktails, seminars, competitions and culture, held annually at the start of summer on the Beautiful San Diego Bay with ancillary events held in the Historic Gaslamp District. San Diego Spirits Festival is a destination event attracting high-profile members of the spirits and culinary trade, as well as affluent consumers, it's a celebration where you can meet and mingle with industry professionals and be entertained by our creative culinary and mixology teams. San Diego Spirits Festival is now in its eight year, founded by Liz Edwards whose mission is to make the festival the premier festival for the West Coast.