Whisky Live Macau 2026.

Dates

Friday 27 – Saturday 28 November 2026

Venue

The Grand Hall, Level 1, East Wing, Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau, Cotai

Hours

2pm–10pm on both days

Tickets

One-day pass MOP 240 (Standard) or MOP 380 (Premium); packages up to MOP 2,880

Early bird

On sale now; the early-bird period ends 15 November 2026

Age

18+ only, under the organiser's terms

Tickets for this event are not sold through Klook, KKday or Viator, so the button above goes to the organiser's own box office. SJM also lists mPass, Trip.com and Ctrip among its authorised channels.

What it is

Whisky Live is the touring whisky festival run by Whisky Magazine, and the Macau edition is co-presented with SJM Resorts. It debuted in Macau in 2024 and comes back bigger: more than 500 bottles from over 80 international brands poured across two afternoons and evenings, with masterclasses, gourmet booths from SJM's restaurants, live music and a full cocktail show running alongside the whisky. The timing is neat, too. It lands a week after the Grand Prix, on the middle weekend of the Macau Food Festival, so late November stays Macau's busiest fortnight. The rest of the month is in our November guide.

What to taste

Every pass includes the event's signature tasting glass and a set of tasting tokens, loaded on a smart card: three tokens with the Standard pass, ten with Premium. Pours around the hall are redeemed against tokens, and you can top up on site at MOP 30 a token. Three places to aim them:

• The collectors' bottle. This year's exclusive release is an Ichiro's Malt & Grain single cask blended whisky, matured in Chichibu and finished in an Imperial Stout cask, limited to 232 bottles worldwide. The organisers' tasting notes run to dark chocolate, roasted coffee and caramel malt, then vanilla and a lingering smoky finish.
• The Asia Bar Show. Sixteen bars from across the region pour alongside the whisky. Seoul sends Alice Cheongdam (No. 13 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026) and Villa Records, Beijing sends TIAO (No. 50), Hong Kong sends Tell Camellia, The Old Man, Artifact, Clan & Company Community Bar and Uncle Ming's, and Taipei sends Bar Mood and Some Fun. Macau's own flags are flown by MESA Bar at THE KARL LAGERFELD MACAU and Wood House.
• The masterclasses. Highland Park's senior brand ambassador Martin Markvardsen, a Master of the Quaich, leads the Orkney distillery's session. Also on the bill: Hiroyuki Doda, founder of Niigata Kameda Distillery; Michiaki Shinozaki, eighth-generation president of Shinozaki, the house behind Shindo Distillery; Ontake master distiller Yasuaki Makishi; and Kit Cheung, co-founder of Hong Kong's Tankyu Distillery.

The dinners, the lounge and the music

Grand Lisboa Palace's two one-Michelin-starred restaurants are cooking to the whisky. On Friday 27 November, Palace Garden pairs its Qing Dynasty Taishi cuisine with Tormore and Port Askaig. On Saturday 28 November, Don Alfonso 1890 matches Highland Park with southern Italian cooking. Both are among the dining rooms in our Macau dining guide. Package holders also get the VIP lounge, where rare spirits are poured with canapés and dim sum. Music runs both nights: jazz pianist Ted Lo and pop-jazz singer Ashia Liu, DJ SAIYAN with vocalist Filipe Tou on the Friday, then Malaysian singer Karen Kong and Hong Kong producer JNYBEATZ on the Saturday.

Tickets and prices

Every ticket is for one day, Friday 27 or Saturday 28 November, and every tier includes the tasting glass:

• One-Day Pass (Standard), MOP 240. Entry from 2pm to 10pm, with 3 tasting tokens.
• One-Day Pass (Premium), MOP 380. Entry, with 10 tasting tokens.
• Whisky Standard Package, MOP 620. VIP Zone access, 3 tokens, and a 700ml bottle of The Glen Grant 15 Year Old to collect at the event reception.
• Whisky Ultimate Package, MOP 1,400. VIP Zone access, 3 tokens, and a 700ml bottle of The Ontake Distillery's Bourbon Cask Whisky Live Macau 2026 bottling.
• Whisky Exclusive Package, MOP 2,880. VIP Zone access, 10 tokens, and a 700ml bottle of Ichiro's Single Cask Whisky Live Macau 2026, Imperial Stout Finish.

Buy before the early-bird period ends on 15 November. Under the organiser's terms, tickets are non-refundable, entry is 18+ only, and sign-in is by the e-ticket QR code, so keep it readable on your phone.

Staying over

The simplest night's sleep is upstairs. SJM sells three Whisky Live hotel packages at Grand Lisboa Palace from MOP 2,488++, bundling a room with one-day tickets for two, tasting tokens and a MOP 300 spa credit; they are booked through the resort, for stays on 27 or 28 November, and close on 26 November. If you would rather book the room on its own terms, the two buttons below are the routes we use across this site:

Cotai's other resorts are a short shuttle or taxi ride from the hall. Our luxury hotels guide compares the Strip's top end, and the hotels guide covers where to base yourself area by area.

Getting there

Grand Lisboa Palace sits at the eastern end of the Cotai Strip. The Macao LRT Taipa line stops at East Asian Games station, a few minutes' walk from the resort. SJM runs free shuttle buses to Grand Lisboa Palace from the ferry terminals, the airport and the main border gates, and every taxi driver in Macau knows the resort. Coming from Hong Kong, take the ferry to Taipa Ferry Terminal and pick up the resort shuttle from there; routes and fares are in our getting there guide.