Things to Do If You Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- April 27 to May 4, 2025. Buffalo is a great place for a vacation. Activities for kids,  great parks, museums, and tourist stuff you won’t want to miss.SO, if you are visiting, you can now say you experienced a snowy Buffalo winter.

Kids

  • 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 May 9, 2025  from 10am to 8pmand live music at 5:30pm.
  •   Albright Knox Art Museum- Open Mondays and Thursday- Sunday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday). FREE admission/Pay What you Can- May 2
  • 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

Events from  April 27 to May 4, 2025

  • Live Music at Babeville featuring on April 27- Adam Ezra Group
  • Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival – April 27
  • Junior League Decorator Show- George Urban Mansion- April 27 to May 18
  • Cheektowaga Symphony Concert at St. Andrew Church- April 27- Sloan
  • Blessing of the Motorcycles at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine- April 27
  • Spring Flower Show at Buffalo Botanical Gardens- April 27 to 28
  • Music at the CAZ – April 27- FREE- Dead Flowers tribute to Rolling Stones
  • Music at Jack Rabbit- April 27- Ellen Pieroni and the Encyclopedia of Soul
  • Music at Buffalo Iron Works-April 27- Buffalo Flow Jam Fundraiser
  • Riviera Theater- April 27- Stoogefest
  • Music at Sportsmen’s-April 27- Tribute to John Pine- 4pm, April 28- Bob Meier Big Band, April 29- Tyler Wescott Trio at Noon, Twang Gang
  • Music at Electric City-April 27- Neon Trees and the Tisburys
  • Music at the Cove- May 2- Uptown Groove
  • Music at Chandelier Bar- May 1- Christopher Joel
  • Music at Roycroft Inn- May 1- Rob Montone and Jordan Rose
  • Music at Hamburg Gaming- April 26- Buffalo Thrills
  • Molly Maguries-May 2- Orange Zest
  • Music at Town Ballroom – April 29- The Bouncing Souls
  • Music at Pausa- May 1 – Ella Joseph
  • Nerds Gone Wild at Coyote Cafe- May 2, 2025 from 8pm to 11pm at 36 Main Street, Hamburg. Tickets are $17.85.
  • Spring Craft Fair at Cleveland Drive Presbyterian Church- May 3- Cheektowaga
  • Frostfest Music Fest- May 3-Niagara Falls
  • Music at Jazzboline- Wednesdays 6-9pm-Amherst
  • Pasta Night on Wednesdays and Pizza Night at Pellicano’s Winery on Fridays– 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