Best Things to Do This Weekend

This one day mega festival, hosted by Buffalo Cigars, will unite Western New York and all surrounding areas for a day to celebrate the pleasures of smoking premium hand rolled cigars, beer, food and an unbelievable live music lineup.

Put yourself in your Buffalo Bills best gear, and head over to Hydraulic Hearth where you can chow down on delicious wood fired pizza buffet, enjoy some quality beer and wine selections, and jam out to the tunes of this fun party with a DJ spinning your best dance and popular tunes.

Bring your families to Williamsville and celebrate Oktoberfest with great food, contests, activities and more!

Buffalo Beer Week (BBW) promotes Buffalo’s growing craft beer culture by coordinating a ten-day festival in Erie and Niagara counties.

Oinktoberfest has continuous music all three days, plenty of BBQ vending teams, a KCBS sanctioned Competition Saturday, a Whole Hog Competition, Outdoor Cooking Contest and the Rib Oink-Off on Sunday and an Awards Ceremony following the contests both days.

Join the Electric Circus for a Victorian-inspired night of creativity and innovation with Buffalo-Niagara Tesla Festival! A multi-disciplinary art party will celebrate the life and legacy of Nikola Tesla in WNY.

This unique event features fall, or harvest seasonal brews exclusively from New York State craft breweries.

Black Pussy is a group of Rock n’ Roll pot-smoking fun-loving long hairs that are passionate about art, creativity and the dynamic human spirit which refuses to submit.

John Hasselback and Phil Sims: An evening of JJ and Kai

Madama Butterfly, by Giacamo Puccini was first performed in Milan in 1904. Despite the tragic story, it has some of the most beautiful music in all of opera.

Dave La Fame (bass & vox) sounds so much like Sting, close your eyes & you’re challenged to hear the difference. Precisely replicating the drum sounds and feel is Neil La Fortune.

Guitarist and composer Matthew Stevens has released his second album as a bandleader, ‘Preverbal,’ March 24th on Ropeadope and in Canada on Crystal Math Music Group (Metric, Grimes).

With Domino: A Van Morrison Experience, Atlanta singer Greg Hester recreates the aura of Morrison onstage with all of the joy of the diminutive Irish giant at his best.

Run as and Individual, Run as a Family, Run with Friends. It’s all about the FUN!!

Museum Day Live! is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine.

Taste of Grand Island. We hope that you will come to join us in celebrating our town pride as we showcase all that Grand Island has to offer.

UB Bulls vs. Florida Atlantic

It’s a short trolley ride to the Fontana Boathouse (2007) on the Black Rock Canal for a tour. Continue on to Graycliff (1926-31) for an extended tour and a visit to historic Forest Lawn’s Blue Sky Mausoleum (2004).

Our goal is to bring awareness to spinal cord injuries and the difficulties faces with this catastrophic injury.

In addition to the race, there will be a Kid’s Fun Run on the grounds starting at 10am, followed by a post-race celebration at BNHV where music, food, beer, and water will be provided.

13th Annual WNY Fiber Arts Festival, come experience local artisans, shop for unique, handmade gifts & craft supplies. Demonstrations & Workshops.

We invite you to revel in the final golden days of summer along gaslit streets lined with hundreds of craft vendors, strolling entertainers and the mouth-watering aromas of delectable festival treats!

More than 100 vendors will showcase their artwork, jewelry, woodwork, candles and handmade crafts throughout the weekend.

This one day mega festival, hosted by Buffalo Cigars, will unite Western New York and all surrounding areas for a day to celebrate the pleasures of smoking premium hand rolled cigars, beer, food and an unbelievable live music lineup.

Buffalo State Bengals vs. RPI

Join Explore Buffalo and Imagine: Hamburg for a rare opportunity to see the interiors of historic homes in one of Erie County’s charming villages!

The Aroma Group is proud to announce the Aroma Farm Dinner Series is returning in 2017 with three events at Oles Farm in Alden, NY.

One of the oldest and most respected makers of Lambic in the world, Brasserie Cantillon, in Brussels, Belgium will once again release a very special beer for this year’s Zwanze Day.

Head down to beautiful Coca-Cola Field on Saturday, September 23rd and sample over 100 unique beers from 50+ breweries near and far!

Celebrate the changing of the seasons at the first ever Country Harvest at the Buffalo Zoo! Enjoy festive fall activities, country music BBQ food and seasonal beers.

Rock band Gin Blossoms heads up the second installment of UB’s Official Tailgate Concert Series before the UB Bulls take on the Florida Atlantic. Get your tickets for the VIP Gameday Experience. The Tailgate concert series is located inside Stampede Square, adjacent to UB Stadium and gates open 3 hours prior to football game and concert will begin 2 hours prior to game.

The members of the Early November were young enough to have grown up with the Drive-Thru Records sound, a formula that incorporated sensitive emo, pop, and punk revivalist amalgams with a bit of post-hardcore grit.

There will be local beer specials that last all night long & The Rifts will be preforming sarting at 8pm and going until midnight!

Run and walk along the Buffalo waterfront through the multiple Blacklight Run Glow Zones on your way to the finish line and finish your night at the Neon Sky celebration as we light up the sky and dance the night away.

Scenes from two classic Disney animated feature films, Fantasia and Fantasia 2000, will be presented live on-screen above the orchestra.

Put yourself in your Buffalo Bills best gear, and head over to Hydraulic Hearth where you can chow down on delicious wood fired pizza buffet, enjoy some quality beer and wine selections, and jam out to the tunes of this fun party with a DJ spinning your best dance and popular tunes.

Total Yuppies

Buffalo Fan Fest has partnered with Buffalo FAMbase, the originators of #BillsMafia, to bring Buffalo Bills fans together while supporting a few great causes: Wings Flights of Hope, Hunter’s Hope, and Autism Awareness.

This tour is a great introduction to the “new Buffalo” for both weekend visitors and ex-pats returning for the weekend, as well as for local residents from the city and suburbs who want to see for themselves what all the excitement is about at Canalside and Downtown Buffalo.

Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos

he party will be featuring bavarian pretzels, Oktoberfest games and prizes, German sing-a longs and prizes for best German costumes! We also have two German beers for the party, our Red IPA, brewed with german cherries with flavors of Bavarian kirsch liqueur and PROST!

This group of veteran musicians showcases the astounding breadth and depth of The Band’s distinctively original Americana music with classics such as Up on Cripple Creek, The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, as well as deeper cuts from The Band’s vast catalog.

Quicksand is a band from New York City.