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 02

Exhibition: Nice Girls Don’t Yell

Western New York Book Arts Center

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MAY 02

Food Truck Thursdays

Niagara Square

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May 04

Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 02

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 02

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 04

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 02

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

CEPA Gallery

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May 02

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 02

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 10

Martn House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 02

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 02

City Hall Tour

Buffalo City Hall

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May 02

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 02

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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MAY 02

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 02

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 02

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 02

Bruce Wojcik and The Struggle

Babeville

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May 02

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 04

Pour Me a Strong One Acrylic Paint Class

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 02

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 02

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 02

2024 Makers & Masters Series: The Legacy of Wood – Part 1

Black Rock Historical Society

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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MAY 02

FREE Thursday Downtown Walking Tours

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May 02

Exhibition: Fruit on Blue by Lydia Kegler

Western New York Book Arts Center

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May 02

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 02

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 02

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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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 02

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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MAY 04

Buffalo Derby Day Party + Whiskey Release

Buffalo Distilling Co.

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May 02

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 02

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

CEPA Gallery

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May 05

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 02

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 02

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 02

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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MAY 04

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 04

Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

Freedom Run Winery

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May 04

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 02

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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MAY 04

Steve Martin and Martin Short

Shea’s Performing Arts Center

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MAY 04

Cinco de Mayo Patio Festival ’24

Deep South Taco – Ellicott Street

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MAY 03

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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MAY 04

EXTC – Terry Chambers and Friends

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MAY 03

Chooi Brothers and Bach

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 04

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 02

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 02

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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MAY 02

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 05

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

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MAY 04

The Seven Wonders

Buffalo Iron Works

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May 02

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 03

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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May 04

Pour Me a Strong One Acrylic Paint Class

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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MAY 02

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

Buffalo History Museum

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MAY 04

Jon Lehning Presents: The Music Of Hiatus Kaiyote

PAUSA Art House

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 02

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 10

Martn House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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MAY 04

Derby Day at Buffalo RiverWorks!

Buffalo RiverWorks

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May 04

Go, Dog, Go!

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May 02

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 03

Airness

Lancaster Opera House

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MAY 04

Tim McGraw

KeyBank Center

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MAY 04

Steve Martin & Martin Short: The Dukes of Funnytown!

Shea’s Buffalo

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May 05

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 04

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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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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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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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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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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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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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

05/02 – 05/18

Shea’s Smith Theatre

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring celebrated Buffalo drag queen, Vanna Deux.  This award-winning cult favorite tells the story of…

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Back to the Future: The Musical

06/24 – 06/29

Shea’s Buffalo

Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, four WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical, and the Broadway…

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