Things to Do If You Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- June 8 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
  • 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 8 to 15, 2025

  • FREE- Merritt Winery Strawberry Festival –  June 8- Forestville
  • Music at Jack Rabbit-  June 8- Ellen Pieroni and the Encylopedia of Soul
  • Music at Buffalo Iron Works-June 8 – Burn the Jukebox with Karma Queen
  • Music at the Cove- June 8- Midnight Kings
  • Music at Charlies Boatyard- June 8- Tony & The Dogs- Schedule
  • Music at Babeville-  June 8 – Dead Gowns with Bryan Dubay and Rattlesnake Jack
  • Music at the CAZ -June 8 – Kari King
  • Music at Town Ballroom – June 8- Bad Suns
  • Music at Banchetti’s- June 11- Doubleshot
  • Music at Pausa- June 12- Atlas Tango Project
  • Buffalo Greek Festival- June  8
  • Alden Rodeo and Bull Riding- June 14
  • 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 Diamond Hawk- June 11 – Flipside
  • Live at Larkin- June 11- Grace Stumberg Band and Twang Gang
  • Music at Chick’s – June 13- Tiny Music and Back to the Bars
  • Music at Sole- Woodlawn Beach- June 8- Swift Kick
  • Music at Griffon Pub- Lewiston -June 8- JJ RAD-Schedule
  • Riviera Theater-June 13- Tribute to Meatloaf
  • Music at Chandelier Bar- June 6- Vin DeRosa
  • Music at Hamburg Gaming -June 13- 45 RPM
  • Music at Jazzboline- Wednesdays 6-9pm-Amherst
  • Outer Harbor Music Concert at Terminal B- June 28- Pride
  • Food Truck Tuesday at Larkin – June 10
  • 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