Saturday August 26th, 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Stevie Nicks Celebration featuring music by Rumourz
This date is rescheduled from May 26th, 2017. All tickets purchased for the May 26th show will be valid here. Saturday August 26th - Stevie Nicks Celebration featuring music by Rumourz Doors: 8:00pm, Show: 9:00pm - Tickets: $10 ADV/$15 DOS - Ages: 18+
Stoogefest XXVI
Stoogefest XXVI (That’s Roman Numerals for 26!) – Join Head Stooge Lenny for the 26th Annual Summer Stoogefest at the Riviera Theatre. Featuring 7 Side Splitting Three Stooges Episodes and maybe even a surprise guest to make the night even more enjoyable! Should you attend Stoogefest XXVI? “Why Sointenly”… >>
Under the Lights 7: Battle at Buffalo
It's a celebration of Bboying & Hip Hop Culture and it's coming your way! The 7th annual Battle @ Buffalo Under the Lights goes down Saturday, August 26th outside of the New Era Cap Company headquarters!Be one of the first 100 people through the "door" to get your FREE limited edition Battle @ Buffalo… >>
Family Wellness Fair & Walk
This free wellness event will include a “playout” with Exercise like the Animals at 9:15am, a guided family wellness walk in the park from 10:00-10:45am led by Wellness Institute Executive Director Phil Haberstro and REFRESH Magazine editor Scott Scanlon, and then a fun physical activity session with… >>
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… >>
Buffalo String Works Summer Camp Performance
Buffalo String Works is hosting our very first summer camp this August and we invite YOU to join us for our final performance. Our summer camp is a theater + music mashup and will feature original plays written by our students as well as brand new Burmese and Karen additions to our musical repertoire.… >>
Hosta, Daylily & Iris Sale at The Botanical Gardens
9am-2pm, Free, in the Administration Building Hundreds of daylilies, hostas and irises, labeled and described for sale at reasonable prices. Experts will be on hand to answer your plant questions. Come early, as there will be a long line waiting for the doors to open. Go to www.buffalogardens.com… >>
Empire State Wrestling feat. Former WWE Stars
Empire State Wrestling (ESW) comes back to the St. Johnsburg Fire Hall, 7165 Ward Road, North Tonawanda, New York, on Saturday, August 26, featuring a mix of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) talent and several up-and-coming independent wrestling stars from around the country and in Western… >>
Wine Country Fare
Put on your Stetson and dust off your cowboy boots to Party in the Vineyard at Niagara's hottest country music festival! Kick off the evening with entertainment provided by the boot-stomping sounds of Canadian country artists Buck Twenty and Runaway Angel, then get ready to party with Canadian country… >>
Shape of a Pocket
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,… >>
Egyptian Festival
9th Annual Egyptian Festival Authentic middle eastern food, desserts, art, christian gifts, coptic church tour and much more!!
Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts
Find more than 170 artists and craftspeople selling work done in 16 different mediums at this free, family-friendly festival, and more than fifty performances on three stages, plus an After Hours Concert on Saturday at 6:15pm- 8:30pm. Dance at the family friendly dance tent. Bring the family to Kidsfest,… >>
Night Lights Music Festival
Join us Aug 24 - 26 at the Heron in Sherman, NY for the Night Lights Music Festival. This year's festival will feature music from Papadosio, Dopapod, Aqueous, Mihali Savoulidis(Twiddle) plus more. The three day weekend will also feature music from some of Western New York's best musicians and includes… >>
Sail Buffalo's 2017 ASA 101 Sail Class: August: 25-27
Our goal at Sail Buffalo is to help students to become safe, confident sailors. We promise to give you the tools necessary to excel beyond the requirements of the ASA national course examinations. By the end of this class you will be able to skipper a sloop-rigged keelboat of approximately 20 to 27… >>
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… >>
Travel Raffle at The 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… >>
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… >>
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… >>
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… >>
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
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
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
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,… >>
