Saturday September 30th, 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
'80s Bash with Nerds Gone Wild
Join us upstairs on Floor Two as we once again open our Party bar and dance the night away with The Nerds Gone Wild! This is New York Beer Project's biggest '80s party of the year! Doors open at 8:00pm. $5 cover.
Buffalo Zoo Storytime
Join "Storytime in the Village" at the Buffalo Zoo! Storytime will start at 10:30am in the picnic area near the carousel. After reading a couple of fun children's books, we'll enjoy lunch together (BYOL) and then go explore the Buffalo Zoo (regular admission applies at the gate)! Storytime in the Village… >>
"Environments" Buffalo Humanities Festival
The Buffalo Humanities Festival’s mission is to foster dialogue, the sharing of ideas, and the enjoyment of the humanities among the public, scholars, and artists. We believe that the understanding of history, culture, literature, arts media, and the diverse traditions of the humanities are an essential… >>
Workingman’s Dead (Grateful Dead Tribute)
Workingman’s Dead: Grateful Dead music for deadheads, by deadheads.Your favorite local GD tribute band’s favorite local GD tribute band Mark Chamberlin – BassMike Hogan – Guitar/VocalsDoc Brown – Guitar/VocalsRick Ruhmel – Keys/VocalsJustin Thyme – DrumsRob Oishei- Drums
Tudor Saturday Matinee-DopeyJoe/YellowSauce/THIS
21+ FREE ADMISSION! Dopey Joe- https://www.facebook.com/Dopey-Joe-115700475135355/Yellow Sauce- https://www.facebook.com/yellowsauceband/THIS- https://www.facebook.com/thisbuffalo/
Fall Fest at Canalside
This free event will feature fitness classes, arts and crafts, exotic animals and other seasonal activities to get you in a fall kind of mood. Schedule of events: 10 am – 11 am Kangoo Jump with Garage Fitness Studio *Pre-registration with Garage is required 11 am – 12 pm Workout with Catalyst Fitness… >>
Fall Fest Fundraiser with Explore & More
A tasting of regional food and libations, partnering with several local restaurants, breweries and distilleries to benefit the new Explore & More Children’s Museum. The Fall Fest Fundraiser with Explore & More starts at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person and will allow guests exclusive access to the… >>
On Your Feet
ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true story about heart, heritage and two people who believed in their talent—and each other—to become an international sensation: Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Now their story has arrived on stage in an exhilarating original production that’s already won the hearts of critics… >>
Pan-American Trolley Tour
The tour begins at Forest Lawn, where you will visit the final resting places of many of the movers and shakers who made the Pan-American Exposition happen. The trolley stops at the Pan-American Brewery in the Hotel Lafayette for lunch (included). Then head over to TBHM Resource Center to tour “Spirit… >>
Springville Oktoberfest
Music by the Springville Jazz Band, the Franfurters, Mumbo Jumbo and Joe Wagner. Featuring German food, craft beers, local wines, Spar's sausage, burgers from the Meat Shoppe, homemade sauerkraut, German potato salad and pretzel rolls. Best German costume contest, "apfel" dessert, and the 2nd Annual… >>
Painting Under The Influence, an Art Exhibition celebrating a decade of classes with Coni Minneci
River Art Gallery & Gifts at 83 Webster St in North Tonawanda presents Painting Under The Influence, an Art Exhibition celebrating a decade of classes with Coni Minneci. It features a large grouping of artists joining together in celebration of their creative journeys. It opens on September 2nd and… >>
"Environments" 4th Annual Buffalo Humanities Festival
"Environments" The 2017 Buffalo Humanities Festival September 28-30 This year’s 3-day Festival will feature talks, music, performances, community debates, and other activities on the theme of “Environments,” focusing on issues of environmental justice and economic sustainability, local and regional… >>
Fleetwood Petty Nicks : Tributes to Fleetwood Mac & Tom Petty
Canada’s most authentic Fleetwood Mac Tribute, Fleetwood Nicks, with special guest, Practically Petty.
The Buffalo Heritage Carousel
An exciting and informative discussion of the wonderful progress that has been accomplished in the restoration of WNY 's own Buffalo Heritage Carousel, which will be solar powered! Find out what's happening with the historic preservation of a locally manufactured treasure, and see how you can get involved… >>
Ten Cent Howl/ Leroy Townes/ Copper & Gin/ The Lords of Liechtenstein
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Black Rock Riverside Oktoberfest
Ten historic taverns will be featuring free music along with food and drink specials on Saturday, September 30th, beginning at 3 PM during the 2017 Oktoberfest. Participating venues include Artisan Kitchen and Bath, Amvets Medallion Post 13, Barry’s Grill, Casey’s Tavern, Croation Club, Hot Mama’s Canteen,… >>
Taste of New York State Festival
The Taste of New York State Festival will be hosted within the historic Knox Farm State Park and will feature craft beers, ciders, wines, liquor and NY state artisans for you to sample. Located inside the famous Horse Stables and outside on the patio overlooking the park's 633 acres, the Taste of New… >>
The Great Pumpkin Farm's Fall Festival
The Fall Festival runs every weekend through the end of October (plus Columbus Day), with fall fun for everyone, including the corn maze, hay maze, magic show, Boo Barn, amusement rides, games, activities and more. Guests can also purchase pumpkins, gourds, mums and cornstalks and visit the bakery for… >>
U.S. Customs and Border Protection by Todd Shalom
Join Todd Shalom on a participatory walk that responds to Buffalo’s streetscape via sound, movement, visual and architecture-based prompts. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will perform our ritualized relationships to country, institution, public space and self. This walk holds 12 people and is open… >>
Buffalo Beer Week
Celebrating the brews, bands, and bars of Buffalo N.Y. Buffalo Beer Week® promotes Buffalo’s growing craft beer culture by sponsoring a ten-day festival in Erie and Niagara counties that attracts beer tourism, fosters knowledge of our regional brewing heritage, and serves as a showcase for Buffalo’s… >>
Corpus Christi Church Dozynki Festival
This joyful celebration, which dates to the middle ages, is the Polish equivalent of America’s Thanksgiving holiday. At Corpus Christi, Dozynki is an opportunity to give thanks for all manner of blessings.
Shark Girl: Never Quite There
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… >>
Succulents at The Botanical Gardens
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! These tiny beauties will be displayed in creative ways. There is power in many when it comes to succulents and our Horticulture Team has… >>
Danielle Nash at The 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… >>
Clarence Hollow Scarecrow Festival
The 10th Annual Clarence Hollow Scarecrow Festival kick off will be Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Clarence Hollow Farmers' Market, 10717 Main Street, Clarence NY. Register by mail prior to Thursday, September 28th or on Saturday, September 30th at the Farmers’ Market. Registration forms are available… >>
Design for Living
“I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves you. Otto loves me,” says Gilda; and that’s the dilemma. Three slick and stylish young bohemians in 1930s England take us on a delicious romp only Noel Coward could conceive. Vivacious interior designer Gilda; successful playwright Leo;… >>
Night Lights
Griffis Sculpture Park will again be illuminated with colorful and theatrical lighting on 17 nights for guests to view the interaction between lights, nature and art. New additions to the trail this year are new lighting concepts, soundscapes, video projections and events. On Saturday, September 23,… >>
Intro To Belly Dance at Oasis Dance Center
Oasis Dance Center offering Intro to Belly Dance Classes in Tonawanda NY!This class is designed for women and teens of all ages, shapes, sizes, and fitness levels! No dance experience is needed!Faaria will teach you the basic movements of Belly Dance (Egyptian Dance) with fun and laughter! come join… >>
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… >>
Me and My Girl
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… >>
Saint Joan at Shaw Festival
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… >>
4-H Fall Fest and a BOOtanical Celebration
The 4-H Fall Fest, including animals on the 4-H farm, will be held at the Botanical Gardens from September 30 through October 15 from 10am to 4pm daily. A special BOOtanical Celebration, sponsored by Wegmans, will be included in the festival on October 14 from 10am to 2pm. Through a wonderful partnership… >>
Fall Festival at the Great Pumpkin Farm
Young and old who attend the 22nd annual Great Pumpkin Farm’s Fall Festival will enjoy the thrill of the amusement rides, hayrides and corn maze. All can pick out their pumpkins, eat homemade donuts, pies, cookies and pastries, select the perfect Halloween decorations and watch special events, such… >>
Bunnicula
Protect your potatoes...Sequester your spinach...Lock up your leeks! On a dark and stormy night, the Monroe family brings home a peculiar new pet, an orphaned bunny with mysterious habits and sharp fangs. The family names it Bunnicula and it's only a short time until strange things start happening.… >>
Current Events
Lively discussions of political, social and cultural concerns. Bring your point of view and opinions and have your say about news at the local, national and international levels. Sept. 12 - Dec. 26 Tuesdays 1:00-2:00pm Full Member: Free | Gym/Community Participant: $25 https://tinyurl.com/y9ezv7jd… >>
Special Friends©
Adapted swim lesson class for all children with Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Fragile X Syndrome, and Down’s Syndrome. Age 3-5 Sept. 17 - Dec. 17 Sundays 11:30am-12:00pm Full Member: $251 | Gym/Community Participant: $292 Class #18760 Age 6-9 Sept. 17 - Dec. 17 Sundays 12:00-12:30pm… >>
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,… >>
