CYOA BFLO: 6/12 to 6/18
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 June 12
Opening | it should be possible - BICA
Opening | John Mack - Transformation Station
Opening | With us at the center of our world: animals, domestications, dreams - Squeaky Wheel
Opening | Faith Mikolajczyk: Desire Path - CEPA
Burchfield Penney’s Off Center Second Friday at K Art
Trainspotting 4K Restoration (6/12 to 6/18) - North Park Theatre
DGI-DGI, Ryan Bell + Justin Von Strasburg Duo, Agony Grotto - Black Dots
Curtis Lovell w/ Drea D’Nur - Revolver Records Elmwood
Fungkshui, Witty Tarbox - Nietzsche's
The Skiffle Minstrels - Duende
Gaine$, Mic Excel, Father Baker, Cove, Kage Durden - Milkie’s
Selfish Act, Chromarama, Kill Uncle, Lil Twiggy and the Green Aardvark Mafia - Area 54
Jacobo Vega-Albela Quartet - Pausa Art House
Carpet Factory Presents: RUG BURN - Iron Works
Beach Party Boys: Tribute to The Beach Boys - Riviera Theatre
The DMV: The Music Of The Cars - The Caz
That Comedy Show @ Babeville - The 9th Ward
Saturday June 13
Juneteenth Festival 50th Anniversary (Saturday + Sunday) - MLK Jr. Park
Grand Opening | Lake Rats Dispatch Headquarters
Eco-Gratitude: A Walking Workshop with Christina Vega-Westhoff - Silo City
Membership Hangout Open House - Squeaky Wheel
Glitch & Hex Fiend: A Dead Media Workshop - Squeaky Wheel
Allen West Festival (Saturday + Sunday)
ABRASH Presents: Blind Duos Vol. 1 - BICA
Ambient Lo-Fi Night w/ Ian McCuen, Agony Grotto, Wren Cove, Chris Dlugosz - Mothership571
Neko and the Twiggets - Duende
DJ Active8 + Fab Davey Goldz - Soul Stop Records
Cheryl Ferris: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim - Pausa Art House
Strings Unbound: Solo with Alex Cousins - Revolution Lounge
FeedMore WNY Benefit + Rock Concert - Black Dots
Buffalo Friends of Folk Music: Members’ Showcase - Village Meeting House
Gavin Petrie Band 20th Anniversary Show - Sportsmens Tavern
The Igloo Presents: IceBreaker Open Mic - Mothership571
The Rogues, Ghost Note, BiteMark, DJ Suzy - Area 54
Buffalo Funk Brigade, Gunfya, The Alumni, One Foot Up - Nietzsche’s
Ratkind, Overgrowth, Sweet Pea - Milkie's
Linger: A Tribute to The Cranberries - Riviera Theatre
YYNOT: Tribute to Rush - Iron Works
La Casita Experience - Town Ballroom
Darkwave Video Dance Party - Hot Mama’s Canteen
Sunday June 14
Joe Magnarelli Summit - Black Dots
Queer Socialist Folk Punk Night - Eugene V Debs Hall
Sorry Safari, Meagan Aversa, Pretty Good State University, Vanity Club - Area 54
Spiria, Strings Unbound, Entity - The Cave
An Evening with Wilco - Chautauqua Institution
Monday June 15
Tuesday June 16
2026 Solar Celebration - Duende
Guided Sunset Listening Walks (Tuesday + Wednesday) - Artpark
Young the Giant, Cold War Kids, Almost Monday - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
Wednesday June 17
SALON:ARTALK | Claire Connelly - Fitz Books
Live at Larkin ft. Bonerama with Buffalo Bully Brass - Larkin Square
Oolong, Lobsterfight, Del Paxton, Robbery Club, Super Flea - Area 54
Bit Brigade Performs Mega Man X - Rec Room
The Cowboys, Just Platinum, Thee Isolators - Revolver Records Elmwood
An Evening with Geordie Greep - Asbury Hall
American Amnesia, Liminalis, Skincrawl - Iron Works
Left of the Dial: 1980s College Radio Happy Hour w/ DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
Thursday June 18
The Big Easy in Buffalo Presents: The Soul Rebels & Honey Island Swamp Band - Fountain Plaza
Evening in Bloom 2026 - Martin House
BPO: Opening Doors - Kleinhans
Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls Present: Floyd Mercantile - Hallwalls
Elliot Sneider’s Merciful TRVLR Ensemble Presents: Sojourn to the Big Easy - Pausa Art House
Aisle Seat, Whelp!, Pocket Thread - Milkie's
The Wail Dogs, Bud Redding - Revolution Lounge
Stevie Tombstone - Nietzsche’s
The Bones of J.R. Jones with John Hollier - The 9th Ward
Ongoing
Claire Connolly’s Direct Message - Fitz Books
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)
The Legend Of Georgia McBride - Torn Space Theater (ends 6/20)
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)
Joshua Nickerson: Trap Door Index - Crucible Art Collective (ends 6/29)
Hannibal Kilroy: Be Queer Conquer Fear - The Good Stuff Gallery (ends 6/30)
Carolyn Lazard: Pain Scale and Red - AKG (ends 7/6)
Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters - Artists Group Gallery (ends 7/10)
Diane Bush: Main Street - CEPA (ends 7/17)
Good Impressions: 18th Annual Book Arts Members’ Show - WNY Book Arts Center (ends 7/18)
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)
Medina Triennial 2026 (ends 9/7)
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)
Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/9/28)