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Tour de Cincinnati does the research for fun things to do around the city so you don’t have to! Check out the list below for goings on ranging from markets and live music, to brewery fun and food events. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Be sure to click on their respective links for more information.
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February 1–29
Black History Month
Click here to see a list of local Black-owned businesses to support during BHM and beyond.
American Heart Month
Click here for more information about the Ohio chapter of the American Heart Association, including upcoming events.
February 5–11
Receipt Day Redemption
Frisch’s Big Boy
Purchase any food, drink, or dessert on January 27 and save your receipt. Then, from February 5–11, bring your original 1/27/24 receipt and receive the same order for FREE.
Friday
National Pizza Day Beer Release
Fireside Pizza and Third Eye Brewing Company
Pizza P-eye Session Pale Ale
Girls Night Out
Otto Armleder Park, 5:15p
Cincy Hikes Galentine’s Day Girls Night Out. Social at Karrikin after the hike.
Free, but RSVP required
Black History Month Art Gallery
The 86 Coffee Bar, 6–8p
Opening of their February art gallery honoring Black History Month and featuring of 15 incredible Black artists that Cincinnati has to offer. Free, all ages, and open to the public, with DJ Monet spinning music.
Friday and Saturday
Mardi Gras Celebration
Grainworks Brewing Company
Beads, hurricanes at the bar and plenty of delicious New Orleans style food available for purchase.
Friday–Sunday
Cincy Shirts Warehouse Supersale
Essex Studios
Friday (10a–2p) everything is $15. Saturday (10a–4p) and Sunday (10a–2p) single items will be $10 and mystery grab bags of various quantities will be available.
Estate Sale: Cake & Soda
1754 Yellowglen Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45255
Well-maintained home where the owners loved dogs, the holidays, outdoor activities & entertaining, running, Coca-Cola, sewing, and baking. Featured Items: Vintage Disney, Mid-century modern furniture, 1997 manual Acura coupe, vintage executive desk, Coca-Cola memorabilia, ping-pong, and vintage bakeware.
King Cake Baby Weekend
Brink Brewing
Weekend-long celebration of the annual release of King Cake Baby, featuring live jazz, King Cake Baby! variants, and Brink giving away a membership to their 2024 Mug Club.
Cincinnati Golf Expo
Duke Energy Convention Center
Over 90k square feet of golf entertainment, retail, and travel exhibitors.
Fire & Ice Weekends
Moerlein Lager House
Fire performers turn the beer garden into a fiery fiesta while you chill out at the Ice Bar, complete with a drink luge, ice displays, and cozy fire pits to keep warm.
Every Friday (5:30–10p), Saturday (3–10p), and Sunday (11a–7p), through February 18.
Saturday
Totally Rad Vintage Fest
NKY Convention Center, 10a–5p
Vintage vendors (clothing and accessories from the 80s, 90s, and Y2K eras, as well as records, toys, video games, home goods, and more), free-play vintage arcade, Rad Rewind Museum, and photo ops.
Tickets here
OH Riverwood Pop-up
Streetside Brewery, 1–4p
Featuring different art and accessories crafted using wood straight from the Ohio River. Part of Small Business Saturdays at Streetside.
Red Dog’s 3rd Annual Doggie Bake Sale
MadTree, 1–4p
Four local baked good sponsors. 100% of proceeds goes to UCAN. Valentine’s Day-themed photos available for a $5 donation.
Valentine’s Market
Northwood Cider Co, 1–5p
Second annual Valentine’s market, filled with delicious ciders, unique gifts, and treats for your special someone.
Mardi Pardi at The Banks
Seven bars at The Banks, 4–9p
Bringing Bourbon Street to The Banks with a Big Easy bar crawl, featuring The Queen City Krewe Brass Band playing New Orleans-style jazz.
Galentine’s Ladies Night
The Loft @ Braxton Brewing Company, 5–8p
Charcuterie, salad, and pizza bar by Dewey’s, plus bottomless specialty cocktails.
Love at First Flight
The Cheesecakery, 6p
Two seatings from 6–7p and 8–9p. Each reservation includes seating for two guests, two chocolate-dipped strawberries, an exclusive cheesecake flight (to share), and an exclusive Valentine’s latte flight (to share).
2024 Mainstrasse Mardi Gras Parade
Mainstrasse Village, 7p
Mainstrasse Pub Crawl will be immediately following the parade.
Sunday
Free Family Fun Day
Taft Museum of Art, 10a–4p
Kickstart the opening of African Modernism in America, make art inspired by the exhibition, and enjoy African drumming and dance workshops led by Bi-Okoto.
Free museum admission
Weekly Sunday Drag Brunch
Bloom OTR, 11a–2p
Parties of more than four must book ALL tickets under one name for one table.
Madcap Puppets Presents: Fantastic Fairytales
Wyoming Civic Center, 2–3p
Free admission
through March 8
Penguin Days
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Enjoy discounted admission and Penguin Parades on the weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) and Holiday Mondays (Jan 15 & Feb 19) at 11am. It must be colder than 50 degrees for the penguins to participate in the Penguin Parades. This is the final year for Penguin Parades before the Zoo’s aging king penguins retire.
Ongoing
Union Terminal Rotunda Tours
Cincinnati Museum Center
Fridays at 1:30p, 2:30p, and 3:30p
Saturdays at 11:30a, 12:30p, and 1:30p
Sundays at 12:30p, 1:30p, and 2:30p
Coming Soon
Cincinnati Chili Week
February 19–25
Inaugural homage to Cincinnati’s culinary staple, featuring $5–7 chili deals all week long.
Sports
Cincinnati Bearcats WBB vs. BYU
Fifth Third Arena
Saturday at 12p
Nick at Noon
Watch: ESPN+
Xavier Musketeers MBB vs. Creighton
Cintas Center
Saturday at 12:30p
Watch: Fox; Listen 700 WLW/550 WKRC
Xavier Musketeers WBB @ Seton Hall
Saturday at 1p
Watch: FloSports
Cincinnati Bearcats MBB vs. Houston
Fifth Third Arena
Saturday at 4p
Neon Night
Watch: ESPN 2; Listen 700 WLW
Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please click on the link for more information.
Go Vote! CityBeat’s 28th Annual Best of Cincinnati Readers Poll [citybeat.com]
Buckabee Brownies Turns Five [cincinnatimagazine.com]
A Cincinnati History Quiz [cincinnati.com]
Cincinnati Music Festival Announces Thursday Lineup [citybeat.com]
Download the Official Cincinnati Chili Week App to Enjoy $5-$7 Meal Deals and Win Prizes [citybeat.com]
Factory 52 Food Hall The Gatherall Adds Three New Vendors, February Events [citybeat.com]
Find Your Person, In Person [cincinnatimagazine.com]
Five Places to Get a Meal for Under $15 [cincinnati.com]
ICYMI: Four Cincinnati Chefs Named Semifinalists in 2024 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards [citybeat.com]
Not Exactly Vampires, Many Cincinnatians Indulged a Craving for Fresh Blood [cincinnatimagazine.com]
Pendleton’s Hart & Cru Named a “Top Wine Bar” by Pros in Food & Wine [citybeat.com]
Shelters in Distress: Greater Cincinnati Animal Shelters are Grappling with a Record-Breaking Increase in Animals [citybeat.com]
ICYMI: A Simpsons Pop-Up is Coming to Loveland [citybeat.com]
These Greater Cincinnati Restaurants and Hotels Earned 4 Diamonds from AAA [citybeat.com]