COVINGTON, Ky. - From painting while drinking to drinking (and eating) while walking, Covington is host to a long list of exciting events this weekend for all ages.
Throw in a funky art exhibition, mixed martial arts and a dual recycling event, and there’s no need to leave town.
Here are some highlights:
Come vibe together
If you think art is a whole lot more than dusty paintings of fruit by long-dead painters, then head to VIBRANT MINDS COLORFUL LINES, a collaborative art.
The show, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday at BLDG (30 W. Pike St.) features multi-disciplinary forms and practices from 2D and 3D works of art to mural painting to performance and social engagement.
Eat. Drink. Paint!
Like to paint while you drink, or drink while you paint?
Chroma Vino Paint Bar + Gift Shop is a family owned business that combines instructed painting classes with food and beverages.
At 6 p.m. Friday, its Paint Bar Team is taking the party to the nearby House of Orange Sports Bar & Grill. Canvas, paint supplies and instruction provided.
Registration is required at
HERE or (859) 740-8466.
Love to Mother Earth
Clean your house of unwanted stuff and assuage your guilty conscience at the same time by dropping off old computer and electronics equipment and sensitive papers you’ve been meaning to shred at the dual Electronic Waste and Confidential Paper Shredding Recycling Drop-off Day.
It occurs 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Holmes High School.
Live tunes
Madison Live at 734 Madison Ave. downtown has concerts both Friday (A Beautiful Mess, A Beautiful Wreck with Daniel in Stereo & Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes) and Saturday (Trials by Faith with Detached & Antic Terror).
For tickets and info,
HOME.
Covington Farmers Market
This weekly event features the best local produce, meats and eggs, soaps and lotions, teas, baked goods, sugar scrubs, nut milks and creamers, and prepared soups and salads, fermented foods, and ... (need we go on?)
This Saturday, Covington Farmers Market also features live music plus kids’ activities at the nearby library and Lil’ Kids’ Garden.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Third & Court streets. For info,
HERE.
Food tour
1.25 miles. 3 different kinds of drinks. 5 different restaurants. It’s the MainStrasse Food Tour, which starts at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
It’s not free, and you must buy tickets. see
HERE.
There might be blood
Covington plays host Saturday evening to Hardrock MMA 99, the B2 Fighting Series’ version of that unique form of hybrid full-contact combat sport called mixed martial arts.
The event includes five championship fights, with the headliner being Cincinnati-based light heavyweight champ Billy “Mojo” Horne’s defense of his title.
It starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, 1 W. Rivercenter Blvd. For tickets,
MMA. For article,
HERE.
From antiques to art
Whether you like vintage items or local arts and crafts, shop in the urban outdoor marketplace that is the MainStrasse Village Bazaar.
The event is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on the 6th Street Promenade in Mainstrasse Village.
Dance that mess
Cincinnati dance band Trailer Park Floosies will bring their lively collection of ’80s, ’90s and modern top 40 rock, pop and country to MainStrasse Village on Friday.
The night is called “Trailer Park Floosies Get Weird At The Strasse Haus,” and they probably will.
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