CYOA BFLO: 8/14 to 8/20
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 August 14
Second Friday - Burchfield Penney
Opening | Theia | Sara Kow-Falcone - CEPA Gallery
Opening | Salem Browning: Foolish Thaw - Transformation Station
Buffalo Zine Fest Pre-Party - Gutter Pop Comics
Photography Tour with CEPA Gallery (Fri+Sat) - Martin House
Party at La Playa - Centennial Pool
Sotto Voce Opera Collective & Avanti Orchestra Present: Beethoven's Fidelio - Asbury Hall
Music in the Gardens: David Jonathan & The Inner City Bedlam - Kenan Center
Jerry Kingsman & His Model Horses - Secret Headquarters
Velvet Bethany, The Mookies, Fleabath, The Sneers - Area 54
The Skiffle Minstrels - Duende
An Evening of Modern Jazz Fusion w/ the IDL Quartet - Pausa Art House
Black Pontiac, Noshows - Nietzsche's
Romeo Spikes, Matthew Carlson - Revolution Lounge
Happy Hour with Jagged Little Bills - Milkie’s
Backpack Mafia: Plug & Play - Revolver Records Elmwood
45 Years of Violent Femmes - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
Sam Morrow - Sportsmens Tavern
Happy Together Tour - Erie County Fair
RELICS Plays the Music of Pink Floyd - U.S.S. Little Rock
The DMV Playing the Music of The Cars - The Cave
Saturday August 15
Zinefest 2026 - WNY Book Arts Center
Carnegie Art Spree (Sat+Sun) - City of Tonawanda
Screening & Conversation with Deirdre O'Mahony - Medina Triennial
48 Hour Film Project Screenings (Sat+Sun) - North Park Theatre
24th Annual Puerto Rican & Hispanic Day Parade - Niagara Street
Claire Marie Stancek + Christina Vega-Westhoff - Fitz Books
Celebrate The Release Of Arrangements Play Their Instruments - Mothership 571
Rock For The Cure - Sportsmens Park
Earl/Thomas/Gray Piano Trio - Pausa Art House
New York State of Ska - Area 54
NO LABELs on 2MRO feat. MVRRO & Friends - Revolver Records Elmwood
Arkells, The Maine - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
DSL* Dire Straits Legacy - Riviera Theatre
BLOODLUST: Join the Vampiric Gathering - Revolution Lounge
Sunday August 16
Collective Memory: A Workshop on the Art of Storytelling - Medina Triennial
Buffalo’s Maritime History: A Multimedia Event - Duende
Buffalo in Full: A Celebration of Erie County - Richardson Olmsted Campus
Dekalb Works, Dev & Co, Rattlesnake Jake, Spud - BICA Garage
Sotto Voce Opera Collective & Avanti Orchestra Present: Beethoven's Fidelio - Asbury Hall
Film & Gender, All Maine Points, CPS, Dollmaker - Area 54
Croft, Wasik, Docenko Do Guaraldi - Duende
Sunset Sundays: Chromeo (DJ Set) - Riverworks
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA - Terminal B @ Outer Harbor
David Murphy's For My Peeps - Iron Works
Monday August 17
Spark Filmmakers Collaborative: ART THRIVES IN DETOURS AND SURRENDER - Fitz Books
After Hours | To Buffalo: Love Frank Andrews - AKG
Herr God, Dogs in Stereo, People I Love, Shep Treasure - BICA Garage
Levitt VIBE Music Series: La Krema - Ralph Wilson Park
The Mountain Goats - Town Ballroom
Tuesday August 18
Explore Collage with Jacob Kedzierski - Carnegie Art Center
External Line Return, Sailing Stones, BROOM - BICA Garage
Food Truck Tuesday with Record Store Night feat. Dominic Missana & Friends - Larkin Square
Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors - Erie County Fair
Wednesday August 19
SALON:OPENING | Steve McCaffery: ARCHISHIFT - Fitz Books
A/V Club August - Squeaky Wheel
Live at Larkin: Uncle Ben’s Remedy - Larkin Square
Jane Hobson, Eugene Palmer, Wylie Something - Duende
Thursday August 20
Prints & Pints - 42 North at the Flats
Dgi Dgi, The Bob Smith Quartet - Milkie’s
BTPM Classical Live on Stage: A Musical Journey through the Ages - BTPM
90s Night with OldEnglishDj - Black Dots
Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Erie County Fair
Atri, Vintage Sample, Jubei - No Fun LoFi Bar
Ongoing
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)
SNOW PIX 26 - Cold Museum (ends 9/12)
Annual Member's Exhibition - Hunt Art Gallery (ends 9/12)
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)
Melissa A. Swiatek-Odien: Guiding Light - The Foundry (ends 10/8)
FIT: Buffalo Fashion, Identity, and Transformation - Burchfield Penney (ends 11/1)
Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind - AKG (ends 11/8)
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)