Whether you're leaning into Valentine's Day or just looking for a reason to get out of the house, Austin offers a range of ideas — no relationship status required.
This weekend, you can spend time listening to a bolero trio, dancing in the moonlight or learning about Lunar New Year traditions.
Blanton All Day: In Love and Art
Cost: Varies. (General admission is $20.)
Saturday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Blanton Museum of Art, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Explore the collection, create greeting cards, arrange flowers or type out a poem on an old typewriter. The schedule transitions from family-friendly storytelling in the morning to live music as the sun goes down.
Trio Los Vigilantes: Noche de Boleros
Cost: $53 and up
Saturday, doors at 7:30 p.m.
The Rosette, Austin Classical Guitar, 3908 Avenue B, Suite 116
The Austin-based Latin trio will perform an intimate set in the bolero tradition, accompanied by a string quartet.
Cumbia Dance Night
Cost: Free
Saturday, 7–10 p.m.
Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, 222 West Ave.
Spend Valentine’s evening dancing over Lady Bird Lake with friends and family — and maybe a bat. Guest DJ Pelon plays the first hour.
Cost: Free
On display through June 7
UMLAUF, 605 Azie Morton Rd
Through sculpture, video installations and mixed media, Women Who Wander explores themes of female identity, migration and belonging. Artists include Jennifer Ling Datchuk, who incorporates porcelain, textiles and hair fibers into her work; Tammie Rubin, a ceramic sculptor and installation artist; and multidisciplinary artist Yoshie Sakai.
Austin Lunar New Year Festival
Cost: Free
Sunday, 2–5 p.m.
Webb Middle School, 601 E St. Johns Ave.
Ring in the Year of the Horse with activities hosted by Austin Great Wall Chinese School. Free activity booths offer ribbon dragon dancing, shuttlecock kicking, diabolo (Chinese yo-yo), Chinese calligraphy, and paper cutting for children and families. Watch a lion dance performance at 3 p.m. and pick up a red envelope and goodie bag while supplies last.
Previously recommended and ongoing:
- Somebody to Love at Sage Studio
- Signaling Light at Women and Their Work
- FronteraFest at Hyde Park Theatre
- Reuse on the Runway at Dougherty Arts Center's Julia C. Buttridge Gallery
- Daniel Johnston's Fly High, Fly Eye at Lydia Street Gallery
- Mix ‘n’ Mash – On Repeat: The Musicians Who Shaped Us at Mexic-Arte
