CYOA BFLO: 6/19 to 6/25
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 19
Opening | Buffalo on Film II - CEPA Gallery
New York State Puppet Festival (6/18 - 6/28)
Jon Lehning Presents: The Music Of Horace Silver - Pausa Art House
Silver Rein, Chvck, Passion Tax - Revolution Lounge
Big Blitz Happy Hour - Nietzsche's
Patrick Gallo: How To Be An Artist - The Caz
Christian Medina Group - Milkie's
The Boyd Parker Ambush - Sportsmens Tavern
The Land of Ozz: Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne - Riviera Theatre
6th Annual Performing With A Purpose Juneteenth Celebration - Iron Works
Tony Danza: Sinatra & Stories - Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
Dark Star Orchestra - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
J Victor All-Vinyl Set - No Fun Lo-Fi Bar
Saturday June 20
Artist Talks | Hunt Residencies Cohort IX - Hunt Art Gallery
Pride x Juneteenth Summer Solstice Celebration - West Side Bazaar
Megan Kyle, oboe and Micheal McNeill, piano - Duende
The Cousins Trio - Pausa Art House
Bounce House, Jacob King, Personal Style, Lower Pony - Area 54
Backyard Shenanigans Presents: Parallel Play Date
Lords of the Highway, Goat Island Beach Club - Revolution Lounge
Kopek, Photo Sound - Revolver Records Elmwood
Happy Hour with Solar Pyramid - Milkie's
A House Safe for Tigers, Last Night Songs - The Cave
Ten Cent Howl - Sportsmens Tavern
BLKDTS Disco Vol. 3 with Kabbanna, Knew’d, T.S. Fonk - Black Dots
New Finch, Riverfolk Company - Milkie's
U.S. Navy Band Commodores - Artpark
An Acoustic Evening with Trey Anastasio - Kleinhans
Pretty in Black: A Misfit Prom - The Merry Shelley
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with The Francis Bacon Experiment - Electric City
The Stripteasers Pride Party w Spud, The Mookies, & Bby Giraffe - Nietzsche's
The Glam Vamps Present Queer Carnival - Duende
Sunday June 21
Juneteenth Celebration & Cookout - 1412 Jefferson Ave
Croft, Wasik, Docenko Do Guaraldi - Duende
Arthaus Collective Presents: The Quiet Storm Vol. 2 - The 9th Ward
Exotic Snacks: Sunday Darty - No Fun Lo-Fi Bar
Sunset Sundays: Anabel Englund - Riverworks
Monday June 22
Neptune, Baczkowski/Freeman, DJ Undersound - BICA Garage
Spin: An All-Vinyl DJ Open Night with DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band - Asbury Hall
Midnight Cowgirls, VOYAGR - Iron Works
Tuesday June 23
Gerard Malanga Film & Poetry Program - Hallwalls
The Naked Shape Cult: Figure Drawing Sessions - Revolution Gallery
Food Truck Tuesday with Dead Alliance Buffalo - Larkin Square
Bidwell Parkway Concert Series: Black Rock Beatles
Aszhara, Holder, Inflict, The Last Word - Buffalo Tap House
Wednesday June 24
Artist Talks | Cameron A. Granger & Christina Corfield - Squeaky Wheel
Live at Larkin with Songbirds: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac - Larkin Square
Sean Chambers with the Savoy Brown Rhythm Section - The Caz
Left of the Dial: 1980s College Radio Happy Hour w/ DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
Thursday June 25
Pretty When I'm Empty: A Poetry Reading with Yamilla Tate - Fitz Books
Party on the Portico | A Members + Friends Event - Castellani Art Museum
Thursday & Main: The Black Rock Beatles + The Shakermakers - Fountain Plaza
Artemis with Alex Cousins - Duende
Tali’s Corner: A Celebration of Latin Music - Pausa Art House
The Jazz Lounge Presents: Midnight in Paris - Statler Hotel
Lenny White & Rachel Z - The Cave
Mother Nature’s Son Record Release Show - Area 54
Selfish Act, Bite Mark, Numbskull, A Kiss Before Dying - Hen House
The Swongos + Captain Tom & the Hooligans - Nietzsche's
Dreamer: The Supertramp Experience - Riviera Theatre
Ongoing
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)
it should be possible - BICA (ends 6/27)
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)
With us at the center of our world: animals, domestications, dreams - Squeaky Wheel (ends 9/11)
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)