Upcoming & Annual Events in Buffalo
Buffalo loves a good party. And good food. And being outside. We love traditions, parades and annual events – the days that bring together locals, homesick ex-pats and hip visitors who have picked up on Buffalo’s fun-loving vibe. Now it’s your turn to party like a local. Plan your trip around one of Buffalo’s signature events.
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Traditions are big in Buffalo. Attend an iconic annual event and have a quintessential Buffalo experience.
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There’s nothing Buffalo loves more than a fun way to wrap up the work week — so get out this weekend and join the fun!
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Turkey Trot 2026
11/26
Buffalo Convention Center
Get Ready to Gobble Up Some Fun at the 131st Annual YMCA Turkey Trot! Lace up those sneakers, because it’s…
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World’s Largest Disco
11/28
Buffalo Convention Center
This massive annual festival is held every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving since 1979, paying tribute to the 1970s…
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Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting
12/05
Rotary Rink at Fountain Plaza
Saturday, December 5, 2026, Community Bank presents the Annual Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration at Rotary Rink at Fountain Plaza.…
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Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind – Art Exhibit
11/02 – 11/08
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Ali Banisadr merges the compositional elements of landscape painting with abstract mark-making to create an altogether new form of figuration.…
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Art by Georgie Andrews – Art Exhibit
11/02 – 11/30
The Intersection Cafe
Featuring Works by Georgie Andrews for the month of November! A delicious assortment of acrylic and oil paintings of food…
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Buffalo City Hall Tours
11/02 – 11/01
Buffalo City Hall
Free tours of Buffalo City Hall Every Weekday at Noon:Registration Required on Explore Buffalo’s Website Buffalo City Hall is a…
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Buffalo’s Vitascope Theatre + Edisonia Hall – Free Exhibit
11/02 – 01/04
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
For 130 years, the people of Buffalo have shared stories and dreamed aloud together in the cinema. In the lower…
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Built for Buffalo Exhibit
11/02 – 01/17
Buffalo Museum of Science
What does it take to construct a 1.35 million-square-foot open-air stadium that will host 60,000 fans? In a special complementary…
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Corrosion of Conformity & The Sword
11/02
Town Ballroom
Funtime Presents Corrosion of Conformity & The Sword with Hippie Death Cult Heavy metal bands Corrosion of Conformity and…
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Highmark Stadium Tours
11/02 – 12/30
Highmark Stadium
Our behind-the-scenes tours offer exclusive access to premium spaces, locker rooms and other areas typically reserved for players and staff…
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Industry Night on Main
11/02 – 12/28
617 Main
Industry Night on MainEvery Monday. Doors at 6, DJ PNasty on the decks from 7 to midnight. Game on the…
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Karaoke Mondays at Hardware
11/02 – 10/30
Allen Street Hardware Cafe
What better way to spend your Monday nights! Karaoke and .75 wings at Allen Street Hardware 21+ Free admission
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Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself – Art Exhibit
11/02 – 04/04
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself surveys fifty years of the artist’s expressive abstractions, inviting viewers to meditate on the power of pure…
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Open Mic Night @ Nietzsche’s
11/02 – 10/30
Nietzsche’s
At Nietzsche’s, Mondays are the best! We’ve got the Songwriter Showcase from 8-9pm and Buffalo’s Longest-Running Open Mic Nite from…
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Ragnar Kjartansson: Politics of the Obvious – Art Exhibit
11/02 – 01/31
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Ragnar Kjartansson works across performance, music, and image to create shared emotional experiences from otherwise commonplace or familiar scenes. Politics of…
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Scarecrow Trail at the Botanical Gardens
11/02 – 11/02
Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
Ease on down to the Botanical Gardens for a spooktacular Scarecrow Trail that you’ll FALL in love with. Experience this…
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Science Stadium Exhibit
11/02 – 01/17
Buffalo Museum of Science
Our first all-new permanent exhibit since 2018 combines the thrill of sports and the power of STEM! Developed in partnership…
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Starlight Members Show Art Exhibit
11/02 – 11/13
Starlight Studio and Art Gallery
First Annual exhibit featuring artwork by member-supporters of Starlight Studio! This inaugural exhibit features unique artwork created by the member-supporters…
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The Light in the Window – Art Exhibit
11/02 – 05/09
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
How do we define home? The poet T. S. Eliot once wrote, “Home is where one starts from.” It is…
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Tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff
11/02 – 06/08
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff is a beautifully restored summer estate located on a cliff overlooking Lake Erie in Derby, New…
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Tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House
11/02 – 06/08
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House offers several public guided tours, an immersive self-guided audio tour, and specialty seasonal experiences. Located…
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Tours of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
11/02
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site preserves the Ansley Wilcox House, at 641 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Here,…
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Constructed Belief – Art Exhibit
11/03 – 04/30
UB CFA Gallery
Four artists Mara Baldwin, Ben Cowan, Nicki Green, and Muhammad Z. Zaman use gesture and repetition to explore how ritual…
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