The best anti-Valentine’s Day concerts

This isn't your average Valentine's Day throwdown. Following last year's Femmequerade Ball and The Witch Ball, this eclectic party grounds itself in political resistance, bringing together a host of queer, PoC and women artists in opposition to toxic masculinity and the heteropatriarchal romance narratives that underlie the holiday. The bill includes Brooklyn emo outfit MALLRAT, bass-rattling DJ FXWRK and multimedia artist Bunny Michael. Check out the surplus of non-musical offerings as well: a sex toy pop-up shop, reiki healing, skin care vendors, sketch artists, oracle card readings and more.

Caustic wit, witchy charisma and subversive queer wisdom have made Bond one of New York’s essential performers. Now the alt-cabaret superstar and transgender icon mops up your Valentine's Day tears.

Denver's Havok brings its rollicking classicist thrash, which takes its cues from mid-to-late-’80s heroes such as D.R.I. and Voivod, in support of its new, fourth album, Conformicide.

Here's a Valentine's Day idea for you: Rickroll your beloved IRL with a pair of tickets to see the "Never Gonna Give You Up" singer in concert. The UK popsmith visits in support of 50, his first album in 10 years.