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 05

The Strumbellas

Town Ballroom

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May 05

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 05

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 05

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

Buffalo History Museum

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May 05

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 05

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 05

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 05

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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May 05

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 05

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 05

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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May 05

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 05

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 05

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 05

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 05

Go, Dog, Go!

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May 05

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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MAY 05

Cinco de Mayo at Duende

duende at Silo City

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May 05

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 05

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 05

Airness

Lancaster Opera House

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May 05

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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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 05

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 06

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 05

Cinco de Mayo Patio Festival ’24

Deep South Taco – Ellicott Street

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 05

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

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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 11

Elmwood Spring Block Party

Elmwood Village Association

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May 07

Photography Days

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 11

Pan-Am Walking Tour

Buffalo History Museum

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MAY 10

Buffalo River History Tours

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 11

Rare Abraham Lincoln Artifacts on Display

Buffalo Presidential Center

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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

Ladies First

Torn Space Theater

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May 05

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

Clinton Bailey Farmers Market

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May 14

Open Art Nights

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 09

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 06

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf

Alleyway Theatre

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May 05

Exhibition: After the Sun-Forecasts from the North

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

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May 05

The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee

Road Less Traveled Productions

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May 05

Artisan & Farmers Market @ Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 10

Lewiston Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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MAY 11

Particle: A New Musical

Alleyway Theatre

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May 22

Larkin District Walking Tour

Flying Bison Brew Company

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MAY 11

Heads or Tails Mother’s Day Market

Seneca One

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MAY 11

Elmwood Village Farmers Market

Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway

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MAY 11

Beethoven’s Ninth

Kleinhans Music Hall

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MAY 11

Big Kahuna Evening Tiki Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 05

Crowns

MusicalFare Theatre

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MAY 11

2024 Bridal Show & Venue Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 05

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious

Buffalo Museum of Science

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May 19

Combo Art Class @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 05

Total Solar Eclipse and Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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MAY 11

Free Pickleball Clinic

Clrence Town Park

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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 18

Feed the Fish

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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May 05

Exhibitions: Total Solar Eclipse + Astral Visions

Burchfield Penney Art Center

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MAY 07

Buffalo Bisons vs. Worcester

Sahlen Field

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May 11

Williamsville Food Tour

The Roaming Table

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May 09

Exhibition: Robyn Tsinnajinnie – “A Shared Experience”

K Art Gallery (contemporary Indigenous art)

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May 10

Martin House/Graycliff Experience

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House

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May 05

Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 05

Exhibition: “Before and After Again”

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 05

Exhibition: After the Sun – Forecasts from the North

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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May 31

Babushka!

Alleyway Theatre

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May 05

Freedom Art Walk @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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MAY 11

Larkin Spring Stroll

Larkin Square

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May 05

The Price

Irish Classical Theatre Company at Andrews Theatre

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May 05

Yoga & Wine @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 17

Legends on the Lawn Trolley Tour

Forest Lawn Cemetery

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APR 20

Orchid Repotting with the Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

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MAY 10

Mothers & More Weekend

Canalside

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MAY 09

Crossing Delancey

Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY

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MAY 12

Mother’s Day Weekend at Graycliff

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff

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May 05

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Shea’s Smith Theatre

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May 05

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

Buffalo History Museum

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MAY 11

Alan Doyle – Welcome Home Tour

Buffalo State Performing Arts Center

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May 11

Assembly House 150 Tours

Assembly House 150

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May 11

Beyond the Glass Wine Tasting & Tour @ Freedom Run Winery

Freedom Run Winery

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May 05

The AI at Delphi

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company

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MAY 12

Gift to the Community Concert

Lippes Concert Hall

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MAY 11

Sunset Harbor Cruise

Buffalo Boat Tours

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May 05

Oklahoma!

O’Connell & Company

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May 05

Once

Shea’s 710 Theatre

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May 05

Exhibition: Sin Wai Kin: It’s Always You

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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Buffalo Irish Festival 2024

07/26 – 07/28

Lakeside Event Lawn

The year’s favorite Irish bash returns to The Outer Harbor, featuring stages of continuous Irish entertainment from the U.S., Canada…

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Garden Walk Buffalo

07/27 – 07/28

Free

America’s largest garden tour is back! Hundreds of creative and gracious gardeners are looking forward to seeing you again &…

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Glen Park Art Festival

07/27 – 07/28

Glen Park

Free

Come enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Glen Park in Williamsville. Over 140 artists, kid’s activities, food vendors. A great way…

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Upper Deck Golf

07/27 – 07/28

Highmark Stadium

Upper Deck Golf is a once in a lifetime golfing experience inside the most legendary stadiums and ballparks across the…

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Two Door Cinema Club in Concert

07/29

Artpark

Two Door Cinema Club are a band from Bangor, Northern Ireland. The band formed in 2007 and is composed of…

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SLASH – S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival

07/30

Artpark

S.E.R.P.E.N.T. stands for Solidarity, Engagement, Restore, Peace, Equality N’ Tolerance. Starring SLASH on all dates, the festival is a celebration…

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Jason Aldean

08/01

Darien Lake Amphitheater

Jason Aldean and the Highway Desperado Tour 2024 comes to the outdoor Darien Lake Amphitheater.  Also appearing, Lauren Alaina, Chase…

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Sleater-Kinney

08/01

Electric City

$39-$99

New album ‘Little Rope’ out now.

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Amyl and the Sniffers

08/03

Babeville

Amyl and the Sniffers are Amy Taylor (vocals), Dec Martens (guitar), Gus Romer (bass) and Bryce Wilson (drums). Formed in…

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Book Fair on Old Falls Street

08/03

Old Falls Street, USA

Free

Calling all book lovers! ‘Book’ an afternoon with us on Old Falls Street to enjoy book-related vendors, a coffee cart,…

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The Beths

08/03

Babeville

On The Beths’ new album Expert In A Dying Field, Elizabeth Stokes’ songwriting positions her somewhere between being a novelist…

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The Oddities and Curiosities Expo

08/03 – 08/04

Buffalo Niagara Convention Center

$10

The Oddities & Curiosities Expo showcases hand selected vendors, dealers, artists and small businesses with all things weird. You’ll find…

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Bflo Bisons vs. Rochester AAA Baseball

08/06 – 08/11

Sahlen Field

Come on out to the ball game downtown as the local Buffalo Bisons take on Rochester Red Wings during this…

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Terminal B Concert Series: Sad Summer Fest

08/06

Outer Harbor – Terminal B

Sad Summer Fest 2024: The 5 year anniversary tour!  Back to our roots. All your favorite bands on a single…

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Erie County Fair 2024

08/07 – 08/18

Fairgrounds in Hamburg

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

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Happy Together Tour 2024

08/07

The Buffalo News Grandstand

$39.80-$62.40

2024 will mark the 15th year of the highly successful, hit-filled summer package, THE “HAPPY TOGETHER” TOUR. The touring sensation…

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Terminal B Concert Series: Kiss of Death Tour 24

08/07

Terminal B Event Center

Ice Nine Kills, and In This Moment appear in concert, along with Avatar and TX2.

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Commensality

08/09 – 08/18

Torn Space Theater

$30

Commensality: (n) a social group that eats together. the practice of eating and drinking at the same table, creates relationships…

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Paul Russell Performs at the Erie County Fair

08/09

Fairgrounds Event Center

Free with fair admission

His upload of a new take on a great dance song has made him a social media sensation, and has…

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Terminal B Concert Series: Primus and Coheed and Cambria

08/09

Terminal B Event Center

Appearing at Terminal B at the Outer Harbor, with special guest Fishbone.

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The Aristocrats

08/09

Electric City

The Aristocrats come to Electric City in Buffalo for 1 show only.

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Backroads Blues Festival

08/10

Artpark – Outdoor Amphitheater

Featuring: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimmie Vaughan, Bobby Rush & Duane Betts and Palmetto MotelGates at 5:00PM. Show starts at 6:30PM 

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Taste of Culture on Old Falls Street

08/10

Old Falls Street, USA

Free

Travel around the world at Old Falls Street’s Taste of Culture! Try food from around the world, music from a…

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Gin Blossoms + Toad the Wet Sprocket

08/11

Artpark

Gin Blossoms is an alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. The band rose to prominence following the…

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