Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-September 21 to September 27, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events – September 21 to September 27, 2026
Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz- Sept 23 and 27
Music at Babeville- Sept 22- 9Millionwith Viewfinders and Pleasure Dome
Music at Buffalo Iron Works- Sept 24- Bad Nerves with Robbery Club
Music at Artpark- Ray Lamontagne- Sept 22
Music at Diamond Hawk- Sept 23- Nitetones- no cover
FREE Vocalis Chamber Choir at Holy Trinity Lutheran Chruch- Sept 23
Janis Joplin Musical at Kavinoky Theater- Sept 24 to Oct 3- Great having gone
Music at Ration Ales- September 24- Ed Wyner
Food Truck Thursday at Niagara Square- Sept 24
FREE- Buffalo Humanities Festival- Sept 25 and 26
Niagara Grape and Wine Festival- Sept 25 to 27- St. Catherines, Canada
Music at the Riviera- Sept 25 and 26- Resurrection – Tribute to Journey
Paws in the Park at Knox Farm- Sept 26- supports SPCA- East Aurora
Gullo’s Garden Center Fall Festival– Sept 26- Crafts- Plants- Kids Stuff- Our Rock Jewerly- Hamburg
Appleumpkin Arts and Crafts Festival- Sept 26 and 27- Wyoming
FREE- Coltrane Celebration at Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts- Sept 26- Buffalo
Niagara Wine Trail Harvest Festival- Sept 26 and 27
FREE- Open Doors Buffalo– Sept 26
Harvest Festival at Five Loaves Farm on Delavan Ave.- Sept 25
FREE Tours of Knox Mansion on Delaware Ave.- Sept 27
Rocking Horse Productions- God’s Favorite- Sept 25 to 27- Williamsville
Fall Fest at Como Lake Park– Sept 26 – Lancaster
Marilla Townwide Garage Sale- Sept 26
Oktoberfest at Old Falls Street- Sept 26- Niagara Falls
Boat Burning at Sunset Bay- Sept 26- Irving
Tonawanda Fall Festival– Sept 26
Spiritual Expo- Sept 26- Williamsville
Half Way to Dyngus Day Festival- Sept 26- West Seneca
Sea Lion 5K and 10K at Aquarium of Niagara- Sept 26- Niagara Falls
Nusantara Arts Concert at Moonlight Monarch Ranch- Sept 26- Orchard Park
Buffalo Bills- Sept 27 at 1pm
Kids
FREE- Sept 21 to 30- Buffalo Botanical Gardens – free for kids daily
Fall Festival at Canalside-Sept 26
Paws in the Park at Knox Farm- Sept 26- supports SPCA- East Aurora
FREE- Niagara Power Vista Wildlife Festival- Sept 26
Fall Fest at Como Lake Park- Sept 26 – Lancaster
Fall on the Farm at Greg’s U-Pcik- Kids Market – Sept 26- Clarence
Gullo’s Garden Center Fall Festival- Sept 26-All Kinds of Cool Kids Activities- Hamburg
FREE- Buffalo Astronomical Viewing Night at Beaver Meadow Audubon – Oct 3
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- Sept 24- Thursdays
FREE Fishing Day in NY State- Sept 26
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-October 2, 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
