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This Weekend in #LoveTheCov 2/12/26: 💕🎭 Valentine’s Day & Mardi Gras Edition

COVINGTON, Ky. – Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Every Thursday, we round up a selection of weekend events happening across Covington, featuring live music, markets, food festivals, art shows, family fun, and more. 

This Saturday brings extra excitement as Valentine’s Day and the Mainstrasse Mardi Gras Parade collide!

THURSDAY 2/12/26

  • Galentine’s Bracelet-Making Party with Cats (ages 14-up) | Purrfect Day Cat Café | 6 – 8 p.m. 
  • Moo & Brew Paint Night | The Roost Latonia | 6 – 8 p.m. 
  • Valentine's Wine Tasting | Crafts & Vines | 6 – 9 p.m. 
  • Valentine’s Drink & Draw | Knowledge Bar & Social Room | 7 – 9 p.m. 
  • 25 Faces of Fairness opening event | Pique | 7 – 9 p.m.
    A portrait exhibition marking 25 years of fairness advocacy in Kentucky. The exhibition features original oil paintings by Jacob Grant, depicting 25 LGBTQ activists and allies who shaped the fight for LGBTQ fairness protections across the Commonwealth. 
  • Trivia Thursdays | Covington Yard | 7 – 9 p.m.
  • Music Bingo Thursdays | Braxton Brewing Company | 7 - 9 p.m.
  • Dan Van Vechten Music performs at Smoke Justis | 7 – 10 p.m. 
  • Disco Bingo followed by Karaoke | Galaxie Covington | 7:30 p.m. 

FRIDAY 2/13/26

  • Puppet Making Workshop | Kenton County Public Library, Covington branch | 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. 
  • Valentine’s Game Night | Revival Vintage Spirits & Bottle Shop | 6 p.m. 
  • The Gimlets perform at Juniper’s | 8 – 11 p.m. 
  • Heart//Break: A Night of Femme Power | The Green Door | 8 – 11 p.m. 
  • STVSH: Night Shift USA Debut Tour | Galaxie | 10 p.m. 
  • Karaoke with Gary and Theresa | The Olde Towne Tavern | 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. 

SATURDAY 2/14/26 (Happy Valentine's Day!)

  • Covington Sparks: Archery with Mayerson JCC | Sixth District Elementary | 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
  • Covington Farmers + Makers Market | West Sixth Covington Haus | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Kentucky and the War of 1812 presentation | Kenton County Public Library, Covington branch | 2 p.m. 
  • The Purrfect Valentine’s Day for 2 (ages 16 and up) | Purrfect Day Cat Cafe | 5 – 9 p.m. 
  • 2026 Mainstrasse Mardi Gras Parade | Hosted by Up Over | 7 p.m. 
  • Mardi Gras in the Cov with Doubt It & Zazou | 7 p.m. 
  • Valentine’s party at Villa Fiesta | 8 p.m. 
  • Valentine’s Night at Second Story | 8 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. 
  • Love is in the air at Ritte’s Corner Cafe | 9 p.m. 
  • Valentine’s Day Mardi Gras Party at Wiseguy Lounge | 9 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. 
  • Black Mountain Throwdown performs at Molly Malone’s | 10 p.m. 
  • Jason Leech with JetLag & niknak | Galaxie | 10 p.m. 

SUNDAY 2/15/26 

  • Bingo, Every Sunday | American Legion Post 203, Latonia | 1 - 7 p.m.
  • Postcards from Paris: A Cincinnati Camerata Concert with the Cincinnati Early Music Festival | Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption | 3 p.m. 

This isn’t a full list of everything going on in The Cov — just a sampling of the many ways to get out, explore, and support local.

View the City's Events Calendar here.