Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with a significant other, alongside good friends, or solo, these events offer fun, good food and connection.
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Valentine’s Day Cocktail Class
📅: Wednesday, February 12 | 6:30-8:30 pm
📍: 618 Restaurant, Freehold Township
ℹ️: Mix up three Valentine-themed cocktails. Couples, singles and cocktail-curious patrons are all welcome. All participants will receive a goodie bag.
💸: $99
Sushi School
📅: Thursday, February 13 | 2-4 pm
📍: 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
ℹ️: Learn the techniques behind making sushi rolls, nigiri and more.
💸: $85
Valentine’s Paint & Sip
📅: Thursday, February 13 | 6-9:30 pm
📍: Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield
ℹ️: At this event, you and your sweetheart can enjoy painting, a glass of wine and a build-your-own-charcuterie-board station.
💸: $85
Mystic Pizza
📅: Friday, February 14-Sunday, February 16
📍: Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn
ℹ️: This musical adaptation of the beloved 1988 rom-com starring Julia Roberts follows three waitresses in a pizza joint in Connecticut.
💸: $35+
Wine & Chocolate Trail Weekend
📅: Friday, February 14-Sunday, February 16
📍: NJPAC, Newark
ℹ️: Select wineries that are members of the New Jersey Wine Growers’ Association team up with local chocolatiers for special events all weekend.
Love Songs & Laments
📅: Friday, February 14 | 6 pm
📍: Oakes Center, Summit
ℹ️: Vivid Stage’s 30th anniversary gala and show features songs about the good and the bad sides of love.
💸: $125+
A Night of Love
📅: Friday, February 14 | 8 pm
📍: Prudential Center, Newark
ℹ️: Fantasia, Trey Songz and Tamar Braxton perform.
💸: $76+
Chris Tucker’s Valentine’s Comedy Night
📅: Friday, February 14 | 8 pm
📍: NJPAC, Newark
ℹ️: Bring a loved one with a sense of humor to this special Valentine’s stand-up show.
💸: $49.50+
Boogie Nights Valentine’s Day Ball with Mass Vow Renewal
📅: Friday, February 14 | 9 pm
📍: Atlantic City Chapel of Love, Atlantic City
ℹ️: This pop-up wedding chapel will offer an evening of dancing, drinking and vow renewing! An Elvis Presley impersonator will host and officiate.
💸: $250-600
UpDating at Sound Waves
📅: Friday, February 14 | 9 pm
📍: Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City
ℹ️: Witness a dating spectacle in which contestants get to know each other in front of a live audience—and while wearing blindfolds. (Interested in being a contestant? Contact @updatingshow on Instagram.)
💸: $39
The Sabrina Carpenter Dance Party: Valentine’s Day Edition
📅: Friday, February 14 | 10 pm-2 am
📍: The West at Caesars, Atlantic City
ℹ️: Let loose on the dance floor to the tunes of the “Please Please Please” singer—plus other pop anthems from artists like Ariana Grande and Olivia Rodrigo.
💸: Free with email RSVP
Valentine’s Vices – Chocolate & Wine Pairing
📅: Saturday, February 15 | 2-4 pm
📍: Asbury Ocean Club Hotel, Atlantic City
ℹ️: Indulge in a tasting of fine wines paired with handcrafted gourmet chocolates.
💸: $95
NY/NJ/CT Ugandan Community’s 4th Annual Valentine’s Gala
📅: Saturday, February 15 | 6:30 pm
📍: 650 Terrace Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights
ℹ️: Enjoy Ugandan food, music and an open bar, which you can attend with a partner or, if you’re looking to meet people, solo.
💸: $55-135
Cake & Chill Valentine’s Brunch
📅: Sunday, February 16 | 2-4 pm
📍: Allí Restaurant & Bar, Elizabeth
ℹ️: Enjoy rosé and your choice of steak and eggs or chicken and waffles as you create your own heart-shaped vanilla cake.
💸: $65-$99
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