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 19

Buffalo 716 Field of Artisan, Craft and Garden Market

Fontana’s Grove

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May 19

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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May 19

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 19

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 19

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 19

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 19

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 19

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 19

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 19

Wandering Souls Kollective Fair: The Second Coming-Day 2

Buffalo Iron Works

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May 19

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 19

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 19

Shrek – The Musical

Shea’s Buffalo

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May 19

Masters of American Architecture: Downtown Walking Tour

Hotel @ The Lafayette

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May 19

On Golden Pond

Williamsville Meeting House

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May 19

Bruce Bruce

Helium Comedy Club

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May 19

Nightcap Sail

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 19

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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May 19

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 19

Classic Corner Market

Riley St. & Girard

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 19

Walk Together Spring Concert

Holy Trinity Lutheran

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May 19

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 19

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 19

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 25

City of Light Bus Tour

Buffalo Seminary

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May 25

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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Jun 08

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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Jun 08

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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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 19

On Golden Pond

Williamsville Meeting House

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May 19

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 19

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 19

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 19

Classic Corner Market

Riley St. & Girard

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May 19

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 19

Nightcap Sail

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 19

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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May 19

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 19

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 19

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 19

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 19

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 19

Masters of American Architecture: Downtown Walking Tour

Hotel @ The Lafayette

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May 19

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 21

Buffalo Bisons vs. St. Paul

Sahlen Field

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May 21

Exhibition: Turning Breath into Art

Western New York Book Arts Center

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May 21

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 22

East Aurora Farmers Market

Aurora Village (Tops) Plaza

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May 23

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 23

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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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 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

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

Buffalo Arts Studio

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May 24

Buffalo RiverWorks Summer Concert Series

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 24

Mojo Brookzz

Helium Comedy Club

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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

Williamsville Farmers Market

Amherst Town Hall Parking Lot

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May 25

Saturdays at Solé

Solé at Woodlawn Beach

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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

Hamburg Farmers Market 2024 Season

Hamburg Farmers Market

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May 25

Star Wars Night at the Ballpark

Sahlen’s Sports Park

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May 25

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 25

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 25

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 25

City of Light Bus Tour

Buffalo Seminary

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May 25

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

Town Ballroom

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May 25

Gary Clark Jr.

Artpark – Mainstage Theater

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May 25

Tugboat Annie

Electric City

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May 25

Tuesday is Country Night at Solé!

Solé at Woodlawn Beach

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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Jun 08

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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Jun 08

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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Jun 22

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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Food Truck Tuesdays

06/04 – 08/27

Larkin Square

Free

Food Truck Tuesday returns to Larkin Square on Tuesday June 4th and runs through August 27th, 5 PM – 8…

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First Fridays at the AKG

09/01 – 12/06

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

M&T First Fridays at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum are set to begin again on September 1st, from 10 am…

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Skyride 2024 – 10th Annual

07/21

Terminal B Event Center

$20-$55

Join us for GObike Buffalo’s biggest event of the year, an incredible bike ride over the 100-foot-high Skyway!  Grab a…

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

05/02 – 12/29

Buffalo History Museum

Admission is pay-what-you-wish

This May, the story of Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition returns to the Buffalo History Museum the Exposition’s only planned permanent structure.…

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Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

03/10 – 05/19

Free

We are so excited to present our new boutique Artisan & Vendors Market!  Stop in from 1-5 p.m. to shop…

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Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

05/11 – 09/30

Buffalo Boat Tours

Get your island feel on aboard Big Kahuna, the coolest tiki boat in town!  Sip on a refreshing Tiki cocktail…

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Bruce Bruce

05/17 – 05/19

Helium Comedy Club

The mighty Bruce Bruce is an unstoppable comedic force and one of America’s favorite joke tellers. Rising up through Atlanta’s…

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Buffalo 716 Field of Artisan, Craft and Garden Market

05/19

Fontana’s Grove

Free

This will be a wonderful family friendly event. A Field of Dreams of Arts and Crafts offerings, with hand made…

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Buffalo River History Tours

05/10 – 09/30

Buffalo Boat Tours

Join us for a 90-minute narrated Buffalo River history tour! Hear the story of the Erie Canal, Buffalo’s history as…

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Classic Corner Market

05/19 – 11/24

Riley St. & Girard

Visit us at the corner of Riley St. and Girard every Sunday from 9-2pm.

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Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

05/01 – 11/01

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

For fresh locally grown produce and flowers this season visit us at the Clinton Bailey Farmer’s and Flea Market. The…

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Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

01/28 – 05/19

Freedom Run Winery

$31.95

Join artist Lindsay Strong for your choice of either a jewelry making or wine glass painting class (or both)! Participants…

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Crossing Delancey

05/09 – 06/01

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

Joan Micklin Silver’s delightful romantic comedy stars Amy Irving as a lovelorn New York bookseller who tries to push away…

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Crowns

04/17 – 05/19

MusicalFare Theatre

Hats become a window into a jubilant celebration of American history and identity.

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Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

03/08 – 09/30

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum has announced a landmark exhibition that will respond to the tragic slaying of ten members…

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Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

04/26 – 08/19

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

The exhibition surveys a generational response to the precarious state of our natural environment. Historically, art from the Nordic region…

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Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

04/26 – 08/19

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

After the Sun Forecasts from the North, a new exhibition that will survey a generational response to the precarious state…

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Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

03/01 – 08/12

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

It’s Always You, 2021, encourages viewers to reflect on the performance and commodification of identity in our present moment. The…

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Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

02/09 – 06/30

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Total Solar Eclipse & Astral Visions will include depictions of the sun, moon, and constellations by Charles E. Burchfield, alongside stunning…

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Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

01/08 – 12/31

Freedom Run Winery

$7.00

Begin this self-guided nature walk in the Tasting Room, then set off with a glass or bottle in hand and…

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Lewiston Food Tour

05/10 – 09/14

The Roaming Table

$71 Adult; $49 Child

This guided food tour offers unique one-of-a-kind food tastings (enough for a filling lunch) while exploring the rich history of…

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Masters of American Architecture: Downtown Walking Tour

05/16 – 06/30

Hotel @ The Lafayette

$17

At the turn of the twentieth century, Buffalo had grown to become the eighth largest city in America. The wealth…

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Nightcap Sail

05/18 – 09/29

Buffalo Boat Tours

Marvel at the the Buffalo skyline and its night lights from a unique vantage point aboard the majestic Spirit of…

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Oklahoma!

05/03 – 05/19

O’Connell & Company

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, setting the standards and rules of modern musical…

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