CYOA BFLO: 7/24 to 7/30
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 24
Opening | Art by Laura Viapiano - Bicycle Bottle Shop Gallery
Opening | The House Show - Locust Street Art
Closing | John Mack: Untitled (Box) - Transformation Station
TriMain Center Art Crawl feat. Music is Art
Open Facilities Night - CEPA Gallery
Italian Heritage Festival (Fri to Sun) - Hertel Ave
Polish American Arts Festival (Fri to Sun) - Cheektowaga Town Park
Disability Pride Festival - Riverworks
Upstate NY Black & Latino Pride Fest - Twenty Six Allen
Tiberius, Sweet Petunia - BICA Garage
Shan, Lala Buckstar - Trinity Church
Live Jazz with Tryptic - Black Dots
Dolly Sods, Manic Spring, Ant Hill Kids, Fear of Sleep - Nietzsche's
Jessie Elizabeth - The 9th Ward
Dan Harper Band - Revolution Lounge
Astronot Junkie, Department 9, Reflect - Mothership571
Stolen Moments with Vanessa Vacanti & Jack Kreuzer - Pausa Art House
Music in the Gardens: Wendell Rivera Latin Jazz Ensemble - Kenan Center
Strings Unbound: Sunset to Midnight - The Caz
Slightly Stoopid - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
In The Air Tonight: The Music of Genesis & Phil Collins (Fri + Sat) - Riviera Theatre
Turn to Stone: A Tribute to ELO - Iron Works
Summer Nights: House Music - Milkie's
Armageddon Party: Can You Mix Out Of This?! - Duende
Saturday July 25
Gilded Splinter: A Behind The Scenes Film Fundraiser - Revolution Gallery
Opening | The Erie Canal: Corridor Of Change - BNHV
Launch Party for grace (ge) gilbert’s HOLLY - Fitz Books
Fauna Jam: A Multi-Channel Video Experience by Jenson Leonard - 980 Northampton St
22nd Annual Queen City Jazz Festival - Lafayette Square
40th Annual Gospel Fest - MLK Park
PUSH Buffalo’s 20th Anniversary Block Party - Mass Ave Park
Rhythm & Roots Festival - Academy Park, Lewiston
Garden Walk Buffalo (Saturday & Sunday)
Fever Pitch String Quartet - Duende
BPO @ North Park Community School #50
Live Beat Session with PGM Drums - Soul Stop Records
Come on Feel the Noize Show - Mothership 571
Elena Izquierdo and The Stu Weissman Trio - Pausa Art House
Matt Russell Quartet - Milkie's
Contester, Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death, Jake King Band - Nietzsche’s
Buffalo Infringement Festival Invades the Broadway Market
Anatomy of Something Unseen, Dead Musicians Society - Rust Belt Bookstore
Jay Aquarious Presents The Distortion & Symmetry Show - Allen St. Hardware
Johnny & The Man Kids (Album Release), Jordan Dean w/ Addisyn Logan, Hundred Plus Club - Black Dots
Hathaway, Romcom Victims, Colour Negative - Hen House
Best Girl, ‘97 Flood - Milkie's
Skate Rock Saturday with Violet Ray, The Clockers and Radical Operations - Area 54
Journey To The End: A Tribute To Joker - Rec Room
Mariah The Scientist - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
Ode to Club Heat: Jeannie Ricusso Spinning for Rescues - Indigo Chapel
The Glam Vamps & The Francis Bacon Experiment Present: Broadway Bares All - Hot Mama’s Canteen
Nor.th Star, fruitbat, Trav1sTw1n - Gypsy Parlor
Knew’d: All Vinyl Set - No Fun LoFi Bar
Move the Needle: Twin Puppy & Vintage Sample - DM for Address
BoomRoom: Hotter Than July Get Down - Buffalo Distilling Co.
Sunday July 26
Lipsey Summer Jazz: Joe Gransden’s The Good Life - AKG
Summer of Jazz: Taste of Paris ft. Hot Club of Buffalo - Ellicott Street (Tappo)
Will Holton & Eric “EO” Oliver Present: The Horn Collective Pt 1 - The 9th Ward
Fentanyl Tapwater, Fleshmower & More - Area 54
Rick Ross Summer Jam - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
Marjorine: All Vinyl Set - No Fun LoFi Bar
Monday July 27
Levitt VIBE Buffalo Music Series: D’Mott - Ralph Wilson Park
Where Is My Mind: Trivia Night at Revolution Lounge
Tuesday July 28
Bidwell Parkway Concert Series: Too Yacht to Handle
Food Truck Tuesday with Bitter Nasties - Larkin Square
Wednesday July 29
A Midsummer Night's Draw: Live Drawing Rally & Online Silent Auction - Asbury Hall
SALON:THESIS | hanyu liao, film - Fitz Books
Different Planets, Reflect, The Water Dogs - Area 54
Naryan Padmanabha Fusion Sitar - Nietzsche's
Beatles Rooftop Tribute in Larkin Square
Sunny Sweeney - Sportsmen Tavern
Push Th’ Lil’ Daisies: Tribute to Ween - Iron Works
Thursday July 30
Rust Belt Percussion - Hickory Urban Sanctuary
Thursday & Main: Robert Randolph with Damone Jackson Outcome - Fountain Plaza
GiGi’s Summer at the Shore - The Shores Waterfront Restaurant
Pine Fever, Bloodshot Bill, The Irving Klaws - Nietzsche’s
Investigative Post Benefit feat. Tom Toles and the Junkman’s Choir - Sportsmens Tavern
The Isaiah Timothy Trio - Pausa Art House
The Dark Road Duo - Nietzsche's
Pine Fever, Irving Klaws, Bloodshot Bill - Nietzsche's
Old Ghosts, The Stranger, Snakeland - Area 54
Ongoing
Buffalo Infringement Festival (7/25 to 8/4)
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)
Healing Hands Create - Artists Group Gallery (ends 8/21)
Erin Long Loganathan: Dear Life - Hunt Art Gallery (ends 8/22)
52nd Annual Members Exhibition - Hallwalls (ends 8/28)
Paintings by Julie McIndoo - Art Dialogue Gallery (ends 8/28)
Buffalo on Film II - CEPA Gallery (ends 8/31)
New Formations - BICA (ends 9/5)
Nicholas Christakis: Junk Drawer - BICA (ends 9/5)
Medina Triennial 2026 (ends 9/7)
With us at the center of our world: animals, domestications, dreams - Squeaky Wheel (ends 9/11)
Star-tastic: Summer Art Show & Sale - Starlight Studio (ends 9/18)
Dianne Baker: Debris & Transcendence - Betty’s (ends 9/20)
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)