Denver’s Queen City Sake Festival

Denver gets plenty of beer festivals and almost no sake ones, which is the whole argument for this afternoon. Queen City Sake Festival puts more than 100 sake in one Larimer Street bar on Saturday, October 3, 2026, noon to 4 PM, with two Sake Samurai pouring. That title is conferred by the Japan Sake Brewers Association, and it is not something you run into at a Denver bar most weekends.

The pouring list names Dassai, Hakkaisan, Kikusui, Joto, Senjo, Vino del Sol and East West Wine Trading alongside Colorado Sake Co., the RiNo brewery supplying the local half of the room. Food comes from Uchi, Stowaway Kitchen, Takeo San Takeout and Peko Peko. B. Carey Inc. produces it, and an earlier edition ran in October 2025, so the format has a year behind it.

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Finn’s Manor is at 2927 Larimer Street. Tickets sell in two tiers through Eventbrite: VIP early access starts at noon, general admission at 1 PM, so a noon arrival on a general ticket buys an hour on the sidewalk. Every ticket includes a handmade O’Bware sake cup to keep and a passport to stamp as you work the tables. Strictly 21 and over.