The 2025 Cold Brew Coffee Festival will occur on August 23, 2025 from 9AM-1PM adjacent to the Lexington Farmers’ Market on Market Street and Short Street.
Our 7th annual celebration of local coffee culture and the cold brew that keeps so many of us fueled! What started as a humble special event to help the farmers market, has turned into one of Lexington’s premier food events of the year! Buy flights to sample coffee from dozens of roasters and local shops, vote on your favorite vendor, and enjoy all the downtown has to offer on this very special Saturday morning!
If you are interested in participating as a roaster or coffee shop please fill out the online form!
Previous Winners
- 2018
- Regular Cold Brew
- Winner Cherry Seed Coffee Roastery
- Honorable Mention City Roastery
- Cold Brew Mocktail
- Winner City Roastery (Vegan Cold Brew Cashew Milkshake)
- Honorable Mention Drystack Coffee Co (Thai Cold Brew)
- People’s Choice
- Nate’s Coffee
- Cold Brew Wildcard
- Winner Magic Beans/ACOCW (Cold Brew Julep)
- Honorable Mention Happy People Coffee (Lavender Cold Brew)
- Regular Cold Brew
- 2019
- “Regular Cold Brew” 1st Place Drinklings Coffee (Roaster Division) & Lussi Brown (Non-Roaster Division)
- “Creative Cold Brew” 1st Place City Roasters (Roaster Division) & Barista Social (Non-Roaster Division)
- 2020
- Cancelled due to COVID-19
- 2021
- Regular Cold Brew
- 1st Leestown Coffee
- 2nd City Roastery
- 3rd Old School Coffee
- Specialty Drink
- 1st Battlefield Coffee Co
- 2nd Leestown Coffee
- 3rd Drinklings Coffee
- People’s Choice
- 1st Coffee at Oak and Main
- 2nd City Roastery
- 3rd Berserker Brew Coffee
- Regular Cold Brew
- 2022
- Best Cold Brew
- 1st Forth Level Roasters
- 2nd Tincan Coffee Roasters
- 3rd Battlefield Coffee Co
- Best Specialty Drink
- 1st Leestown Coffee
- 2nd Battlefield Coffee Co
- 3rd Dry Stack Coffee
- People’s Choice
- 1st Drinklings Coffee
- 2nd Old School Coffee
- 3rd Tincan Coffee Roasters
- Best Cold Brew
- 2023
- Best Cold Brew
- City Roastery
- North Lime Coffee
- Sunergos Coffee
- Best Specialty Drink
- Happy People Coffee
- Joe Brewski Coffee
- A Cup of Commonwealth
- People’s Choice
- Drinklings
- Joe Brewski Coffee
- Third Street Stuff
- Best Cold Brew
- 2024
- Best Cold Brew
- 4th Level Roasters
- Funky Rooster Coffee
- City Roasters
- Best Specialty Drink
- Drinklings Coffee House (Banana’s Foster Cold Brew)
- Leestown Coffee (Root Beer Float Cold Brew)
- North Lime Coffee and Donuts (Pumpkin Cold Brew)
- People’s Choice Award
- Funky Rooster Coffee
- Drinklings Coffee House
- Mercantile Coffee and Feed
- Best Cold Brew