Things to Do If You Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- April 30 toMay 5, 2024. Buffalo is a great place for a vacation. Activities for kids, great parks, museums, and tourist stuff you won’t want to miss. Note on Mondays, some restaurants may be closed – call before you go.
Kids
- 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
Nature
- 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 (opened April 4),Terrapin Point, Lots 2 and 1. NY Residents 65+ can get free parking during the week – slide driver’s license under scanner at parking area
- Letchworth State Park- Grand Canyon of the East
- Reinstein Woods is a great place for an easy walk as well- ponds, wildlife
Museums
- Albright Knox Art Museum- new expansion opened last summer. Open Mondays and Thursday- Sunday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday)
- Burchfield Penny Art Center (across the street from Albright)- second floor has terrific glass exhibit. Closed Monday and Tuesday- Open Wed-Sunday.
- Pierce Arrow- Auto, Bike, Motorcycle Museum- Open from 11 am to 4pm- this is a really cool museum- check it out. Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Darwin Martin House (Frank Lloyd Wright)
- Buffalo Naval Park at Canalside- Open Wednesday- Sunday- 10am to 5pm
- 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 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
- 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 on April 30 to May 5, 2024
- Todd Rundgren at Riveria Theater- April 30
- FREE- Arpil 30- 6pm- International Jazz Day at Seneca One with Cousin Tone
- Music at Duende at Silo City-May 4- 7-9pm- Divi Rome Band
- Lion and Eagle Pub in Clarence- May 2- Echo in the Line
- Jack Rabbit- April 30- Grace Lougen and Friends
- Queen City Roller Girls at Riverworks- May 3- Cup Championships
- May 2- Music at Albright Knox with Baci e Ceci
- Music at the cove- Depew- May 4- Floyd Concert
- 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
