Lots to Love This Valentine’s Day
Special events for kids, families, dates, and friends in Philadelphia

Celebrate all kinds of love this Valentine’s Day with the wide variety of events happening in Philadelphia for families, kids, friends, and dates. Whether it’s kid-friendly craft activities, special museum programming, or boozy events for adults, take advantage of everything the city has to offer this February. Check out this guide for the events we found for family outings, galentine hangs, and romantic dates.
For Families
Kutest Kids Parents as Teachers Valentine’s Day Event
February 8, 4-7 pm
Kids at Play, 3502 Scotts Lane Suit 711
“Feelin’ the Feels” is a Kutest Kids Parents as Teachers event that will teach the importance of building bonds and attachment within a family. Families can enjoy time together while making sugar cookies, playing in the indoor sensory playground, and learning how to effectively communicate and interact with one another.
Valentine Family Cookie Decorating and Storytelling
February 10, 4-6 pm
Tacony LAB Community Arts Center, 6918 Torresdale Avenue
Tacony LAB is hosting a Valentine’s Day social with cookie decorating and a story time.
Community Collage Quilt Project
February 11, 1-4 pm
ArtWell, 100 West Oxford Street
Join ArtWell and Philadelphia CollageWorks during the season of one of ArtWell’s values, “Love,” to create collage squares for the Community Collage Quilt Project. Your squares will become part of a large collage quilt with contributions from participants across Philadelphia to celebrate the diverse communities of our city.
Inner Light Aura Pop-Up Event
February 12, 9-12 pm
kith + kin, 3060 W Jefferson Street
Grab your date or family head to kith + kin’s for their Valentine’s Day Inner Light Aura Pop-Up. Inner Light Aura is an analog film practice that captures your energy through a special camera designed in the 1970s. Each aura portrait session will include a photoshoot, oracle card reading, and full aura reading – of you or your family!
Valentine’s Day Kids Sewing Party
February 12, 1 am-1 pm
Buddha Babe, 7101 Emlen Street
Galentine’s Day at Museum of Illusions Philadelphia
February 13, 5-8 pm
Museum of Illusions, 401 Market Street
Museum of Illusions is celebrating friendship this Galentine’s Day with photo ops and prosecco. Perfect for a best friend duo, mothers and daughters, or any group of friends, the museum will offer a night filled with entertainment and a complimentary glass of pink sparkling prosecco or sparkling juice before Valentine’s Day.
For Adults
Celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend at the Betsy Ross House with special programming. Listen to a colonial love story and enjoy a “love potion” cocktail, then head into the house for a special love-themed tour.
Celebrate your friendships and work together on making a wide-brimmed hat while enjoying cocktails and appetizers.
Valentine’s Day Couples Paint & Sip
February 12, 2-4 pm
ARTrageous Brush & Flow, 6345 Germantown Avenue
Work on a painting masterpiece with your partner and enjoy complimentary wine at ARTrageous Brush and Flow’s special Valentine’s Day paint and sip event.
Valentine’s Day Special at Museum of Illusions
February 14, 10 am-8 pm
Museum of Illusions, 401 Market Street
Enjoy a Valentine’s Day two-for-one ticket deal at the Museum of the Illusions for a fun and mind-bending daytime date.
Lovers’ Libations
February 14, 7 pm
Art in the Age, 116 North 3rd Street
Get a chance to make your own cocktails and enjoy tasty cheese and charcuterie with your date at this special V-Day workshop at Art in the Age.
Sweetheart Skate
February 14, 7-10:30 pm
Independence Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest, 101 S Christopher Columbus Boulevard
Spend Valentine’s Day on ice with Sweetheart Skate on the waterfront. Enjoy flowers, slow jams spun by DJ NA$H, and cozy cabins and fire pits.
Photo by J. Fusco for VISIT PHILADELPHIA®
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