Events

Monday, August 26th at 7p, DSP Shows presents Wallis Bird Live in the 9th Ward with Curtis Lovell. For more information, or to purchase tickets, click here.  It may sound like something out of Spinal Tap that Irish artist Wallis Bird lost all the fingers on one hand in a bizarre lawnmower accident as a baby, but it’s no […]

VIP and General Admission tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite.com and at the Canalside Information Kiosk located on the Boardwalk Friday - Sunday, 11:00am - 8:00pm. General Admission tickets can also be purchased at all Consumers Beverages locations and include (1) free drink voucher. VIP tickets include Honda pavilion access with limited seating, (2) FREE beer/wine/soda vouchers, private bathrooms, […]

Grammy nominated multiplatinum powerhouse trio–Jonas Brothers come to KeyBank Center on their 40-city Happiness Begins Tour Tuesday, August 27th with special guests Bebe Rexha and Jordan McGraw.  The tour coincides with the launch of the band’s highly anticipated comeback album Happiness Begins. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased here!

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Branch at Lafayette Square is proud to once again partner with GObike Buffalo to host a summer-long series of FREE Mobile Bike Repair programs on the following dates from 12noon through 3p: Wednesday, August 28th Tuesday, September 17th Click here for complete information.

VIP and General Admission tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite.com and at the Canalside Information Kiosk located on the Boardwalk Friday - Sunday, 11:00am - 8:00pm. General Admission tickets can also be purchased at all Consumers Beverages locations and include (1) free drink voucher. VIP tickets include Honda pavilion access with limited seating, (2) FREE beer/wine/soda vouchers, private bathrooms, […]

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the “Summer of Love” and experience Jony James Blues Band (Special Guest Sue Kincaid) on Friday, August 30th at 8p. The band will perform the music of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin aboard the USS Littlerock over looking Canalside and the Buffalo Harbor. There will be a cash bar and […]

Explore & More, the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park and Buffalo Waterfront have joined forces to bring more than a dozen military and emergency vehicles to our waterfront for some family-friendly hands-on play and exploration. Come show your appreciation for our brave military personnel and emergency responders who keep our country and community safe! $15 ticket […]

The 2019 National Buffalo Wing Festival will take place Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, August 31st and Sunday, September 1st at Sahlen Field! As the Wing Festival enters their 18th year, it is recognized as one of the best in the country. In 2018, the festival drew over 60,000 people. Over the last 17 years, the […]

The 2019 National Buffalo Wing Festival will take place Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, August 31st and Sunday, September 1st at Sahlen Field! As the Wing Festival enters their 18th year, it is recognized as one of the best in the country. In 2018, the festival drew over 60,000 people. Over the last 17 years, the […]

Monday, September 2nd, Slow Roll Buffalo makes its way to Big Ditch Brewing Company. Riders will meet at 5:30p and ride at 6:30p. Founded in Detroit, Slow Roll is a group bicycle ride that meets every Monday night and has expanded into a Global network of community rides. Each week we meet at different venues […]

COLD with University Drive, Awake for Days & John Harris and the Otherworldly Entities is at Buffalo Iron Works on Wednesday, September 4th at 7:00pm. Cold has had platinum record sales on The Walk to Remember Soundtrack, Appearances on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Hard Rock Live Concert Series, Carson Daly Show, Pepsi Smash and even […]

Music is Art Festival returns on Saturday, September 7th to Buffalo RiverWorks and RiverFest Park! The fesitval attracts tens of thousands of people from WNY and beyond and showcases over 700 musicians, dozens of DJs, hundreds of dancers, and over 75 displaying and live artists. The farewell to summer celebration is a one-day, all-day, absolutely […]

Saturday, September 7th at 9p, join Buffalo Iron Works for Moon Hooch with special guest Jaw Gems. Doors will open at 8p and admission is $20-$25. If any band is a poster child for turning the power of positive thoughts and intention into reality, it’s the explosive horn-and-percussion trio Moon Hooch. In just a few […]

Bring your grandparent to play day at the Explore & More Museum on Sunday, September 8th from 11a-5p! There will be fun activities for all family members to enjoy throughout the museum. Guests will receive one free admission per grandparent for every paid child. Members will receive half priced admission for any grandparents in their […]

Friday, September 13th from 8:30a to 10a, join CreativeMornings, featuring Rahwa Ghirmatzion at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. CreativeMornings remains free thanks to the support of local partners, generous venues, and longterm global partners. Everyone is welcome. Everyone is creative. Spend thirty seconds with Rahwa Ghirmatzion and you will be compelled to make a […]

“‘A Fact Was No Less a Fact Because It Was Told By a Crazy Person’: Popular Responses to 19th Century Asylums.” Join us at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center for the ninth year of Faculty Fellows talks on Friday, September 13th at 4p! This lecture series brings current UB humanities research out into the community – […]

Saturday, September 14th, join the Town Ballroom for Aquabats at 6p. The Aquabats (often written as The Aquabats!) are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Nitro Records. They have released six full-length studio albums (the newest, Hi-Five Soup!, in 2011) and have toured internationally. They are […]

Saturday, September 14th, join WNED | WBFO for their first-ever jazz concert featuring headliner, Jazzmeia Horn, winner of the 2015 Thelonious Monk Award along with a Grammy nomination last year for Best Jazz Vocal CD. Taylor Made Jazz will open the evening of performance. Doors will open at 6:15p, and the concert will begin at […]

Saturday, September 14th at 8p, join Buffalo Iron Works for The Crystal Method. Admission is $20-$25 for this 18+ show. Throughout the past two decades, the musical landscape has continually merged, morphed, and matrixed, fractured in countless directions while intersecting at the most unexpected points. Electronic music underwent a renaissance in the aughts, rising out […]

Don't miss the fourth annual Meatball Street Brawl on Sunday, September 15th from 11:30a to 5p hosted by Osteria 166. The celebration will take place on Mohawk Street and organizers have invited 25 of the best meatball purveyors in town to put their meatballs where your mouth is! The game will be on a large […]

Sunday, September 15th, join the Tralf Music Hall for an evening with Frank Gambale featuring Dennis Chambers, with Mike Pope & Sean Wayland. Gambale is an inspired songwriter with more than 250 songs published on 20+ albums. His music touches on many styles from rock, funk, and jazz to R&B and some Latin and Brazilian influences. […]

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Branch at Lafayette Square is proud to once again partner with GObike Buffalo to host a summer-long series of FREE Mobile Bike Repair programs from 12noon through 3p. The final summer repair programs will be held on Tuesday, September 17th. Click here for complete information.

Wednesday, September 18th, join the Town Ballroom for Bad Suns. Doors will open at 7p. Southern California rock band Bad Suns formed in 2012 and in the short time since inception, have managed to be musically beyond their years. Made up of Christo Bowman (vocals), Gavin Bennett (bass), Miles Morris (drums) and Ray Libby (guitar) […]

Thursday, September 19th, join Buffalo RiverWorks for Sound Tribe Sector 9 with special guest Mark Farina. Doors will open at 7p and admission is $20-$30 for this all ages show. 20 years before the emergence of STS9, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on a mission to the farthest reaches of the solar system […]

“IN THE MOMENT” is a photography exhibit of eighteen 11” x 14” color images by actor/director/educators Jack Hunter and Margo Davis, depicting humorous, poignant, heartwarming relationships among characters and their environments.  It opens Curtain Up Night, Friday, September 20th, from 4p to 7p at Matinee, 698 Main Street, in the heart of the Theatre District.  […]

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk is taking place at Canalside on Friday, September 20th from 5p to 9:30p! The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk funds treatments that are saving the lives of patients today. LLS is making cures happen by providing patient support services, advocating for lifesaving treatments […]

Curtain Up! will be held on Friday, September 20th at 5:30p! ACT I (5:30p) Dinner In The District! Make a reservation at one of the Theatre District's fine restaurants or... reserve your seat at the Gala Dinner at 500 Pearl - only a few seats remain! ACT II (8p) Take Your Seat! All of Buffalo's participating […]

Run, walk or shuffle a full 546 yards around Canalside on Saturday September, 21st at 12noon to complete the Shuffle off to Buffalo 0.5k! The Inaugural “Shuffle Off to Buffalo 0.5K” is a tongue-in-cheek, fun, Family-Friendly event that lampoons the typical 5K run. Participants will walk, run and shuffle a full 546 yards around Canalside […]

Consumers Beverages is proud to sponsor the 2019 Ballpark Brew Bash held this year at Sahlen's Field. Join in the fun on Saturday, September 21st in beautiful Downtown Buffalo for an evening of craft beer tasting and fun! Check out your favorite breweries from near and far, sample their latest releases, and get to know […]

Saturday, September 21st at 4p, join Buffalo Riverworks for Lake Effect Lumberjack Classic. Watch competitive lumberjacks and lumberjills as they throw, chop, and saw razor sharp axes and powerful chainsaw at Buffalo’s premier waterfront, boating, sports, music and entertainment destination located along the banks of the Buffalo River: Buffalo Riverworks! Attendance to this event is […]

OOOMPAHH! On Saturday September 21st, the first official day of Oktoberfest, 12 Gates Brewing will join Buffalo Harbor Cruises on journey to Germany with a traditional buffet, music and most importantly BEER! Tickets are $45 which includes the buffet, music of the amazing Auslanders and the 2.5 hour cruise. {must be 21 with valid ID} Brush up […]

Monday September 23rd, join the Tralf Music Hall for comedian Doug Stanhope. Doors will open at 7p for this show. Admission is $45. Legendary stand-up comic Doug Stanhope is sayer of the unsayable, fundamentalist alcoholic, atheist misanthrope and quite possibly the funniest man on the planet. Doug is also an, actor, author, political activist, and […]

The Uncrowned Queens Institute(UQI), co-founded by Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram and Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a reception on Thursday, September 26th at Templeton Landing from 5:30p to 8p.  The event titled ‘Saving the Past to Enrich the Future’ will serve as a fundraiser for the organization and will present ‘Culture […]

Thursday, September 26th, join Independent Health Foundations biggest fundraiser of the year, the 8th Annual Tapps & Apps at Buffalo RiverWorks. From live music to silent auctions, Taps & Apps has something for everyone. Enjoy beer, wine, cider, kombucha and more from over 20 local establishments. The event also includes food sampling from more than […]

Thursday, September 26th, join Buffalo Iron Works for Zach Nugent’s Disco Dead. Doors will open at 8p and admission is $15-$20. Click here for tickets and information. Zach Nugent’s playing is soulful, rootsy and organic, the kind of sound that grows out of the music naturally and effortlessly. He gigs almost nightly, singing and improvising […]

Thursday, September 26th at 8p, join the 9th Ward at Babeville for Peter Mulvey with special guest Diana Chittester. Doors will open at 7p and tickets are $15-$17. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here. Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic […]

On Friday, September 27th at 12noon, Riverrun–NA, Inc. fellowship student Sally Schaefer will give a presentation about her research into the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library’s Zorah Berry Collection of scrapbooks, programs and photographs.  The presentation takes place in the Central Library’s Ring of Knowledge. Zorah Berry (c 1888-1969) was a Buffalo impresario whose […]

Friday, September 27th at 6:15p, join KeyBank Center for Shinedown with special guests Papa Roach, Asking Alexandria and Savage After Midnight at the Attention Attention Tour. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at KeyBank Center Box Office, online at www.tickets.com, or by calling 888-223-6000.

Friday, September 27th, join the Tralf Music Hall for Pat Travers Band with special guests STAVO. Doors will open at 7p and admission is $23 in advance and $27 on the day of the show. For more information and tickets, click here. Canadian born Pat Travers may be best known for his hits “Boom Boom […]

Saturday, September 28th, Buffalo RiverWorks hosts Western New York – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)‘s PurpleStride 5K Run/Walk event. Each year, in communities across the country, tens of thousands of people participate in the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s PurpleStride events. These events are critical in raising awareness and funds that advance pancreatic cancer research and support […]

Tuesday, October 1st, join the Town Ballroom for GWAR! and the "Use Your Collusion Tour." Get ready to experience the visually stunning heavy metal sensation that is GWAR! Special guests for the evening will be Sacred Reich, Toxic Holocaust, Against The Grain. Doors open at 6p and for more information, or to purchase tickets, click […]

Legendary comedian, award-winning actress and best-selling author, Carol Burnett will be coming to Buffalo, October 1st, with her show, Carol Burnett – An Evening of Laughter and Reflection Where the Audience Asks Questions. It’s an evening of fun, nostalgia and true reflections where Carol Burnett shares memorable clips and moments from her illustrious career. Carol […]

Tuesday, October 1st DSP Shows presents Robert Cray live at Asbury Hall with special guest Tommy Z Band. Tickets are $40 advance and $45 on the day of show. Doors open at 7p for this 8p show. Robert Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B for the past four decades, with five […]

Savor. Support. Save lives. The 13th Annual Men Who Cook will take place at the Lexus Club at KeyBank Center on Wednesday, October 2nd at 6p! Men Who Cook is the signature fundraiser benefiting the core mission of Crisis Services. You are invited to experience an exquisite evening along Buffalo’s revitalized waterfront; enjoy delectable food […]

Eleven nonprofit organizations at the leading edge of social innovation. $20,000 to impact Buffalo & Erie County for the next generation. Pitch 10 gives ten grassroots organizations a platform to share their innovative ideas for transforming our community. Thursday, October 3rd from 5p to 8p at Asbury Hall at Babeville, guests will listen to how […]

Friday, October 4th, KeyBank Center welcomes Phil Collins: Still Not Dead Yet, Live! Tour at 8p. One of the world’s most acclaimed hitmakers with over 100 million record sales and an unstoppable catalogue of Number 1 albums, Phil Collins Still Not Dead Yet, Live! follows his highly successful Phil Collins Not Dead Yet 2018 outing which included multiple […]

Saturday, October 5th, Canalside will host the WNY Lupus Walk. Grand Marshals Denise and Dwane Hall, along with Walk Chair Amanda Lanyzs, invite you to bring your family and friends and tell your co-workers about Lupus Walk 2019. Entertainment will include The Skiffle Minstrels, The Twang Gang, Randal and the Late Night Scandal. Check-in begins […]

Oktoberfest “Local Edition” is back at Buffalo Iron Works on Saturday, October 5th and this year the event is FREE!! Guests will enjoy all the fall seasonal Oktoberfest beers from the following local breweries: – Resurgence Brewing Company – Big Ditch Brewing Company – Pressure Drop Brewing – Flying Bison Brewing Company – Community Beer Works – 12 Gates Brewing Company […]

Saturday, October 5th, join the Town Ballroom for Big Wreck with special guests, Texas Kings. Doors will open at 7p and admission is $27-$32. For tickets and information, visit www.townballroom.com.

Saturday, October 5th, ESI Events & Big Easy In Buffalo Presents Bonerama. Doors will open at 7p and admission is $15 in advance and $19 on the day of the show. Click here for information and to purchase tickets. People think about the trombone, the sound of Bonerama has become an influence and contribution to […]

Saturday, October 5th, don't miss WBFO's Buffalo Blues Bash at the WNED | WBFO Studios. Doors will open at 7p. The evening of performance will feature Ms. Hy-C & Fresh Start, 2019 International Blues Challenge Winner, and an opening performance by the Blues Daddios Ms. Hy-C & Fresh Start, led by Saint Louis born, Jacinta Branch-Griffin, exudes […]

Sunday, October 6th at 6p, join Mohawk Place for Defeater with special guests Mundy's Bay, Taking Meds, Ghostpool, and Old Ghosts. Admission is $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the show. For more information and tickets, click here.

Rapper Post Malone will be coming to KeyBank Center this fall!  The artist will perform with special guests Swae Lee and Tyla Yaweh as part of the Runaway Tour on Sunday, October 6th. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on July 19 at 10 a.m. Prices have not yet been made available.

Sunday, October 6th, join Buffalo Iron Works for Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles with special guest Ric Wilson. Doors open at 7p and admission is $25 in advance and $30 on the day of the show. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here. On his debut album with The Funk Apostles, ‘Chapter […]