11 Unforgettable Valentine’s Day Concerts and Events in 2018

Flüger
Music traveler magazine by Fluger
6 min readFeb 11, 2018

With Valentine’s day around the corner the lovebirds start feeling less chipper and more puzzled. How do you make this day a truly unforgettable experience for you and your significant other?

Save the chocolates and restaurants for the boring unimaginative folks. Nothing says romantic better than a travel. And as you take off, nothing can make your journey more memorable than attending a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Is attending Valentine’s Day concerts the best way to celebrate?

Just imagine spending the Day of Love connected on the dance floor, uplifted by your favorite music, your eyes sparkling with joy, your hearts filled with love, in a whirlwind of the best beats taking you above and beyond into the emotional universe. Few ways of spending the Valentine’s day can be better than this.

Depending on the music styles you and your beloved prefer, Fluger has dozens of Valentine’s day music concerts in different destinations for you to explore. Be bold and quick — the tickets sell fast as the lovers from all places make their way to these top events. Let’s browse through the most prominent Valentine’s day concerts in 2018 that can become an outstanding background for your love stories this year.

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ASIA

On Valentine’s day in Tokyo, Bonobo will be hitting hard with his new album “Migration”. The tickets are going fast, so if Tokyo doesn’t work well for you, there is also his gig in Osaka a day earlier — exactly on the D-day for lovers!

LATIN AMERICA

Mount Kimbie is throwing a DJ set in Normandie club, Mexico City, and this is not a chance to miss. The duo of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos shelled out their amazing third album Love What Survives last September. Their sound evolutioned from pure electronic to the one of a full-scale band and got sprinkled with amazing vocals from stars such as James Blake. Immerse in their intense performance as a couple at this fiery event on February 15.

EUROPE — FRANCE

There is nothing comparable to Valentine’s day in Paris for lovers, and this year it has exactly what every trip-hop fan desires. Nightmares on Wax go live with their long-expected new album at the La Rafinerie on February 15, bringing the incredibly versatile enriched tracks to the sophisticated audience.

Not head over heels about trip-hop? Then Lucien & The Kimono Orchestra melodies may be the right soundtrack for your love story. Their naive and delicate electronics drift on the intersection of french films soundtracks from 80s and Japanese funk. The band will set the right mood for the romantic crowd at Le Hasard Ludique venue in Northern Paris, February 14.

For the techno people, Rex Club is the go-to place for the night of romance. Oliver Huntemann, Cem Orlow and Cesko will be pulling the No Soul there on February 14. As Huntemann is one of techno’s most sought-after artists, and Orlow’s been working on “music that takes you to another dimension and inspires you mentally and spiritually”, this line-up is tailored for the couples who’d like to make the Valentine’s Day positively smashing.

If you fancy going outside of Paris, then lovely Le Bikini club at the outskirts of Toulouse will be pumped with the hip hop from Lomepalo on the Valentine’s day. Take your crush to enjoy the freestyle from this young prominent artist, who just released his first album last summer and been already named “one of those who blow a new wind on the rap world in France”.

EUROPE — UK

The Warehouse Project Manchester clubbing institution might be the best in the world for the special occasion of the Romance Day. On the Valentine’s they will be featuring live set of Four Tet, the project by DJ and producer Kieran Hebden. His beautiful and affecting shows are surefire to commit yourself to the dancefloor — and to the warmth of your partner’s embrace. The event will take place in Manchester’s Old Granada Studios, the iconic building that is to be knocked down soon. Make sure to visit it while you still can!

EUROPE — SWITZERLAND

As Son Lux goes around Europe with a tour to promote their new album Brighter Wounds, the band will land on Valentine’s day in Zurich. Take your loved one to the Mascotte Club for an extraordinary night bathed in glimmering cascades of synths and strings from a group whose innovative sound had been honed in countless live performances ever since they came together in 2013.

US

The Valentine’s day concert in New York gonna be a festivity for metal fans, as the Lover’s holiday here will be marked with the concert of Machine Head. It’s hard to find a more dominating band on the metal scene nowadays, partly thanks to the first-class songwriting level, partly due to the charisma of their leader Robb Flynn. Hosted by Town Ballroom, one of the oldest Big Apple premises, this is definitely going to be an epic experience for the happy metal heads and an unforgettable date for their +1’s.

CANADA

If you happen to be in Montreal, Quebec at the Valentine’s Day, then Uniiqu3 & Dai Burger got something happening for you at the Newspeak. Two rising stars of the New World’s DJ stage are going to burn up the floor, so dress to impress and come to join the dance celebration of Love.

INDIA

The happy dwellers of the Goa beach paradise would make the right choice if they come to Sonica sunset-to-sunrise party to praise the Saint Valentine. On February 15, the South Anjuna beach will hear some best psy-trance from Tommi Pixan, Tsubi, Virtual Light and XP Voodoo — and probably some love confessions along the beats, too.

Takeaway

Whichever styles we prefer, wherever we live, one thing is similar for everyone. When the music plays, our hearts beat faster. In like manner, they beat faster when we fall in love.

Hope this list of the concerts on Valentine’s day will help you to pick the right present for your significant other. Turn your love journey into a unique experience for the two of you to share, indulge, and make it a token of your feelings. After all, what could be better than having a time of your life — together — to the beats of Europe’s and world’s best artists? Only having it in the city of your dreams, maybe?

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