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Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Events in Louisville 2026

All the best events in Louisville around Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day 2026!

From brunches to speed dating to dance parties to workouts, this is the ultimate guide to help you find fun things to do this Valentine’s season!

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  • Galentine’s – 2 Hour Mosaic Class
  • Galentine’s Shopping Event
    • 📍 Crestwood Mercantile
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 6
    • 🎟️ More Info Here
    • charcuterie, treats, 10% off entire store, giveaways, wine, florals, and more
  • Galentine’s Girls Night Out
    • 📍 My Old Kentucky Dinner Train
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 6
    • 🎟️ More Details
    • 4-course gourmet cuisine, cocktails, Galentine’s theme, and more
  • Galentine’s Day at LTS (cowgirl theme)
    • 📍 Louisville Thoroughbred Society
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 6
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • cowgirl cocktails, untamed bites, female-focused vender booths and live music by DJ Stacey Broadway
  • Chaos, Cupcakes & Caffeine: Galentine’s Edition
    • 📍 The Cottage on Eastview
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Decorate cupcakes. Drink caffeine. Get roasted. Includes 4 seasonal cupcakes + unlimited roasting. It’s not a class—it’s an experience.
  • Board & You’s Galentine’s Brunch
    • 📍 Board & You Bistro & Wine Bar
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • charcuterie, 3-course meal + cocktail pairings, giveaways, red & pink dress code encouraged
  • Galentine’s – Crushed Glass Heart Tray
    • 📍 Roselynn Hill Winery
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • gather your girlfriends, sip wine, and create a unique ceramic decorative tray with Crushed Glass and Resin!
  • Galentine’s Silent Disco
    • 📍 The Blind Squirrel
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • three channels of hot tracks! One channel will feature all your favorite pop girlies: Sabrina, Chappell, Beyoncé, Charli, Olivia, and more! Our other two channels will feature nothing but bangers from the worlds of hip-hop and decades classics.
  • Galentine’s Night with Maddox & Rose
    • 📍 Maddox & Rose Marketplace
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • sip espresso martini flights, design a custom candle with specialty vessels and let the live jazz set the mood
  • Galentine’s Girls Night
    • 📍 Hop Atomica
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • girls’ dinner specials, female owned vendors, and late night karaoke ⁠
  • Galentine’s Bingo
    • 📍 The B.A. Colonial Restaurant
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • bingo, cocktails, prizes, laughs
A stylish cocktail in a clear glass with a slice of ginger on top, placed on a wooden bar counter with a rustic brick wall and soft lighting in the background.
Prova Spirits
  • Galentine’s Evening | shopping event
    • 📍 Bloom
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hands-on make-your-own tallow experience with Bare Skincare, make-your-own bouquet at the Bloom Bar, grazing bites, festive mocktails, and oatmeal cream pies from Daily Bread, exclusive after hours shopping at Bloom Market and Refillery, fifteen percent off storewide discount
  • Galentine’s Dinner with Chef Vanessa Felix Goode, Prosser Culinary Instructor
    • 📍 MESA, A Live Dining Show
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • fabulous Girl Dinner, delicious cocktails, wine specials, and arrange your own fresh flower bouquet
  • Galentine’s Pottery Class
    • 📍 Loopy Dough
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • fun, low-pressure one-hour pottery class designed to celebrate friendship
  • Galentine’s Day Girl Dinner
    • 📍 The Wine Room by JBell Wine Co
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Galentine’s Day, but make it Girl Dinner. Join us for a chef-curated menu by Chef Chris, wine pairings, drink specials, and all the Valentine vibes
A dessert plate featuring a scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with a blueberry, surrounded by crumbled toppings and dollops of cream.
Retta’s
  • Galentines Candlelit Hike
    • 📍 Louisville Nature Center
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hike at your leisure, either on the candlelit short trail (about 3/4 mile), or the unlit longer trail (1 3/4 mile). Warm up around the fire afterward with a s’more and hot chocolate, or head indoors where you can visit our reptiles and enjoy complimentary snacks and drinks
  • Galentine’s Day Yoga & Meditation
    • 📍 Waterfront Botanical Gardens
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • celebrate friendship and self-love in this special Galentine’s Day Yoga and Meditation class
  • Chocolate & Roses: A Galentine’s Day Celebration
    • 📍 Locust Grove
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • ladies event around chocolate and roses, featuring live music with Kiana Del, pop-up shopping, female voices, and floral crafts with JamilaWorks. Don’t forget to dress in style for your photo opps; we encourage velvet, fur, silk, satin, and lace. Drinks and Girl Dinner are included.
  • Galentine’s Glam + Glow | by The Beauty Boost Louisville
    • 📍 Lumi Skin Bar + Aesthetics
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Facebook Event
    • pink bubbly flowing, a killer playlist setting the mood, shopping galore, and glow up spa stations
  • Galentine’s Day with comedian Mandee McKelvey
    • 📍 Ten20 Clarksville
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • As one of the Midwest’s most acclaimed stand-up comedians, Mandee’s candor, touch of vulgarity, and infectious sense of humor reveal an earnestness and vulnerability that invites us to find the humor in tragedy. Also comics Lena Beamish and Hillary Boston.
  • Galentine’s Trivia Night
    • 📍 Dog Haus Biergarten
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • from music and movies to TV, fashion, and unforgettable headlines, this trivia event spotlights the women who shaped pop culture as we know it
A bird's-eye view of a lively venue hosting a speed dating and matchmaking event, with various couples engaged in conversation at tables. The event details are displayed prominently, including the date, location in Louisville, and age range for participants.

  • Fleet Feet Louisville Galentine’s Event
    • 📍 Ten20
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️More Details Here
    • guided 45-minute yoga session in a fun, relaxed brewery setting — after yoga, stick around to mix, mingle, and explore pop-ups from local women-owned businesses, sip on custom event cocktails, and soak in the Galentine’s energy
  • Galentine’s Taylor Swift Sing-Along
    • 📍 PG&J’s Dog Bar
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • we’ll be playing all the Taylor Swift hits all night long, DJ Phantom 502 spinning nonstop Taylor Swift sing-along favorites, $15 ticket (includes charcuterie, sweet treat, Buzzball cocktail samples, Buzzball swag, etc.), $6 featured cocktails
  • Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Galentine’s Drag Brunch
    • 📍 Le Moo
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Hosted by Dusty Ray Bottoms. Performances by Alexander Cameron, Champagne & Jayda Mack.

Dating

  • Speed Dating + Matchmaking w/ Find Louisville
    • 📍 Logan Street Market
    • 📅 Wednesday, Feb 4
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hetero matches, ages 25-45
  • Speed Dating: Match Maker | with True Story Whiskeys
  • FIND YOUR VALENTINE: SPEED DATING
    • 📍 Trellis Brewing
    • 📅 Monday, Feb 9
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • singles ages 37-52
  • FIND YOUR VALENTINE: SPEED DATING
    • 📍 The Belknap Event Center
    • 📅 Tuesday, Feb 10
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • singles 50s/60s
  • Single Mingle: Bloom & Connect
    • 📍 The Orchid Venue (Mt. Washington)
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • delicious appetizers, cocktails & mocktails to enjoy while you mingle, a cozy setting, perfect for conversation
  • Green Light Speed Dating
    • 📍 Epiphany
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • with em.j & dom haley* and TAQUERÍA ÁGUILA
  • The Love Shack: Singles Night
    • 📍 The Real B.A. Colonial
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • a laid-back night of mingling, cocktails, and getting to know new people—no pressure, nothing formal, just easy conversation and good vibes
A wooden table with a cheese platter featuring various cheeses, olives, and nuts, accompanied by three glasses and snacks in the background.
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Food + Drink

  • Love Shack: Valentine’s Pop-Up Cocktail Bar
    • 📍 The B.A. Colonial
    • 📅 January – Feb 22
    • 🎟️ More Details
    • groovy retro vibes, Sweat Hearts candies photo booth, delicious Valentine cocktails
  • Galentine’s Girls Night Out
    • 📍 My Old Kentucky Dinner Train
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 6
    • 🎟️ More Details
    • 4-course gourmet cuisine, cocktails, Galentine’s theme
  • Pre-Valentines Pinot Pop-Up
    • 📍 Clayton & Crume
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • A free wine tasting featuring our Pinot Blanc & Pinot Noir with Clayton & Crume!
A slice of chocolate dessert topped with a purple flower, whipped cream, and crushed nuts, served on a plate in a dimly lit restaurant with a bar in the background.
The Kitchen Table at James B. Beam Distilling
  • Board & You’s Galentine’s Brunch
    • 📍 Board & You Bistro & Wine Bar
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7
    • 🎟️More Details Here
    • charcuterie, 3-course meal + cocktail pairings, giveaways, red & pink dress code encouraged
  • Hearts in Bloom: A Romantic Evening at Waterfront Botanical Gardens
    • 📍 Waterfront Botanical Gardens
    • 📅 Wednesday, Feb 11
    • 🎟️ More Details
    • music by Addie and Cole, dinner from The Black Italian
  • Four Roses, Ten Recipes, One Love | with Four Roses Bourbon
    • 📍 Frazier History Museum
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • an intimate evening of tastings, pairings, and exceptional Bourbon as we celebrate the artistry of Four Roses’ ten unique recipes
A performer in a sparkling blue outfit and dramatic cape poses dramatically in a restaurant setting.
High Stakes Rooftop Drag Brunch
  • Valentine’s Day Dinner for Two: four-course prix fixe menu
    • 📍 The Café
    • 📅 Feb 12, 13, 14 & 15
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • a romantic four-course dinner featuring an exclusive prix fixe menu, available February 12–15. Each evening features complimentary homemade buttermilk biscuits, thoughtfully paired courses, and specialty cocktails.
  • Love Bites: Anti-Valentine’s Girls Night | hosted by Women of Louisville
    • 📍 House of Marigold
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • tattoo pop up, write your ex a letter, women vendors, specialty cocktails, light bites, tarot reading, and more!
  • Fork & Barrel: Bourbon Dinner
    • 📍 Morning Fork
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • 4-course dining experience with the Buffalo Trace Family and custom pairings created by Fork & Barrel, with Master Distiller from Buffalo Trace and Chef Geoffrey Heyde
  • Galentine’s Dinner with Chef Vanessa Felix Goode, Prosser Culinary Instructor
    • 📍 MESA, A Live Dining Show
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • fabulous Girl Dinner, delicious cocktails, wine specials, and arrange your own fresh flower bouquet
  • Galentine’s Day Girl Dinner
    • 📍 The Wine Room by JBell Wine Co
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Galentine’s Day, but make it Girl Dinner. Join us for a chef-curated menu by Chef Chris, wine pairings, drink specials, and all the Valentine vibes
  • Valentine’s Dinner at Hop Atomica
    • 📍 Hop Atomica
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13 & Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Prix Fixe Menu for Two – pizza, salad, app, dessert, and 2 glasses of champagne 🥂 (reservations encouraged!)⁠ ($70 per couple)
  • A MeeshMeesh Valentines at Bourbon Barrel Foods
    • 📍 Bourbon Barrel Foods
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13 & Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Make Reservations Here
    • 3-courses feat. Bourbon Barrel Foods salts & spices, wine pairing with dinner, big communal tables, assigned seats, family-style dining, accommodations for dietary restrictions, n/a wine options, full bar available
  • Chocolate & Roses: A Galentine’s Day Celebration
    • 📍 Locust Grove
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • ladies event around chocolate and roses, featuring live music with Kiana Del, pop-up shopping, female voices, and floral crafts with JamilaWorks. Don’t forget to dress in style for your photo opps; we encourage velvet, fur, silk, satin, and lace. Drinks and Girl Dinner are included.
A couple sharing a kiss at a wedding-like event in front of a display of liquor bottles, with text promoting 'Vows With Your Valentine' at the Frazier History Museum on February 14th.
  • Cupid’s Crush: a valentine cocktail class with Bulleit Distilling
    • 📍 Bulleit Distilling Visitor Center
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13; Saturday, Feb 14; & Sunday, Feb 15
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • a fun, interactive class in a group setting, perfect for a pair or a group of friends!
  • Valentine’s Dining Experience – Love In Three Acts: A Valentine’s Experience
    • 📍 Blackacre
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • your evening includes live string serenade by Quintrilogy, a long-stem rose for each couple, and a three-course dinner
  • Valentine’s Day Special 3-Course Prix Fixe Dinner
    • 📍 Charr’d Bourbon Kitchen & Lounge
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
  • 12th Annual Cupid Shuffle (formerly Sweet Stroll)
    • 📍 Historic Downtown Corydon
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • take a leisurely stroll through Downtown Corydon and sample a variety of sweet treats from local business owners. This event is perfect for families, couples, and friends looking to satisfy their sweet tooth.
Promotional image for a whiskey tasting event featuring Four Roses Bourbon, with text highlighting 'Four Roses, Ten Recipes, One Love'. Includes details about the event on February 12th from 6:30 to 8 PM at the Frazier Kentucky History Museum, with Master Distiller Brent Elliott. Features roses and a bottle of Four Roses Bourbon.
  • Galentine’s Market Brunch
    • 📍 Logan Street Market
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Valentines Brunch Specials, Mimosas & Cocktails, Valentines Pop Ups and Shops, Special Jewelry Charm Bar

Entertainment + Games + Trivia

  • Va Va Vixens Presents “Va Va au reVoir – Until We Meet Again”
    • 📍 Art Sanctuary
    • 📅 Feb 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, & 21
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • The Va Va Vixens will take you on a wild and risqué ride into the magnificent world of sizzling striptease, ethereal aerial acrobatics and contortions, show stopping vocal stylings of our sultry songbirds, divine dancers, and outrageous antics!
  • Bawdy Moves: a sketch & strip show | Valentine’s Theme
    • 📍 Shippingport Brewing
    • 📅 Feb 8 Feb 15 (rescheduled)
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Where figure drawing, drag, and burlesque meet. Catch the lovely Artemisia de la Miel & Aisha Heartout and host Tigresse Bleu as they flirt it up for the month of love. Come as a sketch all-star or newbie. All skill levels welcome.
  • Trivia Night – The Birds and the Beasts 2026
A close-up of a bouquet of pink and red straw flowers in a white bucket.
Bloomed Roots
  • Galentine’s Bingo
    • 📍 The B.A. Colonial Restaurant
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • bingo, cocktails, prizes, laughs
  • Galentine’s Day with comedian Mandee McKelvey
    • 📍 Ten20 Clarksville
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • As one of the Midwest’s most acclaimed stand-up comedians, Mandee’s candor, touch of vulgarity, and infectious sense of humor reveal an earnestness and vulnerability that invites us to find the humor in tragedy. Also comics Lena Beamish and Hillary Boston.
  • Galentine’s Trivia Night
    • 📍 Dog Haus Biergarten
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • from music and movies to TV, fashion, and unforgettable headlines, this trivia event spotlights the women who shaped pop culture as we know it
  • Galentine’s Taylor Swift Sing-Along
    • 📍 PG&J’s Dog Bar
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • we’ll be playing all the Taylor Swift hits all night long, DJ Phantom 502 spinning nonstop Taylor Swift sing-along favorites, $15 ticket (includes charcuterie, sweet treat, Buzzball cocktail samples, Buzzball swag, etc.), $6 featured cocktails
  • Valentine’s Day Comedy Showcase
    • 📍 TEN20 Clarksville
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Facebook Event
    • spend your Valentine’s Day with laughs, beer and pizza at the TEN20 Taproom in Clarksville, with comics from across the region: Bonita Elery, Cali Botkin, Laura Cord, Katie Gayer and host Hillary Boston.
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  • Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Galentine’s Drag Brunch
    • 📍 Le Moo
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hosted by Dusty Ray Bottoms. Performances by Alexander Cameron, Champagne & Jayda Mack.
  • K-Pop Drag Brunch: Valentine’s Day Edition
    • 📍 High Stakes Rooftop
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • expect jaw-dropping drag performances, iconic choreography, and all the K-pop bangers you know and love — from sweet love songs to full-on dance anthems.
  • “Tempting Tunes” by Blanc’s Burlesque | ft. Naomi Wayne
    • 📍 Hell or High Water
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • 2 showings (8pm, 10pm), get a head start on Valentines weekend with the one and the only Naomi Wayne joining us to host and set the tune for our burlesque performances by Sista Solee and Miss Beverly Blanc at the amazing Hell or High Water speakeasy
  • OVW’s Love Hurts
    • 📍 Hotpoint Davis Arena
    • 📅 Sunday, Feb 15
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Ohio Valley Wresting’s Valentine’s themed fight night

Nightlife + Parties + Galas + Music

  • Tongue Tied Erotica Roses & Romance
    • 📍 Portal
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • a steamy night of passion, poetry, and roses
  • Galentine’s Nights at Pink Lounge
    • 📍 The Hub
    • 📅 Saturdays in February: 7, 14, 21, & 28
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • every Saturday in February is for the girls. FREE admission for ladies from 10PM–12AM. Sounds by DJ Samosa. Grab your besties, sip something cute, and dance it out all night!
  • Galentine’s Silent Disco
    • 📍 The Blind Squirrel
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • three channels of hot tracks! One channel will feature all your favorite pop girlies: Sabrina, Chappell, Beyoncé, Charli, Olivia, and more! Our other two channels will feature nothing but bangers from the worlds of hip-hop and decades classics.
  • Red Note Poetry
    • 📍 Grand Lion Event Centers
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • where jazz meets poetry: curated cocktails, a delicious food menu by Chef Makeda, live art by Kayla, and tattoos by Black Wildflower, creating a full sensory experience from start to finish
  • Heart Throb Throwbacks
    • 📍 Howl at the Moon
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Website
    • we’re performing all your favorite crush-worthy hits from the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. Fall back in love with the songs you blasted on your CD player, iPod, dedicated on the radio and absolutely felt in your soul. Heartthrob Throwbacks is a love letter to all the icons who made our hearts race.
  • Tony & The Tanlines Presents: Tanlines After Dark
  • “Discover Love” Gala with Louisville Chorus
  • Sweetheart Soirée
    • 📍 Hermitage Farm
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13 & Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • immerse yourself in the vibrant rhythm and passion of the Sweetheart Soiree, where professional dancers will sweep you into the world of sultry swing and spicy Latin dance. Savor a selection of delectable small bites to keep your energy high as you move to the music, and toast the evening with a complimentary cocktail, infusing your night with sophistication and warmth.
A refreshing drink with ice and mint leaves served in a tall glass on a marble table.
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  • Valentine’s Silent Disco
    • 📍 Mile Wide Beer
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • dance the night away to three channels of HOT tracks: pop, hip-hop, and decades with some extra love songs thrown in for good measure. Real-life lovebirds DJ Whitt and DJ MelP are taking over the booth.
  • Valentine’s Day – Party in Paradise
    • 📍 Louisville Thoroughbred Society
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • complimentary signature drink, Spiked Punch Station, Rum & Tequila Tasting, a whole roasted pig, fresh sushi station, live entertainment, Couples Raffle, island vibes
  • Club Cupid: A Valentine’s Experience
    • 📍 The Ice House
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • cocktail hour with bites + cocktail-making class, 3-course dinner accompanied with wine pairing, dessert + martini lounge
  • Rise and Vibe – The 9AM Silent Party
    • 📍 TRIBE (private lounge)
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Facebook Event
    • sunrise views, silent disco, and curated breakfast cocktails
A crowd of people at a live music concert, illuminated by colorful stage lights in a dimly lit venue.
Concert at The Jefferson
  • The Fairyweather & Louisville Pride Foundation present: “Pink & Red Disco: Valentine’s Day Disco”
    • 📍 The Merryweather
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • benefit for Louisville Pride Foundation️ ‍🌈, DJs Lauren and Jay Mo set the mood starting at 9pm, wear your best red and pink
  • GAG️:‍ a Drag Rave | Theme: “Leather & Latex”
    • 📍 Kaiju
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Let’s get HOT AND SEXY this Valentine’s Day for our leather and latex themed rave. This show is to celebrate and admire our body’s as well as the people we share them with. Come dressed in your best kinky, slutty attire. $10 Cash Entry. Bring cash to tip the dolls.

Outdoor + Wellness

  • Galentine’s Cozy Retreat + Period Raffle
    • 📍 Valaterra
    • 📅 Sunday, Feb 1
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • self-care, spritz bar, breathwork, brunch, pajamas, massages, facials, cocktails
  • Valentine’s Social
    • 📍 HOTWORX Stony Brook
    • 📅 Wednesday, Feb 11
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • sweat it out with a friend, celebrate self-love & fitness, vendors, raffles, exclusive event specials, sweet treats
  • Galentines & Valentines Candlelit Hikes
    • 📍 Louisville Nature Center
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13 & Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hike at your leisure, either on the candlelit short trail (about 3/4 mile), or the unlit longer trail (1 3/4 mile). Warm up around the fire afterward with a s’more and hot chocolate, or head indoors where you can visit our reptiles and enjoy complimentary snacks and drinks
  • Jefferson Memorial Forest Valentine’s Hike
    • 📍 Jefferson Memorial Forest
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13 & Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Facebook Event
    • give your sweetie the moon, the stars, and a romantic treat by a warm bonfire! This year’s Valentine’s day hike will include two options: a candlelit hike with hot chocolate for you and your partner or a candle lit hike leading to a private bonfire with a table for two and a s’mores kit (welcome to bring your own picnic dinner). Route is a mix of a trail and gravel road that spans approximately 3/4 of mile with some short easy hills.
  • Fleet Feet Louisville Galentine’s Event
    • 📍 Ten20
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • guided 45-minute yoga session in a fun, relaxed brewery setting — after yoga, stick around to mix, mingle, and explore pop-ups from local women-owned businesses, sip on custom event cocktails, and soak in the Galentine’s energy
A bridge crossing over a calm river, surrounded by autumn foliage and blue skies with fluffy clouds.
Beckley Creek Park
  • Galentine’s Goddess Gathering
    • 📍 Core Pilates and Yoga
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Info Here
    • feminine movement meditation, charcuterie, bevies, giveaways, goddess oils, & heart-opening breathwork

Shopping

  • Galentine’s Shopping Event
    • 📍 Crestwood Mercantile
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 6
    • 🎟️ More Info Here
    • charcuterie, treats, 10% off entire store, giveaways, wine, florals, and more
  • Louisville Valentine’s Craft & Vendor Market
    • 📍 Hometown Vendor Market
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7 & Sunday, Feb 8
    • 🎟️ More Info Here
    • local vendors, sweet treats, perfect gift ideas for your Valentine, handmade gifts, specialty items, and memorable keepsakes
  • The Flea Valentine Market | by Flea Off Market
    • 📍 Glassworks
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7 & Sunday, Feb 8
    • 🎟️ More Info Here
    • 50+ vendors, wide selection of Valentine’s gifts for your sweetheart or yourself, food, a full Flea bar with seasonal cocktails, local craft beer, photo booth opportunities, and live music
  • Woman Owned Wallet: Galentine’s Bash 2026
    • 📍 Mellwood Art Center
    • 📅 Sunday, Feb 8
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • 90+ incredible woman-owned businesses, interactive art stations, curated playlist, good vibes, themed cocktails from Bar Nada Nada, and the infectious energy of women supporting women
A vibrant indoor market scene featuring various vendor booths with colorful decorations, merchandise displays, and shoppers interacting in a lively atmosphere.
W.O.W. Galentine’s Bash vendors
  • Galentine’s Evening at Bloom | hosted by Bare Skincare
  • experiences, products, and crafting from vendors such as Bare Skincare, LT’s Flower Bar, Daily Bread Homestead, Macklin Made, Sunday Silke, & Rent Your Retro
  • Galentine’s Sip N Shop
    • 📍 Magnolia & Fig
    • 📅 Wednesday, Feb 11
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • bubbly and chocolate treats, a gift with purchase for the first 25 gals, a storewide discount, a gift card giveaway, and lots of good vibes and positive girl gang energy
  • Galentine’s Evening | shopping event
    • 📍 Bloom
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hands-on make-your-own tallow experience with Bare Skincare, make-your-own bouquet at the Bloom Bar, grazing bites, festive mocktails, and oatmeal cream pies from Daily Bread, exclusive after hours shopping at Bloom Market and Refillery, fifteen percent off storewide discount
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Louisville Food Tours – save 10% with my promo code here!
  • Heated Valentine’s Market
    • 📍 Logan Street Market
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • A Novel Romance and The Kinder Artist are so excited to invite you to celebrate queer sports romance with our Heated Valentines Market! Come check out our vendors, grab some themed merch, books, food, and drink, as well as fun crafts and activities!
  • Galentine’s Night Out
    • 📍 Westport Village
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • participating boutiques and businesses will be open late until 8pm for shopping + stroll around the Village for special sips, treats, promotions and more
  • Self-Love Valentine’s Market
    • 📍 Prova Spirits
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details here
    • cocktails, specials, tarot, shopping, local vendors, samples

Workshops + Classes + Crafting

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Louisville Food Tours – save 10% with my promo code here!
  • Brushes, Bites & Valentine Delights paint class
    • 📍 The Candle Barn Company
    • 📅 Saturday, Jan 31
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Paint at your own pace with pre-sketched Valentine canvases, light snacks, and 10% off at The Candle Barn. Adults & older teens welcome.
  • Galentine’s – 2 Hour Mosaic Class
  • Valentine’s Day Cake & Cookie Decorating Classes
  • Chaos, Cupcakes & Caffeine: Galentine’s Edition
    • 📍 The Cottage on Eastview
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 7
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Decorate cupcakes. Drink caffeine. Get roasted. Includes 4 seasonal cupcakes + unlimited roasting. It’s not a class—it’s an experience.
Blown glass paperweights at ACME Artworks
  • Hot Glass MAKE IT! | glass blowing Hearts & Paperweights
    • 📍 ACME Artworks
    • 📅 Saturdays in February: 7, 14, 21, 28
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hands-on glass blowing class. Multiple class times (9am, 10:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm). Join us and make your own glass paperweight. Choose a heart, an egg, or a traditional orb, or even an irregular colorful glass blob.
  • Paint & Sip: Valentine’s Love Owl Night
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Purrfect Day Cafe

  • Valentine Cookie Decorating Workshop | with The Louisville Cookie Company
    • 📍 The Craftery
    • 📅 Tuesday, Feb 10
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Nicki Rosati, local cookier & owner of The Louisville Cookie Company, will teach you the techniques, tips & tricks of decorating iced sugar cookies. With her guidance, you’ll decorate 4 cookies with swoon-worthy icing – the perfect Valentine’s treat!
  • Single & Sacred: candle-making workshop
    • 📍 Prova Spirits
    • 📅 Wednesday, Feb 11
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • join us for Single & Sacred, a candle-making ritual where we pour candles, sip something good, and slow down long enough to choose ourselves, fully and without apology. This night is for women in every season of life who are craving softness, intention, and a moment that feels like exhale.
  • Galentine’s – Crushed Glass Heart Tray
    • 📍 Roselynn Hill Winery
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Gather your girlfriends, sip wine, and create a unique ceramic decorative tray with Crushed Glass and Resin!
  • Galentine’s Night with Maddox & Rose
    • 📍 Maddox & Rose Marketplace
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • sip espresso martini flights, design a custom candle with specialty vessels and let the live jazz set the mood
  • Galentine’s Pottery Class
    • 📍 Loopy Dough
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • fun, low-pressure one-hour pottery class designed to celebrate friendship
  • Sweetheart Strawberry Social
  • Valentine’s Day Cookie Class
    • 📍 Cultured Cheese Shop
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hands-on class where you’ll learn fun, beginner-friendly techniques to decorate four festive cookies you can take home (or gift!). Plus, enjoy access to our charcuterie board appetizer while you decorate…because cookies are better with cheese.
A group of people engaging in a craft workshop, with various art supplies like pens, paper, and buckets on a table. The participants, of diverse backgrounds, are focused on their projects in a creatively decorated space.
The Craftery
  • Nature (+) Monotype Printmaking Valentine
    • 📍 Bernheim
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • join artist and Bernheim Arts Program Coordinator, Teresa Koester, in making one-of-a-kind monoprint Valentines using a portable etching press, natural materials, and animal imagery
  • Valentine’s Day Flower Arrangement class
    • 📍 Sky Premium Lounge
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • whether you’re a beginner or just looking to add a personal touch to your floral skills, this is the perfect chance to craft beautiful bouquets and arrangements
  • Galentine’s: DIY Charcuterie Box w/ Wine Pairing | with MMMazing Grazing
    • 📍 Off the Rails Tasting Room & Wine Depot
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • all materials, instructions, 3 selected wine pairings, and the cutting board/ knife set is included in ticket
  • Galentine’s Blooms: Sip, Snack, Stem
    • 📍 Osteria Italian Seafood
    • 📅 Sunday, Feb 15
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • hands-on floral workshop, light bites and drinks, with guidance from Oberer’s Flowers

Wellness + R&R

  • Galentine’s Kisses & Syringes
    • 📍 Bodi Louisville
    • 📅 Thursday, Feb 12
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • treatments, drinks, charcuterie, jewelry pop-up, gifts, giveaways, and more
  • Galentine’s Glam + Glow | by The Beauty Boost Louisville
    • 📍 Lumi Skin Bar + Aesthetics
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Facebook Event
    • pink bubbly flowing, a killer playlist setting the mood, shopping galore, and glow up spa stations
  • Galentine’s Day Yoga & Meditation
    • 📍 Waterfront Botanical Gardens
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • celebrate friendship and self-love in this special Galentine’s Day Yoga and Meditation class
  • Sunny Side of Touch: A Valentine’s Eve Couples Massage Workshop
    • 📍 Mind’s Eye Healing
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • a relaxing, beginner-friendly, hands-on massage workshop designed for couples and friends
Colorful decorative sticks in various shades of purple and orange, each tied with a small ribbon and labeled.
Vya Boutique

Weddings

  • Vows with your Valentine | mini-matrimony ceremonies
    • 📍 Frazier History Museum
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • let us sweat the small stuff with memorable mini-matrimony ceremonies on Valentine’s Day
  • Say “I Do!” at Witches Brew
    • 📍 Witches Brew Coffee
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • tie the knot with Witches Brew. Even perfect for vow renewals! Each ceremony will be short and very sweet. Ya know… Vegas style. Witchy weddings are in and what better place to get hitched than with us.

Pets + Nature

  • Valentine LUV Night
    • 📍 Second Chances Wildlife Center
    • 📅 Friday, Feb 13
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • LUV Nights (Learn – Understand – Visit) are a unique way for you to come and interact with Second Chances’ wildlife. Love animals and looking for a truly wild Valentine’s date?
  • The Purrfect Valentine’s Day for 2
    • 📍 Purrfect Day Cafe
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here / Facebook Event
    • Surprise your sweetheart, bestie, relative, mom, or that special someone with our PURRFECT Valentine’s Day Package. Includes: shareable decadent dessert from Najla’s Specialty Foods, cat lounge session for two (50-minute visit), $2 off your beverage of choice
  • Meet the Pack: My Furry Valentine! | adoption event
    • 📍 Jeffersonville Animal Shelter
    • 📅 Saturday, Feb 14
    • 🎟️ More Details Here
    • Skip the chocolates and come meet your perfect match; adoption specials & promotions, Valentine Photobooth, meet adoptable dogs and cats, fun activities for the whole family
A row of colorful macarons on a pink background, featuring various flavors including brown, green, white, and a pink macaron with text.
Macarons by Maddie About Cake

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