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his weekend, we enter the second month of 2025 -- where has the time gone? Luckily, there's plenty to do around the Kanawha Valley to start February off on a good foot. Here are some things happening between Friday, Jan. 31, and Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, around Kanawha County.

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Friday, Jan. 31

Music

• TIMMY COURTS & FRIENDS: 5-8 p.m. No cover. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St. in Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• CARIÑO: 8:30 p.m. $10 cover. The ROQ, 1022 Virginia St. East, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• BETTER FROM HERE: 10 p.m. $7 cover. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Dance

• COUNTRY TWO STEP: 7 p.m. $12 per person. Sponsored by Charleston West Coast Swing. Workshop and social with guest instructor Scott Fisher from Lexington, Ky. St. Albans American Legion Post 73, 1011 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Albans. More info on Facebook.
• OLD TIME WINTER BREAKDOWN SQUARE DANCE: 7 p.m. $10 adults, $5 ages 25 and under, ages 13 and under free. Part of the Old Time Winter Breakdown Weekend event. Featuring music by The Hollertones and caller Taylor Runner. WV Culture Center Theater, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Stage/Theater

• QUEER: 7:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. A 2024 film from director Luca Guadagnino. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St, Charleston. More info online.

Etc.

• STEVE TREVIÑO GOOD LIFE TOUR: 8 p.m. Tickets start at $34.50. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Saturday, Feb. 1

Music

• WEST SIDE JAMBOREE: 7 p.m. Featuring Dixie Highway. Pythian Building, 211 Tennessee Ave., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• OLD TIME WINTER BREAKDOWN CONCERT: 7:30 p.m. $30 per person. Part of the Old Time Winter Breakdown Weekend event. Featuring The Modock Rounders, The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee, and Johnny Staats & The Delivery Boys. WV Culture Center Theater, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• LIVE AT THE SHOP: 8 p..m. $15 per person. Featuring 3 Leagues to Rome, Deviant Cause and Bo McMillion. Live at The SHOP, 1233 Ohio Ave., Dunbar. More info on Facebook.
• SAM’S UPTOWN CAFE: 9 p.m. $10 cover. Featuring Static Fur, Sockdolager and Title Wave. Sam’s Uptown Cafe, 28 Capitol St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• THE RAW POWER SHOW: 10 p.m. $10 cover. Featuring Left Eats Left, Rockwell's Ghost, The Prenups and Civic Disgust. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Stage/Theater

• FLOW: 2:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St, Charleston. More info online.
• QUEER: 4:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. A 2024 film from director Luca Guadagnino. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St, Charleston. More info online.
• OH, CANADA: 7:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. Documentary about famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St, Charleston. More info online.

Etc.

• CHARLESTON PARKRUN: 9 a.m. Free timed 5K run or walk. Magic Island, 181 Kanawha Blvd. West, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• WEST VIRGINIA HOME SCHOOL CONVENTION: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info on Facebook..
• CLENDENIN RUNNING GROUP: 9:45 a.m. Free. Run begins promptly at 10 a.m. Fox Coffee, 14 Main St., Clendenin. More info on Facebook.
• C&O HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Meet volunteer members of the C&O Historical Society while enjoying the museum. St. Albans Depot, 400 Fourth Ave., St Albans. More info on Facebook.
• HOT WHEELS MONSTER TRUCKS GLOW & FIRE: 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 and up. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info and tickets online.
• FASNACHT MASK MAKING WORKSHOP: 2 p.m. $30 per person. Echo-Lit, 427 Washington St. West, Charleston. More info and link to tickets on Facebook.
• CARNAVAL 2025 – UTOPIA: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $225 per person. Fundraiser for the Clay Center’s arts and STEM programs. Clay Center, 1 Clay Square, Charleston. More info and link to tickets on Facebook.

Sunday, Feb. 2

Music

• MOUNTAIN STAGE: 7 p.m. Tickets $30. Featuring The Headhunters, Buffalo Rose, David Berkeley, Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters, and Joachim Cooder. West Virginia Culture Center Theater, Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Stage/Theater

• OH, CANADA: 2:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. Documentary about famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St, Charleston. More info online.

Etc.

• KANAWHA STATE FOREST HIKE: 1:30 p.m. Free. Sponsored by the Kanwaha Trail Club. Depart from the Nature Center. Kanawha State Forest, 7500 Kanawha State Forest Drive, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• FAMILY STEM: 2 p.m. Free. For children ages 6-12 and their families. Kanawha County Public Library, Children's Services, Fourth Floor, Room 407, 123 Capitol Street, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• CHARLESTON SKYLINE PAINTING EVENT: 2 p.m. $30 per person. Paint Charleston’s skyline in this step-by-step painting workshop. Kita Modern Japanese, 2815 Mountaineer Blvd., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• HOT WHEELS MONSTER TRUCKS GLOW & FIRE: 2:30 p.m. Tickets $15 and up. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info and tickets online.

Events are subject to change. If you have questions, please reach out to event organizers. Know of a public event happening in Kanawha County that you’d like to share with readers? Email me to be featured in a future calendar.