Binghamton Area Events Week of 2/2/26: Valentine's Events, Heart Cup, Ice Fishing, Sumo & More

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Apologies for the delay on this one! Had a personal issue over the weekend that demanded my attention.

Plenty of great stuff this week though! Lots of val/galentines events to pour your heart out into, and if you can believe it, it's a First Friday Art Walk once again!

Go celebrate local arts, cheer for local sports, be with people and have a great week!

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Below you can see sections for:

• 🎆Spotlights & Festivals
• ❤️Valentine's Events
• 🎵Concerts
• 🏀Sports
• 🏛️Local Government and Services
• 🎨Arts
• 🎮🎲Games & Hobbies
• 🍅⛰️Nature, Hiking, & Gardening
• 🛝Kids & Family
• 📜Lectures and History
• 💵Fundraisers and Nonprofits
• 🎥Screenings
• ‼️Other Events

✅This week's recommendation:

The Village Diner on Floral Ave. in Johnson City was a recent discovery of mine, and FAR too late for my taste.

Great breakfast and lunch food, great vibes with its open kitchen and kind wait staff and delightfully affordable. A new favorite! Check it out.

Let me know ways I can improve this newsletter!

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Spotlights and Festivals

🎨Fri. 2/6****Downtown Binghamton First Friday Art Walk Full list of venues here Various Locations 6 pm - 9 pm

🐟Sat. 2/7****Broome County Parks Ice Fishing Derby Greenwood Park 7 am - 2 pm $5

🤼Sat. 2/7****Southern Tier Sumo Seminar APEX Combat Sports, 19 Avenue D., Johnson City 11 am Pre-registration required

🏒Sat. 2/7****2026 Binghamton Heart Cup: Binghamton Fire Dept. vs. Binghamton Police Dept. Visions Veteran Memorial Arena, Binghamton 3:30 pm $15

🍲Sat. 2/7****2nd Annual Crock Pot Cookoff Harley-Davidson of Binghamton, 1152 Front St., Binghamton 11:30 am - 1 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7****St. Michael's Acry Festival of Hearts Dinner Dance w/ Brothers & Friends, Buffet Dinner St. Michael's, 296 Clinton St., Binghamton 5 pm - 10 pm $50

Valentine's Events

❤️Thurs. 2/5****Chunky Knit Heart Pillow Class The Chalk Market, 800 Valley Plz, Johnson City 5 pm - 7 pm

🧑‍🎨Fri. 2/6****Rotten Valentine Art Exhibition Obsidian, 5 Court St., Binghamton 6 pm - 10 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7****Galentine's Prosecco & Cupcakes Kilmer Mansion, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton 7 pm - 8:30 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7****Valentine's Day Market at Factory by Beer Tree 511 Reynolds Rd., Johnson City 11 am - 3 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7****Galentine's Brunch Collective Central United Methodist Church, Endicott 12 pm - 3 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7****Courtship Tails at Ross Park Zoo (Couples Tour and Brunch) Ross Park Zoo, Binghamton 9:30 am $75

❤️Sat. 2/7****Galentine's Day at The Rusty Mug The Rusty Mug, 869 Rt. 11, Kirkwood 10:30 am - 5 pm

❤️Sat. 2/7****Galentine Paint party at Crystalline Concepts Crystalline Concepts By Michele, 659 Conklin Avenue, Binghamton 2 pm - 3:30 pm $35

❤️Sun. 2/8****Southern Tier Young Professionals Hilltop Valentine's Day Social Hilltop Senior Living Center 2 pm - 3:30 pm

❤️Sun. 2/8****Galentine's Day at Beer Tree Factory Beer Tree Factory, Oakdale Commons 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

❤️Sun. 2/8****Mamabear's 2nd Annual Galentine's Event Mamabear Boutique, 132 Washington St., Binghamton 11 am - 5 pm

🍪Sun. 2/8****Groovy Love-Cookie Decorating Waterman's Cafe and Tasting Barn 2:30 pm $45

🍰Sun. 2/8****Sweethearts and Sugar Cake Workshop 9 Railroad St., Whitney Point 2 pm - 4 pm $40

Theatre and Comedy

🎭Live Theatre

🏫Fri. 2/6 - Sun. 2/8****OA Musical - Disney’s High School Musical 3 Sheldon Guile Blvd., Owego Fri., Sat 7 pm, Sun. 2 pm $10

📰Fri. 2/6 - Sun. 2/8****Windsor Central Middle School Drama Club's Production of Newsies JR 1191 New York 79, Windsor Fri., Sat 7 pm, Sun. 2 pm $8

🎭Sat. 2/7****Robert Rogers Puppet Co – Great Grandma Ruth & the Treasure of Adventure Island Schorr Family Firehouse Stage, Johnson City 11 am & 2 pm $14

🤣👢Other Performing Arts & Comedy

🤣Wed. 2/4****Homebrewed Comedy ft. Amanda Roberto, Greg Owens, Ryan Manzo, Mike Peters John Barleycorn Tavern, Owego 7:30 pm

🎤Thurs. 2/5****Trampoline Presents Juvenalia at Atomic Tom's Atomic Tom's, Binghamton 7 pm - 9 pm $5

🎤Thurs. 2/5****WordPlace Poetry Open Mic Thursday at WordPlace: The Southern Tier Literary Center 26 Cedar St., Binghamton 8 pm - 10 pm

🤐Fri. 2/6****Don't Tell Comedy Binghamton (Exact location TBA) 7 pm $27

🤣Fri. 2/6****True Point Comedy Night at The Brass Rail The Brass Rail, 180 Clinton St., Binghamton $20

🤣Sat. 2/7****Myq Kaplan comes to headline Crooked Mouth Comedy Crooked Mouth Brewing, Endicott 8 pm - 10 pm

Concerts

🎸 Local Rock & Pop

Fri. 2/6****Micha Lucey Live New Leaf Cider, 800 Nowland Rd., Port Crane 6 pm - 9 pm

Sat. 2/7****Caviar & Grits and Grown Ups Atomic Tom's, Binghamton 7 pm

Sat. 2/7****Nate Gross Band at Studio 56 56 Clinton St., Binghamton 7:15 pm $15

👨‍🎤DIY & Underground

Sat. 2/7****Storm Hood, Ground Sweat, Siren Flower, Guano, Dungeon Slug, Drawn by Blood Crowbar Arcade, Binghamton 7:30 pm $10

_Some local & underground shows announce late and might not make it to this list - follow _@BinghamtonShows on Instagram for the most up-to-date info!

🎹Classical & Jazz

Thurs. 2/5****Jazz Night at Frank's w/ Jorden and the Wombats Franks Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant, Maine 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

🪕Folk & Country

Fri. 2/6Devon Lawton and the In-Laws The Old Fireside, 69 NY-7B, Port Crane 7 pm - 10 pm

Sat. 2/7****Acoustic Jam Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Sat. 2/7****Underwood Drive New Leaf Cider, 800 Nowland Rd., Port Crane 6 pm - 9 pm

Sat. 2/7****Local Honey 607 Beer Tree Farm, Port Crane 6 pm - 9 pm

🎧EDM, Dance & DJs

Thurs. 2/5****Hotbox Anniversary Dance and Drag Deep State, 214 State St., Binghamton 9 pm $10

Fri. 2/6****Warped Tour Music Night The Belmar, 95 Main St., Binghamton 9 pm

Sat. 2/7****Electrokidz Lost Dog Cafe, Binghamton 9 pm

📻Classic Rock & Covers

Thurs. 2/5****Rick Iacovelli McGirks Irish Pub, 1 Kattelville Rd, Chenango Bridge 7 pm

Fri. 2/6****Pour Shots Irish Kevins, 47 Riverside Dr. 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Fri. 2/6****Highway Fruit Market Endicott Elks Club 6 pm - 9 pm

Fri. 2/6****Higher Ground McGirks Irish Pub, 1 Kattelville Rd, Chenango Bridge 7 pm

Fri. 2/6****Brothers & Friends Stu's Place, 114 N Page Ave., Endicott 7 pm - 10 pm

Fri. 2/6****Messy Truth The Topper Saloon, 1001 Union Ctr Ste 2, Endicott 8 pm - 11 pm

Fri. 2/6****The Touch Tap House 66, 66 N Broad St., Johnson City 7 pm - 10 pm

Fri. 2/6****Luds Lament Acoustic Quartet Abel's Pub, 65 Rotary Ave, Binghamton 8 pm - 11 pm

Sat. 2/7****Last Call McGirks Irish Pub, 1 Kattelville Rd, Chenango Bridge 7 pm

Sat. 2/7****Wreckless Marci Kelly's Sports Bar, 102 N Page Ave, Endicott 9 pm - 12 am

Sat. 2/7****Straight Up Thirsty's Tavern, Binghamton 8 pm - 11 pm

Sat. 2/7****Dark River Stone Crooked Mouth Brewing, Endicott Time TBA

Sat. 2/7****Common Ground Blazin' Saddles, Binghamton 8 pm - 11 pm

Sports

🏀Professional, Spectator, & Fan Events

Events

🏈Tues. 2/3Binghamton Youth Sports Association 162 Hawley St., Binghamton 6 pm - 7:15 pm

💵Wed. 2/4****Binghamton Black Bears Booster Club Meeting The Relief Pitcher, 197 Conklin Ave., Binghamton 7:15 pm

🏀Thurs. 2/5****Binghamton University Women's Basketball vs. University of Maryland Baltimore Binghamton University Events Center 6 pm $11.00

🧑‍🚒Fri. 2/6 - Sun. 2/8****Firefighters Association of the Sate of New York Winter Games Greek Peak, Cortland Various events, full schedule on website

🥍Fri. 2/6****Binghamton University Women's Lacrosse vs. Marist Binghamton University Events Center 6 pm

🏒Fri. 2/6****Binghamton Black Bears FPHL Hockey vs. Indiana Sentinels Visions Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton 7 pm $22.75

🏒Sat. 2/7****Binghamton Black Bears FPHL Hockey vs. Indiana Sentinels Visions Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton 7 pm $22.75

🏀Sat. 2/7****Binghamton Bulldogs Basketball vs. Buffalo Extreme 1025 Robinson Hill Rd, Johnson City 7 pm $15

🏀Sat. 2/7****Binghamton University Women's Basketball vs. NJ Institute of Technology Binghamton University Events Center 12 pm $11.00

🏈Sun. 2/8****Patriots Fan Club Super Bowl Meet Up Food and Fire, 560 Harry L Drive, Johnson City 6:15 pm

🤼Sun. 2/8****Maine Endwell Youth Wrestling Tournament Maine-Endwell High School 7 am

I'm currently working on how to best link to High School sports! Stay tuned on that. In the meantime, check your school district's sports schedule on MaxPreps

🏅Competitions, Tournaments, Exercise & Clinics

🧘Wed. 2/4****CCE Move and Improve Class 840 Upper Front St., Binghamton 10:30 am - 11:30 am

🏆Wed. 2/4 Cornhole Tournament Irish Kevins, Johnson City 7 pm

🧘Thurs. 2/5****Yin Yoga and Sound Bath Vestal Public Library 6 pm

🧘Sat. 2/7****Guided Meditation Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 9:30 am - 11 am

🏃Sat. 2/7****Free All-Sports Clinic with Binghamton University: National Girls & Women in Sports Day Grades 1-6 Binghamton University Events Center 2:15 pm

Games and Hobbies

🪡Wed. 2/4****Sit & Stitch Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 1 pm - 2:30 pm

🎮Wed. 2/4****Hype Waves 109 Super Smash Bros. Tournament Binghamton University University Union Room 102 7 pm

🎲Thurs. 2/5****Board Game Night Your Home Public Library, Johnson City 4 pm - 7 pm

📖Thurs. 2/5****First Thursday Book Club: James by Percival Everett and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 6 pm - 7:30 pm

🎲Fri. 2/6****Open Game Meetup Vestal Public Library, Vestal 11 am - 3:30 pm

🏆Sat. 2/7****Endicott Sports Collectibles Show 1305 Riverview Dr., Endicott 9:15 am - 3:15 pm

🧵Sat. 2/7****Stitch Together 9 Railroad St., Whitney Point 2 pm - 4 pm

🎮Sun. 2/8****Hadoken Hoedown 26 Fighting Game Tournament Binghamton University University Union UUW B14C 11:45 am

🏎️Sun. 2/8****RC Seminar to Learn Car Setup 6564 Rt. 434, Apalachin 12 pm

Into board games and deck builders? Check out the regular events from Great Escape Adventures and Dragon Master Games also join the Discord chats for the Binghamton Tabletop Society and the Greater Binghamton TTRPG Society

Want to play fighting games? Join the Southern Tier Smash Bros. Discord

Local Government and Services

💡Thurs. 2/5****Lineworker Training Program Info Session 907 Upper Front St., Binghamton 3 pm - 4 pm

🕯️Thurs. 2/5****Vigil for the Victims of ICE Riot Act Bookstore, 127 Main St., Binghamton 5:30 pm

🎓Fri. 2/6****SUNY ATTAIN Table Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 10 am - 12 pm

🗳️Want to find your local municipal or school board meetings? Check out our local government meeting guide here**** and regular public service events at the Broome County Public Library here

Arts

🖼️Exhibits and Showcases

💼Fri. 2/6****Binghamton University Operalogue Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St., Binghamton 6 pm - 9 pm

🧑‍🎨Fri. 2/6****First Friday Artist Talk: Orazio Salati | Uncovering the surface Roberson Museum, Binghamton 6 pm - 7 pm

🖌️Fri. 2/6****Live Painting ft. Lavonne and Kristen Nicole Stellar Human, 159 Washington St., Binghamton 7 pm

🖼️2/6 - 2//14****RE/Collected Art Sale BCAC Artisan Gallery, 223 State St., Binghamton Various times

🎨Classes and Workshops

🪦Wed. 2/4****Tombstone Painting Open Hours with Truth Pharm 49 Pine St., Binghamton 6 pm

✂️Thurs. 2/5****Intro to Cricut Design Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 6 pm - 7 pm

📝Thurs. 2/5****BCAC Words into Worlds: A Generative Poetry Workshop (6 weekly sessions online workshop) Online 7 pm - 9 pm

🖌️Sat. 2/7****Abstract Watercolor Workshop 223 State St. Binghamton 1 pm - 3 pm $40

🎨Sat. 2/7****NoMa Aspiring Artists Workshop 30 Main St., Binghamton 10 am - 12 pm

For a look at upcoming arts events further into the future or regular painting and art classes, check out the Broome County Arts Council calendar , and classes with Uncorked Creations _,_Stilettos Fine Arts Studio _,__Jablon Studios,_or The Party Brush

Nature, Hiking, and Gardening

🦉Tues. 2/3Superb-Owl Prowl at the Waterman Center 403 Hill Rd., Apalachin 6 pm Registration required

🦔Sat. 2/7****Naturalists' Club Porcupine Hike Aqua Terra Nature Preserve 11 am

🍁Sat. 2/7****Make Your Own Maple Syrup Salt Springs State Park 1 pm

🌱Sat. 2/7****CCE Seed Stratification Workshop for Improving Habitat for Insects and other Wildlife GFJ Public Library, Endicott 11 am - 1 pm

For more hiking events, make sure to join the Binghamton Hikers' Group and/or the Triple Cities Hiking Club __

Kids and Family

🎲Tues. 2/3****Family Board Game Night Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 5 pm - 6 pm

🧱Tues. 2/3****LEGO Club Vestal Public Library, Vestal 4 pm - 6 pm

🫄Tues. 2/3****MomCo Meetup 117 Powderhouse Rd., Vestal 7 pm

🤝Thurs. 2/5****A4: All Ages, All Abilities Vestal Public Library, Vestal 1 pm - 3 pm

🧱Fri. 2/6****Free Admission Night and Heart to Heart LEGO Art Show The Discovery Center, Binghamton 4 pm - 6:30 pm

📚Sat. 2/7****Vestal Public Library Take Your Child to the Library Day Vestal Public Library, Vestal 11 am - 3:30 pm

📚Sat. 2/7****Take Your Child to the Library Day Story Time Fenton Free Library, 1062 Chenango St., Binghamton 10:30 am

🪄Sat. 2/7****Secrets of Magic Southern Tier Community Center, Endicott 4 pm - 6 pm

📚Sat. 2/7****Winter and Valentine's Themed Story Hour Windsor Public Library, 107 Main St., Windsor 10:30 am - 11:30 am

🍨 Sat. 2/7****Binghamton Rumble Ponies Free Ice Cream for Breakfast Mirabito Stadium, Binghamton 9 am - 11 am

🐶Sat. 2/7****Read with the Therapy Dogs! GFJ Memorial Library 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

🏳️‍🌈Sat. 2/7****Rainbow Pride Story Time Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 3 pm - 4 pm

🧱Sat. 2/7****LEGO Club Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 9 am - 1 pm

To find weekly recurring children’s events, check the Binghamton Macaroni KID calendar and Broome County Public Library calendar!

Lectures and History

🏠Tues. 2/3****CCE Realtor Education Day 840 Upper Front St., Binghamton 9 am - 12 pm $10

🥗Tues. 2/3****Healthy for Life Nutrition Series at CCE Broome 840 Upper Front St., Binghamton 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

🥕Tues. 2/3****Swap Out Food Waste: Food waste workshop and recipe swap 840 Upper Front St., Binghamton 5 pm - 6 pm

🥬Wed. 2/4****VINES Smart Shopping and Green Thumb Workshop 157 Susquehanna St., Binghamton 6 pm

💼Wed. 2/4****New York Annie's Project: How to Diversify or Scale with Confidence for Profitability 840 Upper Front St., Binghamton 11 am - 2 pm $25

📜Wed. 2/4****Kilmer Mansion Guided Tour 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton 11 am - 2 pm $12

Fundraisers and Nonprofits

☎️Thurs. 2/5 __A New Hope Center Hotline Volunteer Training Online 3 pm - 4:30 pm

👗Sat. 2/7**American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Broome-Tioga Masquerade Ball(Sold Out)** Doubletree Binghamton 6 pm

🍪Sat. 2/7****Sip N Sweets American Heart Foundation Fundraiser 6172 State Rt. 434, Apalachin 1 pm - 4 pm

🥫Sun. 2/8****Souper Bowl CHOW Drive 731 Hooper Rd., Endwell 10 am

Screenings

💻Wed. 2/4****Python: The Documentary SUNY Broome Titchener Hall, Room 101 5 pm - 8 pm

📽️Thurs. 2/5****Black Voices from the Ivory Tower Documentary Viewing SUNY Broome Wales 203B 1 pm - 2 pm

🌧️Thurs. 2/5****Classic Movie Man: Singin' in the Rain (1952) GFJ Memorial Library, Endicott 2 pm

Other Events

🌱Tues. 2/3****Clearing the Confusion (Substance Use Disorder Education) Truth Pharm, 49 Pine St., Binghamton 6 pm - 8 pm

🛍️Fri. 2/6****Friends of the Library Book Sale GFJ Public Library, Endicott 10 am - 4 pm

🍲Fri. 2/6****Halupki and Haluski Dinner American Legion Post 1700 4:35 pm - 6:45 pm

**🛍️Fri. 2/6 & Sat. 2/7 **Book Sale Broome County Public Library, 185 Court St., Binghamton 10 am - 1 pm

🥞Sat. 2/7****Glen Aubrey Fire Co Pancake Breakfast 32 Octagon St., Glen Aubrey 8 am - 11 am

🛍️Sat. 2/7****Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Charlie Blonde Antiques Sale Event 2801 Main St., Endwell 11 am - 5:30 pm

📖Sun. 2/8****Temple Concord Sisterhood Annual Book Talk 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton 11 am

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