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ATTEND THE PTAA TRAVEL EXPO
Feb 13-15. Feed your wanderlust and just go. At the 22nd Travel Expo happening this weekend, over 844 booths and 288 exhibitors will surely scratch your itchy feed! Score fantastic travel deals, awesome discounts, and if you’re still thinking of a destination, a most exotic idea for a holiday. What are you waiting for? Go go go! 9:30am. SMX Convention Center, Seashell Drive, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay. PHP50
RIDE A HOT AIR BALLOON
Feb 13-15. If you want to get away from Manila’s Vday traffic, head on to Clark where the 19th Hot Air Balloon festival is happening all through the weekend. Hot air ballooning, skydiving, aerobatic exhibitions, concerts in the evening and more! 5:30am-7pm. Philippine Air Force ADAC Hangar, Clark Free Zone, Pampanga. PHP300
SWING BY THE UP FAIR
Feb 13-14. It’s the last two days of the weeklong UP Fair. On Friday, it’s “Free Fall” night featuring UP Dharma Down, Freestyle, Never the Strangers. Saturday night is called “Backtrack,” with Wolfgang, Hilera, Barbie Almalbis, Tanya Markova, and more, on the lineup. 530pm. UP Sunken Garden, UP Diliman, Quezon City. PHP140
SWIPE LEFT, SWIPE RIGHT
Feb 13. Gotta love Tinder-referenced parties! TodayxFuture did exactly that with its pre-valentine party. Don’t look now but the lineup is pretty cool: Xtina Superstar x Hannah Cruz, Vinny Tagle, Kio Priest, and Julianna Madeleine Force are playing. 9pm. 7-T Gen. Malvar Street, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City. Free
LOOK AT LOVE SIGNS
Feb 14. Heima Brixton is putting up an exhibit called “Love Signs” on Saturday. Quotes on love, life, and everything in between will be displayed on these amazing light boxes, that hey hey hey, you can take home for yourself! A DJ set by Ramon de Veyra completes the sensory experience. 5pm. 3 Brixton St, Kapitolyo, Pasig. Free
ATTEND A VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT
Feb 14. Or if you’re not feeling that slant, how about you go on a Flashback trip? Kuh Ledesma is performing at The Theater in Solaire Casino and Resort on Saturday. It’s a reunion concert featuring Music & Magic and Jack Salud. 8pm. The Theater Solaire Casino and Resort, Aseana Avenue, Paranaque. Ticketworld. Tickets start at PHP1,042.
CATCH A GIG!
Feb 13. “Young at Heart” is the Valentine-themed edition of Attraction Reaction. It’s happening on Saturday with bands like The Strangeness, Oh, Flamingo, Twin Lobster, Marty McFly, and Ciudad on the lineup. If you don’t feel like going all-out cheesy, you know where to go. 10pm. Route 196, 196-A Katipunan Extension, Quezon City. PHP200
WAKE UP, STAND UP!
Feb 14. Bob Marley day is still on Apr 25 but B-Side just can’t wait! So they’re throwing a pre-Bob day on Vday with The Chonkeys, Good Leaf, Chocolate Factory, and Japan’s Papa U-gee, among others, on the lineup. Forget Valentines! It’s Pre-Bob, yo! 9pm. B-Side, 7274 Malugay St., Makati. PHP150
GO TO A MOSHPIT
Feb 15. If Valentine’s Day has your blood curdling, Moshfest is for you. It’s heavy music paradise with Badburn, Piledriver, Talata plus Australia’s Vanity Riot, among others playing. There will be merch, there will be CDs, there will be freebies, too. 4pm. District 2140, 2/F Anonas Complex, Anonas Street, Quezon City. PHP100
HAVE A DOG DAY OUT
Feb 15. Eastwood is holding a Valentine Pet soiree on Sunday. As in you and your furry friend can bond all you want through all the fun and games. There’s a pet fashion show, costume contests, matchmaking affair for pets, and so much more! 4pm. Eastwood Mall, Orchard Road, Bagumbayan, Libis, Quezon City. +63 2 7090888
