Things to Do If You Live or  Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-September 5 to September 7, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.

Events – September 5 to September 7, 2026

Buffalo 250th Celebration at Buffalo Naval Park – Sept 5 (music, fireworks) and Sept 6- Schedule

FREE- Book Festival at Artpark- Sept 5- Lewiston

Clarence Center Fire Dept Labor Day Fair and Parade- Sept 5 to 7- Details (Nerds on Sept 5)

Dion Dawkins Car Show at Highmark Stadium- Sept 5

Olcott Beach Car Show- over 1000 cars- Sept 5

Old Fort Niagara War of 1812 Weekend- Sept 5 and 6

Music and Wine at Pellicano’s Winery – Sept 5- Hamburg

Olcott Beach Jazz Trail- September 6

Buffalo Iron Works-Sept 5- Yheti and Toadface with Flintwick

Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- Sept 5- Eric Weinholtz

Music at Charlies Boatyard- Sept 5- Soul Body Shakedown

Music at Diamond Hawk- Sept 5- Hit N’ Run

Music at Ration Ales- Sept 5- Back to the Barstools

Free Anime at Hyatt Regency- Sept 5 to 6

FREE- Strictly Hip at Sunflowers of Sanborn – Sept 7- Sanborn

Labor Day Weekend Street Festival at Old Falls Street- Sept 5 to 7

Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz- Sept 6

Gowanda Harley Davison Rock and Rumble Night- Sept 5

FREE- Buffalo Jazz Festival at Tappo- Sept 6

Bills Mafia Boat Parade- Sept 6

Jazz Jam at the Gypsy Parlor with Becky Davis and Jazz Jam Band- Sept 7

Buffalo Labor Day Parade and Cookout at Cazenovia Park- Sept 7

Albright Knox Art Museum Dinner and a Movie (Chef)- Sept 9

September 12- Music is Art at Outer Harbor

Kids

FREE- Sept 5 to 30- Buffalo Botanical Gardens – free for kids

Clarence Center Fire Dept Labor Day Fair and Parade- Sept 5 to 7- Details

FREE- Buffalo Astronomical Viewing Night at Beaver Meadow Audubon – Sept 5

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

FREE- Buffalo Astronomical Assoc Viewing Night at Beaver Meadow Audubon – Sept 5- 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 September 11, 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-September 4, 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