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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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- Sporting Events
- Ongoing Events
- Tickets and Registration for Future Events
- New To Do
- Local news Roundup
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Wednesday
New Year’s Eve
Click here to view a roundup of area New Year’s Eve events.
Friday
Art Play New Year’s Party
Contemporary Arts Center, January 2, 10:30a–12p
Kid-friendly bash featuring party mask decorating and other festive creations, plus a balloon drop at 11. Designed specifically for children ages 2–6.
Free for members, $5 per non member child
Meat Raffle
Urban Artifact, 7–10p
$1 per ticket, no limit on the number of tickets you can purchase. Drawings every ten minutes and 18 chances to win. Meat is locally sourced from farms and farmers present at the Northside Farmer’s Market; profit from ticket sales will be donated back to the Northside Farmers Market.
Saturday
Grand Reopening
CHPL – Mariemont Branch, 10a
Ribbon cutting at 10 followed by refreshments, story times, face painting, arts and crafts, button making, photo booth, and balloon animals.
Free
New Year, New You Tasting Tour
Findlay Market, 11a–12:30p
Samples that introduce you to delicious flavors that’ll help you lean into those New Year’s resolutions, including plant-based and heart-healthy dishes, plus a gift to take home.
Tickets
Sunday
First Sunday Hike with a Shelter Dog
Sharon Woods, 9–11a
Allow League for Animal Welfare shelter dogs to meet new people, explore new environments, and enjoy a much deserved break from the shelter. Email carrie@lfaw.org for a spot before they fill up.
Must be 18 or over to handle the dogs
Sports
Xavier MBB vs. UConn (4)
Cintas Center
Wednesday at 5p
Watch: Peacock; Listen: 700 WLW
New Years Eve + Indoor Fireworks
Cincinnati Cyclones vs. Indy Fuel
Heritage Bank Center
Wednesday at 6p
End your 2025 in a family friendly setting with the Cyclones and a 6p start time, then stick around for indoor fireworks. (Be home in time for the midnight ball drop.)
Xavier WBB vs. Marquette
Cintas Center
Thursday at 1p
Watch: ESPN+
UC Bearcats MBB vs. Houston
Fifth Third Arena
Saturday at 2p
Big 12 home opener, wear black
Watch: FOX; Listen: 700 WLW
Week 18: Cincinnati Bengals vs Cleveland Browns
Paycor Stadium
Sunday at 1p
Watch: CBS; Listen: 700WLW, ESPN 1530, and 102.7 WEBN
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 December 31
It’s Fritz! A Sequel to Fiona: The Musical
Ensemble Theatre
through January 4, 2026
Recall. Reframe. Respond. The Art of Paul Scott.
Cincinnati Art Museum
Working with new ceramic forms or repurposing antique pieces, Scott breaks, reassembles, erases, and adds details using screenprinting, engraving, and collage processes to create new “historical” patterns. Broadly, his works address updated narratives about art, history and American experiences.
Free admission
through January 4, 2026
Cincinnati Light the World Giving Machines
Kenwood Towne Center
The Giving Machines are vending machines with cards representing items needed by global and local nonprofit organizations such as meals, bus tickets, shoes, books, childcare, and more. Donation item prices range from $5 to $100+. This initiative invites people to share goodness, spread kindness, and extend love through service during the holiday season. 100% of donations go to charity. Available during all open hours at the Kenwood Towne Center.
through January 11, 2026
Indigo and the Art of Quiltmaking
Taft Museum of Art
For thousands of years, people around the world have treasured textiles dyed with indigo. A synthetic version, developed in the 1880s, still colors today’s blue jeans. This exhibition presents twenty quilts created between the early 1800s and 2015.
Tickets (admission to the museum is FREE on Sundays and Mondays)
through March 1, 2026
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
through April 12, 2026
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
A Cozy Night In
Downtown Main Library, January 9, 6:30–9p
Kick off the Library’s Winter Checkout Challenge with A Cozy Night In, an event for adults featuring a panel and signing with authors Abby Collette / Abby Vandiver, Heather Webber, and Kerry Winfrey. Each ticket includes a book of your choice from one of the featured authors and benefits the Library Foundation of Cincinnati.
Tickets
Great Parks Winter Hike Series
Great Parks Locations, 10a–12:30p
January 10: Winton Woods (Harbor)
January 17: Sharon Woods (Sharon Center)
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
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
Flight Club
125 W Fifth Street
Food, craft cocktails, and Social Darts®, a multiplayer, tech-enabled experience designed to bring people together.
Ice Rink at Fifty West
Wooster Pike and Deerfield
$10/hour (kids 4 and under free)
Salazar
101 W Fifth Street
Mon–Thurs, 5-10p
Fri–Sat, 4–10p
Sun, closed
2025 Winterhaus
Fountain Square
With the move of the ice rink to Elm Street Plaza, Winterhaus is a cozy, glass-enclosed tented retreat in the heart of the city, complete with daily programming, a full bar, and space for everything from co-working to private events.
Prim
70 W Fifth Street
Tues–Thurs, 4p–midnight
Friday, 4p–2a
Saturday, 2p–2a
Sunday, 4p–midnight
The Barket
Findlay Market
Montclair Street
3134 Harrison Avenue, Westwood
Fresh cut flowers, retail wine, home goods, and gifts.
Open daily, 10a–6p
Now Available: Teddy Lou, Bell Guru
STEM picture book by local author Chris Demeropolis.
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
Four Cincinnati Restaurants Land on OpenTable’s ‘Top 100’ List [citybeat.com]
The Hottest New Restaurants and Bars in Greater Cincinnati Right Now [citybeat.com]
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