Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-October 25 to October 31, 2026 tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events -October 25 to 31, 2026
Arts and Craft Show at Knox Farm – Oct 25
Bye Week Ball at Town Ballroom -8 bands- Oct 25
Buffalo Chorla Arts -Spiritual Music- Trinity Church- Buffalo- Oct 25
New- $15 for adults, $11 for Kids at Aquarium of Niagara– Oct 25 to January 31, 2027- On October 25- All Hallow Seas
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- October 29- The Brokes- tribute to the Strokes with Trash Pandas
New- Downtown Oktoberfest on Mohawk Street- Oct 29 and 30
Music at Babeville-Oct 27- Lowest Pair
Music at Diamond Hawk- October 28- 45 RPM, Oct 30- Soul Committee, Oct 31- Hit N’ Run
Music at Ration Ales- October 29- West Walters
Music at the Riviera-Oct 28- Vampire Circus
Music at Pausa-Oct 29- Tina Williams with Stu Weissman and Ed Croft
Nightmare Wharf at Buffalo Naval Park- October 25
Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz- October 25 and 28
New Costco in Amherst- Opening Oct 28
Hallowen Party CRawl- Allen St- Oct 30 and 31
Buffalo Urban League Gala at Powerhouse- Oct 30
Rochester Gem and Mineral Show- Oct 25
Thursday Night Terrors – Nightmare on Elm Street at Dipson- Oct 29- Amherst
Nerds Gone Wild at Salvatore’s- Oct 30
Haunted History Pub Crawl- Williamsville- Oct 30
Funkensteins at Haunted Hotel Buffalo- Oct 30
Gemstreet USA at Hamburg Fairgrounds- Oct 30 to Nov 1
Music at West Falls Center for the Arts- Oct 39- Wilson Currey and Friends
Buffalo Bills Rally Days at Highmark Stadium- Oct 30- $56
Halloween Party at Hofbrauhaus with XOXO- Oct 31
Buffalo Bills Game- Oct 1- 1pm- Baltimore Ravens
Niagara County Auto Parts Swap Meet and Car Corral- Nov 1 – Sanborn
Kids
Great Pumpkin Farm- October 25 to Oct 31
Aquarium of Niagara- Now to January 2027- $15 for adults, $11 for kids- Oct 25- All Hallows Seas
Trick or Treat at Galleria Mall- Oct 29
Enchanted Pumpkin Trail at Buffalo Zoo- Oct 30
Kids Halloween Party at Hofbrauhaus- Oct 25
Buffalo Bills Rally Days at Highmark Stadium- Oct 30- $56
Halloween Bash for Kids at Kellenberg Farm- Oct 25- Clarence
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
Meditation Hike with Erie County Forest Ranger at 18 Mile Creek- Oct 25
Full Moon Walk for Adults at Tifft Nature Preserve- Oct 25
Party for Olmsted Parks at Shea’s Seneca- Oct 29- West Seneca- $200
Halloween Hike at Beaver Meadow Audubon- Oct 30- North Java
Long Trail Birding Hike at Beaver Meadow Audubon- Oct 31- North Java
-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
