Things to Do If You Live or Are Visiting Buffalo, NY-September 7 to September 13, 2026- tourist stuff you won’t want to miss plus all the great events happening in Buffalo.
Events – September 7 to September 13, 2026
FREE- Strictly Hip at Sunflowers of Sanborn – Sept 7- Sanborn
Clarence Center Fire Dept Labor Day Fair and Parade- Sept 7- Details
Music at Sunset Bar and Grill- Sept 7- Dave Thruman and Friends
Music at Charlies Boatyard- Sept 7- After Affect
Labor Day Weekend Street Festival at Old Falls Street- Sept 7
Music at Jazzboline-Sunday Jazz- Sept 13
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
Music at Diamond Hawk- Sept 9- Mid Life Crisis
Music at Ration Ales- Sept 10- Funkensteins
Albright Knox Art Museum Dinner and a Movie (Chef)- Sept 9
Taste of East Aurora- September 12
Music at Ration Ales- September 10- Funkensteins
WNY Gas and Steam Engine Rally- Sept 10 to 13- Alexander
Music at the Riviera- Sept 11- Shady- Tribute to Eminem
Nerds Gone Wild at Island Park – Fundraiser- Sept 11- $35
Olmsted Open Golf Tournament- Sept 12
September 12- Music is Art at Outer Harbor
Niagara Peach Festival- Sept 10 to 13- Lewiston
Red White and Blues Fest in Fredonia- Sept 11 and 12- Growlers Blues Band, Jonny James, Grosh
Orchard Park Festival of the Arts at Train Depot- September 11 and 12
Colden Music Festival- September 12 and 13
Ellicottville Rock and Roll Weekend-Crafts- Car Show- Sept 11 to 13
Lancaster NY wine Walk- Sept 12
Lockwoods Greenhouse Fall Festival- Sept 12- Hamburg
Arcade Arst and Antique Festival- Sept 12- Arcade
Music at the Hilltop Inn – Little Mountain Band with The Feast- Sept 12- Alden
Football Pre-game Golf Shotgun at Byrncliff Resort- Sept 13
Sept 13- 1pm – Buffalo Bills First season game
Music at the CAZ- Vanilla Fudge- Sept 13
Sports Classic Super Cruise at Como Park- Sept 13- Lancaster
Fredonia Red, White and Blues Festival- Sept 11 and 12- Grosh,Growlers Blues and Johnny James
FREE Latin Heritage Day at Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House- September 12, 2026 from Noon to 3pm at 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo.Music by El Batey and DJ Juan and food by La Galera plus a farmers market
Kids
FREE- Sept 7 to 30- Buffalo Botanical Gardens – free for kids
Clarence Center Fire Dept Labor Day Fair and Parade- Sept 7- Details
Llama Fest at Buffalo Creek Llamas- Sept 12 and 13- Arcade FREE
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
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 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
