Things to Do If You Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- June 14 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

  • Alden Rodeo – June 14
  • Kenmore Days – Rides for kids- June 14- Mang Park
  • 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 July 11, 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 14 to 15, 2025

  • Kenmore Days- June 14-live music and Kids rides at Mang Park, 135 Wilber Avenue, Kenmore, the Kensingtons -June 14. Schedule
  • Music at the CAZ -June 14- STAVO- Tribute to Rush
  • Music at Jack Rabbit-  June 14- EMO Alt Night with Memory Lane
  • Music at Diamond Hawk- June 14- Past Maters
  • Music at Buffalo Iron Works-June 19- Chris Jacobs with guests
  • Music at the Cove- June 14- Crash Pad
  • Music at Charlies Boatyard- June 14- Jay MacDonald Trio- Schedule
  • Music at Babeville- June 15- Steve Earle with Jeff Crosby
  • Rockin’ at the Knox – June 14-Albright Knox- The Beaches with Lights, The Trews, Menno Verstee- $50
  • Music at West Falls Center for the Arts- June 14- Clapton Tribute Band
  • Music at Banchetti’s- June 18- Party of Nine
  • Music at Pausa- June 14- Ian Liedke Jazz Trio
  • 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
  • Alden Rodeo and Bull Riding- June 14
  • Niagara River Cruises-DJ Trivia of WNY Cruise- June 13
  • Allentown Art Festival and Allen West Festival- June 14 and 15
  • Music at Electric City-June 14- Ben Bankas
  • Music at Chick’s – June 14- Hurricane with The Committed
  • Music at Sole- Woodlawn Beach- June 14- Bleeding Hearts
  • Music at Griffon Pub- Lewiston -June 14- Boogie Monsters-Schedule
  • Riviera Theater-June 14- Femmes of Rock
  • Olcott Gazebo- Sunday Concerts- June 15
  • Music at Chandelier Bar- June 14- Will Holton
  • Music at Hamburg Gaming -June 14- Swift Kick
  • June 14- Dragon Boat Festival at Riverworks
  • 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
  • Music at Town Ballroom – June 25- The Aquabats
  • 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