CYOA BFLO: 5/29 to 6/4
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 May 29
The Legend Of Georgia McBride (5/29 to 6/20) - Torn Space Theater
Fitz Book Sale (Friday to Sunday)
2nd Annual Jefferson Avenue Music Festival - Perkins Park
Revolver Records/Story Garage Storytelling Series - Revolver Records Elmwood
Book Signing with Jim Madison - Actual Books
Fatboi Sharif + Icky Reels - TBA
Philippe Lemm Trio - Pausa Art House
CFNY: The Spirit Of Radio Documentary Screening - Town Ballroom
Diggie Mac’s The Inner Workings Of A Lover Album Release Party - Nietzsche’s
Goo Grief, Ghost Trains - Revolution Lounge
Total Con, Havana Syndrome, Spooky Visions, Numbskull - The Backwash
Cake - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
Small Town Murder - Asbury Hall
Country Honk: The Stars & Steel Tour - Sportsmens Tavern
Citizen Soldier - Electric City
lespecial: Tentacle Difficulties Tour - Iron Works
Smells Like Nirvana: Tribute to Nirvana - Riviera Theatre
DJ Mark Vani - No Fun Lo-Fi Bar
DJ Osiris on the Patio - Revolution Lounge
Saturday May 30
POP! Art Party - Hunt Art Gallery
Make & Take Day - CEPA Gallery
Raft Residency Launch Party & Film Premiere - TENfold Gallery
Film Premiere | Mellow Climbing - Bidwell @ Elmwood
BPO: Carmina Burana - Kleinhans
Stein / Smith / Shead Trio - Hallwalls
Brazilian Choro - Pausa Art House
DJ Reaubert Presents: A Sound Bath in Space - Mothership571
UB Guitar Club - West Side Bazaar
Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus Presents: Ode to the Icons - Asbury Hall
Pink + Black Punk Pride Eve (Eve) - Area 54
Silk Screams Presents: The Buffalo Horror Garage Sale - Buffalo Marriott Niagara
Armageddon Party, Elmwood Opera, AprésSynth - Gypsy Parlor
Bob Meier & The Hitmen Horns 17 Piece Big Band w/ Deeann DiMeo - The Caz
Neftali Presents: Sessions At Revolver Records Elmwood
Bifurcate, Wandering Oak, Cemetery Echo - Duende
Queen City Skies - Museum of Science Planetarium
Bébé, It’s Burlesque! The Rose’s Memoir - Revolution Lounge
Punk with DJ Joe Barstool - Soul Stop Records
BoomRoom: 100% House Music - Buffalo Distilling Co.
Sunday May 31
Buffalo Film Club Darkroom Night - CEPA Gallery
2026 Asian American Heritage Festival - Asia Food Market
The Elton John Show Returns - Sportsmens Tavern
Wednesday June 3
SALON:ARTALK | Serweta Peck - Fitz Books
Building the City of Good Neighbors: The History of Immigrants in Buffalo - History Museum
Live on the Lawn: Dozo My Lady (Jazz) - Carnegie Art Center
Live at Larkin: Twang Gang - Larkin Square
The Mid-Week Vibe - The 9th Ward
Thursday June 4
AHA! (Annual Hallwalls Auction) - Asbury Hall
BICA School Reading Group - BICA
Thursday & Main: Handsome Jack - Fountain Plaza
Inner City Bedlam - Pausa Art House
Ashanti & Trey Songz - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
Scott Levi Jones - Nietzsche’s
Prince Daddy and the Hyena - Rec Room
Air Supply: A Matter of Time Tour - Riviera Theatre
Big Shrimp w/ Tsavo Highway - Iron Works
Ongoing
Juried Members Exhibition: Modern Works - Artists Group Gallery (ends 5/29)
The Pull - Mirabo Press (ends 5/30)
Teju Abiola: Tether - Project 308 Gallery (ends 5/30)
Isabelle Janssen: Gitmo Baby - BICA (ends 5/30)
Helen Lin: APPLEPEAR - CEPA Gallery (ends 5/30)
Joshua Fraass: Lost Layers - ShopCraft (ends 5/30)
Gab Hall: In Between Two Tall Mountains - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 5/30)
Brianna Bernas: Breathing In and Out - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 5/30)
Nordic-American Decorative Art: The Bronze Work of Carl Sorensen - Burchfield Penney (ends 5/31)
Josh Schlageter: Shroud - The Good Stuff Gallery (ends 5/31)
Bill Jungels: Re imaging the trees around us, a photo exhibit - Fitz Books (ends 5/31)
3rd Annual Sketchbook Exhibition - Crucible Art Collective (ends 6/2)
Catastrophe & Diagram - Museum of Cold (ends 6/12)
Kyla Kegler: The Last Whole Earth - Rivalry Projects (ends 6/19)
Frank Chang: The Mesh - Hallwalls (ends 6/19)
Hunt Residencies IX - Hunt Art Gallery (ends 6/20)
Lost in the Funhouse - Revolution Gallery (ends 6/26)
Paintings by John Merlino - Art Dialogue Gallery (ends 6/26)
Emma Safir: Passionate Wretch - BICA (ends 6/27)
Dianne Baker: Foundlings - The Phoenix at 269 (ends 6/27)
There’s Things (an exhibition for / about / around Robert Creeley) - Black Rock Arts (ends 6/27)
Carolyn Lazard: Pain Scale and Red - AKG (ends 7/6)
Diane Bush: Main Street - CEPA (ends 7/17)
Yayoi Kusama: One with Eternity - AKG (ends 7/26)
Kindred - K Art (ends 7/26)
Objectile Adventures: The Floor - UB Hayes Hall (ends 7/26)
Emerging Visions: Buffalo State Student Work - Burchfield Penney (ends 7/26)
Clayton Pond: A Retrospective - UB Anderson Gallery (ends 7/31)
Rachel Shelton: Slow Looking - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 8/1)
Warren Quigley: Erratic - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 8/1)
The Connector - TENfold Gallery (ends 8/16)
Camp Everything - Burchfield Penney (ends 9/27)
A VAST, tiny WORLD: Burchfield's Insects & Spiders - Burchfield Penney (ends 9/27)
Valeria Cray: Surface Tension - Burchfield Penney (ends 9/27)
Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/23/27)