Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-October 18 to October 25, 2026 tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -October 18 to 25, 2026
New- $15 for adults, $11 for Kids at Aquarium of Niagara– Oct 18 to January 31, 2027- On October 18- All Hallow Seas
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- Oct 18- Great Wide Open- Tom Petty Tribute
Amherst Chamber Ensemble Concert- Oct 18
JCC Community Center 5k walk and run- Oct 18
Buffalo Bills game- Oct 18 at 4:25pm- Best Places to Watch the Game
New- Downtown Oktoberfest on Mohawk Street- Oct 22 to 24
Music at Babeville-Oct 20- free- Silver Arrow Band
Music at Diamond Hawk- October 21- Lula’s Gun, October 23- The Bomb Dance Party
Music at Ration Ales- October 22- Ed Syner
Music at the Riviera-Oct 24- Seconds Out- Tribute to Genesis
Music at Pausa-Oct 23- John Troy Group
Nightmare Wharf at Buffalo Naval Park- October 18
Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz- October 18 and 21
Explore Buffalo- Allentown Walking Tour with Psychic Ivy Rivera- Oct 23
Art Meets Jazz at Bebee Gallery- Marye Lobb and Ryan Johnson- Oct 21
New Costco in Amherst- Opening Oct 28
Village Ghost Walk in Williamsville- Oct 23
Music at Roycroft Inn- Oct 23- Hot Club of Buffalo
Haunted Masquerade Silent Disco at Classics V- Oct 23- Amherst
Art and Craft Festival at Wilkeson Pointe- Oct 23
Tap and Craft Festival at Riverworks- Oct 23
Aquino Foundation Music Festival – Oct 24- Lancaster (XOXO and Flashback)
Rochester Gem and Mineral Show- Oct 24 to 26
Spooky Artisan Market at Buffalo Botanical Gardens- Oct 23- included in admission
Craft Show at West Seneca East High School- Oct 24- (we will have our rock crystals, fossils and crystal jewelry there- great time to shop for xmas and holiday presents)
Hershell Carrousel Museum Lantern Tour – Oct 23
West Falls Center for the Arts- Music- Savannah Swatland- Oct 23
Spirits Faire and Mini Monster Mash- Oakwood Cemetery- Oct 24- Niagara Falls Arts and Cultural Center
FREE Tour of Knox Mansion on Delaware Ave.- Oct 24
Arts and Craft Show at Knox Farm – Oct 24 and 25
Bye Week Ball at Town Ballroom -8 bands- Oct 25
Buffalo Chorla Arts -Spiritual Music- Trinity Church- Buffalo- Oct 25
Thursday Night Terrors – Nightmare on Elm Street at Dipson- Oct 29- Amherst
Nerds Gone Wild at Salvatore’s- Oct 30
Kids
Great Pumpkin Farm- October 18 to Oct 31
Buffalo Botanical Gardens- Bootanical Bounce Party- Oct 18
Halloween Spooktacular at Herschell Carousel Museum- Oct 18
Special Needs Halloween Dance Party- Oct 24- Orchard Park
Trick or Treat at Galleria Mall- Oct 29
West Seneca Spooktacular- Oct 24
Halloween Bash for Kids at Kellenberg Farm- Oct 24 and 25- Clarence
Cheektowaga Halloween Skate and Trunk or Treat- Oct 24
Buffalo Philharmonic Symphonic Spooktacular- Oct 25- $8
Becker Farms- Gasport
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
Chautauqua Lake Bassmaster Tournament- Oct 18
Owl Talk and Walk at Reinstein Woods- Oct 24
Native Wildflower Planting- Oct 20- Williamsville
Meditation Hike with Erie County Forest Ranger at 18 Mile Creek- Oct 25
Full Moon Walk for Adults at Tifft Nature Preserve- Oct 25
Wellness Walks at Tifft Nature Preserve- Thursdays- Oct 22- $3
Party for Olmsted Parks at Shea’s Seneca- Oct 29- West Seneca- $200
-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
