Things to Do If You Live or  Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-October 30 to October 31, 2026 tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.

Events -October 30 to 31, 2026

New- $15 for adults, $11 for Kids at Aquarium of Niagara– Oct 30 to January 31, 2027

Music at Buffalo Iron Works- October 30- Sodown with Chozen, Oct 31- Mad Dubz with Onara

New- Downtown Oktoberfest on Mohawk Street- Oct  30

Music at Babeville-Oct 30-  Adam Ezra Group, Oct 31- Junior Jerry Jam Grateful Dead Disco with Pocketship

Music at Diamond Hawk- Oct 30- Soul Committee, Oct 31- Hit N’ Run

Music at the Riviera-Oct 30- Romeo Delight- Van Halen (we are going)

Music at Pausa-Oct 30- Fredtown Stompers

Nightmare Wharf at Buffalo Naval Park- October  30 to 31

Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz-   November 1 and 4

Hallowen Party Crawl- Allen St- Oct 30 and 31

Buffalo Urban League Gala at Powerhouse- Oct 30

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

Buffalo Bills Rally Days at Highmark Stadium- Oct 30- $56

Witches Disco Sinferno at Hotel Lafayette– October 31- $73

Halloween Party at Hofbrauhaus with XOXO– Oct 31

Country Halloween Bash at the Cove- Oct 31- $18

Buffalo Bills Game- November 1- 1pm- Baltimore Ravens

Niagara County Auto Parts Swap Meet and Car Corral- Nov 1 – Sanborn

Kids

FREE Family Day at Burchfield Penny Arts Center- October 31

Halloween Touch a Truck at Niagara Square- Oct 31

Great Pumpkin Farm- October 30 to Oct 31

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

Enchanted Pumpkin Trail at Buffalo Zoo- Oct 30

Buffalo Bills Rally Days at Highmark Stadium- Oct 30- $56

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

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