CYOA BFLO: 6/5 to 6/11
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 5
Medina Triennial 2026 (Jun 6–Sep 7)
Paintings, Poetry, Book Launch | Claire Connolly’s Direct Message - Fitz Books
Opening | Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters - Artists Group Gallery
Opening | Joshua Nickerson: Trap Door Index - Crucible Art Collective
Opening | Work by Morgan Day - Timeless Babez
First Annual Youth Art Show - Intersection Cafe
Zydeco Alliance w/ Chuck Abell & Elton Hough - Turning Bridge Tavern
Latin Night with Son Borikua - Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center
Hams, Main Breaker, The Sneers, Racehearse - OSB Ciderworks
Px3 & High Pines - Nietzsche's
The Hot Club of Buffalo - Pausa Art House
DJ Who Cares Presents: Eastern Bloc Night - Black Dots
The Smiths/Morrissey Tribute: Caligula Blushed - Iron Works
John Papa Gros Band - Town Ballroom
Kung Fu Grip: The Music Of Sublime - The Caz
Rapture: Club Nite feat New Wave & Punk Rock Records w/ DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
The Foxy Thrills, The Spit Sisters, Adelaide, Kill Uncle - Milkie's
Saturday June 6
15th Annual BookFest - WNY Book Arts Center
Opening | Good Impressions: 18th Annual Book Arts Members’ Show - WNY Book Arts Center
Torn Space Theater: Agents of Change 2026 - Duende
Community Art Activation with Miggie Wong - The Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center
UNNAME, Canticle Fade, Lihuen Sirvent, T E-Y & Steve Flato - Black Dots
Ian McCuen, Christina Stock, Jazz, LeMonsters - Milkie's
BPO: American Soundscapes - Kleinhans
Thomas Marinaro Quartet - Pausa Art House
An Evening with Chris Smither - The 9th Ward
Buffalo Gore Fest 2026 - Iron Works
Mariah The Scientist - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
AWAKEN: The Music of YES - Riviera Theatre
PRIDECHELLA: Unite & Celebrate - Electric City
Goth Is So Gay! A Queer Goth Dance Party with DJ Cainite - Revolution Lounge
Sleaze Ball: Myspace vs. Tumblr 4 - Nietzsche's
Buddy Buddy Pride with DJ Minx & Jason Kendig - Duende
Sunday June 7
QUEERSCAPE: Skenderton, Chango4, Dirty Wifi - No Fun Lo-Fi Bar
The Blank, Velvet Bethany, Jacob King - Secret Headquarters
Porcelain Parrot, Angie Lucie, spud, Mini Marching Machine - Milkie’s
Well Worn Boot: Movie Screening + Ceiling Signing - Nietzsche’s
Mo'ynoq, Valletta, Mogra - Hen House
BTPM Classical Live on Stage: Travels Through the Continent - BTPM
Raegene Denise Presents: Studio Live! - The Caz
Robyn Hitchcock - Sportsmens Tavern
Sunset Sundays: Shiba San - RiverWorks
Monday June 8
The 35th Annual Artie Awards - Asbury Hall
Wylie Something, Josh V, Mimeo - Area 54
Classic Vinyl Live: Miles Davis’ On The Corner - Sportsmens Tavern
Tuesday June 9
The Naked Shape Cult: Figure Drawing Sessions - Revolution Gallery
Steel Basher, The Sneers, The Catastrophes - Area 54
The Ghost Inside - Town Ballroom
Wednesday June 10
Creative Professionals Exchange - Springville Center for the Arts
Eliza Niemi, radiocalisthenics, Georgie - BICA
KeyBank Live at Larkin with Drea d' Nur - Larkin Square
Romcom Victims, Sandman Sleeps, Echo Locator - Area 54
Westcott, Harris, & Dr. Jazz - Nietzsche's
Rhythm & Sound: Soundbath Sessions - The Caz
Arts Fishing Club - Iron Works
Thursday June 11
Paint the Town 2026: Art Auction - History Museum
Tiny Vipers with Martin Freeman - Silo City
Thursday & Main | Strictly Hip - Fountain Plaza
Pat Bianchi Organ Trio - Black Dots
The Alex McArthur Quartet - Pausa Art House
Jerry Big’s, Skrom, Hand in Pants - Milkie's
198 String Band - Revolution Lounge
Adam Bronstein & ABTrio - Nietzsche's
Evan Laedke Trio - Nietzsche's
Grace Greenan Album Release Show - The Caz
Coheed and Cambria - RiverWorks
Ongoing
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)
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)
Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/9/28)