Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- March 16 to March 22, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo. Buffalo Bills Going to Playoffs!!!
Events from March 16 to March 22, 2026
Music at Buffalo Best Irish Pubs and Places to hear Irish Music- March 16 to 17- Learn More
Music at Jack Rabbit- March 17- St. Paddy’s Drag Bingo and Grace Lougen and Friends
Music at the CAZ – March 17- Irish Lassies
Music at Babeville- March 18- FREE- Silver Arrow Band
Music at Diamond Hawk- March 18- Queen City Lights
FREE Admission to the Buffalo Zoo- March 19
Martini and Cheese Pairing Class at Alchemy Wine- March 19- Hamburg
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- March 17- The Travelin’ McCourys
Music at Jazzboline- March 18 and 22
NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships- March 19 and 21
Music at Sportsmens- March 15 to 31- Schedule
Music at Riviera- March 16- Celtic Tenors
Fish Frys- March 16 to April 2- Listings
Live Music at Chick’s- March 20- Eaglez
Friday Fish Fries at Kotecki’s -March 20 to April 2
Music at Pausa-March 19- Inner City Bedlam
Schultz Estate Antique Auction- March 19-20
Music at Molly McGuires- Little Mountain Band- March 20
Springtime in the Country- March 20 to 22
Silent Disco at Statler Hotel- March 20
Shanor Electric Showroom Lighting–Online Auction Only- March 20 to 29- Learn more
Songbirds Concert at Lancaster Opera House- March 21
Vocalis Chamber Choir Concert- March 21 and 22
Vegetarian Indian Brunch Class at Massachetts Ave. Project- March 21
I Love R&B Party at Venu- March 21
Ukranian Easter Egg Workshop – March 22
Ladies First Jazz Big Band Concert- March 22
Art of Jazz at Albright Knox Museum- March 22- Chien Chien Lu and Connected
Kids
FREE Admission to the Buffalo Zoo- March 19
Mothertime Marketplace at Hamburg Fairgrounds- March 19 to 22
DinoFest at Buffalo Museum of Science- March 21 and 22
EGGstravaganza at Tifft Nature Preserve- April 3, 2026- Buffalo, NY- Get YOUR TICKET NOW
-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
-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 April 10, 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- April 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
