Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-August 9 to August 16, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -August 9 to August 16, 2026
Pine Grill Jazz Reunion– August 9- MLK Park
Eden Corn Festival– August 9
Jazz on the Street at Tappo on Ellicott St- Aug 9- Wendell Rivera
Lewiston Art Festival– August 9
Antique Car, Truck and Bike Show in Warsaw- August 9
Alden Rodeo – August 15, 22 and 29
Music at Town Ballroom – August 9- Get the Led Out
Music at Pausa- August 13- The Other Side of Peggy Farrell
FREE Yoga Sundays at Buffalo Botanical Gardens- August 9 to August 30- Register
New- Sully’s Seafood Restaurant and Music August 9-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 Jazzboline-August 9 and 12
Music at Diamond Hawk-August 12- Lula’s Gun
Music at Riviera-August 11- Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers
Music at Charlies Boatyard- August 9- 2-5pm – Joe and the Shmoes
Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- August 9- Ray Barry and Friends
Music at Babeville- August 13- Noah Guther with Davey O
Asian Food and Cultural Festival at Canalside- August 9
FREE Flow Jam with Music and Artists at Hoyt Lake- August 10
FREE- Music at Ralph Wilson Park- August 10- Will Holton and Drea d’Nur
FREE-Shakespeare in Delaware Park-Taming of the Shrew from August 9 to August 16, 2026 from Tuesdays thru Sundays at 7pm.
Taste of Ellicottville- August 9
Jazz Mondays at Tappo- My Cousin Tone- August 10
Music on Bidwell- Nineties by Nature- August 11
Food Truck Tuesday at Larkin Square- August 11- Cover Me
Music at Riviera Theater- August 11- Bruce Hornsby and Noisemakers
Nerds Gone Wild at Fox Run- August 12- Orchard Park
Music at Artpark- August 12- Howard Jones
Erie County Fair- August 12 to 23
Food Truck Wednesday at Samuel grande- August 12- Second Hand News
Wednesday Music at Gateway Harbor- August 12- Supercharger and That 80’s Hair Band
Live at Larkin- August 12- Handsome Jack does CCR
Music at River Fest- August 12- After Affect
Music on Main in Williamsville- August 13
Thursdays Rock the boat- August 13- Prestige Worldwide
Concerts at the Gazebo- August 13- Tom Keefer and Celtic Cross
Music at Pausa- August 13- Other Side of Peggy Farrell
Niagara River Cruises- Civiletto does Sinatra- Aug 14
Music at Roycroft Inn- Aug 14- Hintz of Thunder
FREE Admission to Burchfield Penny Art Center- August 14- Steam Donkeys
Rock at Tappo on Ellicott Street- Aug 14- Funkensteins
Outer Harbor Concert- Aug 14- Violent Femmes
South Line Fire Co Summer Bash- August 14 and 15- Nerds and Hitemen Horns
Spring Garden German Polish Celebration- Aug 15- East Aurora
Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Festival and Parade- Aug 15- Niagara Square
Festival of India at Canalside- Aug 15
Mayville Bluegrass Festival- August 15 and 16
Lancaster Porchfest- Aug 15
North Tonawanda Porchfest- Aug 16
Voci d’Amore -music of Andrea Bocelli at Tappo- August 16
Rescheduled to September 5 and 6-America’s 250 Celebration at Naval Park- Aug 2- music, fireworks, re-enactments
Kids
FREE- Walden Galleria Summer Kids Club-Tuesdays- August 11 to August 18, 2026-Learn more
FREE Family Tours with Explore Bufffalo- Canalside, Delaware Park, Hertel Murals, Downtown- Learn more and register
Kids eat free on Mondays at NY Beer Project- August 10- Orchard Park
FREE Movies at Terminal B- Outer Harbor- Back to the Future- August 11
FREE Movies at Aurora Theater- August 12- Paddington in Peru
August 18- FREE- Au-Some Morning at Explore and More
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
August 13- Niagara Frontier Botanical Society Field Trip- Holland
-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 August 14, 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
