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 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 09

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 07

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 07

City Hall Tour

Buffalo City Hall

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MAY 07

The Launch of the Erie Canal Boat – Seneca Chief

Buffalo Maritime Center at the Longshed

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May 08

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 09

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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MAY 07

Willi Carlisle

Babeville

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 09

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 07

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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MAY 07

Buffalo Bisons vs. Worcester

Sahlen Field

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May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 07

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 07

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 07

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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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 11

Ladies First

Torn Space Theater

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Weekend at Graycliff

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff

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May 08

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

Buffalo History Museum

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MAY 11

Particle: A New Musical

Alleyway Theatre

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MAY 09

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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MAY 11

Elmwood Spring Block Party

Elmwood Village Association

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 11

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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MAY 11

Alan Doyle – Welcome Home Tour

Buffalo State Performing Arts Center

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May 08

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 08

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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MAY 11

2024 Bridal Show & Venue Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 07

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 09

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 11

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 11

Pan-Am Walking Tour

Buffalo History Museum

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May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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MAY 11

Free Pickleball Clinic

Clrence Town Park

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MAY 11

Beethoven’s Ninth

Kleinhans Music Hall

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May 08

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 09

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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MAY 11

One-Stop, Mom Shop

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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MAY 10

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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MAY 11

Heads or Tails Mother’s Day Market

Seneca One

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MAY 11

Larkin Spring Stroll

Larkin Square

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MAY 07

Buffalo Bisons vs. Worcester

Sahlen Field

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May 07

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 12

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 08

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 19

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 12

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 09

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

CEPA Gallery

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 09

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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MAY 10

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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MAY 10

Mothers & More Weekend

Canalside

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May 10

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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May 09

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 09

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 11

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 09

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 09

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 07

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 12

Gift to the Community Concert

Lippes Concert Hall

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May 09

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 07

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 11

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 09

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 09

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 09

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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MAY 11

Jim Norton: Now You Know

Electric City

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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MAY 11

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 07

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 09

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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MAY 11

Elmwood Village Farmers Market

Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway

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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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Buffalo Bisons vs. Omaha Storm Chasers

08/20 – 08/25

Sahlen Field

Come on out to the ball game downtown as the local Buffalo Bisons take on the Omaha Storm Chasers during…

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Tedeschi Trucks Band: Deuces Wild 2024 Tour

08/20

Artpark – Mainstage Theater

Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB) is a Grammy Award-winning 12-piece rock and soul powerhouse that holds the well-deserved reputation as one…

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Beau Fleuve Music and Arts Celebration Weekend

08/22 – 08/25

Buffalo Central Terminal

Beau Fleuve has been attracting artists and visitors alike from across the region and abroad throughout New York State, Southern…

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New Kids on the Block

08/22

Darien Lake Amphitheater

New Kids on the Block with Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff come to the outdoor Darien Lake Amphitheater.

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Owen – 2024 Headline Tour

08/23

Babeville

Spanning more than two decades, Mike Kinsella’s widely influential songwriting has steadily sharpened and evolved with each new chapter. In…

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