CYOA BFLO: 7/17 to 7/23
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 July 17
Opening | 52nd Annual Members Exhibition - Hallwalls
Openings | New Formations + Nicholas Christakis’ Junk Drawer - BICA
Star-tastic: Summer Art Show & Sale - Starlight Studio
COUSIN Symposium (Fri - Sun) - Squeaky Wheel
Blood Ran Thick: Poetry Reading + Book Launch - Fitz Books
55th Annual Grease Pole Festival (Friday to Sunday) - Olivencia Community Center
Decades on the Dance Floor - History Museum
Music in the Gardens: Tyler Westcott & Friends - Kenan Center
Matias Homar, Lala Buckstar, Joel Brenden - Hallwalls
Legacy In Motion: Celebrating Miles Davis At 10 - Artpark
The Music of The Grateful Dead with the BPO & Crazy Fingers - Kleinhans
Agony Grotto, Ronnie Youngman, Garde Noisemaker - Revolver Records Elmwood
Rafael Zaldivar Revisits Buena Vista Social Club - Pausa Art House
Happy Hour with BOYD & Wailer - Milkie’s
Darrell Scott - Sportsmens Tavern
BYO Vinyl Night - Caffe at Amy’s
Vinny Appice’s Sabbath Knights - Showplace Theater
The Glam Vamps Present: Night of a Thousand Jim Carreys - Milkie’s
Saturday July 18
Opening | Healing Hands Create - Artists Group Gallery
Opening | Paintings by Julie McIndoo - Art Dialogue Gallery
Silo City Reading Series: Mary Ruefle, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, William Tyler, Julia Dzwonkoski
Buffalo Record Riot - Knights Columbus Hall
Jon Lehning & Jeremiah Towe on saxophones - Duende
Cormega - Revolver Records Elmwood
Happy Hour with PHD Trio - Milkie's
Orchard Park Jazz Festival - Quaker Arts Pavilion
Backyard Shenanigans Presents: Infinite Shenanigans
Saranaide & Friends - Pausa Art House
Jerry Big’s World Famous Band, Off-Leash, Hostile Makeover, Quantifier - Hen House
Faerot, Hucksters & Minstrels - Debs Hall
Harvest & Rust: A Neil Young Experience - Sportsmens Park
Green Today: A Tribute to Green Day - Riviera Theatre
Clown School: Drag & Burlesque Variety Show - Milkie's
Dub Space Transmission with DJ Chvck - Revolution Lounge
Kincize, Danny Aion, The Chemistress - No Fun Lo-Fi Bar
Comedy @ The Caz: John Schuta + More
Dammit! (Chicago Death Rock) + DJs - Area 54
Icky Reels, Chango4 - Black Dots
Sunday July 19
Artist Talk | The Beehive Design Collective - Burning Books
Lipsey Summer Jazz: George Caldwell with Tim Clarke - AKG
31st Annual Pappy Martin Legacy Masten Jazz Festival - Museum of Science Lawn
Living Room Pilates - Skeleton Dojo Social Club
Lefty Parker, birddog, Feathery Down, Dev & Co - Hickory Urban Sanctuary
Tsavo Highway, Chirp - Pearl Street Grill
The Felice Brothers - Rec Room
Matt Maeson: Watch My Step Tour - Asbury Hall
Sunset Sundays: The Spirit of JohnLuc Jubert - Riverworks
Monday July 20
Wendell Rivera - Ralph Wilson Park
Spin: All-Vinyl Open Decks Nite, Hosted by DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
Tuesday July 21
Opening | Dianne Baker: Debris & Transcendence - Betty’s
The Naked Shape Cult: Figure Drawing Sessions - Revolution Gallery
Bidwell Parkway Concert Series: Invisible Touch
Mundy: That Fresh Air Tour - Area 54
Wax + DJ Hoppa - Electric City
Wednesday July 22
SALON:REHEARSAL | Gardner Astalos & Zi Daniel - Fitz Books
Shakespeare in the Gardens: Fools & Foes - Kenan Center
Live at Larkin: The Beü Revue - Larkin Square
Blood Handsome, Clubdrugs, Opalite - Area 54
Battle of the Borderland - Asbury Hall
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Sportsmens Park
Passion Pit: The Pretty Penny Tour - Electric City
Shakey Graves + Dope Lemon - Artpark
Greensky Bluegrass - Town Ballroom
Left of the Dial: 1980s College Radio Happy Hour w/ DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
Thursday July 23
BICA School Reading Group: Brecht’s Threepenny Opera - BICA
Infringement Festival 2026 Opening Ceremonies - Nietzsche's
BPO: Patron Appreciation Concert - Kleinhans
Circle Thursdays: Latin Block Party - Central Terminal
American Raga, Birddog Songs, Buckstarr - Hickory Urban Sanctuary
Little Cake Jazz - Pausa Art House
Dirty Blanket, Public Water Supply - Duende
Waildogs, Bloodthirsty Vegans - Revolution Lounge
Castle Black, Kid-Tested, SPUD - Mothership571
Kill Uncle, Dead Heart, Maniacal Device - Milkie's
Ongoing
Diane Bush: Main Street - CEPA (ends 7/17)
Good Impressions: 18th Annual Book Arts Members’ Show - WNY Book Arts Center (ends 7/18)
To Be Native: Works by Kaycee Colburn - El Museo (ends 7/24)
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)
Alisha Lezama: Juicy, Sweet, and a little checked out… - The Good Stuff Gallery (ends 7/31)
Rachel Shelton: Slow Looking - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 8/1)
Warren Quigley: Erratic - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 8/1)
Deb Stewart: Propagation and Endurance - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 8/1)
Gabriel Martinez: Sites of Encounter - Rivalry Projects (ends 8/14)
The Connector - TENfold Gallery (ends 8/16)
Erin Long Loganathan: Dear Life - Hunt Art Gallery (ends 8/22)
Buffalo on Film II - CEPA Gallery (ends 8/31)
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)
Abe Ferraro: Every Which Way - TENfold Gallery (ends 10/3)
FIT: Buffalo Fashion, Identity, and Transformation - Burchfield Penney (ends 11/1)
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)