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 13

The Furious Bongos

Buffalo Iron Works

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May 20

Blue Monday

Tacoma Performing Arts Center

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May 14

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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Jun 03

First Monday Jazz Jam

The Gypsy Parlor

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May 16

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 16

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 16

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 14

City Hall Tour

Buffalo City Hall

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 21

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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Jun 08

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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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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May 16

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 16

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 16

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 14

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 20

Golden Hour Tour at Seneca One

Seneca One

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May 14

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 17

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 14

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 14

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 14

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 14

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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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 18

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

SUNY Niagara

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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

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

Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes

Electric City

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MAY 18

Brawlfest 2024

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 14

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 19

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 16

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 16

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 15

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 15

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 16

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 16

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 18

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 16

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 21

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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Jun 08

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 16

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 18

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 15

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 16

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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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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May 16

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 16

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 16

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 14

Without Flowers, there would be no us

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 14

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 16

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 15

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 17

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 14

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 18

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 16

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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May 14

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 14

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 14

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 18

Elmwood Village Farmers Market

Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway

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MAY 16

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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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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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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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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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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Elmwood Village Farmers Market

05/11 – 11/23

Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway

Free

Enjoy a true rite of summer and visit the Elmwood Bidwell Farmers Market, at the corner of Elmwood Avenue &…

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Family History Day

05/18

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

Free!

The Grosvenor Room, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library’s Special Collections Department is planning its 2nd annual Family History Day event on…

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Feed the Fish

04/02 – 05/25

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Adults & Students ages 13 and up – $22.00 Admission is included! Kids ages 3-12 – $16.00 Admission is included!

Get up close and personal with our family of koi fish with this unique Gardens Exclusive! Enjoy early access to…

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Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes

05/18

Electric City

Appearing at Electric City!

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Graduation Buffet Dinner

05/18

Jazzboline Restaurant & Bar

Attention College Graduates & Family Members: Join us in our Ballroom for a Graduation Dinner Buffet where we can accommodate…

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Mask-Making Workshop at El Batey

05/18

Free

Saturday, May 18, 2024, 3:30-4:30, ages 6 and upMask-Making Workshop at El Batey, 175 Rano St, Buffalo, NY 14207 Multinational…

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Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

04/13 – 06/08

Buffalo Presidential Center

On April 27th 1865–159 years ago this month–Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train, traveling from Washington DC to Springfield IL, stopped in…

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The Last Waltz Band

05/18

West Falls Center for the Arts

The Last Waltz Band features five Buffalo area musicians – plus a horn section -with ties to The Band playing…

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

05/18

SUNY Niagara

Niagara Pride’s WNY Pride 5K is bigger and better than before.  For 2024, we are merging our WNY LGBTQ+ Health…

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Walk Together Spring Concert

05/19

Holy Trinity Lutheran

The Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus is dedicated to producing vocal music of high quality in the rich tradition of men’s…

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Wandering Souls Kollective Fair: The Second Coming-Day 1

05/18

Buffalo Iron Works

Get ready for twisted and tantalizing experiences like no other! Join us for our events where horror, oddities, magic, pop…

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Williamsville Food Tour

05/04 – 10/12

The Roaming Table

$89

The Historic Village of Williamsville has it all. From unique specialty shops and local breweries to incredible fine dining and…

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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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