Things to Do If You Live or  Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- April 26 to May 5, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.

Events -April 26 to May 5, 2026

Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival- April 26 (also check out Forest Lawn Cemetery around the pond)

Music at Riviera-April 26 – Stoogefest- April 27- FREE Wurlitzer Organ Concert

Rock Voices Concert at Orchard Park High School- April 26

FREE- Cheektowaga Symphony Concert- April 26- Sloan

Garden Swap at Grassroots Gardens- April 26- 389 Broadway- 11am to 2pm

Music at Electric City- April 26- Juvenile, April 29- Hippie Sabotage

Music at Buffalo Iron Works- April 26- Terror Tease Cabaret, April 29- Choreo and cocktails

FREE Tours of Knox Mansion on Delaware Ave.- April 26

Music at Jack Rabbit- April 26- 80’s Brunch with Ed Wyner, April 28- Grace Lougen and Friends

Music at Jazzboline- April 26 and 29

Music at the CAZ- April 26- Erie Weinholtz Band

Music at Pellicano’s Winery – April 26- Michael Skowronski- Hamburg

Tuesdays with Morrie- Rocking Horse Productions- April 26-Williamsville

Music at Mister’s- May 1- Eaglez

Music at Diamond Hawk-  April 29- Screaming Pineapples

Queen City Roller Girls at Riverworks- April 29

Music at Sportsmens- April 26 to May 15- Schedule

Griffon Sunday Brunches- April 26 – East Aurora

Music at Babeville- May 1- Start Making Sense and Ocean Avenue

West Side Chops Chef Contest at Forbes Theater- April 29

Music at the Cove- May 2- Funkensteins

Music at Chandelier- at Salvatores- April 30- Steve Padin

Music at West Falls Center for the Arts- May 2- Richie English- Classical Masterworks and May 1- Scales-music of Phish

Music at Pausa- April 30- Elliot Sneider

Silent Disco at Buffalo Iron Works- May 2

Thursday Night Terrors Movies at Dipson Amerst – Freeway- April 30

Holland Tulip Festival- April 30 and May 1 and 2

FREE Admission to Albright Knox Art Museum- May 1

Derby Day at Riverworks- May 2

May 2 and 3- 11am to 5pm – Cinco de Market at 166 Chandler- 11am to 5pm

May 2- 6-9pm – Cinco de Mayo Barl Crawl in Clarence Hollow

May 2- 5-11pm – Cinco De Mayo Bar Crawl- La Fiesta Mexican Cantina- Tickets

May 4- Jazz Jam at Gypsy Parlor with Becky Davis and Jazz Jam Band

May 5- Nerds Gone Wild- Cinco De Mayo at 20 W. Main, Lancaster

May 5- 6pm – Cinco de Mayo at Beebe’s on the Square with Wendell Rivera Latin Quatro- Tickets- $23.18

May 5- 3pm to 11:30pm- Cinco De Mayo Fiesta-Nerds Gone Wild and DJ Lil Gab at Papi Grande’s Mexican Restaurant- Lancaster- Tickets– $10

May 5- 11am to Midnight- Cinco de Mayo at Gypsy Parlor

Kids

May 2 and more dates– FREE Sky viewing at Beaver Meadow Audubon with Buffalo Astronomical Assoc

-Regal Cinemas- $7 Tuesdays (all day)- you have to sign up for card, but easy, no hassle
-Kiddieland  at Herschell Carrousel Museum- $6- North Tonawanda
-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

May 2- Love My Park Day- Park Listings

May 2 and more dates– FREE Sky viewing at Beaver Meadow Audubon with Buffalo Astronomical Assoc

May 2- Birding by Car at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge- Bason, NY

May 2- Seedling Sale at Massachusetts Ave Project

May 1- Buffalo Botanical Gardens Bash- $150

April 26- Garden Swap at Grassroots Gardens- Buffalo

April 30- Wellness Walks at Tifft Nature Presreve

-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 May 8, 2026  from 10am to 8pm and live music at 5:30pm.
-Albright Knox Art Museum- Open Mondays and Thursday- Sunday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday). FREE admission/Pay What you Can- May 1, 2026
-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