Category Archives: Rum festivals

The Tiki Times: Preview the full 2020 events calendar

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Hurricane Hayward

NEW: Check out The Atomic Grog’s annual calendar for all the major events across the world of Tiki culture. This list also includes rum events, plus modernism, surf and rockabilly music, Disney and other happenings of interest to the Tiki … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020, Art, Cocktails, Culture, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, Festivals, Food, History, Hukilau, Mai-Kai, Music, Other Florida, Photo galleries, Restaurants, Rum festivals, South Florida | Tagged Arizona Tiki Oasis, Dallas Tiki Week, Hukilau, Inuhele, Miami Rum Congress, Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Surf Guitar 101 Convention, Tales of the Cocktail, The Hukilau, Tiki Caliente, Tiki Kon, Tiki Oasis, Viva Las Vegas | Leave a comment

The Year in Tiki 2019: Recap all the top events with photos and video

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Hurricane Hayward

Once again, The Atomic Grog documented an entire 12 months of events in 2019, following the top Tiki and rum events, plus mid-century modern, surf and rockabilly music, Disney and other happenings of interest to the Tiki community. Check below … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, Art, Cocktails, Culture, Disney World, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events calendar, Festivals, Food, Hukilau, Mai-Kai, Music, Other Florida, Restaurants, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Tiki Times, The Week in Tiki, Video | Tagged Adventureland Day, Arizona Tiki Oasis, Bahi Hut, Beachbum Berry, California Rum Festival, Chicago Area Tiki Tour, Circa Caliente, Disneyland, Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival, Exotica Moderne, Hi-Tide Summer Holiday: Asbury Park, Hiphipahula, Hukilau, Hukilau London, Hulaween, Ian Burrell, Inuhele, Magical Tiki Meet Up, Mai-Kai, Makahiki: A Night of Tiki, Miami Rum Congress, Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, Modernism Week, Nashville Boogie, New York Rum Festival, Original Tiki Market Place, Polynesian Cultural Festival, Retro Rekindled, Rum Trader, Shannon Mustipher, Skinny Jimmy Stingray, Slip and the Spinouts, Smuggler's Cove, South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Southern Surf StompFest, Surf Guitar 101 Convention, Surfer Joe Summer Festival, Surfrajettes, Sven Kirsten, Swanky, Tales of the Cocktail, Texas Tiki Week, The Art of Tiki, The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails, The Hukilau, Tiki Caliente, TIki Day, Tiki Fever, Tiki Lindy, Tiki Lindy's Field Guide to Pupus, Tiki Oasis, Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails, Tim "Swanky" Glasner, Tonga Hut, Trader Vic's, Trader Vic's Emeryville, UK RumFest, Wild O’ Fest | 1 Comment

Miami Rum Renaissance Festival returns to its roots after 10 years

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Hurricane Hayward

After taking a detour to Fort Lauderdale in 2018, the Rum Renaissance Festival is back in Miami-Dade County for its 11th annual “celebration of cane spirits in the new world” at the Coral Gables Woman’s Club. Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Events calendar, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Tiki Times | Tagged Alexandre Gabriel, American Rum Report, Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, Plantation Rum, Robert Burr, Robert Burr's Rum Guide, Robin Burr, Rum Renaissance Festival, Rum XP Awards, RumXP | Leave a comment

Photos: VIPs, connoisseurs of fine spirits flock to first Miami Rum Congress

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Hurricane Hayward

The inaugural Miami Rum Congress was an unqualified success, a star-studded gathering of rum industry experts that sold out the cozy and picturesque Shane Center in Miami Beach. Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Photo galleries, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Week in Tiki | Tagged Alexandre Gabriel, Appleton, Beachbum Berry, Death or Glory, Ed Hamilton, Foursquare, Ian Burrell, Mai-Kai, Miami Rum Congress, Plantation Rum, Rhum, Richard Oneslager, Richard Seale | Leave a comment

The Tiki Times: Full 2019 events calendar now available!

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Hurricane Hayward

Announcing The Atomic Grog’s updated calendar for all the major events across the world of Tiki culture. This list includes rum events, plus modernism, surf music, Disney and other happenings of interest to the Tiki community. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Culture, Disney World, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events calendar, Festivals, Food, History, Hukilau, Music, Other Florida, Restaurants, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Tiki Times | Tagged Adventureland Day, Arizona Tiki Oasis, California Rum Festival, Chicago Area Tiki Tour, Chicago Rum Festival, Hi-Tide Summer Holiday: Asbury Park, Inuhele, Magical Tiki Meet Up, Miami Rum Congress, Modernism Week, New York Rum Festival, Ohana: Luau at the Lake, Rum Renaissance Festival, Southern Surf StompFest, Tales of the Cocktail, The Hukilau, The UK RumFest, Tiki Caliente, Tiki Kon, Tiki Oasis, Viva Las Vegas | Leave a comment

The Year in Tiki 2018: Recap all the top events with photos and video

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Hurricane Hayward

Which events did you attend in 2018? Take a look a look back at the top happenings in the Tiki, rum and surf music worlds. Continue reading →

Posted in 2018, Art, Culture, Disney World, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events calendar, History, Hukilau, Music, Other Florida, Photo galleries, Restaurants, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Tiki Times, Video | Tagged Asbury Park Surf Music Festival, California Rum Festival, Chicago Rum Festival, Circa Caliente, Huka Pele Tiki Weekender, Inuhele, Makahiki: A Night of Tiki, Malihini Tiki Festival, Modernism Week, New York Rum Festival, Ohana: Luau at the Lake, Rum Renaissance Festival, Surf Guitar 101 Convention, Surfer Joe Summer Festival, Tales of the Cocktail, The Hukilau, The Hula Hop, The UK RumFest, Tiki Caliente, Tiki Kon, Tiki Oasis, Viva Las Vegas | Leave a comment

Spirited mash-up: Rum Renaissance Festival moves next door to The Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale, creating ultimate rum and Tiki weekend in June 2018

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Hurricane Hayward

After nine years in Miami-Dade County, the country’s largest celebration of cane spirits is moving up the coast to link up with the East Coast’s most esteemed gathering of Polynesian Pop and Tiki enthusiasts. June 2018 promises a monumental mash-up … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018, Cocktails, Events, Events, Hukilau, Mai-Kai, Rum, Rum festivals, South Florida | Tagged Boy Drinks World, Broward County Convention Center, cocktails, Dave Broom, Fort Lauderdale, Fwaygo Rum, Hukilau, Ian Burrell, Mai-Kai, Martin Cate, Molokai bar, Oriol Elias, Pier 66, Plantation Rum, Richard Oneslager, Robert Burr, Robin Burr, rum, Rum Renaissance Caribbean Cruise, Rum Renaissance Festival, Rum XP Awards, Smuggler's Cove, South Florida, Tiki Tower Takeover | Leave a comment

The Tiki Times – April 2017 Events Calendar: Surf and rockabilly, Miami Rum Festival, Chicago Area Tiki Tour

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Hurricane Hayward

From the ashes of the Week in Tiki (and, later, the Month in Tiki) rises The Tiki Times. Still ambitious, but more practical, this monthly guide to what’s going on across the world of Tiki culture will hopefully be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cocktails, Culture, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events calendar, History, Mai-Kai, Music, Restaurants, Rum, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Tiki Times, Tiki mugs | Tagged Alika Lyman Group, Bahama Bob, Chef Shangri-La, Chicago Area Tiki Tour, Cocktail Whisperer, cocktails, Dapper Day, Dave Broom, Dick Dale, Dirty Dick, Disney World, Disneyland, Don The Beachcomber, Forbidden Island, Fort Lauderdale, Fraternal Order Of Moai, Hala Kahiki, Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum, International Tiki Market Place, Los Straitjackets, Lost Lake, Maggie's Farm, Mai-Kai, Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, Midwest Rum Festival, Oriol Elias, Otto von Stroheim, Otto's Shrunken Head, Plantation Rum, PopTiki, Primativa in Hi-Fi, Rhumfest Paris, Roadside Attraction, Robert Burr, Robert Burr's Rum Guide, Robin Burr, Rum Fire, Rum Trader, Rum: The Manual, Rumjava, RumXP, Scotty Schuder, Slowly Shirley, Smuggler's Cove, surf, Surfeño, The Surfaris, The Tiki Terrace, Three Dots and a Dash, Tiki Bingo, Tiki Diablo, Tiki Makeke, Tong's Tiki Hut, Tonga Hut, Trick Dog, Unsteady Freddie's Surf-Rock Shindig, Viva Las Vegas, Warren Bobrow | 1 Comment

Week in Tiki (April 16-30, 2016): New Beachbum Berry glassware, ‘Sippin’ Safari’ 10-year anniversary edition; plus event and Tiki bar news, more!

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Hurricane Hayward

Topping the news is the upcoming 10-year anniversary special edition of Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari, plus new glassware just released. Upcoming event news includes Tiki by the Sea, Ohana: Luau At The Lake, Tiki Kon, Southern Surf Stomp, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016, Art, Cocktails, Culture, Events, Events, Events, Events, Events, History, History, Hukilau, Mai-Kai, Music, Recipes, Restaurants, Rum, Rum festivals, South Florida, The Week in Tiki, Tiki mugs | Tagged A Fifth of Grog, Bacardi, Beachbum Berry, Clee Sobieski, Cocktail Kingdom, cocktails, Don The Beachcomber, Don the Beachcomber's Tiki Makeke, Dromedary, Forbidden Island, Hukilau, Huntington Beach Don the Beachcomber, International Tiki Market Place, Korla Pandit, Korla The Movie, Lost Lake, Mai-Kai, Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of The Iconic Tiki Restaurant, Mariano Licudine, Martin Cate, Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, Molokai bar, Ohana: Luau at the Lake, Paul McGee, Paul Senft, Potions of the Caribbean, recipe, rum, Rum Barrel, Sippin' Safari, Skinny Jimmy Stingray, smug, Smuggler's Cove, Southern Surf Stomp, Space Cossacks, surf, Surf Guitar 101 Convention, Swanky, The Golden Tiki, Tiki by the Sea, Tiki Diablo, Tiki Kon, Tiki-Ti, Trader Vic's, VanTiki, Zombie cocktail | Leave a comment

Week in Tiki (April 1-15, 2016): The Hukilau, Tiki Caliente and more upcoming events; Miami fest’s award-winning rums; Tiki bar openings and closings, and more!

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Hurricane Hayward

Get the latest updates on The Hukilau in June and the fast-approaching Tiki Caliente in May. Other event previews include Vintage Tiki Weekend in Wildwood, a Shag art release at Disneyland, and Dick Dale’s latest tour. We take a look … Continue reading →