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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Andy Krzystek: Sifting Through Latent Cause – Art Exhibit
11/04 – 12/27
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Buffalo artist Andy Krzystek produces works that utilizes painting, drawing, and printmaking techniques in a hybrid fashion that explores a…
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Art by Georgie Andrews – Art Exhibit
11/04 – 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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Brian Rath
11/04
duende at Silo City
Brian Rath is an American pop and singer-songwriter music artist best known for his self-titled debut album released on October…
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Buffalo City Hall Tours
11/04 – 11/03
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 Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators
11/04
KeyBank Center
The Buffalo Sabres are set to host the Ottawa Senators at the Keybank Center November 4, 2026 at 7:30PM
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Buffalo Trivia Night
11/04 – 11/01
Other Half Brewing Tap Room
Other Half Brewing hosts it’s popular weekly Buffalo Trivia Wednesday night. The event features standard multi-round team trivia covering pop…
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Buffalo’s Vitascope Theatre + Edisonia Hall – Free Exhibit
11/04 – 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
11/04 – 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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Conservation Conversation: Going Ape
11/04
Buffalo Zoo
Canisius University’s Dr. Susan Margulis narrates the two decades of research she has led at the Buffalo Zoo with our Western…
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Constructed Belief – Art Exhibit
11/04 – 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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Dan Docimo
11/04
Helium Comedy Club
Dan Docimo (they/them) is a standup comic with cute hair and a unique, disarming style. Dan was listed as a comic…
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Decorative Paste Papers Class
11/04
Western New York Book Arts Center
Hands-on book art classes in the Book Arts studio! Paste papers are a Victorian method of creating decorative papers, often…
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Delaware Avenue Mansions Exterior Walking Tour 2pm
11/04 – 01/14
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
The richest of the rich in Buffalo put their wealth on full display on this section of Delaware Avenue, home…
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Fifty Years of RALA – Art Exhibit
11/04 – 03/28
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Fifty Years of RALA (Roycrofters At large Association) will consist of works created by RALA artisans over the past fifty…
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Highmark Stadium Tours
11/04 – 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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History Happy Hour: You Live on Stolen Land: The American Revolution and Haudenosaunee Homelands
11/04
The Buffalo History Museum
In 1779, the United States launched the Sullivan&Clinton Campaign to break the power of the Haudenosaunee. This explicitly genocidal campaign…
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JEOPARDY! Bar League at Big Ditch
11/04 – 11/01
Big Ditch Brewing Company
Join us downtown every Wednesday night for Jeopardy! Bar League & the official trivia experience from America’s Favorite Quiz Show®.This…
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Karaoke Night at 26
11/04 – 11/01
Twenty Six Allen
Sing your little heart out at 26 every Sunday and Wednesday starting at 9:30pm till close! 21 and up
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Karaoke in the Attic
11/04 – 11/01
Mr. Goodbar
Hit the stage at Mr. Goodbar’s upper floor aka The Attic, every Wednesday night starting at 9pm
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Karle Norman: Leather Prayers – Art Exhibit
11/04 – 04/30
UB CFA Gallery
Sculptural hand-stitched leather wall hangings and installation work exploring belief, community, and control through the lens of Norman’s own path…
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Kurt Vile & The Violators w/ Twisted Teens
11/04
Asbury Hall
Released in God’s year of 2026, the 250th anniversary of the founding of America in Kurt Vile’sfine city of Philadelphia,…
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