Preview of Drinks with Benefits Festival

Press release

Drinks with Benefits Festival will take place on Saturday September 27, 2025 at The Altman Building in Chelsea, NYC

Bottle Raiders founder and entrepreneur, Dan Abrams is launching a first of its kind zero proof drinks and wellness festival, Drinks with Benefits, in New York.

The one-day event, which will take place at The Altman Building in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York on Saturday, September 27th will provide an interactive consumer experience for sober curious and wellness lovers to discover brands, interact, imbibe, and immerse in the community of this exploding industry category.

The Drinks with Benefits Festival will showcase over 30 wellness brands including various zero proof drinks, food and consumer product goods. Brands currently on board to participate include Feragaia, Parentheses, Aplos, Sam from Third Place Bar, Zero Proof Nation, ProofNoMore with more to be announced soon. This is in addition to the company’s fourteen other fine spirits events already scheduled around the country for 2025.

“This first of its kind festival is an opportunity to help promote the biggest no/low alcohol brands and for consumers to get the opportunity to see how good these drinks can be.” said Dan Abrams. “Add some great food and top wellness experiences and this will be an event you won’t want to miss whether you drink alcohol or not.”

Programming highlights will include a variety of zero-proof drinks including “omakase” pairings with elevated culinary partners, notable DJs and live entertainment, influencer guided meditation experiences, curated pop-up shops, and a live podcasting stage that will feature insightful conversations with industry leaders such as Tawny Lara, the author of Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze and the cofounder of (parentheses) and Laura Silverman from Zero Proof Nation.

“The nonalcoholic category has grown double digits year over year and is expected to continue its growth trajectory reaching over $2 billion by 2033. There is so much potential,” said Bottle Raiders VP of Marketing, Amanda Paul-Garnier.

This festival comes as Abrams has been embracing the events space with the recent acquisition of the popular Whiskey Washback and Arte Agave tasting festivals. Most recently, Bottle Raiders launched the AI-powered Bottle Raiders app - comparable to Vivino for wine lovers- but with a huge database of aggregated spirits ratings, reviews and tasting notes available with just the scan of the bottle label, allowing consumers to make more informed drink choices.

Drinks with Benefits Festival 2025
Date: Saturday September 27, 2025
Location: The Altman Building - 135 W 18th St, between 7th and 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Time: 1-7pm ET

For more information about the Drinks with Benefits Festival including tickets, please visit: https://bottleraiders.com/drinks-with-benefits/
For brand sponsorship opportunities, please email Amanda Paul-Garnier, VP Marketing: amandapg@bottleraiders.com