Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- May 11 to 17, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -May 11 to 17, 2026
Music at Jack Rabbit- May 12- Grace lougen and Friends, May 13- Coco Karaoke, May 15- Scoulive
Music at Jazzboline- May 13 and 17
Music at Babeville- May 13- Buffalo Chamber Players- Distinctive Voices
Music at Electric City-May 11- Free Throw
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- May 12- Drake Milligan with Jack Blocker
Buffalo Porchfest- May 16
Music at West Falls Center for the Arts- May 15- Pat Shea
Music at Pausa- May 14- Mary Ramsey and Friends
Queen City Roller Girls at Riverworks- May 14
Music at Riviera-May 15 and 16- Rush Experience
Music at Mister’s- May 16- Zach Brown Tribute Band
Music at the CAZ- May 15- Gypsy Queen
Music at Diamond Hawk-May 13- Dark Horse Run
Lancaster Village Wide Garage Sale- May 15 to 17
Spring Brook Fire Company Yard Sale- May 16- Elma
Music at Sportsmens- May 12 to May 30- Schedule
Music at the Cove- May 16- ESC4P3- Journey Tribute
Orchard Park Train Depot Plant Sale- May 16- Orchard Park
Music at Angola Theater- Carl Dixon’s Wild North Rock Show- May 16
Music at Chandelier- at Salvatores- May 14- Garrett Shea
Music at Rock N’ Roll Heaven- All Aboard- May 15- West Seneca
Art of Jazz at Albright Knox Art Museum- May 17- Dave King Trio
Hospice Walk at Buffalo Outer Harbor- May 17
Parkside Tour of Homes- May 17- $25 adv./$30 day of
FREE Tours of Knox Mansion on Delaware- May 17
Kids
June 6 – Register NOW- Kid’s Run in Delaware Park-Learn more
May 16- Looking for Amphibians at Reinstein Woods- call 683-5959 to register. free
May 17- Free Movies at Shea’s- Minecraft
-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
May 14 to 16- Geo Bash at Allegany State Park
May 14- Women Golfers- Golf and Social at 510 Washington St.- $15
May 16- Stargazing at Chestnut Ridge Park with Buffalo Astronomical Assoc. -Orchard Park
May 15- Nature Walk at Goat Island- Niagara Falls
May 16- Nature Walk at Reinstein Woods- 11am. free. no registration required
May 15 to 17- Festival of Birds at Presque Island
May 14 and 28- Spring Migration Birding at Delaware Park Rumsey Woods- $15- Register
-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 June 12, 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- June 5, 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
