Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- June 23 to 28, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -June 23 to 28, 2026
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- June 23- Watch Your Step- Road to the Rodeo
Food Truck Tuesday at Larkin- June 23- Dead Alliance
Bidwell Music- Black Rock Beatles- June 23
Live at Larkin- June 24- Songbirds
FREE-Shakespeare in Delaware Park-Pericles Prince of Tyre from June 23 to July 12 and Taming of the Shrew from July 23 to August 16, 2026 from Tuesdays thru Sundays at 7pm.
New York State Puppet Festival- June 24 to 28- Perry NY- Learn more
Roycroft Art and Antique Show, RALA Art Show, East Aurora Art Society Show and Baker Strawberry Fest (28)- June 27 and 28
Taste of Diversity Festival- June 27
Ride for Roswell- June 27
Lockport Arts and Crafts Festival- June 27 and 28
Kenmore Days Carnival- Rides- Music- Petting Zoo- June 26 and 27
Taste of Country at Sahlen Field- Luke Bryan, etc.- June 26
Music at Hilltop Inn- Dead Fest- June 27
Wendell Fire Co. Lobster Fest- June 27- N. Tonawanda
Music at River Fest Park- June 24- Breakaway
Nerds Gone Wild and Ion Sky at Dunkirk Pier- June 25
Kenmore Porchfest- June 28
Music at Johnson’s Landing- XOXO and Crush Crush Crush- June 27
FREE Fishing Days- June 27 and 28- NY State
Music at the Caz- June 22- Bello Voice Studio Junior’s and Teen Show, June 23- Bello Adult Show
Music at Diamond Hawk- June 24- Impact
New- Sully’s Seafood Restaurant and Music June 25 to September 3, 2026. The restaurant (where Willliam K was) is open and music on June 25. Lobster rolls, clams, fried seafood, homemade chowder plus beef on weck, wings, pizzas, steaks and chicken. Thur-Sun- Noon to 10pm.
Music at Jazzboline- June 24 and 38
Music at Chick’s – June 27- Hurricane featuring Hot Daddy Rocks
Music at Pausa-June 25- Celebration of Latin Music led by Geraldo Rondon
Music at Riveria -June 25 and 26- Dream- Supertramp experience
Outer Harbor Conerts- FREE – Buffalo Philharmonic- July 3-Reserve a spot-Schedule
Rochester Jazz Festival– June 22 to 27
Kids
FREE Fishing Days- June 27 and 28
FREE for kids 5 to 12- Painting in the Garden at Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House- June 27- register
Kenmore Days Carnival- June 26 and 27
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
Nature Hikes at Letchworth-June 25- Long Hike– Schedule
-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 July 10, 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- July 3, 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
