Buffalo Events Party Like A Local

Upcoming & Annual Events in Buffalo

Buffalo loves a good party. And good food. And being outside. We love traditions, parades and annual events – the days that bring together locals, homesick ex-pats and hip visitors who have picked up on Buffalo’s fun-loving vibe. Now it’s your turn to party like a local. Plan your trip around one of Buffalo’s signature events.

Things to Do Today in Buffalo

In Buffalo, there’s always something fun and exciting happening. Check out what’s going on today.

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May 04

Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

Freedom Run Winery

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May 04

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 04

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 04

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 04

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 04

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 04

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 04

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 04

Steve Martin & Martin Short: The Dukes of Funnytown!

Shea’s Buffalo

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 04

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 04

“Return to the Rainbow City: Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition” Exhibit Opening

Buffalo History Museum

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MAY 04

The Seven Wonders

Buffalo Iron Works

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May 04

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 04

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 04

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 04

Go, Dog, Go!

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MAY 04

Derby Day at Buffalo RiverWorks!

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 04

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 04

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 04

Chooi Brothers and Bach

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

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May 04

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 04

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 04

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 04

Buffalo Derby Day Party + Whiskey Release

Buffalo Distilling Co.

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MAY 04

Derby Day at duende

duende at Silo City

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 04

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 04

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 04

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 04

Exhibition: The Power of Resilience and Hope – Photography & the Holocaust: Then and Now

CEPA Gallery

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MAY 04

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 04

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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MAY 04

EXTC – Terry Chambers and Friends

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MAY 04

Cinco de Mayo Patio Festival ’24

Deep South Taco – Ellicott Street

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May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 04

Airness

Lancaster Opera House

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MAY 04

Jon Lehning Presents: The Music Of Hiatus Kaiyote

PAUSA Art House

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 04

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 04

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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MAY 04

Tim McGraw

KeyBank Center

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MAY 04

Steve Martin and Martin Short

Shea’s Performing Arts Center

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May 04

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 04

Pour Me a Strong One Acrylic Paint Class

Freedom Run Winery

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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Buffalo Signature Events

Traditions are big in Buffalo. Attend an iconic annual event and have a quintessential Buffalo experience.

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Things to Do This Weekend in Buffalo

There’s nothing Buffalo loves more than a fun way to wrap up the work week — so get out this weekend and join the fun!

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May 04

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

Learn More

May 04

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

Learn More

May 04

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

Learn More

May 04

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Learn More

May 04

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

Learn More

MAY 04

Steve Martin and Martin Short

Shea’s Performing Arts Center

Learn More

MAY 04

Cinco de Mayo Patio Festival ’24

Deep South Taco – Ellicott Street

Learn More

May 04

Pour Me a Strong One Acrylic Paint Class

Freedom Run Winery

Learn More

May 04

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

Learn More

MAY 04

Buffalo Derby Day Party + Whiskey Release

Buffalo Distilling Co.

Learn More

May 04

Chooi Brothers and Bach

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Learn More

MAY 04

The Seven Wonders

Buffalo Iron Works

Learn More

May 04

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

Learn More

May 04

“Return to the Rainbow City: Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition” Exhibit Opening

Buffalo History Museum

Learn More

MAY 04

Derby Day at duende

duende at Silo City

Learn More

May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Learn More

May 04

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

Learn More

MAY 04

Jon Lehning Presents: The Music Of Hiatus Kaiyote

PAUSA Art House

Learn More

May 04

Exhibition: The Power of Resilience and Hope – Photography & the Holocaust: Then and Now

CEPA Gallery

Learn More

May 04

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Learn More

MAY 04

Steve Martin & Martin Short: The Dukes of Funnytown!

Shea’s Buffalo

Learn More

May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

Learn More

May 04

Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

Freedom Run Winery

Learn More

May 04

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

Learn More

May 04

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Learn More

May 04

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

Learn More

May 04

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

Learn More

May 04

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Learn More

May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Learn More

May 04

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Learn More

May 05

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

Learn More

May 04

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Learn More

May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

Learn More

MAY 04

EXTC – Terry Chambers and Friends

Learn More

May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

Learn More

May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

Learn More

May 04

Airness

Lancaster Opera House

Learn More

May 05

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 04

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

Learn More

May 04

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

Learn More

APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Learn More

May 04

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

Learn More

May 04

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

Learn More

May 05

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

Learn More

MAY 04

Tim McGraw

KeyBank Center

Learn More

May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

Learn More

MAY 04

Derby Day at Buffalo RiverWorks!

Buffalo RiverWorks

Learn More

May 04

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Learn More

MAY 04

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

Learn More

May 04

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Learn More

May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Learn More

May 04

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

Learn More

May 04

Go, Dog, Go!

Learn More

Bflo Bisons vs. Rochester AAA Baseball

08/06 – 08/11

Sahlen Field

Come on out to the ball game downtown as the local Buffalo Bisons take on Rochester Red Wings during this…

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Terminal B Concert Series: Sad Summer Fest

08/06

Outer Harbor – Terminal B

Sad Summer Fest 2024: The 5 year anniversary tour!  Back to our roots. All your favorite bands on a single…

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Erie County Fair 2024

08/07 – 08/18

Fairgrounds in Hamburg

The Erie County Fair, held annually is the largest fair of it’s kind in New York State, and the 3rd…

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Happy Together Tour 2024

08/07

The Buffalo News Grandstand

$39.80-$62.40

2024 will mark the 15th year of the highly successful, hit-filled summer package, THE “HAPPY TOGETHER” TOUR. The touring sensation…

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Terminal B Concert Series: Kiss of Death Tour 24

08/07

Terminal B Event Center

Ice Nine Kills, and In This Moment appear in concert, along with Avatar and TX2.

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Commensality

08/09 – 08/18

Torn Space Theater

$30

Commensality: (n) a social group that eats together. the practice of eating and drinking at the same table, creates relationships…

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Paul Russell Performs at the Erie County Fair

08/09

Fairgrounds Event Center

Free with fair admission

His upload of a new take on a great dance song has made him a social media sensation, and has…

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Terminal B Concert Series: Primus and Coheed and Cambria

08/09

Terminal B Event Center

Appearing at Terminal B at the Outer Harbor, with special guest Fishbone.

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The Aristocrats

08/09

Electric City

The Aristocrats come to Electric City in Buffalo for 1 show only.

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Backroads Blues Festival

08/10

Artpark – Outdoor Amphitheater

Featuring: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimmie Vaughan, Bobby Rush & Duane Betts and Palmetto MotelGates at 5:00PM. Show starts at 6:30PM 

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Taste of Culture on Old Falls Street

08/10

Old Falls Street, USA

Free

Travel around the world at Old Falls Street’s Taste of Culture! Try food from around the world, music from a…

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Gin Blossoms + Toad the Wet Sprocket

08/11

Artpark

Gin Blossoms is an alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. The band rose to prominence following the…

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Heart – Royal Flush Tour

08/11

KeyBank Center

Also appearing, special guest – Cheap Trick.The legendary rock band HEART announced their highly-anticipated return to the road for the…

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Stray Cats

08/13

Artpark

Special guest: The Midnight CowgirlsGates at 4:30PM. Show starts at 6:00PM 

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Barbie the Movie: in Concert

08/14

Darien Lake Amphitheater

Barbie the Movie: In Concert – Performed by the Barbie Land Sinfonietta alongside the film’s award-winning score.

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Warrant

08/15

The Buffalo News Grandstand

At its core, WARRANT is an American rock band through and through. Hitting it big in 1989, the Hollywood, CA…

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Blues Traveler + Big Head Todd and the Monsters

08/16

Artpark

Blues Traveler: In 1987 the four original members of Blues Traveler John Popper, Chandler Kinchla,Brendan Hill, and the late Bobby…

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Travis Tritt

08/16

Gusto Grandstand at the EC Fair

$40-$70

Travis Tritt comes to the Erie County Fair, also appearing Aaron Tippin and Pam Tillis.

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BUSH – Loaded: The Greatest Hits Tour

08/17

Artpark

Bush are an English rock band formed in London in 1992. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm…

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Kids Day on Old Falls Street

08/17

Old Falls Street, USA

Free

Enjoy a variety of kid-friendly activities on Old Falls Street, including a DJ, inflatables, petting zoo and more!

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Urban Farm Day Tour

08/17

Free

Urban Farm Day is filled with more fun and learning than anyone can imagine! Wonderful arrays of urban gardens will…

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Village of Lancaster Porchfest

08/17

Village of Lancaster

Join us on August 17th, 2024 from 12pm – 5pm for a day filled with music, community, and fun! PorchFest…

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Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits Tour

08/20

Darien Lake Amphitheater

Avril Lavigne comes to the Darien Lake Amphitheater on her Greatest Hits Tour.  Also appearing: Simple Plan and Girlfriends.

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Bachelors of BROADWAY: Gentlemen of the Theater

08/20

Tickets start at $50

Take a trio of dashing men, add soaring melodies from stage and screen with lush symphonic arrangements of songs from…

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