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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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- Ongoing Events
- Tickets and Registration for Future Events
- New To Do
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Dates to Know in Cincinnati: February 2026
January 1–31
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.
February 1–28
American Heart Month
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. but impacts some communities disproportionately. Join efforts around the country to promote heart health in your community.
Black History Month
Click here to see a list of local Black-owned businesses to support during BHM and beyond, courtesy of The Voice of Black Cincinnati.
Tuesday
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday
Sips & Savor
Winterhaus on Fountain Square, January 28, 6:30–9:30p
A tasting experience with Chef Christian Gill and Chef Kayla Robison. Tickets include a four course meal and cocktails.
Wednesday–Sunday
Cincinnati Travel, Sports, and Boat Show
Cincinnati Convention Center
Everything from boats, RVS, fishing, travel and tourism, power sports, and adventure sports for the entire family.
Tickets
Thursday
Bricks & Beer
Music Hall, 5:30p
Cincinnati Music Hall history and hops, complete with a one-hour tour. In partnership with Rhinegeist.
21+
Friday
Art After Dark: CAM Goes Mad!
Cincinnati Art Museum, 5–9p
Celebration of humor featuring musical performances by Improv Cincinnati, music by local DJ group Freak Boys, free admission to What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine, “big draw” art-making activity with Julia Lipovsky, local comics and stores, cash bars and food for purchase from the Terrace Café and Jay’s Nyam & Jam, and caricatures created live by artist Joni Fleming (suggested $15 CAM donation per caricature).
Free admission
Final Friday
Pendleton Art Center, 5–9p
Explore over 200 artists in wide ranging media. Valet parking is available as well as many self-parking options.
Free admission
Final Friday
OTR, 5–9p
Building on the tradition started by Pendleton Art Center 34 years ago, Final Friday will be expanding across OTR, spanning from Pendleton Street to Main Street, all the way over to Vine Street, with activations at Ziegler Park and Imagination Alley.
Click here for participating locations
Opening Night: A Soldier’s Play
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Through February 15
Click here for the 2025–26 season schedule
Queer Pottery Painting Night
Queen City Clay, 7p
Paint your own piece of pottery with your own twist. In partnership with Midwestern Lesbian.
Tickets
Winter in Cincinnati
Friday and Saturday
Fire & Ice Returns
Moerlein Lager House
Ice bars, fire performers, themed dinners, igloos, and ice sculptures. Remaining dates: February 6–7.
Friday–Sunday
Grand Opening Weekend
Indigo Hippo Hamilton (1224 Schuler Avenue), 12–6p (Fri–Sun)
Indigo Hippo is a Creative Reuse Center (think arts supply thrift store) and arts programming non-profit located in OTR. They aim to make creativity accessible to everyone by offering creative materials at pay-what-you-can pricing and through various community-based arts programs. They are expanding to a creative space in the Tide Pool Art Center in Hamilton.
Free admission
Saturday
Great Parks Winter Hike Series
Shawnee Lookout (Eagle’s Landing), 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 date: February 7.
$10 per hike; registration required
Special Olympics Polar Plunge
The Banks
The River Card Dark Market
The Gatherall at Factory 52, 5–10p
Cultural Traditions & Artistic Voices Performances and Reception
Studio San Giuseppe Gallery (MSJ), 1–4p
Creative Asian Society’s extended exhibition highlighting artistic influences, traditions, and innovations in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Free admission
Saturday and Sunday
Two-Day Pop-Up Shopping Event
Courtyard Marriott Rookwood
Saturday, 10a–5p
Sunday, 10a–4p
Cincinnati’s largest collection of high quality vintage furs, plus accessories, alterations, and styling.
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
Monday
Opening Day: XOXO: Mini Valentine’s Pop-Up Bar
The Pitch
Themed cocktails, immersive experience, photo ops, sweet treats, and more. Plus three Paint and Sip nights on 2/5, 2/10, and 2/11 (register here).
Free admission; 21+
Sports
UC Bearcats WBB vs. Iowa State
Fifth Third Arena
Saturday at 2p
Watch: ESPN+; Listen: FOX 1360
Xavier MBB vs. St. John’s
Cintas Center
Saturday at 2:30p
Watch: TNT + truTV; Listen: 700 WLW
Cincinnati Cyclones vs. Fort Wayne Comets
Heritage Bank Center
Saturday at 4p
Teddy Bear Toss Matinee
Xavier WBB vs. Georgetown
Cintas Center
Sunday at 1p
Watch: ESPN+
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 February 15
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
through February 22
Cupid’s Corner Pop-Up
Cobblestone
Decor, themed cocktails, cozy corners made for date nights, and more events.
Free admission
through February 28
2026 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.
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 March 8
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 18
Cultural Traditions & Artistic Voices
Studio San Giuseppe Gallery (MSJ)
Creative Asian Society’s extended exhibition highlighting artistic influences, traditions, and innovations in the Greater Cincinnati area. January 20–March 18
Free admission
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
Valentine’s Day Menu Dinner for Two
Pick-up from Wyoming Meat Market or Rekas Butcher
(2) ribeyes, strips, OR filets; (2) twice baked potatoes, (2) wedge salads, (2) garlic knots for $90. (Steak is raw and sides are prepared.)
Call 513-821- 2200 to order
Family Astronomy Night: Nebulae
Cincinnati Observatory, February 5, 7–8:30p
Tickets: $15/adult, $7/child, FREE for Observatory Members
Paint & Sip Nights
The Pitch, February 5, 10, and 11, 7p
Take in the XOXO: Mini Valentine’s Pop-Up Bar’s themed cocktails, immersive experience, photo ops, and sweet treats, while unleashing your inner artist.
Register here; 21+
Great Parks Winter Hike Series
Great Parks Locations, 10a–12:30p
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
Galentine’s Beers & Brunch
Braxton Covington, February 7, 11a–2p
Bottomless mimosas, bouquet building, charm bracelets, photo ops, Bloody Mary bar, and brunch catered by Taste of Belgium.
21+; Tickets
Galentine’s Beers & Brunch
Braxton Factory 52, February 7, 11a–2p
Bottomless mimosas, bouquet building, charm bracelets, photo ops, Bloody Mary bar, and brunch catered by Taste of Belgium.
21+; Tickets
Galentine’s Beers & Brunch
Braxton Union, February 7, 11a–2p
Bottomless mimosas, bouquet building, charm bracelets, photo ops, Bloody Mary bar, and brunch catered by Taste of Belgium.
21+; Tickets
Community Science Resource Demo
Pattison Park Lodge, February 8, 10a–12p
Queer Birders of Cincinnati and Clermont County Parks District demonstrate how to use identifying apps and how we can help support research, conservation, and education, followed by a hike. Bring your own binoculars or borrow a pair.
Free admission; register here
Galentine’s Day Wine & Cheese Get Cultured
The Rhined, February 12, 6p
Welcome pour of sparkling rose followed by four wine and cheese pairings. Hosted by The Rhined owner, Stephanie Webster, plus Hannah Riffe of Voyager Beverage and Madison Landkrohn of The Rhined.
Tickets
Tour and Taste of Chocolate
Music Hall, February 13, 10a, 12p, and 2p
90-minute indoor tour exploring a variety of private and public spaces in this National Historic Landmark building, culminating in a chocolate tasting.
Rhinegeist is for Lovers
Rhinegeist, February 14, 7–11p
All-inclusive Valentine’s party featuring throwback bangers by The Taste of Emo, emo karaoke, pub bites (included), beer/wine/cocktails/NA drinks (included), permanent jewelry, tattoos, and more.
Tickets
Cincinnati Magazine’s Breakfast for Dinner
The Cincinnati Club, February 18, 6–8:30p
Ticket includes entertainment, two free drinks, complimentary parking, and all-you-can-eat breakfast bites.
Galentine’s Celebration
Mona Dermatology, February 19, 5–7p
Food, drinks, a variety of local vendors, and more. Sign-up link coming soon.
Free admission
Bricks & Beer
Music Hall, February 26, March 19
Cincinnati Music Hall history and hops, complete with a one-hour tour. In partnership with Rhinegeist.
21+
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
OMNIMAX® Dinner Dates
Cincinnati Museum Center, 6:30p
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+
New To Do
Allez Bakery
6012 Madison Road (Madisonville)
Tues–Sat, 8a–3p
Cupid’s Corner Pop-Up
Cobblestone
Decor, themed cocktails, cozy corners made for date nights, and more events. January 16–February 22
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.
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
2026 James Beard Nominees Announced [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]
Iconic Greater Cincinnati Restaurants & Bars Every Visitor Needs to Try [citybeat.com]
A Pioneering Photographer Captured 1866 Cincinnati in Three Stunning Panoramas [cincinnatimagazine.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]
