Things to Do If You Live or  Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- May 25 to 31, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.

Events -May  25 to 31, 2026

May 25- FREE Flow Jam at Hoyt Lake– Delaware Park-Music, fire performers, hula hoopers. Schedule

Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- Wilson-May 25- Ray Barry and Friends, May 27- Growlers Blues Band, May 31- Breakaway

May 25- Memorial Day FREE Concert- Mark Mazur and His Little Big Band- Olcott

Paranormal Carnival at Walden Galleria- May 25

Memorial Day Events- May 25- starts at 9:3am to 3pm at Buffalo Naval Park- Schedule

Music at Jack Rabbit- May 24- Grateful Brunch with Buffalo Dead All Stars

Memorial Day Weekend at Old Falls Street-  May 25

Music at Sole Sand Bar at Woodlawn Beach State Park- May 25- Krossbones- Schedule

New- Sully’s Seafood Restaurant and Music- May 29 to September 3, 2026. The restaurant (where Willliam K was) is open today, May 23 and the music starts June 11. Lobster rolls, clams, fried seafood, homemade chowder plus beef on weck, wings, pizzas, steaks and chicken. . Open from Noon to 9pm.

Music at Old Man River- May 25- Pirate Dreams

Memorial Day Weekend at Old Falls Street- May 25- music daily

Music at Buffalo Iron Works-May 28- Goossebytheway and more

Music at Jazzboline- May 27 and 31

Music at Pausa- May 28- Tina Williams with Stu Weissman and Ed Croft

Music at Riviera- May 28- Don McLean, May 29- Smells Like Nirvana

American Cruise Line at Canalside- May 29

Music at the CAZ-  May 29- The Petty Project

Music at Mister’s- May 28- Second Hands News- May 29- Queen City

Music at Diamond Hawk- May 27- Boogie Monsters

Music at Electric City-May 27- Superheaven

Music at Sportsmens- May 26 to May 30- Schedule

Music at Chandelier- at Salvatores- May 28- Christopher Joel

Linwood Gardens Peony Festival- May 27 and 30- 31- weekends

Nerds Gone Wild at Johnson’s Landing- May 30- Hamburg- ticketed

Kids

June 6 – Register NOW- Kid’s Run in Delaware Park-Learn more 

Spring Carnival at Maple Ridge Plaza- May 24

-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 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