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 20

Blue Monday

Tacoma Performing Arts Center

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May 20

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 20

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 20

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 20

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 20

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 20

Golden Hour Tour at Seneca One

Seneca One

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May 20

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 20

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 20

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 20

Nightcap Sail

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 20

City Hall Tour

Buffalo City Hall

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May 20

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 20

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 20

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 21

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 21

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 23

Masters of American Architecture: Downtown Walking Tour

Hotel @ The Lafayette

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May 25

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 25

City of Light Bus Tour

Buffalo Seminary

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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Jun 03

First Monday Jazz Jam

The Gypsy Parlor

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Jun 08

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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Jun 08

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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Jun 22

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 20

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 20

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 20

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 20

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 20

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 20

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 20

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 20

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 20

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 20

Nightcap Sail

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 20

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 20

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 21

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 21

Exhibition: Turning Breath into Art

Western New York Book Arts Center

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May 21

Buffalo Bisons vs. St. Paul

Sahlen Field

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May 22

East Aurora Farmers Market

Aurora Village (Tops) Plaza

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May 22

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 22

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 22

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 23

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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May 23

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 23

Masters of American Architecture: Downtown Walking Tour

Hotel @ The Lafayette

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May 23

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

CEPA Gallery

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May 23

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 24

Signature Stars and Stripes

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

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May 24

Multinational Illumination Art: A Diaspora Journey

Buffalo Arts Studio

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May 24

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 24

On Golden Pond

Williamsville Meeting House

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May 24

Mojo Brookzz

Helium Comedy Club

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May 24

Buffalo RiverWorks Summer Concert Series

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 24

Multinational Illumination Art, “1,849 Millas: Al otro lado del charco; A Diaspora Journey”

Buffalo Arts Studio

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May 24

Memorial Day Weekend Street Festival

Old Falls Street, USA

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May 25

Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, “As the Hour Turns Blue”

Buffalo Arts Studio

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May 25

Totally Buffalo Festival 2024

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 25

Kiddieland Opens at the Carrousel

Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum

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May 25

Soldiers Through the Ages

Old Fort Niagara

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May 25

Saturdays at Solé

Solé at Woodlawn Beach

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May 25

Williamsville Farmers Market

Amherst Town Hall Parking Lot

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May 25

The Inauguration of the Erie Canal Boat – Seneca Chief

Buffalo Maritime Center at the Longshed

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May 25

Elmwood Village Farmers Market

Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway

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May 25

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 25

Tugboat Annie

Electric City

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May 25

Gary Clark Jr.

Artpark – Mainstage Theater

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May 25

Shrek Rave: It’s Dumb Just Come and Have Fun!

Town Ballroom

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May 25

City of Light Bus Tour

Buffalo Seminary

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May 25

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 25

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 25

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 25

Star Wars Night at the Ballpark

Sahlen’s Sports Park

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May 25

Hamburg Farmers Market 2024 Season

Hamburg Farmers Market

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May 25

Tuesday is Country Night at Solé!

Solé at Woodlawn Beach

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May 26

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 26

Classic Corner Market

Riley St. & Girard

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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Jun 08

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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Jun 08

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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Jun 22

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd

09/12

Darien Lake Amphitheater

The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour comes to the Darien Lake Amphitheater.

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Borderland Music and Arts Festival

09/13 – 09/15

Knox Farm State Park

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The Borderland Music and Arts Festival celebrates the rich history and renaissance of the region with a 3-day music and…

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Deer Tick

09/14

Babeville – Asbury Hall

Emotional Contracts, the latest full-length album from Deer Tick, catalogs all the existential casualties that accompany the passing of time,…

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Bflo Bisons vs. Scranton/WB AAA Baseball

09/17 – 09/22

Sahlen Field

Come on out to the ball game downtown as the local Buffalo Bisons take on Scranton/WB  during this final home…

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Outlaw Music Festival 2024

09/17

Darien Lake Amphitheater

Lineup includes: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Southern AvenueEvent is rain or shine. For the safety, comfort and experience…

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Spoon

09/17

Electric City

$42-$84

New album ‘Lucifer On The Sofa’ out now.

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Terminal B Concert Series: Lake Street Dive

09/17

Terminal B Event Center

The Good Together Tour:Since forming in 2004, Lake Street Dive have matched their sophisticated musicianship with a fearless refusal to…

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An Evening with Cowboy Junkies

09/19

Babeville

$45

In 1988, Cowboy Junkies proved that there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective. The Trinity Session was like a whisper…

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Mandy Gonzalez: Broadway Today

09/21

Kleinhans Music Hall

Bradley Thachuk, conductorMandy Gonzalez, vocalsThe Broadway star of Hamilton (Angelica Schuyler), In the Heights (Nina Rosario), and Wicked (Elphaba) headlines…

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Music is Art Festival 2024

09/21

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Free

Each September, the Music is Art Festival attracts thousands of people from WNY and the world. This annual homegrown festival…

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The Price is Right Live!

09/21

Shea’s Buffalo

THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to hear their…

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Some Like it Hot

09/24 – 09/29

Shea’s Buffalo

Winner of 4 Tony Awards, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album,…

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Daniel Champagne

09/25

Babeville – 9th Ward

The young Australian virtuoso recently described as “the finest guitar player of this generation” has been selling out shows all…

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WNY Refugee Film Festival

09/26

Journey’ End Theatre

 Our sixth season, which premiers September 2024, is a mix of in-house and virtual screenings. Ambassador film passes are only…

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Creed in Concert

09/27

Darien Lake Amphitheater

Creed and the Summer of ’99 Tour come to the outdoor Darien Lake Amphitheater.  Also appearing: Three Doors Down and…

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Tom Segura: Come Together Tour

09/27

KeyBank Center

One of the biggest touring comedians, Tom Segura, announced the second leg of his latest global stand-up comedy tour Tom…

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Grey Day 2024 Tour

09/28

KeyBank Center

New Orleans duo $uicideboy$ have announced the schedule for their renowned annual Grey Day Tour in 2024. Rap cousins Ruby…

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Neko Case

09/29

Babeville

Is there another songwriter so fearless and inventive? Bending decades of pop music into new shapes, she wields her voice…

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Robin Trower

10/01

Babeville

$45-$50

For Robin Trower, the next great song is always right there at his fingertips. For five decades, the iconic British bluesman…

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Classical Mystery Tour

10/04 – 10/05

Kleinhans Music Hall

Martin Herman, conductorJim Owen, rhythm guitar, piano, vocalsTony Kishman, bass guitar, piano, vocalsTom Teeley, lead guitar, vocalsChris Camilleri, drums, vocalsFrom…

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Jelly Roll – The Beautifully Broken Tour

10/06

KeyBank Center

Multi-genre hitmaking entertainer Jelly Roll today revealed details of his Beautifully Broken Tour 2024 run. Jelly Roll will perform at…

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Ana Popovic

10/10

Babeville – Asbury Hall

Award-winning, hard-touring guitar slinger ANA POPOVIC (pronounced Popovitch) blends smoking electric funk and slide guitar, jazzy instrumentals and a tight…

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BABEL: Sandra Cisneros

10/10

Kleinhans Music Hall

Author of The House on Mango StreetSANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short-story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist whose work…

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Fall Fest at the Central Terminal

10/12

Buffalo Central Terminal

Free

Get ready to celebrate the season at Fall Fest, happening at the Buffalo Central Terminal on October 12th! Join us…

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