Things to Do If You Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- March 24 to 30, 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

  • Vernal Pool Exploration for kids 8+ at Joseph Davis State Park- March 29
  • Misunderstood Mammals at Reinstein Woods- March 29
  • Family Day at Burchfield Penny Art Center- April 5- $5
  • FREE- Spring Eggstravaganza at NY Power Authority- April 5
  • Breakfast with Easter Bunny – April 13- Byrncliff Resort- Varysburg
  • 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 area
  • 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 April 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- April 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 on March 24 to 30, 2025

  • Trimania – March 29- Terrific- go!
  • Buffalo International Guitar Festival at UB – March 28 to 30
  • Sotto Voce Opera- March 28 and 30
  • Aurora Players- The Miracle Workers- March 28-30, April 4-6 and 11-13
  • Music at Babeville- March 27- Hot Club of Buffalo
  • Strawberry Island Eagle Watch with Beaver Meadow Audubon – March 29
  • Pierogi Fest at the Terrace in Delaware Park- March 29
  • Music at Roycroft Inn- March 28- Samuel Tambe Band
  • Music at Jack Rabbit- March 28- A Girl Named Genny
  • Buffalo Chocolate, Wine and Whiskey Festival at the Powerhouse- March 29
  • Music at Electric City-March 27 – One Moer Time Tribute to Daft Punk
  • Music at Buffalo Iron Works-March 25- Crush Crush Crush
  • New York State Maple Weekends- Marchb29-30–Pancake Breakfasts
  • Music at Sportsmens– March 25-The Frizz and Twang Gang, March 26- Joe Baudo Big Band at Noon and Jamie Holka, March 27 – Lunch Bunch and Ron LoCurto
  • FREE Those for those with dementia at Albright Knox- March 27
  • Music at Diamond Hawk -March 26- A-List
  • Music at the Cove- March 28- Glow in the Dark Line Dancing
  • Music at Chick’s- March 28- Yank The Cover
  • Music at Riviera- March 28- Tribute to Scorpions
  • Music at Molly Maguries-March 28- Little Mountain Band
  • Music at Town Ballroom – March 28- Paty Rock
  • Music at Pausa- March 27- Elena Izquierdo and the Stu Weissman Trio
  • Music at Jazzboline- Wednesdays 6-9pm and Sunday Jazz Brunch-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