On 24th February 2026, the International Bartenders Association (IBA) returned to where it all began, Torquay, United Kingdom, to celebrate its 75th anniversary with a landmark Diamond Jubilee event. Seventy-five years after its founding in 1951, the IBA gathered in the very city that witnessed the birth of a global movement, a movement that would transform bartending from a trade into a respected international profession. The celebration took place in Torquay, the coastal ci