1. Get Married or Renew Your Vows! http://www.valentinesdayinloveland.com/

2. Profess Your Love with a BIG Heart, displayed on the streets of Loveland! https://ltvrhearts.wufoo.com/forms/2017-loveland-valentine-hearts-program/

3. Attend the Loveland Fire & Ice Festival https://lovelandfireandice.com/

4. Say "I love you" on a BIG HEART cookie http://starlightloveland.com/12-Large-Heart-Message-Cookie_p_18.html

5. Send a Valentine through 'Valentine Station' and get the custom stamp from Loveland! http://www.loveland.org/ValentineProgram/

6. Pick up a "Bleeding Heart Ale' from Grimm Brothers - a special beer with a limited release for Valentine's Day: http://grimmbrosbrewhouse.com/

7. Enjoy a cup of joe - Brewsworthy has a special Valentine coffee that can only be found in Loveland: https://www.facebook.com/brewsworthy/

8. Shop for Sweetheart City original gifts at the Loveland Visitor's Center: http://www.visitlovelandco.org/plan-your-trip/visitors-center/

9. Sweets for your Sweetheart's sweet tooth... Colorado Candy Company has custom heart candy and Candy ART - just for Valentine's Day! https://www.facebook.com/Colorado-Candy-Company-492187674274570/

10. Dine out in the Sweetheart City on Valentine's Day - but make a reservation FAR in advance! It's a popular place to be!

This year, when you are searching for something to do with your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day, why not make plans to hit the town in Colorado’s own Sweetheart City – Loveland, CO!  There is no better or more romantic atmosphere on this special day for lovers, than some of the local dining gems that Loveland supports. 
There are a variety of different establishments to choose from to plan your perfect Valentine’s date:

Wherever you decide to spend your Valentine’s Day evening, make sure to plan ahead and make your reservations early.  Most of the downtown establishments offer online reservations.  Many of our highlighted businesses will also be offering Valentine’s Day specials.  Make sure you check out their websites for more information while planning your special date night!

And if  you are looking for a truly original date idea for your sweetheart, consider renewing your vows (or getting married) at our Group Wedding on Valentine's Day 2/14/17.




Loveland's Annual Valentine's Day Group Wedding

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
Loveland's Foote Lagoon Amphitheater
Registration is 2pm - 3:30pm
Ceremony at 4:30pm
* Officiated by K99's Todd Harding

A romantic, candlelit ceremony at the iconic Loveland Foote Lagoon, with music you vote on, a customized ceremony, keepsake photos, gift bags, signature wedding cupcakes, and a chance to win a huge gift basket!  What an original way to celebrate your love ON Valentine's Day!

“My Big Date” reveals Valentine’s Day brunch and brew menu
 
Loveland, Colorado February 2, 2016 – In its third year, My Big Date represents three outings on Valentine’s Day weekend in Loveland, Colorado including a brunch and brew tours and spirits tours.
 
The Brunch & Brew tours featured a brunch at Loveland, Colorado’s award-winning Grimm Brother’s Brewhouse. Catering will be provided by Taste, a Loveland-based catering company owned and operated by Vicky Bittner.
 
Bittner sat down with the brewers at Grimm Brothers Brewhouse to create a special four-course Valentine’s Day brunch menu for My Big Date.
 
The first course is a fresh fruit streusel served with The Pack of Scoundrels, a German style beer that originated in Hannover, Germany in 1526. It’s a crisp, light malt beer with a bouquet of spices.
 
The second course features a wild mushroom Parmesan polenta with prosciutto benedict covered in a green chili hollandaise with balsamic reduction. This rich dish will be served with Liquid Zoo, a Weizenbock style beer that’s big and malty with some Hefeweizen characteristics of clove and banana.
 
Things will get spicy during the third course that features hash brown potatoes served with sriracha ketchup and an ancho chili honey. This course is paired with a GABF medal winner –
Snow Drop Kottbusser Ale, a 7.1% ABV beer that goes with everything, but is an especially nice complement to fiery foods.
 
Brunch will finish with a caramelized pineapple jalapeno bread pudding served with maple syrup. This dessert has been paired with a Bleeding Heart S’mores Porter.
 
Every year Grimm Brothers Brewhouse brews a unique Bleeding Heart beer in celebration of Valentine’s Day, an important day in Loveland, Colorado, the Sweetheart City. Each year it is so popular that the tap room is often sold out by Valentine’s Day. This year’s guests of My Big Date are sure to get a taste of this rare beer.
 
My Big Date packages are available on Saturday, February 13, 2016. The VIP package, available on February 14 only, is sold out. For more information go to ValentinesDayinLoveland.com.
 
My Big Date is brought to you by My Big Day, LLC, NOCO Short Bus Tours, LLC and HeidiTown.com, and has been endorsed by Visit Loveland. For more information on the subject matter of the press release call Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer at (970) 213-2354, email TheMayor@HeidiTown.com.
 
  

ALERT!!! We have only TWO tickets left to the exclusive VIP Brunch & Brew Tour on 2/14. If you want to get your hands on a six-pack of Grimm Brothers Brewhouse's S'more's Porter, and take advantage of additional VIP perks, you'd better book your VIP Tour today!

***General Brunch & Brew Tours are still available on 2/13.

We are thrilled to have the following partners already committed to giving our guests a reason to Stay & Play in Loveland, CO after their tour is complete. Thank you for showing our guests all the fun things we have going on in our Sweetheart City!
The following businesses are providing products or coupons in the gift bags every couple will receive upon completion of their "My Big Date" Valentine Tour:

If you would like to include a little something from your local business, please contact
Christine at My Big Day:
O) 970-613-1455  or  C) 303-886-3068
Email: mybigdayevents@outlook.com
Website: MyBigDayCompany.com

“My Big Date,” a Valentine’s Day getaway in Loveland, Colorado
 
Loveland, Colorado January 4, 2016 – The brainchild of three Loveland-based, female owned business owners, My Big Date is an opportunity for couples to experience the Sweetheart City on Valentine’s Day.
 
In its third year, My Big Date represents three various outings on Valentine’s Day weekend in Loveland, Colorado including a brunch and brew tour, a spirits tour and, new this year, a VIP brunch and brew tour.
 
“Loveland is the perfect place to visit on Valentine’s Day and we’ve put together packages that celebrate some of the best this town has to offer,” said Christine Forster, founder of My Big Day Events, LLC, an event planning company in Loveland.
 
Each tour is provided transportation on NOCO Short Bus Tours, LLC, a brewery tour service founded by Mechelle Martz-Mayfield. Colorado travel writer and promotor Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer, founder of HeidiTown.com, rounds out the three woman trio behind My Big Date.
 
“We want to make it easy for folks to enjoy Loveland on Valentine’s Day weekend. We provide the transportation, food and drinks so that guests can just sit back and enjoy the experience and enjoy each other,” said Martz-Mayfield.
 
There are three packages available this year, and space is limited.
 
On Saturday, February 13, 2016 there will be two Brunch & Brew packages offered. This package includes a coffee tasting at Loco Artisan Coffeehouse, a beer and brunch pairing at Grimm Brothers Brewhouse and a beer tasting paired with B. Sweet Cupcakes at Loveland Aleworks. Guests are then invited to spend some time strolling Loveland’s Fire & Ice Festival in downtown. Transportation between venues will be provided by NOCO Short Bus Tours, LLC.
 
Also on Saturday, February 13, 2016, in the afternoon, there are two Spirits Tours available. Guests start their tour with cocktails and tapas at Origins Wine Bar in downtown Loveland and then proceed to Climb Hard Cider for a flight of delicious 10 delicious ciders. The last stop is Spring 44 for a spirits tasting and cupcakes from B. Sweet Cupcakes. Transportation between venues will be provided by NOCO Short Bus Tours, LLC and time will be allotted for guests to experience the Fire & Ice Festival.
 
The VIP Brunch & Brew tour will be offered once on Sunday, February 14, 2016 only. This package is similar to the Saturday Brunch & Brew tour, but includes extras such as one six-pack per couple of Grimm’s special Valentine’s Day beer, Bleeding Heart, pint glasses from Loveland Aleworks, a bag of LOCO Artisan Coffee’s special Valentine’s Day blend and an additional stop at the Loveland Museum Gallery to tour the Sweetheart City, USA exhibit.
 
This year, My Big Date has collaborated with Candlewood Suites Loveland to offer a discounted room rate to the first ten couples who book a package.
 
 “I believe that once folks experience Loveland on My Big Date, they will want to come back again and again. We’re just giving them a small taste of what the Sweetheart City is all about and there’s so much more for them to discover,” said Kerr-Schlaefer.
 
The founders of My Big Date polled last year’s participants and 100% of guests who responded stated that they would take the tour again.
 
“We think that’s a pretty compelling endorsement of My Big Date,” said Forster. 
 
My Big Date packages are available for purchase at ValentinesDayinLoveland.com.
 
My Big Date is brought to you by My Big Day, LLC, NOCO Short Bus Tours, LLC and HeidiTown.com, and has been endorsed by Visit Loveland. For more information on the subject matter of the press release call Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer at (970) 213-2354, email TheMayor@HeidiTown.com.