Events

Taste of Diversity Festival

06/29

Art

Free

The Taste of Diversity Festival takes place each year on Grant Street, in the heart of Buffalo’s bourgeoning West Side…

Food Truck Tuesdays

06/18 - 10/01

Family Fun

Free

Catch your favorite food trucks, plus live music every Tuesday in the square. Free parking is available in the surface…

Basil Port of Call: Buffalo

07/04 - 07/07

Culture

Passports for Tall Ships boarding $10-20

A fleet of 12 majestic Tall Ships from harbors across the US, Canada, Spain and the South Pacific will make…

Taste of Buffalo

07/13 - 07/14

Downtown

Free

More than 50 restaurants, six wineries and 450,000 guests gather in downtown Buffalo to enjoy cuisine as varied as Indian…

Cobblestone Live Music Festival

08/02 - 08/03

Art

$15-$100

Buffalo Iron Works & Lockhouse Distillery & Bar Present The Third Annual Cobblestone Live Music & Arts Festival, to be…

Erie County Fair

08/07 - 08/18

Art

Adults $10, Children under 12-Free

The Erie County Fair, held annually is the largest fair of it's kind in New York State, and the 3rd…

National Buffalo Wing Festival

08/31 - 09/01

Downtown

$5

Entering its 18th year, this top event in Buffalo, is recognized as one of the best festivals in the country!…

Borderland Music and Arts Festival

09/21 - 09/22

Art

$65-$120

The Borderland Music and Arts Festival celebrates the rich history and renaissance of the region with a two-day music and…

Christian Lopez at the 9th Ward

06/17

Music

$10 - $12

With the will of his voice and the stomp of a steady beat, Christian Lopez and his band are pioneering…

Craft Beer & Wine Boat Cruise

06/18

Food & Drink

$60

The Pizza Plant Annual Boat Event has been the most anticipated party each year!  We start boarding the Miss Buffalo…

The O'Jay's

06/18

Music

$17-$47

The O'Jay's  Last Word Tour, along with Average White Band - are coming to Artpark!  Featuring original members Walter Williams…

Eat the World!

06/19

Family Fun

$20

A food truck event of global proportions in the backyard of the International Institute of Buffalo. Celebrate World Refugee Day…

Terrapin Flyer ft. Melvin Seals

06/19

Bars & Nightlife

$20-$25

Terrapin Flyer is a Chicago-based Grateful Dead band whose revolving cast features top performers in the jamband scene. The band…

Thursday & Main: The Tins

06/20

Free Admission

The free and open-to-the-public happy hour, presented on Thursday evenings in the heart of Downtown Buffalo at Fountain Plaza (Main…

Kiss the Summer Hello 2019

06/20

Family Fun

$35 - $300

Kiss the Summer brought to you by Buffalo's own Kiss 98.5FM is the biggest outdoor concert to start off your…

Chandler Street Hard Hat Tour

06/20

$20

Want to get an exclusive look at exciting adaptive reuse projects? Then join us for the Hard Hat Tour of…

Silo City Summer Solstice

06/21

Art

An immersive arts event to be held at the historic Silo City.  It will focus on the creation and exhibition…

Kerfuffle 2019

06/21

Downtown

$35-$50

The official kick-off to summer, down at Canalside! The 6th annual Alternative Buffalo summer festival will feature: Walk The Moon,…

Jon Prine

06/21

Downtown

$59.50-$99.50

A two-time Grammy-winner, John Prine is among the English language’s premier phrase-turners. Almost 50 years into a remarkable career that…

Live!@Aloft

06/21

Family Fun

Join us for our Kick Off to Summer Party with Live!@Aloft.  Drink and food specials; live music with Julian Burgio.…

Best of WNY 2019 Party

06/21

Food & Drink

$30-$100

Revel with 500 or so of your fellow Buffalovers and be the first to know which of your favorite people,…

Empire Strikes Brass

06/21

Bars & Nightlife

$10-$15

Empire Strikes Brass (ESB) is a high energy Brass-Funk-Rock band.  ESB is rooted in the New Orleans Brass Band tradition…

New Kids on the Block

06/21

Music

New Kids On The Block, the multiplatinum selling pop super-group announce their epic lineup for the highly anticipated 2019 'The…

Laugh and Other Drugs

06/21

Music

$8-$10

Laugh & Other Drugs – the best in Buffalo stand-up comedyFeaturing: Haley Haner, Don Johnson, John Lockwood, Tyrone Maclin, Jake…

Anniversary Celebration

06/22

Family Fun

FREE

Join us as we celebrate our 89th year on East Aurora's Main Street!  First opened by our grandfather, Robert S.…

Col. Francis G. Ward Pumping Station Tour

06/22

History

Free Admission

Don't miss this chance to view the five 60 ft. high, triple expansion steam engnes built by the Holly Manufacturing…

Strawberry Moon Festival

06/22

Culture

$28

The Strawberry Moon Festival celebrates the beginning of a new season and the first fruit of summer. After Artpark first…

Meet Us at the Clock: 90th Anniversary Celebration

06/22

Music

The Buffalo Central Terminal first opened on June 22, 1929.  It's now June 22, 2019 - join in as we…

The Byrne Brothers

06/22

Culture

$20

From Disney and Raglan Road to the Buffalo Irish Center - come hear your favorite traditional Irish music along with…

Geezer: Tribute to Green Day & Weezer

06/22

Bars & Nightlife

$12-$15

Geezer - A Tribute to Green Day & Weezer - Two Classic Albums One Night Only!  Four Buffalo Musicians Unite…

Paa Kow

06/23

Downtown

$12-$15

Having toured internationally, sharing stages with both African and American luminaries, Ghana born drummer and composer, Paa Kow, (pronounced Pah-Ko),…

The War and Treaty

06/24

Music

$20

As The War and Treaty, Michael and Tanya Trotter heal and steal pain with freewheeling joy on new full-length album,…