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 06

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 06

Golden Hour Tour at Seneca One

Seneca One

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May 06

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 06

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 09

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 09

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 06

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 06

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 06

First Monday Jazz Jam

The Gypsy Parlor

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 08

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 06

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 06

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 06

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 06

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 06

Blue Monday

Tacoma Performing Arts Center

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May 06

City Hall Tour

Buffalo City Hall

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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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 07

Buffalo Bisons vs. Worcester

Sahlen Field

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May 06

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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MAY 10

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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MAY 11

Heads or Tails Mother’s Day Market

Seneca One

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May 09

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 06

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 08

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 06

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 06

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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MAY 11

Elmwood Spring Block Party

Elmwood Village Association

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May 09

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 12

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

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MAY 10

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 08

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 11

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 11

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 09

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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MAY 11

Pan-Am Walking Tour

Buffalo History Museum

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May 09

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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MAY 11

Larkin Spring Stroll

Larkin Square

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 08

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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MAY 09

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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MAY 11

Free Pickleball Clinic

Clrence Town Park

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May 06

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 09

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 06

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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MAY 11

Particle: A New Musical

Alleyway Theatre

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MAY 11

Ladies First

Torn Space Theater

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 08

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 06

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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MAY 12

Gift to the Community Concert

Lippes Concert Hall

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 11

Elmwood Village Farmers Market

Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway

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May 10

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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May 11

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 09

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

CEPA Gallery

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Weekend at Graycliff

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff

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MAY 11

Alan Doyle – Welcome Home Tour

Buffalo State Performing Arts Center

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May 11

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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MAY 11

2024 Bridal Show & Venue Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 11

Beethoven’s Ninth

Kleinhans Music Hall

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May 09

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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MAY 11

Jim Norton: Now You Know

Electric City

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MAY 11

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 19

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 08

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 06

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 10

Mothers & More Weekend

Canalside

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May 06

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 12

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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Buffalo Porchfest

05/18

Elmwood Village

Free

Buffalo Porchfest is a grassroots music festival that turns porches into stages for local bands and musicians for an afternoon!…

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Food Truck Tuesdays

06/04 – 08/27

Larkin Square

Free

Food Truck Tuesday returns to Larkin Square on Tuesday June 4th and runs through August 27th, 5 PM – 8…

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First Fridays at the AKG

09/01 – 12/06

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

M&T First Fridays at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum are set to begin again on September 1st, from 10 am…

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Blue Monday

08/30 – 12/15

Tacoma Performing Arts Center

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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City Hall Tour

04/01 – 05/31

Buffalo City Hall

Free – registration required

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

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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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Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

01/20 – 05/12

Buffalo Museum of Science

$16-19

The world’s busiest monkey is coming to Buffalo!  Visitors will hone their math and science skills as they make their…

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Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

04/26 – 05/18

Alleyway Theatre

Blanche and Stanley.George and Martha.Willy.And plenty of other surprise guests. The hijinks begin from the moment the lights come up…

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Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

03/08 – 09/30

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum has announced a landmark exhibition that will respond to the tragic slaying of ten members…

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Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

04/26 – 08/19

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

The exhibition surveys a generational response to the precarious state of our natural environment. Historically, art from the Nordic region…

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Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

04/26 – 08/19

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

After the Sun Forecasts from the North, a new exhibition that will survey a generational response to the precarious state…

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Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

03/01 – 08/12

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

It’s Always You, 2021, encourages viewers to reflect on the performance and commodification of identity in our present moment. The…

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First Monday Jazz Jam

02/05 – 12/02

The Gypsy Parlor

Monthly on every first Monday, join Becky Davis for our monthly jazz jam. Bring your instruments or vocals and jam…

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Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

01/08 – 12/31

Freedom Run Winery

$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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Golden Hour Tour at Seneca One

04/29 – 07/29

Seneca One

Experience an enchanting GOLDEN HOUR from Seneca One, Buffalo’s tallest building!  Embark on a remarkable journey through the public spaces…

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Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

02/09 – 05/27

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

How High the Moon is the first retrospective to trace the evolution of Stanley Whitney’s wholly unique and powerful abstractions over…

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Buffalo Bisons vs. Worcester

05/07 – 05/12

Sahlen Field

Come on out to the ball game downtown as the local Buffalo Bisons take on Worcester during this home stand.

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Photography Days

04/02 – 05/21

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

$20 per person (ages 3 and up)

Make your reservation today! Bring along your favorite photographer and join us for Photography Days to get the most out of…

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The Launch of the Erie Canal Boat – Seneca Chief

05/07

Buffalo Maritime Center at the Longshed

Join us on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11AM as the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief makes its momentous move out…

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Willi Carlisle

05/07

Babeville

For folksinger Willi Carlisle, singing is healing. And by singing together, he believes we can begin to reckon with the…

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

05/02 – 12/29

Buffalo History Museum

Admission is pay-what-you-wish

This May, the story of Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition returns to the Buffalo History Museum the Exposition’s only planned permanent structure.…

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Chest Fever – Celebrating 55 Years of The Band

05/08

Buffalo Iron Works

Mrs. Henry performs in two iterations & first as their original San Diego Music Award Winning namesake group, and second…

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Crowns

04/17 – 05/19

MusicalFare Theatre

Hats become a window into a jubilant celebration of American history and identity.

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Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

02/09 – 06/30

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Total Solar Eclipse & Astral Visions will include depictions of the sun, moon, and constellations by Charles E. Burchfield, alongside stunning…

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