Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- June 7, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -June 7, 2026
Buffalo Pride Festival and Parade– June 7- Schedule
Greek Fest- June 7- Noon on
Music at Jack Rabbit- June 7- Parade Day Drag Me to Brunch with Acid Betty, Mrs. Kasha Davis, Darienne Lake, Ariel Verace- $45
Nature Hikes at Letchworth- Birding All Day June 7- Schedule
Music at Charlie’s Boatyard- June 7- Jordan and the Rivers
Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- June 7- Soul Committee
Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- June 7- Soul Committee- Wilson
FREE Tours of Knox Mansion – June 7
Ten Mile Village Wide Garage Sale- June 7- Lewiston, Youngsttown, Sanborn, Ramsomville and Porter
Music at Old Man River- June 7- Screaming Pineapples
Music at the CAZ- June 7-Raegene Denise
June 8-FREE- Flow Jam at Hoyt Lake- Delaware Park- -Music, fire performers, hula hoopers.
Thursday and Main at Fountain Plaza- Strictly Hip with Erin Hoyle- June 11
Music at Diamond Hawk- June 10- 45 RPM
New- Sully’s Seafood Restaurant and Music June 7 to September 3, 2026. The restaurant (where Willliam K was) is open and music starts June 11. Lobster rolls, clams, fried seafood, homemade chowder plus beef on weck, wings, pizzas, steaks and chicken. Thur-Sun- Noon to 10pm.
Music at Buffalo Iron Works-June 6- Buffalo Gore Fest
Music at Jazzboline- June 7 and 10
Music at Chick’s – June 12- Eaglez
Music at Pausa-June 11- Alex McArthur Quartet
Music at Riveria -June 12- Beach Party Boys
Music at West Falls Center for the Arts- June 12- Captain Tom and Hooligans- music of Seeger
Outer Harbor Conerts- June 14- Marcus King Band- Schedule
Music at Chandelier- at Salvatores- June 11- Ron LoCurto
Heart of Music Festival in East Aurora- June 13- dozens of bands
Allentown Art Festival– June 13 and 14
Kids
Nature Hikes at Letchworth- June 8- Schedule
-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
Nature Hikes at Letchworth-All Day Birding- June 7- Schedule
-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 June 12, 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- July 3, 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
