9 Galentine’s Activities For 2025
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Gather your gal pals
Valentine’s Day is coming thick and fast, which means one thing for the single girls in the room: Galentine’s Day is almost here. Here are nine unique ways to celebrate in 2025.
What Is Galentine’s Day?
Galentine’s Day is an annual celebration of female friendship, celebrated to rebut Valentine’s Day and all of its saccharine romance. Originally dreamed up by the writers on sitcom Parks and Recreation, Galentine’s Day’s roots can be traced back to February 2010. In the years since, the day has evolved into a global celebration of friendship, singledom and love in all of its forms. It is traditionally observed on 13 February, but many choose to celebrate Galentine’s on Valentine’s Day itself as a direct rebuttal.
Typical Galentine’s Day celebrations include cocktail making, collage crafting, movie nights and sleepovers – but here we’ve gathered nine fun ways to celebrate out and about in 2025.
9 Ways To Celebrate Galentine’s Day 2025
Self Love Yoga Workshop
Looking for acceptance, self-compassion and heart-focussed mantras this season of love? Walthamstow studio East of Eden is hosting a special self-love Kundalini session for Valentine’s day, using movements, meditations, and mantras focused on the heart space to authentically uplift and connect with ourselves and each other.
Details: 2.30–4.30pm, Saturday 8 February 2025 at East of Eden. Book at eastofeden.uk
Swap Gifts
Who said you need a Valentine to receive a romantic gift? Team up with your gals to gift each other something special this year. Here are six ideas to get you started.
Valentine’s Book Club
Treehouse Hotel London is launching a new book club in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing, and the inaugural edition is a Valentine’s special. Hosted in The Nest with its 360-degree London skyline views, guests will be greeted by a ‘blind date with a book’ from one of five female authors – Kate Fagan, Bal Khabra, Bianca Gillam, Alex Aster and Moira Mcdonald – and can explore the space and meet likeminded booklovers while sipping ‘Page Turner Punch’ and nibbling on light bites. Then a romantic literature quiz will put bookworms to the test, with the winning team receiving a lucky dip of prizes. Guests will also receive a goodie bag filled with products from LUSH’s 2025 Valentine’s Day collection as well as a book and a treat from Treehouse, all packaged in a Bloomsbury tote.
Details: 6–8pm Monday 10 February 2025 at The Nest, Treehouse Hotel London (14-15 Langham Pl, London W1B 2QS). Tickets are £15 and can be booked here.
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Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
The film of the season was designed for the girls. Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy will land in cinemas on Galentine’s Day proper (13 February), so gather your gal pals, head down to the cinema and settle in with a hefty bucket of popcorn. Find your local cinema screening here.
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) & Roxster (Leo Woodall) in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. (© Universal Studios)
Galentine’s Heels Workshop
How better to celebrate a single Valentine’s Day than by having a blast with your girlfriends in a dance class? Hosted by the legendary Pineapple Dance Studios, the Galentine’s Heels Workshop is all about exploring your body, feeling confident and sexy in a pair of heels and, of course, having fun. Start with a warmup before learning a fun routine. Just bring your heels (or even your trainers if that makes you more comfortable.)
Details: 1.45–2.45pm, Saturday 15 February 2025 at Pineapple Dance Studios (7 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA). Tickets are £10pp and can be booked at pineapple.uk.com
Valentine’s Poetry Workshop
London’s iconic sketch will host a unique Valentine’s Poetry Workshop ahead of the big day, welcoming performance poet Olivia Dodd into The Parlour to explore romantic, platonic and even pet love through bespoke poems, which she will then type up on her vintage typewriter so you can gift your words to someone special.
Details: 6.30–8pm, Monday 10 February 2025 in The Parlour at sketch (9 Conduit Street, London W1S 2XG). Tickets are £20pp including a complimentary welcome drink, with a two for one offer on house wines, spirits and Peroni. Add dinner for two in the Gallery for £59. Book your spot here.
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Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre
You very much can sit with us this Galentine’s Day. Gather your friends and head down to the Savoy Theatre to see the Mean Girls musical, which has had its run extended to 8 June. Based on the 2004 movie of the same name – and the inspiration for the 2024 reboot – this musical is chock full of catchy songs, familiar quotes and witty updates, starring Charlie Burn (Cady Heron), Georgina Castle (Regina George), Elèna Gyasi (Gretchen Wieners), Grace Mouat (Karen Smith), Elena Skye (Janis Sarkisian) and more.
Details: Mean Girls runs at the Savoy Theatre Tuesday to Sunday evenings, with matinee performances on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets start from £25 and can be booked at london.meangirlsmusical.com
Charlie Burn (Cady), Elèna Gyasi (Gretchen), Georgina Castle (Regina) and Grace Mouat (Karen) in Mean Girls. (© Brinkhoff Moegenburg)
Valentine’s Bachata & Salsa Dance Classes
Make it a Galentine’s to remember at The Table this V-Day. Algodance will host a fun and dynamic evening of sensual Bachata before turning up the heat with high-energy salsa. Mix and mingle with fellow singles, or just celebrate love in all of its forms with your gal pals.
Details: From 7pm onwards, Friday 14 February 2025. Places cost £14 for both sessions or £11 for one. Message @algodance on Instagram to secure your spot, or simply show up at The Table Battersea (35-37 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HG) for a 7pm start.
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Big Mamma’s Charity Flea Market
Love to bond with your gals and pals while you vintage and secondhand shop? Head down to Circolo Popolare to snap up some of restaurant group Big Mamma’s iconic hand-painted Sicilian crockery, vintage Italian furniture, quirky homeware and more. All proceeds generated will be donated to Casa Italiana, London’s oldest Italian social club.
Details: 9.30am to midday, Sunday 16 February at Circolo Popolare (40-41 Rathbone Pl, London W1T 1HX). Entry is free but tickets should be booked ahead of time here.
Big Mamma Group (© Joann Pai)
