Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- May 26 to 31, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -May 26 to 31, 2026
Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- Wilson-May 27- Growlers Blues Band, May 31- Breakaway
Music at River Fest Park- May 27- Cadillac Jack
Music at Jack Rabbit- May 26- Grace Lougen and Friends, May 27-Olmsted Dub
Hamburg Music Festival- May 29 and 30- $26.90 tickets
New- Sully’s Seafood Restaurant and Music- May 29 to September 3, 2026. The restaurant (where Willliam K was) is open weekends and 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 27- Rusty Nickel
Music at Buffalo Iron Works-May 28- Goossebytheway and more
Music at Jazzboline- May 27 and 31
Music at Chick’s – May 29- Strictly Hip
Music at Pausa- May 28- Tina Williams with Stu Weissman and Ed Croft
Outer Harbor Conerts- May 29- Cake– Schedule
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, May 29- Nerds Gone Wild
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
Buffalo Walleye 24 Hour Bash at Riverworks– May 29 and 30
Linwood Gardens Peony Festival- May 27 and 30- 31- weekends
Nerds Gone Wild at Johnson’s Landing- May 30- Hamburg- ticketed
Country Bluegrass Festival at Chautauqua Fairgrounds- May 30
Allegany Nature Pilgrimage at Allegany State Park- May 29 to 31
Outer Harbor Concerts at Terminal B- Cake- May 29- Schedule
Car Show for a Cause- Wings Flights of Hope- May 31- Orchard Park
Buffalo Pride Festival– May 30 to June 7- Schedule
June 1- FREE Flow Jam at Hoyt Lake- Delaware Park-Music, fire performers, hula hoopers. Schedule
Kids
June 6 – Register NOW- Kid’s Run in Delaware Park-Learn more
Nature Hikes at Letchworth- June 6 and 8- Schedule
-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
Nature Hikes at Letchworth- evening hikes- May 30 and 31- 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 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
