Sunday August 20th, 2017

Upcoming events & things to do near you.

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Experience Psychic Fair
Sat Aug 19th → Sun Aug 20th

Experience Psychic Fair

Experience Psychic fair is a great place to absorb the positive vibe of the crowd. You'll find a nice, wide variety of Psychic Mediums - you can schedule a personal reading! Have a full color photo taken of your Aura with an intuitive interpretation of your chakras. A Henna artist will be in the house… >>

Erie County Fair
Wed Aug 9th → Sun Aug 20th

Erie County Fair

The Erie County Fair is back for the 178th consecutive year at the Fairgrounds. There is fun for the whole family! The Fair features food, rides, shows, animals and shopping. There is something for everyone as we celebrate 178 years of tradition, agriculture and excitement.

Canal Bicentennial Celebration with the Schooner Lois McClure
Tue Aug 15th → Sun Aug 20th

Canal Bicentennial Celebration with the Schooner Lois McClure

The Lois McClure, an authentic replica of a 19th-century canal boat, will be in Tonawanda on August 15 and on Canalside in Buffalo on Friday, August 18-Sunday, August 20 , as part of a Canal Bicentennial Celebration - the groundbreaking of the Erie Canal was held in Rome, N.Y. on July 4, 1817. The community… >>

33rd Annual Buffalo Niagara Scottish Festival
Sat Aug 19th → Sun Aug 20th

33rd Annual Buffalo Niagara Scottish Festival

Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

August 19th 10:00 am - 8:30 pm  August 20th 10:00 am - 7:00 pm  $13 Adults, $11 Military & Seniors, $10 Members, Children 12 and under FREE  Featuring the Buffalo Heavies Highland Games, Clan Row, Music Entertainment (Pipe Bands, Celtic Bands, Piping and Drum Solo and Band Competitions), Scottish fare… >>

Macbeth at Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Thu Jul 27th → Sun Aug 20th

Macbeth at Shakespeare in Delaware Park

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Macbeth runs Tuesday through Sunday at 7:30pm from July 27 – August 20. Shakespeare… >>

Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Tue Aug 15th → Sun Aug 20th

Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Broadway's Under the Sea Spectacular!In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories, with music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, it's a hauntingly… >>

Taking it to the Streets: International Crusade, Rally & Festival
Sat Aug 19th → Sun Aug 20th

Taking it to the Streets: International Crusade, Rally & Festival

Martin Luther King Jr Park

Taking It to the Streets brings the fun and excitement to the people. Each year's event is jam packed with live performance artists, food and merchandise vendors, resource information and linkage, community heroes, kids-centered activities, and more. Taking It to the Streets is proud to boast a safe, … >>

Pet Connection Programs, INC at the Erie County Fair!
Wed Aug 9th → Sun Aug 20th

Pet Connection Programs, INC at the Erie County Fair!

Come see us this year at the Erie County Fair! Pick up one of the shelter’s popular Doggy Bag for Tabby tote for a small $10 donation filled with TONS of goodies for your favorite four-legged friend! 100% of all proceeds goes to our shelter animals and future rescues in need. August 9th 12pm-10pm, August… >>

Hyperjuice Confessions Party
Sun Aug 20th

Hyperjuice Confessions Party

New York Beer Project

It is indeed "a thing" at New York Beer Project, The Hyperjuice Confessions. These are the things one can’t remember, can’t forget, or confesses in the morning after consuming one or two goblets of Hyperjuice! Come to The Beer Project and share your Hyperjuice confessions or create some new ones of… >>

The Funeral Portrait, Marina City, & Awake At Last
Sun Aug 20th

The Funeral Portrait, Marina City, & Awake At Last

Mohawk Place

FTMP Events Presents:Live Alive Festival Series | Punk Prom IVFeaturing: The Funeral Portrait, Marina City, & Awake At Lastw/ Deep Valleys, Raise The Tides, Margot Kisiel Music, & more!Sunday, August 20th$10.00 pre-sale, $15.00 day of show18+ (ID Required) - No ID/No EntryDoors open at 5:00pmTickets: http://www.purplepass.com/funeralportrait082017at: Mohawk… >>

Voodoo Visionary w/ Special Guests
Sun Aug 20th

Voodoo Visionary w/ Special Guests

Buffalo Iron Works

Sunday August 20th - Voodoo Visionary w/ Special Guests Doors: 7:00pm, Show: 8:00pm - Tickets: FREE - Ages: 18+

Chautauqua Institution Food Festival
Sun Aug 20th → Fri Aug 25th

Chautauqua Institution Food Festival

A weeklong food, craft beverage and entertainment festival in Bestor Plaza featuring renowned speakers from the culinary world as well as a daily roster of food- and drink-themed events, from cooking demonstrations and competitions to interactive experiences and tastings prepared by the best regional… >>

M&T Plaza Concert Series
Mon Jun 12th → Fri Aug 25th

M&T Plaza Concert Series

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. It starts June 12, with the season’s last performance scheduled for August 25. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances.  

Shape of a Pocket
Fri Jun 30th → Sat Aug 26th

Shape of a Pocket

Squeaky Wheel

June 30–August 26Opening: July 7, 6–9pmEvents: July 29, August 12, August 25 Featuring work by Morgan Arnett, Jason Bernagozzi, Charlie Best and Jaz Palermo, W. Michelle Harris, Kyla Kegler, Dana McKnight, Przemyslaw Moskal, Van Tran Nguyen, Elisa Peebles and the United Melanin Society, Carl Spartz,… >>

Sat Jul 22nd → Sat Aug 26th

Annual Canal Fest Member Art Exhibition At River Art Gallery & Gifts

River Art Gallery & Gifts located at 83 Webster St. in North Tonawanda presents the annual Canal Fest Member Exhibition opening on Saturday, July 22 and runs through Saturday, August 26. The opening reception is on Saturday, July 29 from 4pm to 7pm. There are a total of 25 artists exhibiting using a… >>

2017 Little Free Library® Design Competition
Mon Jun 5th → Fri Sep 1st

2017 Little Free Library® Design Competition

The Buffalo Architecture Foundation's 2017 Little Free Library® Design Competition is an Open, Two-stage, Design Competition to design, construct, and install a contemporary book shelter in underprivileged neighborhoods in Buffalo, NY. Architects, designers, sculptors, carpenters, students, etc. interested… >>

Build a Better World! Passport to Reading contest
Thu Aug 3rd → Fri Sep 1st

Build a Better World! Passport to Reading contest

The Library System has unveiled a new Passport to Reading contest which encourages families to travel the highways and byways of Erie County to visit all of the public libraries. Library travelers can pick up a special commemorative Passport and have it stamped for a chance to win great prizes including… >>

Travel Raffle at The Botanical Gardens
Thu Jun 1st → Fri Sep 1st

Travel Raffle at The Botanical Gardens

Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens

Tickets - $20 - 3 Chances to WIN and only 700 will be sold!  Tickets on sale June 1-September 1 Grand Prize - Dream Vacation! - A trip for two to Ireland, Mexico, or the Caribbean!  You pick where AND when! All arrangements will be made for you through The Travel Team Inc. Travel voucher has a maximum… >>

Shark Girl: Never Quite There
Fri Jun 30th → Sun Oct 1st

Shark Girl: Never Quite There

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Clifton Hall Link In the two short years since Casey Riordan Millard’s iconic Shark Girl arrived in Western New York, the sculpture has been so widely shared and experienced that it is now one of Buffalo’s best-known citizens. However, it is perhaps less well-know that Shark Girl has served as one of… >>

Danielle Nash at The Botanical Gardens
Sat Aug 19th → Sun Oct 1st

Danielle Nash at The Botanical Gardens

Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens

Arcangel Gallery Exhibit - 10am-5pm - Included with Botanical Garden admission - $11 adults, $10 seniors (62+), $9 students (13+ with ID), $6 Kids 3-12, members and kids 2 and under are free! Plants and Patterns - This is Nash’s first exhibition with the Arcangel Gallery. Her original oil paintings… >>

An Octoroon
Sun Jul 16th → Sat Oct 14th

An Octoroon

Hilarious. Uncomfortable. Vital. An edgy new American comedy set on a slave-owner’s plantation at the Shaw festival. When Dion Boucicault wrote The Octoroon in 1859, it was considered a masterpiece. Its story of a plantation owner falling for a woman of mixed race was taken as a bold plea for racial… >>

Saint Joan at Shaw Festival
Wed May 24th → Sun Oct 15th

Saint Joan at Shaw Festival

Shaw Festival Theatre

Who was Joan of Arc? The saviour of France … or a deluded country girl? Bernard Shaw’s greatest play about the most remarkable teenage girl in history. Saint Joan is Bernard Shaw’s greatest play. At its centre is the most remarkable teenage girl in history. But who is she? The divinely-inspired saviour… >>

Me and My Girl
Wed Apr 5th → Sun Oct 15th

Me and My Girl

Shaw Festival Theatre

Can a Cockney man give up his old life – and love! – to join the upper class? The sparkling and fun British hit musical. This delightful comic romp from the thirties follows the fortunes of Bill Snibson, a proud Cockney who is amazed to learn that he’s actually the fourteenth Earl of Hareford. But if… >>

BUILDING BUFFALO: Buildings From Books, Books From Buildings
Thu Apr 20th → Sat Mar 31st

BUILDING BUFFALO: Buildings From Books, Books From Buildings

This new exhibit, open free to the public, focuses on an outstanding collection of rare and exquisitely illustrated books encompassing the history of architecture and landscape design from the late 15th through mid-20th Century.  Part of one of the finest civic collections on architecture in the country,… >>