Get into the spirit – Fish Lane is celebrating Negroni Week in style this September
Get ready, negroni lovers – from September 16–22, the Fish Lane Arts Precinct will once again transform into cocktail central for this year’s Negroni Week. This year, fans of the classic concoction will be able to sample a long list of riffs and creative interpretations at Fish Lane’s various bars and restaurants, while the laneway itself will also host some sip-centric activations. Want to know more about what’s on the cards? Here’s the exclusive scoop …
When it comes to classic cocktails, it’s hard to look past a negroni. Sophisticated, simple and eternally stylish, few concoctions come close to the negroni in our hearts (sorry, martini lovers). Every year, Campari (the negroni’s key ingredient) teams up with Imbibe Magazine to celebrate the citrus-infused and beautifully bittersweet beverage with Negroni Week. This global initiative calls upon bars and restaurants across the world to donate sales of classic negroni and negroni variations for an entire week to a charity partner, which in 2024 is biodiversity champion Slow Food.
Fish Lane Arts Precinct is once again getting into the negroni-soaked action, with the lively laneway transforming into Brisbane’s unofficial home of the negroni between September 16–22. In addition to some laneway-spanning activations, several of Fish Lane’s top-notch bars and restaurants (including the likes of Julius Pizzeria, La Lune, Maeve Wine Bar and Next Episode), will be serving up riffs on the drink all week long. This year’s offering will include some seriously inventive interpretations of the drink, including the Umegroni at Bird’s Nest (a Japanese-style twist boasting brown sugar-infused plum wine, Roku gin and Campari), El Planta’s Lecho de Muerte (mezcal ancho, chilli liqueur, Campari, Davidson’s plum bitters, MAiDENii sweet vermouth and orange bitters) and the Cranpari by Southside (Beefeater gin, cranberry grenadine, Campari and lemon myrtle). Fish Lane’s Negroni Week offering will also include some tempting eats, such as Hello Please’s smoked mortadella milk bun with negroni mustard and a negroni-inspired special at Gelato Messina.
In addition to the sips and snacks, Fish Lane’s Negroni Week celebrations will also include some exciting events. New York-inspired hideaway Midtown will be hosting a must-attend Negroni Week dinner on Wednesday September 18, which will treat guests to a four-course menu with a negroni pairing. We’re talking pumpkin and parmesan arancini with a classic negroni, crispy prosciutto cups with a smoky negroni and a blood orange and Campari curd tart served alongside a drink the team describes as the lovechild of a negroni and a martini. On Saturday September 21, folks can buy a ticket to the ‘Secret Handshake’ Art & Negroni Trail, which will take ticket holders on a tour of Fish Lane’s public artworks, interspersed with regular pit stops to sample some of the special negronis on offer. Finally, Bar Brutus will be hosting a pop-up at Fish Lane’s Town Square on September 20–21, offering an exclusive menu of negronis, live entertainment and unforgettable moments.
Be sure to check the Fish Lane Arts Precinct website for more info on this year’s Negroni Week festivities.
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