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.

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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Red, White and Blue Rally

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Jewelry Class with Lindsay Strong @ Freedom Run Winery

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Mrs. Doubtfire

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U-Pick Apples 2023 @ Freedom Run Winery

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Exhibition: The Language Within Us

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The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers

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WNY Beer Week – Celebrate Beer Made Here!

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Exhibit: Mosaic and Glass Arts International 2023

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Exhibit: Jack French Kemp – From Quarterback to Public Servant

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Richard Kegler: Re:Bound

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Pour Me a Strong One Acrylic Paint Class @ Freedom Run Winery

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Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

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Babushka!

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Continuum: A History of Erie County

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Featured Event

Mrs. Doubtfire

09/24 – 09/30

Theater

Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Buffalo in an internationally acclaimed new hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and…

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Doors Open Buffalo 2023

09/30

Buffalo Architecture

Free

Mission: Doors Open Buffalo inspires greater appreciation for Buffalo’s unique history and architecture through free public access to significant building…

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2023 Intersection Performance Series: Decade

09/22 – 09/30

Performing Arts

Dinner party and salon as performance installation September 22-30th   Location: Torn Space Theater & 612 Fillmore Ave. Buffalo Experience an…

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Blue Monday

08/30 – 12/15

Music

Free

Chicago Jack and the Heptones play with weekly Special Guests. Join us in the Grand Room in the lower level…

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Brink of Time by Deanna Weinholtz

08/23 – 10/15

Art

Included with Admission

We all have special places and times that bring us happiness and peace as we reminisce.Our minds retain fragments of…

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Buffalo City Hall Tours

06/01 – 12/29

Tours

Free

Buffalo City Hall is a masterpiece of Art Deco design that is a symbol of the City of Buffalo. Completed…

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Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

05/01 – 11/01

Free

For fresh locally grown produce and flowers this season visit us at the Clinton Bailey Farmer’s and Flea Market. The…

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Coleus and Creatures

09/01 – 10/31

Included with Admission

Step into a world of prehistoric plants, captivating creatures, and colorful coleus at the Botanical Gardens! Explore the Botanical Gardens to…

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Continuum: A History of Erie County

11/01

Art

Created in coordination with Erie County’s bicentennial celebration, Continuum offers a glimpse into our region’s history a history dating back…

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Explore Buffalo – Spotlight Tours

05/16 – 09/30

Tours

Explore Buffalo’s Spotlight Tour Series explores a different unique building each month. Access provided on the Spotlight Tours is not…

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Explore Buffalo – Walking Tours

05/16 – 09/30

Tours

Join us for a walking tour to discover Buffalo history and architecture! Most walking tours are ninety minutes and one…

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Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

01/08 – 12/31

Art

$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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Great Pumpkin Farm Fall Festival ~ Weekdays

09/18 – 10/31

Enjoy the Haymaze, Petting Zoo, Playground, shop in the store & bakery and buy Pumpkins and relax at the Witches…

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Oktoberfest 2023 at Hofbräuhaus Buffalo

09/16 – 10/31

Free

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…Oktoberfest! Although Oktoberfest is typically a 3-week celebration, at Hofbräuhaus Buffalo we will celebrate…

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The Niagara Ride

09/13 – 10/31

Experience the beauty of Western New York like never before with an e-bike tour from Canalside in Buffalo to Niagara…

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U-Pick Apples 2023 @ Freedom Run Winery

09/16 – 11/30

Varies

Freedom Run Winery is your go-to place for apple picking this season! Join us for our third annual U-Pick season…

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WNY Beer Week – Celebrate Beer Made Here!

09/23 – 09/30

The 8 day lineup features events which will have consumers asking “What’s local?”.  We aim to celebrate the knowledge of…

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Carl Lee, “Unity Island”

09/22 – 11/03

Art

Free

Buffalo Arts Studio presents Carl Lee’s Unity Island, a film installation about a ¼ square mile piece of land in…

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Grain Silo & Waterfront Tour

06/27 – 09/29

Buffalo Architecture

$27

Humor and history combine on this 90 minute tour that starts with a walking tour of an abandoned grain silo…

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Michigan Street Farmers Market

06/20 – 10/10

Farmers Markets

Enjoy a great outdoor market experience, with weekly specials including food demonstrations, celebrity chefs, food competitions, and special events.

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SciNight: Tree ID Course

09/26

$20 per person

Learn 20 different local trees through an in depth and hands-on indoor course with take-home materials such as real, laminated…

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A Light Under the Bushel: Paintings by Julia Bottoms

07/14 – 10/29

Art

Paintings by Julia Bottoms.Buffalo-based visual artist Julia Bottoms has utilized portraiture to express the nuance and complexities of Black identity…

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Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours: Cabinet of Curiosities

09/27

$30 per participant*

Take a peek into the Vertebrate Zoology Collection’s spine-tingling Cabinet of Curiosities to explore the mind bending stories of some…

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Biological Regionalism: Niagara River, Western New York, by Alberto Rey

04/20 – 03/24

Art

Biological Regionalism: Niagara River, Western New York by Alberto Rey explores the complexities of the Niagara River’s past and present. Using lushly…

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