Things to Do If You Live or  Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-October 4 to October 11, 2026 tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.

Events -October 4 to October 11, 2026

Roycroft Fall Festival– Oct 4

Emma at Irish ClassicalTheater- Oct  4

Buffalo Bills- October 4- 1pm

Jazz Jam at Gypsy Parlor- Oct 5

Witching Hour Market at the Powerhouse- Oct 5- 3pm to 8pm.

New- Downtown Oktoberfest on Mohawk Street- Oct 8 to 10

Music at Babeville-October 4- Surf Hat

Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz-  October 4 and 7

Music at Buffalo Iron Works-October4- 11am – Day Crawlers Bazaar, October 5- Bayonne with Bad Snacks

Music at Diamond Hawk-  October 9- Dave Viterna Group

Music at Ration Ales- October 8- Cory Klawon

Strictly Hip at Lewiston Opera House- Oct 8

Strictly Hip at Angola Theater- Oct 9

Canalside Artisan Expo- Oct 9 to 11- 10am to 6pm

FREE Admission to Burchfield Penny Art Center- Oct 9

Music at the Riviera-Oct 9 and 10- Night Fever- tribute to Bee Gees

Music at Pausa-Oct 8- Isabella Isherwood

Nightmare Wharf at Buffalo Naval Park- October 9 to 11

Buffalo International Film Festival- Oct 8 to 15

Music at Roycroft Inn- Oct 9- EJ Koeppel Trio

Kenmore East HS Craft Show- Oct 10

Nerds Gone Wild at Ellicottville Brewing Co Fall Fest- Oct 10

South Side Fall Festival on Elk Street- Oct 10

Art Alive at Albright Knox Art Museum- Oct 10

Fall Fest at Arcade United Church of Christ- Oct 10- Arcade

Fall- I-Day Football Fest at Riverworks- Oct 10- fall themed merchandise and Bills stuff

Our Famous Flea Market- Oct 10- West Seneca

Roycroft Film Society- Picnic at Hanging Rock- Oct 11- East Aurora

FREE Tours of Knox Mansion on Delaware Ave., Oct 11

Kids

Mothertime Marketplace at Hamburg Fairgrounds- Oct  4

Great Pumpkin Farm- October 4 to Oct 31

Monster Mash at Buffalo Museum of Science- Oct 10 and 11

Paws on the Prarie at Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House- Oct 10

Becker Farms- Gasport

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

Wellness Walks at Tifft- Oct 8- Thursdays

Balls Falls Thanksgiving Festival- Oct 9 to 12 in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Chautauqua Lake Bassmaster Tournament- Oct 11 and 18

FREE- Buffalo Astronomical Assoc Viewing Night at Beaver Meadow Audubon -Oct 3 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 October 9, 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