Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- March 9 to March 15, 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 9 to March 15, 2026
Orchid Show at Buffalo Botanical Gardens-March 9
Music at Jazzboline- March 11 and 15
Music at Jack Rabbit- March 10- Grace Lougen and Alex McArthur, March 13- Left of the Dial, Mach 14- Silver Maple
Music at the CAZ – March 11- Crows Comedy, March 13- Wide Awake, March 14- Morning After
Monday Jazz at Tappo- March 9
Buffalo State Philharmonia Concert- FREE- March 10
Univ. of Buffalo Distinguished Speakesr- Hoda Kotb- March 10
Music at Babeville- March 11- Buffalo Chamber Players, March 12- TopHouse, March 13- Edfalo, March 14- Sheng Wang, March 15- Folkfaces
Jameson Irish Whiskey Tasting Class- March 11- Orchard Park
Music at Diamond Hawk- March 11- Rusty Nickel and Artifically Hip
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- March 10- Russ Lawton, Scott Metzer and Ray Paczkowski
Plantasia at Hamburg Fairgrounds- March 12 to 15
Matzah Ball- March 12
Best Irish Pubs and Places to hear Irish Music- March 13 to 16- Learn More
Live Music at Byrncliff Resort- Samuel Tambe- no cover – March 14 plus Irish Food-Mar 13-14 Varysburg
Silent Disco – 500 Pearl Street- St Patricks Disco- March 13
Music at Sportsmens- March 10 to 31- Schedule
Music at Riviera- March 13- Forever Seger
Fish Frys- March 9 to April 2- Listings
Live Music at Chick’s- March 14- Mid Life Crisis
Friday Fish Fries at Kotecki’s -March 13 to April 2
Music at Pausa- 12- Mary Ramsey and Joe Rozler
David Bowie Laser Show at Whitworth Planetarium- March 13
Winter Carnival and Mardi Gras Parade at Holiday Valley- March 14 and 15
Old Neighborhood St. Patrick’s Day Parade- March 14
Delaware Ave. St. Patrick’s Parade- March 15
Pierogi Fest at the Terrace in Delaware Park- March 14
Shamrock N’ Roll- Rocking Horse Productions- March 14- Williamsville
St. Patrick’s Day Rockin’ 5K- March 14- Youngstown
Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Jimmie Vaughan at Fallsview Casino- March 14- Niagara Falls, CANADA
Buffalo Golf Expo at Pearl Street Brewery- March 14
Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show at Hamburg Fairgrounds- March 14 and 15
Free Equifest Horse Show at Hamburg Fairgrounds- March 14 and 15
Our Famous Flea Market- March 14- West Seneca
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County Auction – March 15- Lackawanna
Kids
Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show at Hamburg Fairgrounds- March 14 and 15
Free Equifest Horse Show at Hamburg Fairgrounds- March 14 and 15
-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
Buffalo Ornithological Field Tript o Dunkirk Harbor- March 14
Birding at Rier Lea at Beaver Island State Park- March 14- Grand Island
-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 March 13, 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
