Things to Do If You Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- June 12 to 15, 2025. Buffalo is a great place for a vacation. Activities for kids,  great parks, museums, and tourist stuff you won’t want to miss.

Kids

  • FREE Family Concert by Roycroft Chamber – June 12- East Aurora Library
  • Alden Rodeo – June 14
  • Kiddieland  at Herschell Carrousel Museum- $6- North Tonawanda
  • Hidden Valley Animal Adventure Drive Thru Safari- Open June 14 to June 22  – Sat/Sun, June 26 to September 1- open daily
  • 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

  • Historical Walk at Niagara Falls State Park- June 14- FREE but register (parking is $10)
  • 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 13, 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- July 4
  • 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 June 12 to 15, 2025

  • Kenmore Days- June 12 to 14-live music at Mang Park, 135 Wilber Avenue, Kenmore, Strictly Hip on June 12, Reset to Vinyl June 13 and the Kensingtons -June 14. Schedule
  • Music on Main – June 12- Williamsville- multiple venues and bands
  • FREE Music at Cazenovia Park – June 12- Folkfaces and Uncle Ben’s Remedy
  • Music- Buffalo Place- Fountain Plaza- June 12- Handsome Jack and Witty Tarbox
  • Food Trucks at Niagara Square- June 12- lots of them, anniversary of it
  • Music at Jack Rabbit-  June 13- The Sideways
  • Music at Diamond Hawk- June 13- Black Widow
  • Music at Buffalo Iron Works-June 12- The Sadies with guests
  • Music at the Cove- June 13- Meet the Bacons
  • Music at Charlies Boatyard- June 13- Tacoma Meltdown- Schedule
  • Music at Babeville- June 12- Will Evans with Kuf Knotz and Christine Elise, June 15- Steve Earle with Jeff Crosby
  • Music at the CAZ -June 12- Hot Club of Buffalo
  • Music at Town Ballroom – June 12- Get the Led Out, June 25- The Aquabats
  • Rockin’ at the Knox – Albright Knox- The Beaches with Lights, The Trews, Menno Verstee- $50
  • Music at West Falls Center for the Arts- June 13- Captain Tom and Hooligans- Seeger
  • Music at Banchetti’s- June 18- Party of Nine
  • Music at Pausa- June 12- Atlas Tango Project
  • FREE- Saturday in Cazenovia Park- June 14, 2025 starting at 1pm. Features fireworks, Hit N’ Run, Back to the Bars, The Tradesmen and beer and food. No dogs, no coolers.
  • Ellwood Fire Dept Summer Bash and Car Show with Strictly Hip- June 14
  • Music at the Dunkirk Pier- June 12- The Breeze and Untouchables
  • Alden Rodeo and Bull Riding- June 14
  • Niagara River Cruises-DJ Trivia of WNY Cruise- June 13
  • Food Truck Thursday at Niagara Square- June 12
  • Allentown Art Festival and Allen West Festival- June 14 and 15
  • Music at Electric City-June 12- The Fall of Troy, A Lot Like Birds, Wasted Space
  • Music at Sully’s at Erie Basin Marina- June 12 – Organ Fairchild
  • Music at Chick’s – June 13- Tiny Music and Back to the Bars
  • Music at Sole- Woodlawn Beach- June 13- Mid Life Crisis
  • Music at Griffon Pub- Lewiston -June 13- Soul Committee, June 14- Boogie Monsters-Schedule
  • Riviera Theater-June 13- Tribute to Meatloaf
  • Olcott Gazebo- Sunday Concerts- June 15
  • Music at Chandelier Bar- June 12- Chris Squire, June 13- RNSM Duo, June 14- Will Holton
  • Music at Hamburg Gaming -June 13- 45 RPM
  • Father’s Day Specials- Brunch, Lunch or Dinner at Byrncliff Resort- June 15
  • Father’s day Car and Motorcycle Show at Sonnenberg Garden – June 15- Canandaigua
  • Music at Jazzboline- Wednesdays 6-9pm-Amherst
  • Outer Harbor Music Concert at Terminal B- June 28- Pride
  • 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