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 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 02

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 02

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 04

Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 02

Exhibition: Fruit on Blue by Lydia Kegler

Western New York Book Arts Center

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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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

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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MAY 02

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 04

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 02

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 02

Exhibition: Nice Girls Don’t Yell

Western New York Book Arts Center

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May 10

Martn House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 02

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 02

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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MAY 02

Food Truck Thursdays

Niagara Square

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 02

FREE Thursday Downtown Walking Tours

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 04

Pour Me a Strong One Acrylic Paint Class

Freedom Run Winery

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 02

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 02

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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MAY 02

Bruce Wojcik and The Struggle

Babeville

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 02

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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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

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 02

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 02

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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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: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 02

City Hall Tour

Buffalo City Hall

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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 05

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 04

Steve Martin and Martin Short

Shea’s Performing Arts Center

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 04

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 02

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway 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 04

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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May 04

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 02

Alex Boeschenstein: Silent Terminalia

The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

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May 02

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 02

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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May 05

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 04

Jon Lehning Presents: The Music Of Hiatus Kaiyote

PAUSA Art House

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MAY 04

Buffalo Derby Day Party + Whiskey Release

Buffalo Distilling Co.

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May 02

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 02

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 04

Pour Me a Strong One Acrylic Paint Class

Freedom Run Winery

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May 03

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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May 02

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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May 03

Airness

Lancaster Opera House

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MAY 04

Steve Martin & Martin Short: The Dukes of Funnytown!

Shea’s Buffalo

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May 02

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 04

Lights and Flights: A Candlemaking Event

Freedom Run Winery

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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

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 02

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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MAY 04

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 02

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 10

Martn House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 02

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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MAY 03

Chooi Brothers and Bach

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

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MAY 04

Cinco de Mayo Patio Festival ’24

Deep South Taco – Ellicott Street

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May 02

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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MAY 04

Tim McGraw

KeyBank Center

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May 02

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 04

The Seven Wonders

Buffalo Iron Works

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May 02

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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MAY 04

EXTC – Terry Chambers and Friends

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MAY 03

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 05

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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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

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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Live at Larkin Music Series

06/05 – 08/28

Larkin Square

Free

KeyBank Live at Larkin Wednesday evening concerts are the signature night for music in Larkinville  This season brings a fun…

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Andrew Nixon, Ed Croft, Joe Goretti: Outside Agitators

06/06

PAUSA Art House

In winter 2021, seemingly out of nowhere, pianist and composer Andrew Nixon brought a ray of sunlight to those fortunate…

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Downtown Country Market

06/06 – 10/24

Main Street Buffalo

Free

For office workers, residents & visitors of Downtown, the Market is the perfect place to pick-up fresh produce, purchase baked…

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Mr. Big

06/06

Electric City

Playing the “Lean Into It” album in its entirety, and much more!

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Hot Club of Buffalo

06/07

PAUSA Art House

The Hot Club of Buffalo is a 4-piece gypsy jazz band from Buffalo, NY. The group adds some modern twists…

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The Producers

06/07 – 06/23

Lancaster Opera House

Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult comedy film.…

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Allentown Art Festival

06/08 – 06/09

Allentown Historic Preservation District

Free

The Allentown Art Festival takes place in the Allentown Historic Preservation District of Buffalo. Tens of thousands of art patrons…

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HARDY: Quit!! Tour

06/08

Darien Lake Amphitheater

Hardy comes to the outdoor Darien Lake Amphitheater with their Quit!! Tour.  Also appearing, Kip Moore and Travis Denning.

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Matt Michaud Trio – The Music of Soulive

06/08

PAUSA Art House

Matt Michaud brings to us the music of Blue Note recording artists Soulive, one of the most popular groups to…

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Symphony of Illusions with Michael Grandinetti

06/08

Kleinhans Music Hall

Master illusionist Michael Grandinetti performs jaw-dropping feats of prestidigitation to magical symphonic selections, including favorite works by John Williams, Berlioz,…

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The Two Wives of Millard Fillmore

06/08

Buffalo Presidential Center

Presented by Rachelle Francis, retired teacher; author; BPC TrusteeAbigail Powers Fillmore and Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore, looked alike, but were…

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Walking Tour: Buffalo’s Jack the Ripper

06/08

$20

No Illusions Tour with Special Guest Robert Brighton, Author, The Buffalo Butcher and Immersive Historical Fiction NovelsJuly 1901 . .…

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Chalkfest Buffalo 2024 at Buffalo RiverWorks

06/09

Buffalo RiverWorks

Free

Artists can begin signing in and chalking at 7:30am on Saturday (Sunday by 9am)!Open to the public 12noon&5pm both days.…

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The Market at Bassett Park

06/09 – 09/08

Bassett Park

Welcome to the Market at Bassett Park! A once-monthly market, returning for it’s FOURTH year in 2024! Set in the…

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WNY Wellfest 2024 at Buffalo RiverWorks

06/09

Buffalo RiverWorks

FREE

Wellness is the act of practicing healthy habits daily to attain better physical and mental health outcomes. Wellness is you…

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Buffalo Bisons vs. Worcester Red Sox

06/11 – 06/16

Sahlen Field

Come on out to the ball game downtown as the local Buffalo Bisons take on the Worcester Red Sox during…

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MJ the Musical

06/11 – 06/16

Shea’s Buffalo

The music. The moves. The icon. Now, the unparalleled artistry of the greatest entertainer of all time comes to Buffalo…

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Sister’s Summer School Catechism

06/11

Shea’s 710 Theatre

Escape the scorching summer sun and join Sister for a holy adventure in the cool confines of catechism class! While…

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Twilight Tour of Mansions 2024

06/12

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site

$40-$85

Join Explore Buffalo and the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site for an exclusive opportunity to tour inside mansions on Delaware Avenue!…

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Ricky Ford Quartet

06/13

PAUSA Art House

Ricky is a world renowned saxophonist, originally from the US and living in France for the past 25 years. He…

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Bourbon and Cigar Night

06/14

Jazzboline Restaurant & Bar

Bourbon & Cigar Night in the Ballroom at Jazzboline on June 14, 2024!  Join us for an evening in our…

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Terminal B Concert Series: Brothers Osborne

06/14

Terminal B Event Center

Fresh off the release of their self-titled, fourth studio album, “Brothers Osborne,” the duo is one of music’s most consistently…

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The Cousins Trio

06/14

PAUSA Art House

Blending spirituals, Latin jazz, 60 and 70s pop, bossa nova and straight ahead jazz, the Cousins Trio enthralls audiences of…

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Buffalo Niagara Dragon Boat Festival

06/15

Buffalo RiverWorks

See the majestic sport of Dragon Boat Racing at the Hope Chest’s annual Buffalo Niagara Dragon Boat FestivalSM. Join us for…

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