CYOA BFLO: 10/2 to 10/8
CYOA Buffalo is a weekly, lightly-curated arts / music / cultural events newsletter, founded 2014. Email me if you'd like to submit an event, or if you just want to send a cute and encouraging message. 💓Mario
Friday October 2
Opening | 1st Annual Members Exhibition - Starlight Studios
Opening | Joel Mulindwa: Impressions of Gratuity - Black Rock Arts
Opening | Sky Vance: Who Eats Who? - The Good Stuff Gallery
First Friday: Cultural Takeover by Gaëni:yo's NPO - AKG
Portal 2026: Open Studios + Art Crawl - Niagara Frontier Food Terminal
De la isla: A Bilingual Poetry Event - Fitz Books
2026 Polish Film Festival (10/1 - 10/4) - Mickiewicz Library
Printing Partners: Book Arts Classes For Children & Families - Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library
Tea with The Count, with co-host Queer Quill - Museum of Cold
Shabby Doll House Party: Readings & Book Launch - Actual Books
“Wide Open Spaces” is a Tool of Dispossession: Null Point & Christina Vega-Westhoff - Burning Books
Reading With Adam Voith, John Chrostek, LJ Pemberton - Evening House Books
Make a Zine with Joshua Thermidor - CEPA Gallery
TEDxBuffalo 2026 - Flickinger PAC
Walter Kemp 3 Jazz Jam - Pausa Art House
Donny Frauenhofer Trio - Indigo Chapel
Havana Syndrome, Muddle, Civilized People, Foot Fetish, Rank - Hickory Urban Sanctuary
bob. featuring Al + Vinnie from moe. - Nietzsche's
Beasts Of Buffalo: Art + Drag + Vendors - Duende
Psy'd Eye feat. Knew'd - Revolver Records Elmwood
The DMV Perform the Music of The Cars - The Cave
RAPTURE: New Wave & Punk Records w/ DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
The Foxy Thrills Presents: A Foxy Horror Story - Milkie's
Beebop & Co Presents: Funk Yourself - No Fun LoFi Bar
Saturday October 3
Opening | Evan Hawkins: Aftermath - Crucible Art Collective
Squeaky’s 40th! - Squeaky Wheel
Banksy Hates Me 6th Annual Art Show - The Story Garage
Workshops | Intro to Calligraphy + Intro to Coloring Techniques - Hyatt’s
BICA School Youth Assembly - BICA
Living Room Pilates (& Pastries) - Skeleton Dojo Social Club
birddog, Watch Your Step, Ivy’s Home - Nietzsche’s
Moises Borges: Samba & Bossa Nova Night - Pausa Art House
A Night with Labrina & Friends - Revolver Records Elmwood
Coat of Many Colors: Dolly Parton Tribute & Fundraiser - The Cave
Black Box Social Club Presents: A Classic 90'S Dance Party For Women - Studio West
The Bird Soup Comedy Showcase - Hen House
Don Allen Hunley & the 11th Hour Band - Velvet Stone Lounge
Dead Again (Type O Negative Tribute) w/ Issues (Korn Tribute) - Iron Works
Shoegaze & Indie Rock with Michael from Painted Air - Soul Stop Records
DART: Dance And Rhythm Therapy - No Fun LoFi Bar
The Glam Vamps & The Francis Bacon Experiment Present: Satanic Panic - Hot Mama’s Canteen
Sunday October 4
Banned Books Week (10/4 to 10/10)
LBB: Cort Lippe, TJ Borden, David Bailey - Hallwalls
Intro to Balinese Gamelan - Nusantara Arts Culture Center
The Pit 2: All Styles Dance Battle - Ujima Theater Company
Monday October 5
Freedom to Read Event: Evolution of an Activist - Crane Branch Library
Bayonne w/ Bad Snacks - Iron Works
Tuesday October 6
BABEL at the Movies: The Friend - Hallwalls
The History of Book Bans & Burnings - Town of Tonawanda Public Library, Kenmore Branch
Printing Partners: Book Arts Classes For Children & Families - Locust Street Art
The Spark Awards - The Barrel Factory
Goodbye June w/ Danny Worsnop - Iron Works
Wednesday October 7
BABEL at the Movies: The Room Next Door - Hallwalls
MOVEMENTS: In Conversation with Rashad Robinson - Central Library
MOVEMENTS: After Party - Duende
SALON:READING | Steve McCaffery - Fitz Books
Happy Hour History | A Different Path to Justice: The Work of Connie & Arthur Eve - History Museum
Experimental Noise Sessions with Plutonian Burrito, Arrangements, JAB - Mothership571
Buffalo State Wind Ensemble - Buffalo State PAC
Jupiter String Quartet - UB Slee Hall
The Mid-Week Vibe XLVIII: 4 Year Anniversary - The 9th Ward
Plutonian Burrito, Arrangements, Jabs - Mothership 571
Thursday October 8
Openings | STANZA, finding rest, & From Decay to Display - Castellani Art Museum
Buffalo Int’l Film Festival (10/8 - 10/15)
An Evening Honoring Dr. Janne Sirén, Peggy Pierce Elfvin Director, & Sonja Sirén - AKG
Queer History Night with Liz Barnes - Debs Hall
Lisa Williamson, soprano Master Class & Vocal Concert - Ciminelli Recital Hall
UB Symphony Orchestra - UB Slee Hall
Isabella Isherwood - Pausa Art House
Vanth, Vice Versa, Power Creep - Milkie's
Vintage Sample - No Fun LoFi Bar
Ongoing
35th Annual Juried Regional Artists Exhibition - Artists Group Gallery (ends 10/2)
Greetings From The Happiest Country In The World - UB Center for the Arts (ends 10/2)
Abe Ferraro: Every Which Way - TENfold Gallery (ends 10/3)
Melissa A. Swiatek-Odien: Guiding Light - The Foundry (ends 10/8)
Dusty Herbig: Conned - Mirabo Press (ends 10/17)
One and Many Chairs - UB CFA (ends 10/17)
Kathleen Sherin: Disrupted - WNY Book Arts Center (ends 10/17)
Amanda Maciuba: Natural Mythologies - WNY Book Arts Center (ends 10/17)
Imaginal Stitching: Creations in Thread by Barbara Murak - Hunt Art Gallery (ends 10/24)
Ginny O’Brien & Linda Coppola: Stratified - Beebe’s on the Square (ends 10/24)
Kurt Treeby: I’ve Got Next - Hallwalls (ends 10/30)
Crystal Z Campbell: Aftertouch: Mimosa Pudica - Rivalry Projects (ends 10/30)
Robert Booth: Presence - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 10/31)
Bethany Krull: Home - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 10/31)
FIT: Buffalo Fashion, Identity, and Transformation - Burchfield Penney (ends 11/1)
Los Artistas del Barrio Buffalo, Trascender: Leaving a Mark - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 11/6)
Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind - AKG (ends 11/8)
Two Against Nature - Cass Gallery (ends 11/30)
Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Patinated - BICA (ends 12/19)
Peaches: Runoff - BICA (ends 12/19)
Morgan Strahorn: parting - BICA (ends 12/19)
Andy Krzystek: Sifting Through Latent Cause - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
Paradigm Shift: Change Is Here To Stay - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
BIFF Presents: Buffalo’s Vitascope Theatre + Edisonia Hall - Central Library (ends 1/4/27)
Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/23/27)
Nate Ely: Cataract City - Daemen VPA (ends 1/23/27)
Ragnar Kjartansson: Politics of the Obvious - AKG (ends 1/31/27)
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - UB Anderson Gallery (ends 4/3/27)
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - AKG (ends 4/4/27)
Constructed Belief - UB Center for the Arts (ends 4/30/27)
Karle Norman: Leather Prayers - UB Center for the Arts (ends 4/30/27)
Luanne Redeye: Under The Same Sky - Burchfield Penney (ends 6/27/27)
Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/9/28)