Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- May 5 to 10, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -May 5 to 10, 2026
May 5-Allentown Cinco De Mayo Block Party at LaFiesta
May 5- 6pm – Cinco de Mayo at Beebe’s on the Square with Wendell Rivera Latin Quatro– Tickets- $23.18
May 5- 3pm to 11:30pm- Cinco De Mayo Fiesta-Nerds Gone Wild and DJ Lil Gab at Papi Grande’s Mexican Restaurant- Lancaster- Tickets– $10
May 5- 11am to Midnight- Cinco de Mayo at Gypsy Parlor
May 7 – Music at Pausa- Isaiah Timothy Quartet
May 8- FREE Admission to Burchfield Penny Art Museum
May 8-Music at Riviera- LoveSexy- tribute to Prince
May 8 – Music at Mister’s- Second Hand News- Fleetwood Mac tribute- East Aurora
May 8- East Aurora Art Walk
May 9- Kenmore East High School Craft Show (we will be there with our minerals, fossils and crystal jewelry)
May 9- Holiday Valley Half Marathon and 5K, Beer Mile
May 9 and 10- Mother’s day Brunch at Byrncliff Resort- Varysburg
May 10- Mother’s Day Brunch at Athenaeum Hotel at Chautauqua Institution
May 9 and 10- Mother’s Day Train Ride Brunch at Attica and Arcade Railroad
Music at Electric City-May 8- Magic Rocks- Illusionist Leon Etienne
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- May 7- The Azures with Little Liar
Music at Jack Rabbit- May 5- Grace Lougen and Friends
Music at Jazzboline- May 6 and 10
Music at the CAZ- May 7- Kelli Baker Band with Nate Gross Band, May 8- The Smiths
Music at Mister’s- May 8- Second Hand News- Fleetwood Mac Tribute
Music at Diamond Hawk-May 6- Soul Committee
Music at Sportsmens- May 5 to May 15- Schedule
Music at Babeville- May 6- The Wailers
Music at the Cove- May 8- Hurricane Rocks and Deeper Than Purple
Music at Chandelier- at Salvatores- May 7- Brian Berhalter
Kids
-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 May 8, 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
