Festivals

Canalside is excited to present Buffalo’s Own Oktoberfest, a Canalside Autumn series spanning four weekends throughout the upcoming fall season! Kicking off on September 22nd with Read more [...]

Festival Weekend #3 features Sylvia Fletcher & Friends Ventriloquism Show both days as well as the World Pumpkin Weigh Off on Sunday!  All festival attractions, entertainment, contests, etc. will be running both days!

A 2-Day Festival celebrating the local harvest, great brews, and family fun. Free entry! Activities include live music, pumpkin painting, mini tractor pull for Read more [...]

Locktoberfest is a celebration of local heritage, our farms, food, crafts, and community all built on the shores of the erie canal. Locktoberfest 2018 will be host to local music talent, food vendors and fun events for the whole family! Locally owned Lock34 Bar and Read more [...]

The AppleUmpkin Festival had its humble beginnings in 1986, the brainchild of one of our most creative residents, Mrs. Willa Bishop. Her objective was to Read more [...]

Canalside is excited to present Buffalo’s Own Oktoberfest, a Canalside Autumn series spanning four weekends throughout the upcoming fall season! Kicking off on September 22nd with Read more [...]

Enjoy the beautiful Roycroft Campus this autumn! Join us for our Fall Art & Antique Show as we feature over 60 artists, antique vendors Read more [...]

Colden Festival is coming your way! Celebrate Colden, Inc., the folks who put on the Colden Festival each year, are excited to announce the Read more [...]

The Niagara Grape & Wine Festival is proud to present the 2018 Meridian Grande Parade on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 11:00am. This rain Read more [...]

This festival will have it all. The Totally Southtowns Family Festival is going to be fun for the entire family! With food, bounce houses, shopping, live music and much more – the fest is sure to please everyone.

Bands (in no particular order) Post Mortal Possession From The Hellmouth Mass Casualty Inertia Shepherd of Rot Gutted Alive Rip Open The Sky Ecliptic Read more [...]

There's no better way to kick off fall in Buffalo than a neighborhood street festival! Seneca St. will be closed and lined with more than 50 artisan vendors, food trucks, musicians and more for a day of shopping, eating, drinking, lawn games, and live music.

The Buffalo Whiskey Riot Festival, hosted by Tommyrotter Distillery and Step Out Buffalo, is *THE* event of the year for whiskey lovers and the whiskey curious.

Join us for our annual Oktoberfest celebration, featuring authentic German food, plus live music from the German American Music Association. Fill up your commemorative Read more [...]

This is the 13th Annual – Enjoy fun, food, music, beer hall, fireworks! Free admission, rain or shine!

Authentic food and German beer available. 21 and over event. Tickets $10 with authentic German beer and food from Potts Catering and music from “The Read more [...]

Join us Saturday September 29th at 3pm for Black Rock Riverside Oktoberfest. Grant-Amherst Business Association has put together a Bavarian Style Oktoberfest featuring local Read more [...]

Canalside is excited to present Buffalo’s Own Oktoberfest, a Canalside Autumn series spanning four weekends throughout the upcoming fall season! Kicking off on September 22nd with Read more [...]

The 2018 WNY Pagan Pride Day event is scheduled to be held on Sunday, September 30, 2018, from 12pm to 5pm at the Polish Read more [...]

The First Annual Buffalo Maritime Heritage Festival at the historic Col. Ward Pumping Station located just off the 190 at 2 Porter Avenue.

On October 6th and 7th, 2018, come to Ellicottville’s Fall Festival; the oldest, and largest, takes place when the foliage of the surrounding hills Read more [...]

Festival Weekend #3 features the Pumpkin Olympics all 3 days, the Pumpkin Drop on Monday Columbus Day & In Jest Juggling & Comedy Show!  All festival attractions, entertainment, contests, etc. will be running both days! Juggling & Comedy Show, Gem Mining, Zombie Train, Read more [...]

Have you ever wondered how honey goes from the beehive into the jar? Do you just love the taste of fresh, raw honey? Join Read more [...]

On October 6th and 7th, Buffalo Maritime Center will celebrate Buffalo’s maritime history inside and outside of the historic Colonel Ward Pumping Station in Lasalle park. Read more [...]

Canalside is excited to present Buffalo’s Own Oktoberfest, a Canalside Autumn series spanning four weekends throughout the upcoming fall season! Kicking off on September 22nd with Read more [...]

10am-5pm Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday Experience the spirit of a classic 19th-century magic show, or laugh along with the famous Punch & Judy puppet show. Read more [...]

Canalside is excited to present Buffalo’s Own Oktoberfest, a Canalside Autumn series spanning four weekends throughout the upcoming fall season! Kicking off on September 22nd with Read more [...]

Festival Weekend #5 features the World Pumpkin Pie Eating Competition, Funny Face Drawing Contest, Pig Races & Juggling & Comedy show. All festival attractions, entertainment, contests, etc. will be running both days!

Two weekends full of fall fun in the foothills of western New York. Brilliant foliage sets the scene for a juried crafts show with Read more [...]

Canalside is excited to present Buffalo’s Own Oktoberfest, a Canalside Autumn series spanning four weekends throughout the upcoming fall season! Kicking off on September 22nd with Read more [...]

Activities will include: trick or treating (time TBD), costume contest (12:30), magic shows, live music by the Mike Zogaria Duo, pumpkin painting, “touch a Read more [...]

Festifall is the premiere fall festival for the south towns of Western New York! The event features attractions for the entire family. There will Read more [...]

It’s that time again! The wonderful day when we all stand in the street and drink that delicious malty beverage we all know and Read more [...]

It's that time again!  The wonderful day when we all stand in the street and drink that delicious malty beverage we all know and love. Thin Man Brewery is proud to present the 2nd Annual Oktoberfest! 

Two weekends full of fall fun in the foothills of western New York. Brilliant foliage sets the scene for a juried crafts show with Read more [...]

Canalside is excited to present Buffalo’s Own Oktoberfest, a Canalside Autumn series spanning four weekends throughout the upcoming fall season! Kicking off on September 22nd with Read more [...]

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by discovering the power of electricity, reanimated bodies and secrets to overcoming death. Plus, with live dissections, organ and blood stations, and a look at the most spine-tingling items from the Read more [...]

Festival Weekend #6 features the Annual Trebuchet (Catapult) competition, Dinosaurs in the Cornmaze, Juggling & Comedy Show and more! Dinosaurs in the Cornmaze weekends will feature Vinnie and Teddy roaming the cornmaze looking for their prey from noon to 4PM.  (Feeding Read more [...]

Two weekends full of fall fun in the foothills of western New York. Brilliant foliage sets the scene for a juried crafts show with Read more [...]

Join Family Promise of WNY for our 4th annual Choctoberfest fundraiser at the Resurgence Brewing Company! All proceeds will benefit families experiencing homelessness in Read more [...]

Two weekends full of fall fun in the foothills of western New York. Brilliant foliage sets the scene for a juried crafts show with Read more [...]

Festival Weekend #7 features the Costume Contest and Dinosaurs in the Cornmaze Weekend.  All festival attractions, entertainment, contests, etc. will be running both days! Last weekend so be sure to come out and enjoy the fall festivities!  

Join Friends of Knox Farm for our annual Holiday Arts and Garden show on Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28th from 10am-5pm. Find one of a kind gifts and items from local artisans both inside and outside of the mansion. 

Patrons will discover over 400 artisans spread out over five buildings, a food truck rodeo for dining and The Tavern featuring handcrafted beverages, wines and spirits. Patrons can connect and interact with the creators of the countless product lines at the event.

Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival will run for one week this year, Nov. 2nd – 8th, at Dipson Theatres Eastern Hills Cinema, located in the Eastern Hills Mall in Read more [...]

Jump into your lederhosen, grab a bier stein and get ready for the WURST party of the year! Enjoy brats, bands and brews! Authentic Read more [...]

A Festival Beyond Boundaries! Borderland Music + Arts Festival is a grassroots music + art festival featuring 22+ bands, NYS Craft beer, and craftsman and vendors located at the pastoral grounds of Knox State Park in East Aurora, New York just 15 minutes south of Buffalo.

The Harvest Festival is back at Darien lake for three weekends on September 8th-9th, 15th-16th, and 22nd-23rd. Great fun for the whole family enjoy Park Read more [...]

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will host its 33rd annual Wildlife Festival featuring more than 50 exhibitors and vendors, various wildlife shows, archery, Read more [...]

For the last 35 years the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce has hosted an annual Harvest Festival featuring craft vendors and a farmers Read more [...]

More than 100 of New York State’s finest artisans are featured in the 35th Annual Harvest Festival and Craft Show. Join us on Saturday Read more [...]

Festival Weekend #2 features the Oinktoberfest BBQ Cook-off!  All festival attractions, entertainment, contests, etc. will be running both days! Oinktoberfest BBQ Cookoff is NY States 1st BBQ competition which brings in over 90 teams to compete!  Eat great BBQ, enjoy on Read more [...]

Oinktoberfest has continuous music all three days, plenty of BBQ vendors, 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. So plan on coming Read more [...]

This Fall Festival is our way of celebrating the harvest of blessings we enjoy in our community and our nation. It has grown to Read more [...]

Celebrating the Evolving History and Continuous Education of our Beloved Beverage Buffalo Beer Week® promotes Buffalo’s growing craft beer culture by sponsoring a ten-day festival in Erie and Niagara counties and Western NY that attracts beer tourism, fosters knowledge Read more [...]