CYOA BFLO: 7/31 to 8/6
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 31
Opening | SNOW PIX 26 - Cold Museum
Nude Luxury: A Poetry Event - Fitz Books
Dave Hill Group: An Evening of West Coast Jazz - Pausa Art House
A Trinity at Trinity - Trinity Buffalo
June Star, Whitetails - Revolution Lounge
C.O. Jones 30th Anniversary - Jack Rabbit
Tomahawk, Melvins - Electric City
The Heart of Rock & Roll: Huey Lewis & The News Tribute - Riviera Theatre
Eddie Griffin (Fri+Sat) - Helium Comedy Club
Emo Night: Buffalo (Scene Edition) - Nietzsche’s
Queer Comedy Standup Explosion - Mothership571
Mahogany Nights Comedy Series - The Mahogany
Saturday August 1
Opening | Born This Way - Revolution Gallery
Members Exhibition Artist Talks - Hallwalls
Ascension: A 464 Gallery Reunion - Crucible Art Collective
Queer Youth Art Festival - BTPM
Buffalo Irish Festival (Sat+Sun) - River Fest Park
Dance 4 Justice: A Fundraiser Event for Migrant Families in WNY - Agustin Olivencia Community Center
11th Annual Oliver Street Art Festival - NT
Chalkfest (Sat+Sun) - Riverworks
Roots & Rhythm: Summer Garden Party - CS53 Community Garden
Jack Craft Fair - Larkin Square
Buffalo Oddities & Curiosities Expo - Convention Center
Andy and the Outpatients, Attack Dog, Ghost Simpson, Pleasure Window, Cailin Rose - Area 54
The Griff Kaz Quartet Featuring Lindsey Holland: Jazz for the Robot Apocalypse - Pausa Art House
Broken World: A Mental Health Music Festival - Iron Works
Rust Belt Rampage II - Town Ballroom
Tommy James & The Shondells - Riviera Theatre
The Smiths Etc, Disintegration, The Killing Moon - Sportsmens Park
Tracks In The Dust: The Music of CSNY - The Caz
Sleaze Ball Presents Music, Fashion, Film: A Charli XCX Party - Nietzsche's
Bijou, WENZDAY - SOL Pool Club
Odditorium: Dark Wave Dance Party - Revolution Lounge
EXIT/ENTER: Antenes, Idiom, Orocue - TBA
Sunday August 2
Pine Grill Jazz Reunion - MLK Park
Lipsey Summer Jazz: The Buffalo Jazz Collective - AKG
1st Annual Drum Festival: WNY Drummers for Homeless People - Riverworks
Welks Mice, Super Famicon - Secret Headquarters
SAMFest: Lilly Hiatt, Twang Gang & More - Sportsmens Park
Sunset Sundays: LeYouth - Riverworks
Franz Ferdinand - Electric City
J Victor, Selector Scotty - No Fun LoFi Bar
Monday August 3
Levitt VIBE Buffalo Music Series: Lynn Drury & Jony James Blues Band - Ralph Wilson Park
Mannequin Pussy - Electric City
Tuesday August 4
Food Truck Tuesday with Harmonia Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Larkin Square
Bidwell Parkway Concert Series | Songbirds: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Fruition: Something More Tour - Sportsmens Tavern
The Garcia Project - Iron Works
Wednesday August 5
The Mid-Week Vibe XLVI - The 9th Ward
Riki Rachtman: One Foot In The Gutter Spoken Word Show - The Caz
Thursday August 6
Opening | Annual Member's Exhibition - Hunt Art Gallery
Members Exhibition Artist Talks - Hallwalls
Bag Sale (Thursday-Sunday) - Rust Belt Bookstore
BICA School Reading Group: Kristeva’s Approaching Abjection - BICA
Little Building, A Big Party - History Museum
Live on the Lawn: Kathy Carr - Carnegie Art Center
Guabaza: The Next Wave - Pausa Art House
Pygmalion, Taylor Schultz Ensemble - Black Dots
Circle Thursday: Funk Block Party - Central Terminal
The Mookies, Alla Prima, Harepin Turn - Milkie's
Wornoutjoy, Romcom Victims, Mogra - Area 54
The Hickoids - Sportsmens Tavern
Emily Ann Roberts - Town Ballroom
Supernatural Dance Party w/ Renay x Spaceboy - Nietzsche’s
Ongoing
Buffalo Infringement Festival (7/25 to 8/4)
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)
Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way - AKG (ends 9/6)
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)