Blog button
 
 

Special Offers

|

1 free dessert with
Offer excludes seafood and potato pancakes.
more
see all »
 
You've Got Mail!

Want to stay connected to Buffalo's cultural, culinary and shopping scene? Sign up for this and more, direct to your inbox!… more

 

Greek Fest COE:
Print Share RSS

Calendar of Events

 

Submit Event button

With all the exciting events going on year-round, you'll never run out of things to do in Buffalo! From the Buffalo Winterfest and Powder Keg Festival in February, to the Taste of Buffalo, the Elmwood Festival of the Arts, the National Buffalo Wing Festival, and the National Garden Festival (which features America's largest garden walk) in the summer, our events bring in visitors from all over the world.

 


x
Click to show mapped events
Showing 1-25 of 36

Saturday May 18, 2013

Decorators' Show House 2013

  • May 18, 2013 - May 19, 2013
  • Location: The Knox Summer Estate at Knox Farm State Park
  • Address: 437 Buffalo Road, East Aurora, NY 14052
  • Visit Website

The Buffalo News and the Junior League of Buffalo are pleased to announce that The Knox Summer Estate at Knox Farm State Park has been chosen as the location of the 2013 Decorators' Show House. The 633-acre park borders the historic village of East Aurora, origin of the Roycroft Arts & Crafts movement and former home of Millard Fillmore. The Knox Summer Estate at Knox Farm State Park is a 14,400 square foot two-story summer home, circa 1916-17. Cleveland architects Frank Bell Meade and Jam...

Lake Erie Pub Crawl

The Day Begins at 12 pm at any of the participating Restaurants...Acqua, Liberty Hound, Swannie House or Templeton Landing. Your Admission includes T-shirts, Mugs, Free Water Transportation by Queen City Ferry , Food & Drink Specials and much more! Queen City Ferry will Shuttle you to all 4 of the Participating Restaurants for an Afternoon of Fun! Music, Drink Specials and Rockin' the Waterfront!

American Buffalo

Three lost souls in Chicago's dark underbelly plot to steal a valuable coin collection in David Mamet's 1977 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play.

Blood on the Cats Neck

  • May 18, 2013 - May 19, 2013
  • Location: Torn Space Theater
  • Address: 612 Filmore Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14212
  • Venue: Torn Space Theater
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Visit Website

Phoebe Zeitgeist, the heroine of the 1960's comic strip, is sent from outer space to study human thought and interaction. She lands in a world of betrayal, brutality, and exploitation, where she understands the words but not their context. Picking up isolated gestures and references to popular culture, Phoebe is able to seduce those around her before enacting her final revenge.

August: Osage County

When their father goes missing, the huge, sprawling and completely dysfunctional family reunites and sparks fly. "Fiercely funny and bitingly sad," AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY promises to leave you "laughing and wondering, shuddering and smiling, long after the house lights come back on." Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award.  

On the Waterfront

  • May 18, 2013 - May 25, 2013
  • Location: The Manny Fried Playhouse
  • Address: 255 Great Arrow Ave. , Third Floor, Buffalo, NY 14207
  • Visit Website

the stage version of the classic black & white film with a timeless message... ON THE WATERFRONT by Budd Schulberg, Directed by Kurt Schneiderman* Starring Richard Lambert+, Victor Morales, and others Presented at & in collaboration with the New Phoenix Theatre.

Buffalo ComedySportz

ComedySportz is improvisational comedy played as a sport! (If you've ever seen Whose Line Is It Anyway?, you've got the general idea - except, with us, the points do matter!) Two teams of act-letes compete for the biggest laughs while a referee calls the fouls and gets suggestions from you, the loyal fanz. Everything we do is improvised. We don't have scripts or pre-planned scenes. That's why a ComedySportz match wouldn't be possible without your suggestions. Just make sure your suggestions are ...

Sandra Kicman

Arcangel Gallery Exhibit *Included with admission I have always felt compassionate about taking pictures. Looking through the viewfinder and composing within the constraints of that space to capture texture, positive and negative space and color to me, is very gratifying and exciting. There are many distractions, responsibilities and demands that are part of our daily lives. Photography, for me, is a way to put that aside and dive head first into the amazing visual world we live in. Go to www.b...

Jersey Boys

The premiere engagement of JERSEY BOYS in Buffalo in 2010 was an overwhelming success, seen by over 68,000 theatergoers, breaking the box office record for the most tickets sold in one week, and The Buffalo News claims "Well Crafted ‘Jersey Boys' Hits Every Note In Peerless Performance." JERSEY BOYS worldwide has been seen by approximately 14 million people (as of January, 2012).

Day Out with Thomas™: The Go Go Thomas Tour 2013

  • May 18, 2013 - May 19, 2013
  • Location: Medina Railroad Museum
  • Address: 530 West Ave., Medina, NY 14103
  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
  • Visit Website

Bring your preschoolers to take the ride of their lives! Thomas the Tank Engine™ is pulling into the station for a larger than life experience at Medina Railroad Museum for Day Out With Thomas™: The Go Go Thomas Tour 2013. This fun-filled event offers little engineers and their families the opportunity to take a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular Thomas & Friends™ series. In addition, children will meet Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the Railway and e...

Normal Heart, The

  • May 18, 2013 - June 08, 2013
  • Location: BUA Theatre
  • Address: 119 Chippewa Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
  • Venue: BUA Theatre
  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Friday, Saturday
  • Visit Website

A quarter-century after it was written, this outrageous, unfinching, and totally unforgettable look at the sexual politics of New York during the AIDS crises remains one of the theater's most powerful evenings ever.

Two Weeks Untill the Rest of my Life

Play by Paulette D. Harris, adapted from the novel by Harold T. Fisher, directed by Mary Craig, starring Annette Christian, Chalma Warmley, Sandra Gilliam, Pete Johnson, Debbi Davis, Quaneajah Miller, & Tiaona Loman.

Dave Attell

  • May 18, 2013 - May 18, 2013
  • Location: Helium Comedy Club
  • Address: 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo, NY 14204
  • Venue: Helium Comedy Club
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Visit Website

But if you ask Attell, he?d say, "I?m just trying to get some laughs and sell some drinks." In 2001, Attell used this love of booze and laughter to create and host the hit series, "Insomniac with Dave Attell" for Comedy Central. A travelogue show in which Attell goes from city to city looking for late-night fun, The New York Times called the show, "a doubly rare beast, a comedy without rancor and a travel show about the virtues of the American underdog." To Attell, ...

Dave Attell

See comedian, Dave Attell from 'Dave's Old Porn', live at Helium!

"Voices Across the Americas" Concert by the Orchard Park Chorale

  • May 18, 2013
  • Location: Bethel AME Church
  • Address: 1525 Michigan Ave, Buffalo, NY
  • Visit Website

When the Orchard Park Chorale performs its Voices Across the Americas concerts on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, the group will be joined by a combined Honors Choir formed with representatives from Buffalo City Honors, Buffalo Arts Academy and Williamsville East High School. The program showcasing a variety of song styles reflecting North and South American culture and traditions. The centerpiece is “Frostiana,” a collection of Robert Frost’s poems set to music by renowne...

Bisons Baseball

Vs. Charlotte Knights

Bonsai Show

  • May 18, 2013 - May 19, 2013
  • Location: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
  • Address: 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14218
  • Venue: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily

10am-5pm - $9 Adults, $8 Seniors (55+) & Students (13+ with ID), $5 Kids 3-12, Members and kids under 3 are always Free! Bonsai masters and novices display their prized trees at their peak. Do not miss this once a year opportunity to see these meticulously manicured trees all in one place. This event is brought to you by The Buffalo Bonsai Society and the Gardens. Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more info.

Dark Store Orchestra

Dark Star Orchestra live at Town Ballroom!

Gasser Racing Series Drag Racing

Nostalgia racers from Buffalo, Rochester, Western New York and other places come together to compete in Nostalgia Gas and Mod Gas Drag Racing. http://www.empiredragway.com/ (585) 382-3030

Lime Lighting Mental Health Awareness Month May 2013

May is Mental Health Awareness Month 2013 “Out of the darkness into the Lime-Light!” Local Buildings and Landmarks go LIME 5/18/13 to show their support and publicly raise awareness for Mental Health! Niagara Falls......Peace Bridge......One HSBC Center.....more to come! GO LIME is a Global Mental Health campaign to raise mental health awareness by using the color LIME to unify all mental health causes. GO LIME IN MAY!! To communicate that mental illness survivors are NOT ALONE! To...

My Big Funny Peter

It's a pre-pride comedy show with comedian and headliner Peter Bisuito. Peter performs all over the country and on cruise ships. His comedy has even been seen on Oprah! Opening act will be Buffalo's Gay Bingo Host; Gladys Over! Doesn't matter if you're gay, straight, bi or transgender. Come and enjoy an evening of cocktails and comedy! Purchase tickets at: www.MyBigFunnyPeter.com

Richardson Olmsted Complex In-Depth Tour

Learn about the genius of Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted and Dr. Thomas Kirkbride as they carried out the development of the former Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane. This history-focused tour will also introduce you to the present and future plans for the Richardson Olmsted Complex. This two hour guided tour will take you to all the spaces included on the Welcome Tour (the partially restored Towers Building 45, former ward Building 10 immediately east of the Towers Building ...

Sacred Sites Open House and Tours

Open House with docent-led tours of Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue in Buffalo, celebrated as one of the purest examples of Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the U.S. This Landmark building displays unique brickwork, sumptuous use of terra cotta, and outstanding iconography. Admission is free.

Symphony Circle Tour

Part of the Olmsted-Vaux parkway system, the neighborhood surrounding Symphony Circle boasts Eliel and Eero Saarinen's world-famous, Kleinhans Music Hall and the iconic First Presbyterian Church, 19th. century parks, and English cottages.

The Great Plant Sale

  • May 18, 2013 - May 19, 2013
  • Location: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
  • Address: 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14218
  • Venue: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily

Open to the Public May 18-19, 9am-4pm May 17 - 4-7pm Members and Volunteers Only - Bring your membership card! In the Administration Building Don’t miss the Greatest Plant Sale of the year! Highlights include: hanging baskets, annuals, perennials, ornamental trees & shrubs, rare and unusual plants, deer resistant plants & flowers, native plants, tropical plants, Japanese maples and MUCH MORE!! The Great Plant Sale is sponsored by Buffalo Spree Magazine and Star 102.5. Go to www....

Showing 1-25 of 36