Things to Do If You Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-  December 31, 2025- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo. Buffalo Bills Going to Playoffs!!!

Events from December 31, 2025

  • Music at Jazzboline-  Dec  31- Amherst
  • Music at Sportsmens- December  31- Schedule
  • Music at Buffalo Iron Works -Dec 31- NYE Silent Disco
  • Music at Babeville- January 2, 2026- Strictly Hip
  • Music at Jack Rabbit-  Dec 31- Letter to Elise
  • Silent Disco Events- December 31 to January 23, 2026- List
  • NYE at Riverworks- XOXO Band- $80
  • NYE at Diamond Hawk-Dec 31-  Flipside
  • NYE at Chandelier-  Dec 31- Route 33 and Masquerade  Ball
  • NYE with Nerds Gone Wild at Hofbrauhaus-$15
  • NYE at Beebe’s Gallery- Fredtown Stompers- Oralia Catering-$120
  • NYE at Statler Hotel- $100-$150
  • NYE at Wurlitzer- $140- Hit N’ Run- Dinner
  • NYE- Downtown Buffalo- Electric Tower- FREE- Strictly Hip
  • NYE at Byrncliff Resort- No Cover- Only Human Band, Dinner Specials- Varysburg
  • NYE at Salvatore’s- $89- Dinner buffet, music by Party Band
  • NYE at Cheektowaga Rec Center- 3-6pm- Balloon Drop, Ice Skating, music, free hats- $5 to $7
  • NYE at Holiday Valley- DJ, fireworks- Ellicottville
  • NYE at Buffalo Iron Works- Silent Disco- $12
  • NYE at Resurgence Brewing- DJ, food, open bar- $100
  • NYE on West Main Street- Lancaster- fireworks, ice skating, DJ, Ice skating- free
  • NYE at the Terrace- $125
  • NYE at Town Ballroom- $59- LOTUS band
  • NYE for Kids at Buffalo History Musem- Pay What You Wish- 10am to 2pm. Ball drop at 12:30pm, magician
  • NYE at Beebe’s Gallery- Fredtown Stompers- Oralia Catering-$120
  • NYE at Buffalo Launch Club- $139-$149- DJ, dinner
  • FREE Admission to Albright Knox Art Museum- January 2, 2026
  • Pasta Night on Wednesdays, Pizza Night at Pellicano’s Winery on Fridays at 6736 Boston State Road in Hamburg. If you want beer, there is Hamburg Brewing sort of across the street at 6553 Boston State Road.
  • Southern Tier Brewery- 7 Scott Street- food and huge screens for watching sports- near Canalside

Kids

  • NYE for Kids at Buffalo History Musem- Pay What You Wish- 10am to 2pm. Ball drop at 12:30pm, magician
  • NYE at Cheektowaga Rec Center- 3-6pm- Balloon Drop, Ice Skating, music, free hats- $5 to $7
  • Regal Cinemas- $7 Tuesdays (all day)- you have to sign up for card, but easy, no hassle
  • Kiddieland  at Herschell Carrousel Museum- $6- North Tonawanda
  • FREE admission at Corning Museum of Glass for kids and teens– all the time
  • Explore and More Children’s Museum for young kids- carrousel at Canalside where the museum is location- 44 Prime St.- Open – Wednesday to Sunday
  • Aquarium of Niagara in Niagara Falls- Open daily
  • Herschell Carrousel Museum- open Wednesday to Sunday
  • Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway- open daily
  • Buffalo Zoo- Open daily- new tiger and lion cubs

Nature- Outdoors

  • Best Places to Hike- Knox Farm State Park, Reinstein, Niagara Falls, Iroquois National Wildlife
  • Niagara Falls State Park- bring a passport and you can do both sides (US and Canada)- Illumination at Night. Cave of the Winds,  Maid of the Mist ,Terrapin Point, Lots 2 and 1. NY Residents 65+ can get free parking during the week- slide driver’s license under scanner at parking
  • Letchworth State Park- Grand Canyon of the East
  • Reinstein Woods is a great place for an easy walk as well- ponds, wildlife

Museums

  • Burchfield Penny Art Center (across the street from Albright)- FREE Admission on January 9, 2026  from 10am to 8pm and live music at 5:30pm.
  • Albright Knox Art Museum- Open Mondays and Thursday- Sunday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday). FREE admission/Pay What you Can- January 2, 2026
  • Pierce Arrow- Auto, Bike, Motorcycle Museum- Open from 11 am to 4pm- this is a really cool museum- check it out. Open Friday and Saturday
  • Darwin Martin House (Frank Lloyd Wright)
  • Buffalo Naval Park at Canalside- Open Wednesday- Sunday- 10am to 5pm- closed for the winter but you can still see the ships from the walkway
  • Herschell Carrousel Museum- open Wednesday to Sunday
  • Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway- open daily

Tourist Stuff

  • Vidler’s 5 and Dime in East Aurora
  • Get Wings and Beef on Weck (weck is short for kimmelweck bun which is a bun sprinkled with coarse salt and caraway seeds instead of sesame). Do NOT go to Anchor Bar-while it may have invented the wings, they are not the best here. Bar Bills or Hamlin and Main in East Aurora are the best for wings and Beef on Weck.
  • FREE Tour of Buffalo City Hall (at  65 Niagara Square)- Monday- Friday starting at Noon but you must register for the tour – call 716-245-3032. There are other city tours- Explore Buffalo.
  • Our Lady of Victory Basilica- 767 Ridge Road, Lackawanna- rivals the churches of Europe, open, do not have to be Catholic to view the amazing architecture. And, it is down the street from the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. Wayside Family Restaurant- 2301 S. Park is inexpensive and good  food in causal environment–just down the street from the gardens.
  • Buffalo Naval Park (at Canalside- boardwalk, Explore and More there as well)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House- 125 Jewett Parkway- near the Buffalo Zoo.
  • Niagara Wine Trail
  • Buffalo Naval Park at Canalside- tours end in fall but still cool to see big ships
  • Lots of Places for live music- Sportsmen’s Tavern (almost daily music), Pausa, Duende at Silo City, Town Ballroom, Chandelier at Salvatore’s (it’s an experience in itself), The Cove in Depew
  •  Riverworks- restaurant, ferris while, silos, entertainment
  • Mall- Galleria
  • Roycroft- Inn – food and music on Friday nights, center for craft movement- shops
  • Gambling- Seneca Casino downtown and Hamburg Gaming, Plus at Niagara Falls Seneca