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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Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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Carl Lee, “Unity Island”

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Grain Silo & Waterfront Tour

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Guys and Dolls

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Coltrane Celebration

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Explore Buffalo – Walking Tours

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Jewelry Class with Lindsay Strong @ Freedom Run Winery

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Oktoberfest 2023 at Hofbräuhaus Buffalo

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Great Pumpkin Farm Fall Festival ~ Weekdays

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

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Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

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The Niagara Ride

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John Williams Movie Music

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The Color Purple

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U-Pick Apples 2023 @ Freedom Run Winery

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Feed The Fish!

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Brilliance: The Stanford Lipsey Art Glass Collection

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First Fridays at the AKG

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First Friday Wine Class @ Freedom Run Winery

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Darwin Martin House Photography Tour

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Mrs. Doubtfire

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Exhibition: Shaping Nature

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Tipsy Crafts at the AKG

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Full Moon Family Hike

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Durham County Poets

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Exhibition: The Language Within Us

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Red, White and Blue Rally

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Martin House / Graycliff Experience

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Paint a Glass @ Freedom Run Winery

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Murder Ballad

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WNY Beer Week – Celebrate Beer Made Here!

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Julian Montague: Projects

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La Cage Aux Folles

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Brink of Time by Deanna Weinholtz

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Leonardo Kaplan: The Citric Fragment

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The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers

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Exhibition: On the Shoulders of Giants: Innovation in American Stained Glass

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Exhibit: Mosaic and Glass Arts International 2023

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Buffalo City Hall Tours

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Exhibition: The Citric Fragment

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Babushka!

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Janice Mitchell with the Jim Beishline Trio

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Exhibition: Knowing Land

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2023 Intersection Performance Series: Decade

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Richard Kegler: Re:Bound

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Star People play Miles Davis

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Exhibition: Signs of Autumn

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Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

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Exhibition ~ Northward: Niagara River Views

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Behind the Scenes Curator Tour

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Continuum: A History of Erie County

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Belfast Girls

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

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Nando Alvarez Perez: Signs of Autumn

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Explore Buffalo – Spotlight Tours

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Coleus and Creatures

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A Light Under the Bushel: Paintings by Julia Bottoms

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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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Broken Social Scene

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Behind the Scenes Curator Tour

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Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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Explore Buffalo – Walking Tours

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Babushka!

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Kenmore Farmer’s Market

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Martin House – Home and Garden Tour

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Nando Alvarez Perez: Signs of Autumn

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East Aurora Farmers Market

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U-Pick Apples 2023 @ Freedom Run Winery

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Sunday in the Cemetery Walking Tour

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John Williams Movie Music

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Exhibition: Knowing Land

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Hamburg Farmers Market 2023 Season

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Exhibit: Mosaic and Glass Arts International 2023

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Leonardo Kaplan: The Citric Fragment

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Guys and Dolls

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Williamsville Farmers Market

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

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Carl Lee, “Unity Island”

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Oktoberfest 2023 at Hofbräuhaus Buffalo

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Tipsy Crafts at the AKG

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Darwin Martin House Photography Tour

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WNY Beer Week – Celebrate Beer Made Here!

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Mrs. Doubtfire

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The Color Purple

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Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

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Red, White and Blue Rally

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First Friday Wine Class @ Freedom Run Winery

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Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

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The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers

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Clarence Hollow Farmers Market

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Buffalo’s Favorite Daughters: Allentown

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Elmwood Village Farmers Market

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Bonsai Demonstration | Horticulture Class

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Explore Buffalo – Spotlight Tours

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Harvest Craft Art Festival

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Brink of Time by Deanna Weinholtz

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Martin House / Graycliff Experience

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Feed The Fish!

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ERIC JOHNSON The Treasure Tour 2023

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Exhibition: On the Shoulders of Giants: Innovation in American Stained Glass

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Exhibition: The Citric Fragment

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Exhibition: The Language Within Us

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Buffalo Lit

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FIG – An Evening of Fearless Fashion

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Continuum: A History of Erie County

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Buffalo’s Favorite Daughters: Downtown

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WestSide Tilth Farmers Market

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Paint a Glass @ Freedom Run Winery

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Doors Open Buffalo 2023

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Pendleton Farmer’s Market

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Buffalo’s Favorite Daughters: Full Tour

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Coleus and Creatures

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Julian Montague: Projects

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Brilliance: The Stanford Lipsey Art Glass Collection

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Soil Science | Horticulture Class

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Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

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A Light Under the Bushel: Paintings by Julia Bottoms

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Ava’s Table at the Vineyard @ Freedom Run Winery

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Coltrane Celebration

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Exhibition: Shaping Nature

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2023 Intersection Performance Series: Decade

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La Cage Aux Folles

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Exhibition: Signs of Autumn

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Oktoberfest on Old Falls Street

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Murder Ballad

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Belfast Girls

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Roycroft Campus Fall Festival

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World Coconut Day CuriosiTEA – Monthly Tea Tasting Experience

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Exhibition ~ Northward: Niagara River Views

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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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The Niagara Ride

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Jewelry Class with Lindsay Strong @ Freedom Run Winery

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Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend #3

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

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Murder Ballad – Sunday Matinee Performance

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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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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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Belfast Girls

09/22 – 10/15

$12-$45

Belfast Girls, By Jaki McCarrick, runs September 22, 2023 & October 15, 2023 at Irish Classical Theatre Company. The year is…

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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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Brilliance: The Stanford Lipsey Art Glass Collection

05/12 – 12/31

Art

Brilliance: The Stanford Lipsey Art Glass Collection, is both worldwide in origin and world-class in quality. It features 50 works…

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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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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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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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Coltrane Celebration

09/28 – 09/30

The Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective and Burchfield Penney Art Center celebrate the birthday of one of the greatest saxophone…

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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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Durham County Poets

09/29

It all started in a small café in Ormstown, Quebec. The band continued to percolate and spread onto the Canadian…

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Exhibit: Mosaic and Glass Arts International 2023

09/01 – 09/30

The Mosaic and Glass Arts International 2023 exhibition series will be comprised of two segments: Fine Art and Site-Specific &…

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Exhibition ~ Northward: Niagara River Views

06/15 – 03/31

Art

From Niagara Falls to Youngstown, New York, countless artists have recorded the beauty along the scenic stretch of the lower…

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Exhibition: Knowing Land

06/15 – 03/03

Art

Developed in collaboration with the Tuscarora Environment Program (TEP), an initiative of the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force (HETF), Knowing Land…

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Exhibition: On the Shoulders of Giants: Innovation in American Stained Glass

09/15 – 01/14

Art

Buffalo is home to some of America’s most historic houses of worship and architectural jewels, with iconic stained glass windows…

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Exhibition: Shaping Nature

04/27 – 10/29

Art

A pair of hands molds earthen clay as it spins around a pottery wheel carefully guiding the creation of a…

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Exhibition: Signs of Autumn

09/01 – 10/20

Rivalry Projects is excited to present Signs of Autumn, a solo exhibition of new works by Buffalo-based artist Nando Alvarez-Perez.Produced…

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Exhibition: The Citric Fragment

09/01 – 10/20

Rivalry Projects is excited to present The Citric Fragment, a solo exhibition of new works by Chicago-based artist Leonardo Kaplan.The…

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Exhibition: The Language Within Us

04/14 – 09/30

Art

The Language Within Us is a collaborative project by painter Muhammad Zaman and photographer Michael Mandolfo. The exhibition explores the…

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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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