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

g-OD Talk Documentary Screening

Buffalo History Museum

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May 17

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 17

Boozy Bingo

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 17

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 17

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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May 17

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 17

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 17

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 17

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 17

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 17

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 17

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 17

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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May 17

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 17

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Shrek – The Musical

Shea’s Buffalo

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May 17

On Golden Pond

Williamsville Meeting House

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May 17

Bruce Bruce

Helium Comedy Club

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May 17

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 17

Exhibition: Turning Breath into Art

Western New York Book Arts Center

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May 17

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 17

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

L7

Electric City

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May 17

Songbirds – Fleetwood Mac Tribute

Statler Buffalo

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May 17

Bring Back Plur

Riff City

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May 17

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 17

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

CEPA Gallery

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May 17

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 17

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 17

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 17

City Hall Tour

Buffalo City Hall

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May 17

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 19

Masters of American Architecture: Downtown Walking Tour

Hotel @ The Lafayette

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 21

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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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 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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Jun 07

First Fridays at the AKG

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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Jun 07

First Friday Wine Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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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 14

Au-Some Evening

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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 17

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 17

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 17

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 17

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 17

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 17

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 17

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 17

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 17

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 17

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 17

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 17

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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May 17

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 17

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

CEPA Gallery

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May 17

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 17

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 17

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 17

Exhibition: Turning Breath into Art

Western New York Book Arts Center

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May 17

Bruce Bruce

Helium Comedy Club

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May 17

On Golden Pond

Williamsville Meeting House

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May 17

Shrek – The Musical

Shea’s Buffalo

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May 17

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 17

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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May 17

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 18

Elmwood Village Farmers Market

Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway

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May 18

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 18

Hamburg Farmers Market 2024 Season

Hamburg Farmers Market

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May 18

Williamsville Farmers Market

Amherst Town Hall Parking Lot

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May 18

East Aurora Farmers Market

Aurora Village (Tops) Plaza

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May 18

WNY LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness Fair and Pride 5K Run

SUNY Niagara

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May 18

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 18

Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes

Electric City

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May 18

Wandering Souls Kollective Fair: The Second Coming-Day 1

Buffalo Iron Works

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May 18

Buffalo Porchfest

Elmwood Village

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May 18

Coat Rack Paint Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 18

Family History Day

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

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May 18

Casual Concerts – Stephen Guerra and Ken Luk

Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo

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May 18

Hear Us Out: Una Conversación Con Amigos/A Conversation With Friends with Buffalo Chamber Players

Buffalo Toronto Public Media

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May 18

Boom Days Buffalo 2024

duende at Silo City

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May 18

Mask-Making Workshop at El Batey

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May 18

Graduation Buffet Dinner

Jazzboline Restaurant & Bar

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May 18

Bomba Performance at El Batey

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May 18

The Last Waltz Band

West Falls Center for the Arts

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May 18

Brawlfest 2024

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 18

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 18

NLL Final: Buffalo Bandits vs. Albany FireWolves

KeyBank Center

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 18

Health is Wealth Fitness Bootcamp

Buffalo Central Terminal

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May 18

Nightcap Sail

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 19

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Masters of American Architecture: Downtown Walking Tour

Hotel @ The Lafayette

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May 21

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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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 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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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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L7

05/17

Electric City

Appearing at Electric City!

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Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

03/15 – 05/17

Forest Lawn Cemetery

$25

Join our expert tour guides aboard our temperature-controlled trolley to explore the cemetery’s history, natural landscape, art and architecture, 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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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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On Golden Pond

05/17 – 05/26

Williamsville Meeting House

$20

On Golden Pond is a classic American comedic drama that’s every bit as touching, warm, and witty today as when…

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Once

05/02 – 05/19

Shea’s 710 Theatre

ONCE features an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage and tells the enchanting tale of a…

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Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

05/04 – 06/03

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Included with admission

Step back in time and learn about some Botanical Gardens’ plant history with our brand-new Herbarium Exhibit! Get up close with several high-resolution…

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Shrek – The Musical

05/16 – 05/19

Shea’s Buffalo

“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek ” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely…

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Songbirds – Fleetwood Mac Tribute

05/17

Statler Buffalo

Join Songbirds- a tribute to Fleetwood Mac- on Friday, May 17th inside the historic Golden Ballroom for a night of…

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Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

02/09 – 05/27

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

How High the Moon is the first retrospective to trace the evolution of Stanley Whitney’s wholly unique and powerful abstractions over…

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Sunset Harbor Cruise

05/11 – 09/25

Buffalo Boat Tours

Have the most wonderfully relaxing evening aboard our double-decker Harbor Queen. Grab a drink from our friendly bartender, listen to…

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The AI at Delphi

04/26 – 05/19

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

$30

Iz is an A.I., invented by the premiere intelligence engineer Pythia, her ‘mother.’ As the director of Delphi, the world’s…

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The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

04/18 – 05/18

Road Less Traveled Productions

$10-$50

Pulitzer Prize-WinningTHE CURIOUS CASE OF THE WATSON INTELLIGENCE By Madeleine George April 18 & May 19, 2024 Directed by John…

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Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

02/09 – 06/30

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Buffalo, New York is situated on the central line to view a total eclipse of the sun on Monday, April…

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Without Flowers, there would be no us

04/26 – 06/19

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Included with admission

“Without Flowers, there would be no us” is a series of works on paper that pays tribute to adjusting oneself to…

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g-OD Talk Documentary Screening

05/17

Buffalo History Museum

Free

Join the Smithsonian for a free, special screening of the new documentary gOD-Talk. The film is the culmination of a…

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Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

03/16 – 05/25

Freedom Run Winery

$19.95

Join us Saturdays at 2 p.m. March, April, and May, for our Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour, conducted…

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Bomba Performance at El Batey

05/18

Free

Saturday, May 18, 2024, 5:00-6:00 pm Bomba Performance at El Batey, 175 Rano St, Buffalo, NY 14207 The 1,849 Millas…

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Boom Days Buffalo 2024

05/18

duende at Silo City

$20-$40

Boom Days is back! The annual celebration of Spring marking the removal of the ice boom, is happening on Saturday…

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Brawlfest 2024

05/18

Buffalo RiverWorks

Empire State Wrestling returns to Riverworks Saturday May 18th. Doors open at 6pm, 7pm start time. Former WWE star Elias,…

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Casual Concerts – Stephen Guerra and Ken Luk

05/18

Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo

6-string guitarist Stephen Guerra and 8-string bandolinist Ken Luk play vibrant Brazilian choro, a virtuosic and melodic instrumental music related…

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Coat Rack Paint Class @ Freedom Run Winery

05/18

Freedom Run Winery

31.95

Artist Lindsay Strong will walk you through the steps of creating your one-of-a-kind coat rack with the acrylic paint pour…

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East Aurora Farmers Market

05/04 – 11/27

Aurora Village (Tops) Plaza

Free

The East Aurora Farmer’s Market, located in the Aurora Village Shopping Center, has been providing locally grown and produced products…

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