The largest touring Gin and Rum festival held its final date of the year in Sheffield last weekend.

Gin and Rum festival showcased over 120 brands of gin, rum, and tequila at the Trafalgar Warehouse , the annual final stop on its national tour.

Donna Brady, events director at Gin and Rum festival said that they always “sell out with ease” at the Sheffield stop of the tour.

Ms Brady also talked about how coming back to the Trafalgar was also important to the festival, despite it being one of the smallest venues on the tour, even then still selling 1,400 tickets for the two session event.

“They helped us out in the beginning, so we like to help them out now.”

The festival is now in its seventh year and Ms Brady said that they have seen the change not only in their own growth but also in Sheffield itself.

“When we first came here there was nothing really around. And we arrived today and were like wow where did this come from.”

The festival sees many people returning every year, with organisers saying they saw “many familiar faces” and one couple saying this was their fifth year attending.

The festival brings together national and international distilleries and brands as well as it’s sister brand Soul Rum.

Dan Walsh, an independent distiller, travels with the festival endorsing his own and other independent distilleries that the festival supports, such as Robin of Loxley, a Yorkshire independent distillery that sent several of their gins to the festival.

Mr Walsh’s own brand, Rascal Gin, focuses on fruit flavoured gins that still maintain the characteristic dryness of a classic gin.

When discussing the current gin market, Mr Walsh said that “people crave authenticity” and that doing something with the fruit flavours is the key to standing out.

The festival is already booked in for a 2026 edition at the Trafalgar Warehouse to again end the festival season. Tickets are on sale and can be found at Festival Tickets – Gin & Rum Festival Gin & Rum Festival.