Things to Do If You Live or  Are Visiting Buffalo, NY- November 8 to November 15, 2026 tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.

Events -November 8 to 15, 2026

Depew High School Craft  Show- Nov 14 – We will have our minerals, crystal jewely and fossils there.

New- $15 for adults, $11 for Kids at Aquarium of Niagara– Nov 8 to January 31, 2027

Christmas in the Country– Nov 8 and 13 to 15 at Hamburg Fairgrounds

Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz-   November 8 and 11

Free Admission and Discounts for Veterans- November 11- See List

Music at Pausa-Nov 12- Cousins Trio and Friends

Buffalo Bills- Monday Night- Nov 9- 8:15pm

Music at Town Ballroom – Nov 10- Diet Spitz and Nov 13- SAOSIN

Music at Diamond Hawk- Nov 11- Screaming Pineapples

Music at the Riviera- Nov 11- Blue October, November 12 to 14- Hotel California

Music at Buffalo Iron Works- Nov 11- Orange Crush with Artikal Sound System, Nov 12- Moonsthine Bandits with Birg Murphy, Kelsey Lunn and JJ Lang Band

Music at Babeville- Nov 11- Bach and Brews

Bottles and Bites at the Statler- Nov 12

Music at Keybank- Nov 13- Chris Tomlin, Toby Mae and Third Day

Art off the Wall at Carnegie Art Center- Nov 13- N. Tonawanda

FREE Admission to Burchfield Penny- Nov 13- music by Ann Philippone

Orchid Show at Buffalo Botanical Gardens- Nov 14 and 15

Brewery Collectible Show – Nov 14- Depew Eagles

Craft Shows- Nov 14- Depew HS, Kenmore West, Greenfields and St. Marys- Lancaster, Shop Til You Drop at Polish Falcons- Depew

Coin and Stamp Show at Knights of Columbus- Nov 15- Cheektowaga

FREE Tour of Knox Mansion on Delware Ave.- Nov 15 and 28

Kids

Aquarium of Niagara- Now to January 2027- $15 for adults, $11 for kids

FREE- Holiday Kids Event at Hyatt’s- Nov 14- Elmwood Ave. Buffalo

Operation Santa- USPS- Kids in Need  Request Gifts, Others Fulfill- now to Dec 5

Free admission to Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village- Amherst- entire 2026

Meet, Brush and Pet Clydesdale Horses- Weekends- Cattaraugus- Little Red Farm

Regal Cinemas- $7 Tuesdays (all day)- you have to sign up for card, but easy, no hassle (everybody)
-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

November 11- FREE Fishing in NY State

Wellness Walks at Tifft Nature Preserve- Nov 12- $3

Bird Walk at Red Jacket Park- Nov 14

-Best Places to Hike- Knox Farm State Park, Reinstein, Franklin Gulf Park- Orange Trail, 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 November 13, 2026  from 10am to 8pm and live music at 5:30pm. Not at Burchfield but at a gallery.
-Albright Knox Art Museum- Open Mondays and Thursday- Sunday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday). FREE admission/Pay What you Can-November 6, 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