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Dates to Know in Cincinnati: January 2026
January 1–30
National Blood Donor Month
Donors during the month of January will receive a UC Bearcat puffy vest. The vest is available at all seven neighborhood donor centers and select mobile blood drives.
Tuesday
Opening Night: Hell’s Kitchen
Aronoff Center
Thursday
Opening Day: Illustrated Memoir Project
Contemporary Arts Center
The Illustrated Memoir Project positions immigrant and refugee youth as the authors of their own stories and provides a platform on which they can share their lived experience and unique ways of knowing the world. Through March 8.
Family Astronomy Night: Black Holes
Cincinnati Observatory, 7–8:30p
Remaining date: February 5 (Nebulae)
Tickets: $15/adult, $7/child, FREE for Observatory Members
Friday
Day One: 2025 Winter Checkout Challenge
Complete new challenges at CHPL’s 41 locations or from the comfort of your home. Open to adults ages 18 and over.
Winter in Cincinnati
Friday and Saturday
Redsfest
Cincinnati Convention Center
Two-day Reds fan fest with player and staff appearances, autograph sessions, photo ops, fan interactives, live music and entertainment, and more—the first event at the newly renovated convention center. Click here to view the main stage schedule.
Friday, Saturday, and two-day passes available
Saturday
Great Parks Winter Hike Series
Sharon Woods (Sharon Center), 10a–12:30p
Select your hike based on difficulty, group, or theme. Hikes are educational or challenging, ranging from four to 5.5 miles. All hikes conclude with soup, cookies, and camaraderie. Remaining dates: January 24, 31, and February 7.
$10 per hike; registration required
Black Empowerment Day
Cincinnati Museum Center, 10a–5p
A celebration of Black excellence and empowerment alongside community partners, performers, speakers, and more. More info courtesy of Voice of Black Cincy.
Free for members or included in Museum admission
Cozy for a Cause
MadTree Taproom, 1–3p
Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa will be hosting an event with local vendors and shopping, professional pet photos, and hot cocoa for dogs. Red Dog will be accepting gently used pet items that will be donated to Cincinnati Animal CARE.
Bricks & Minifigs Pop-Up
Dead Low Brewing, 3–5p
FREE mini LEGO build
Opening Day: Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
Playhouse in the Park
The classic novel in a playful and theatrical new adaptation.
Click here to read more about the 2025–26 season
Sunday
Sunday Soundbath at Winterhaus
Fountain Square, 10a
Full-body meditative experience with Wild Garden Wellness. Your body temperature will drop during the sound bath, so dress in layers. Bring a mat and you are welcome to bring a blanket for additional comfort.
Free
Weekly Sunday Drag Brunch
Bloom OTR, 11a–1:30p
18+; tickets
Art on Vine
Rhinegeist, 12–6p
Monthly fine art and handmade goods market featuring 80+ artists and makers from Ohio and beyond.
Free admission
Monday
Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day
King Legacy Celebration
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 8a
A morning of music, reflection, and a call to action in celebration of the life and enduring legacy of Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr. The celebration will be live and in-person and will include a continental breakfast. A livestream option is also available.
Doors at 7:30, continental breakfast 8–8:30, and program at 8:30; tickets
Free Admission
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 10a–5p
The Freedom Center will have free admission, service fair, speakers, Hoxworth blood drive, and more on January 19.
Sports
Xavier MBB vs. Butler
Cintas Center
Wednesday at 6:30p
Watch: FS1; Listen: 55KRC
UC Bearcats MBB vs. Colorado
Fifth Third Arena
Wednesday at 7p
Watch: Peacock; Listen: 700 WLW
Cincinnati Cyclones vs. Rapid City Rush
Heritage Bank Center
Friday at 7:30p
Grateful Dead Night
Grateful Dead jerseys, $5 craft draft & seltzers, $1 popcorn, $3 burgers
Xavier WBB vs. St. John’s
Cintas Center
Saturday at 1p
Watch: ESPN+
UC Bearcats MBB vs. Iowa State
Fifth Third Arena
Saturday at 2p
Wear white
Watch: Peacock; Listen: 700 WLW
UC Bearcats WBB vs. West Virginia
Fifth Third Arena
Sunday at 2p
Watch: ESPN+; Listen: FOX 1360
All college sporting events listed are Division I home games only. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please click on the link for more information.
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
Free admission
through January 25
Sheida Soleimani: What a Revolutionary Must Know
Contemporary Arts Center
Visually arresting photographs, sculpture, and video that piece together the remarkable journey of her parents’ escape from Iran’s totalitarian regime.
through March 1
What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine
Cincinnati Art Museum
The unforgettable art and satire of MAD, from its start in 1952 as a popular humor comic book to its evolution into a beloved magazine.
Tickets
Winter Discount Days
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Discounted admission courtesy of US Bank, with tickets for as little as $9 for adults and $6 for children on select days. Learn more about the winter-hardy animals at the Zoo and the natural adaptations that prepare them for the cold.
through April 12
Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
Cincinnati Museum Center, 10a
An exhibition the world needs you to see. Be a witness.
Through this daunting selection of more than 500 original artifacts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland, as well as more than 20 institutions and museums all over the world, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. portrays the complex reality of the notorious camp while sharing firsthand stories from those who survived, and those who perished.
Tickets
Tickets and Registration for Future Events
OMNIMAX® Dinner Dates
Cincinnati Museum Center, 6:30p
January 23: Secrets of the Sea
July 17: Ohio: Wild at Heart
November 20: T.Rex
CMC’s take on an immersive “dinner and a date,” complete with a themed three-course menu (guiding you with the tools and skills to cook through it together). Registration includes cooking demonstration and OMNIMAX® screening.
21+
Great Parks Winter Hike Series
Great Parks Locations, 10a–12:30p
January 24: Woodland Mound (Seasongood Nature Center)
January 31: Shawnee Lookout (Eagle’s Landing)
February 7: Miami Whitewater Forest (Visitor’s Center)
Select your hike based on difficulty, group, or theme. Hikes are educational or challenging, ranging from four to 5.5 miles. All hikes conclude with soup, cookies, and camaraderie.
$10 per hike; registration required
Queer Pottery Painting Night
Queen City Clay, January 30, 7p
Paint your own piece of pottery with your own twist. In partnership with Midwestern Lesbian.
Tickets
Family Astronomy Night: Nebulae
Cincinnati Observatory, February 5, 7–8:30p
Tickets: $15/adult, $7/child, FREE for Observatory Members
Galentine’s Celebration
Mona Dermatology, February 19
More details TBA
Free admission
COYP Bacchanal: FUTUREGLOW
1212 (1212 Jackson Street), February 28, 8p
Immersive futurism fashion show, live performances, interactive art experiences, DJ, and raffle. Benefiting Cincinnati Opera’s 2026 Summer Music Festival.
21+; tickets
Calling All Artisans
ArtsConnect Artisan Fair (May 16)
They’re looking for blacksmiths, candle makers, woodworkers, jelly and jam makers, potters, and artisans of all kinds for the Springfield Twp Artisan Fair, a juried event featuring art, live music, food, beer, and demos on May 16, 2026.
Apply here
New To Do
Cincinnati Convention Center
The reimagined convention center has reopened and is hosting 2026 events.
Flight Club
125 W Fifth Street
Food, craft cocktails, and Social Darts®, a multiplayer, tech-enabled experience designed to bring people together.
Salazar
101 W Fifth Street
Mon–Thurs, 5-10p
Fri–Sat, 4–10p
Sun, closed
Prim
70 W Fifth Street
Tues–Thurs, 4p–midnight
Friday, 4p–2a
Saturday, 2p–2a
Sunday, 4p–midnight
Montclair Street
3134 Harrison Avenue, Westwood
Fresh cut flowers, retail wine, home goods, and gifts.
Open daily, 10a–6p
Tasty Bird Vintage
2533 Gilbert Avenue (Walnut Hills)
Curated selection of housewares, furniture, and clothes from the ’30s through the ’90s.
Mon, closed
Tues–Thurs, 11a–6p
Fri–Sat, 11a–8p
Sun, 11a–6p
Stumps Lanes and Cinful Eats
5536 Bridgetown Road
Casual bowling alley offering open play and leagues, plus pizza and yard games
Mon, 4–9p
Tues–Thurs, 9a–9p
Fri–Sat, 9a–11p
Sun, 12–9p
10 Arts & Culture Stories that Made an Impact on Greater Cincinnati in 2025 [citybeat.com]
An Escaped Oriole Brought Cincinnati Two Distraught Women and National Attention [cincinnatimagazine.com]
Cincinnati is—Once Again—Named a Top Arts Vibrant City in the US [citybeat.com]
Cincinnati Has Two of the Best New Hotels in America [10best.usatoday.com]
Cincinnati native to appear on new episode of ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ [citybeat.com]
The Hottest New Restaurants and Bars in Greater Cincinnati Right Now [citybeat.com]
Iconic Greater Cincinnati Restaurants & Bars Every Visitor Needs to Try [citybeat.com]
UC Health and Cincinnati Parks Partner on a New ‘Nature as Medicine’ Program [cincinnatimagazine.com]
Wayfarer Tavern to Host Pizza Collaborations with Local Restaurants [citybeat.com]
