Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- April 27 to May 5, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -April 27 to May 5, 2026
Music at Riviera- April 27- FREE Wurlitzer Organ Concert
Music at Electric City- April 29- Hippie Sabotage
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- April 29- Choreo and cocktails
Music at Jack Rabbit- April 28- Grace Lougen and Friends
Music at Jazzboline- April 29 and May 3
Music at the CAZ- April 29- Dr. Lonnie Smith Jazz Festival
Music at Pellicano’s Winery – May 3
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 29 to May 15- Schedule
Griffon Sunday Brunches- May 3 – 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- 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 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
