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 12

Gift to the Community Concert

Lippes Concert Hall

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Weekend at Graycliff

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Brunch at Diamond Hawk

Diamond Hawk Golf Course & Pub “The Hawk”

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Brunch at Buffalo RiverWorks

Buffalo RiverWorks

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Market

Wildroot Floral

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Jazz & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 12

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Babeville

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MAY 12

Crash Test Dummies

Electric City

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May 13

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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Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 13

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 13

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 13

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 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 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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May 15

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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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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The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 13

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 13

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 13

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 13

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 13

Plants from the Past: Herbarium Exhibit

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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Buffalo Bisons vs. Worcester

Sahlen Field

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May 16

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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May 13

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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Mothers & More Weekend

Canalside

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May 17

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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Beethoven’s Ninth

Kleinhans Music Hall

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May 13

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 13

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 13

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 13

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 13

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 13

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 13

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 13

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 13

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 13

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 13

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 17

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 13

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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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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Justin Timberlake

10/21

KeyBank Center

Due to fantastic demand, renowned musician, actor, and entertainer Justin Timberlake has announced the first round of leg 2 North America shows…

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

11/01 – 11/17

Shea’s Smith Theatre

Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee features…

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Little Big Town + Sugarland

11/02

KeyBank Center

Celebrating their 25th anniversary as one of country music’s most successful groups, multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning four-piece Little Big Town & comprised of…

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Ben Folds: Paper Airplane Request Tour

11/07

Center for the Arts

Emmy-nominated, multi-platinum selling musician and composer Ben Folds announced the return of his popular Paper Airplane Request Tour, performing solo…

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BABEL: Tommy Orange

11/13

Kleinhans Music Hall

Author of There There, and Wandering StarsTOMMY ORANGE is the author of The New York Times bestselling novel There There,…

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Will Downing

11/14

Kleinhans Music Hall

Celebrating an insane 35 years in the “bizness” and with 27 records to his credit, Grammy-nominated R&B | Smooth Jazz…

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David Cross

11/15

Babeville – Asbury Hall

David Cross returns to Asbury Hall with special guest Shane TorresEmmy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award nominee, David Cross…

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

11/16

Shea’s Buffalo

AWR Music Productions and Square Enix are proud to introduce FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Orchestra World Tour, an electrifying new…

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Sebastian Maniscalco – ‘It Ain’t Right Tour’

11/16

KeyBank Center

“Hop on the ‘It Ain’t Right’ tour, where I’ll roast today’s absurdities & non existent manners, wallet-wincing prices, and the…

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& Juliet

11/19 – 11/24

Shea’s Buffalo

Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story…

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Coco Montoya + Ronnie Baker Brooks

11/23

Babeville – Asbury Hall

“Just play what you feel, be real about it and enjoy yourself. That’s what Albert Collins taught me,” says award-winning…

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Rat Pack Holiday Show: Tribute to Frank, Dean and Sammy

12/03

Tickets start at $50

Ring-A-Ding-Ding! The best Rat Pack show returns!Swing into the Christmas season with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.…

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The Lion King

12/18 – 01/05

Shea’s Buffalo

Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars,…

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The Niceties

02/14 – 03/02

Shea’s Smith Theatre

The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess, begins when Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her…

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Aerosmith: Peace Out The Farewell Tour

02/25

KeyBank Center

Appearing 1 night only in Buffalo, with The Black Crowes.

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The Wiz

03/04 – 03/09

Shea’s Buffalo

THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new Broadway tour, the first one in 40 years. This…

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BABEL: Cheryl Strayed

03/20

Kleinhans Music Hall

CHERYL STRAYED is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific…

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Shucked

03/25 – 03/30

Shea’s Buffalo

SHUCKED is the Tony Award®&winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like…

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A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

04/08 – 04/13

Shea’s Buffalo

THE UNTOLD TRUE STORY OF A BROOKLYN KID WHO BECAME A CHART-BUSTING, SHOW-STOPPING, AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN ICONCreated in collaboration with Neil…

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BABEL: James McBride

04/30

Kleinhans Music Hall

JAMES McBRIDE is a New York Times bestselling author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, rested…

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