Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-August 23 to 30, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events – August 23 to 30, 2026
Music at Jack Rabbit- Aug 23- Brunch with Linus and Lucy in the sky
Music at Jazzboline-August 23 and 26
Buffalo Iron works- Aug 23- Kasdh’d Out with RDGLDGRN and DJ Ricohet Red
Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- Aug 23- Welcome Distraction
Music at Charlies Boatyard- August 23- Rocket 88
Beau Fleuve at Silo City- Aug 23
Ukrainian Festival- Aug 23
Erie County Fair- August 23 – Demolitions
Fredonia Farm Festival- Aug 23
Annunciation Church Picnic- August 23- Elma-Chicken BBQ and Samuel Tambe Band
Cancelled-Fredtown Stompers at Tappo Sunday Jazz- August 23- 4-7pm- free
Free Concert at Ralph Wilson Park- Organ Fairchild and Brass Machine- August 24
Food Truck Tuesday at Larkin Square- Will Holton- August 25
Riviera Theater- August 26- FREE Family Film- Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory
Music at Artpark- Aug 26- Rock Orchestra
Outer Harbor Concert- Aug 26- Koe Wetzel
Music at Tappo- Nerds Gone Wild- August 28
Alden Rodeo – August 29
FREE Yoga Sundays at Buffalo Botanical Gardens- August 23 and August 30- Register
New- Sully’s Seafood Restaurant and Music August 27-The restaurant (where Willliam K was) is open and music. Lobster rolls, clams, fried seafood, homemade chowder plus beef on weck, wings, pizzas, steaks and chicken. Thur-Sun- Noon to 10pm.
Music at Diamond Hawk- Aug 26- Innocent Bystander, Aug. 28- Flipside, Aug 29- Second Hand News
Mid Summer Scramble At Byrncliff Golf Course- Aug 26- Varysburg
Live at Larkin with Grosh- Aug 26
Nerds Gone Wild at Centennial Park- Angola- August 26
Food Truck Wednesday at Samuel Grande- Aug 26- The Bomb
Wed Music at Gateway Harbor- Aug 26- Boogie Monsters and Hit N’ Run
Music at River Fest Park- Aug 26- South City
Happy Hour with Olmsted Dub System at Inn Buffalo- August 27
Thursdays on the Water at Gratwick Park- August 27- Floyd Concept
Niagara River Cruises- DJ and Karaoke Night with MXN- Aug 27- North Tonawanda
Backyard Bash behind Vidlers- Aug 27- Young Relics
Thursdays Rock the Boat on Buffalo Harbor Cruises-Buffalo Dead All Stars- Aug 27
Thursdays under the Tent at Buffalo Irish Center- Aug 27- 5D
American Cruise Line at Canalside- Aug 27
Bourbon, Blues and BBQ at Harman Distilling- Aug. 29
Lewiston Jazz Festival- August 28 and 29
Buffalo German Fest- Aug 28 and 29
South Buffalo Irish Festival at Cazenovia Park- Aug 29
Songbirds at The Yard- on Perry St. – Aug. 28
Brass Machine at Olde Brewry on Lovejoy- Aug 28
Music at Roycroft Inn- Aug 28- Samuel Tambe Band
WNY Fungi Festival- Aug 28 to 30- Hinsdale
Scranton Fire Dept Community Days- Aug 28 and 29
Infant Prague Church Summerfest- Aug 28 and 29- Cheektowaga- Hit N’Run, New Direction, Back to Bars
Old Falls Street Music- Aug 28- Nuthin but Time and Face Value Tribute to Phil Collins
Rubberstamp and Scrapbooking Show- Hamburg Fairgrounds- Aug 29 and 30
North Java Fire co Truck and Tractor Pull- Aug 29- North Java
Egyptian Festival at St. Mary and Moses Coptic Church- Aug 28 and 39
Whiskey on Wheels- Arcade and Attica Railroad- Aug 29- Arcade
Buffalo Wing Festival- Aug 29 and 30
Music at Johnson’s Landing- Aug 29- Funkensteins
Pellicano’s Winery Cruise Night- August 30
Toy Town Car Show- Aug 30- East Aurora
Three Corners Bluegrass Festival- Aug 30
September 5 and 6-America’s 250 Celebration at Naval Park-
Kids
FREE Family Tours with Explore Bufffalo- Delaware Park, Hertel Murals, Downtown- Learn more and register
Alden Rodeo- August 29
FREE Family Films at East Aurora Theater- Aug 26- Wizard of O
Riviera Theater- August 26- FREE Family Film- Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory
FREE Movies at Terminal B- Outer Harbor-starting around 6pm.August 25th: Top Gun
Regal Cinemas- $7 Tuesdays (all day)- you have to sign up for card, but easy, no hassle (everybody)
-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
-Best Places to Hike- Knox Farm State Park, Reinstein, Franklin Gulf Park- Orange Trail, 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 September 11, 2026 from 10am to 8pm and live music at 5:30pm. Not at Burchfield but at a gallery.
-Albright Knox Art Museum- Open Mondays and Thursday- Sunday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday). FREE admission/Pay What you Can-September 4, 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
