CYOA BFLO: 8/28 to 9/3
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 28
Opening | Dusty Herbig: Conned - Mirabo Press
Opening | Robert Booth: Presence - Buffalo Arts Studio
Opening | Bethany Krull: Home - Buffalo Arts Studio
Opening | Imaginal Stitching: Creations in Thread by Barbara Murak - Hunt Art Gallery
Opening | Art of the Culture - Paint the Town
Zine Release Party: We Were Seeds - Fitz Books
Artists for Baskin - Princessa's Studio & Art Gallery
Lewiston Jazz Festival (Fri+Sat)
Buffalo German Festival (Fri+Sat) - Cheektowaga Town Park
JABS, UNNAME, Lala Buckstar - Hickory Urban Sanctuary
DJ Reaubert Presents: Spaghetti Hours - Mothership 571
Benefit Show for AJ SPLIFF feat. M.O.W. , Soyfruit, & Nicole Lowe - Secret Headquarters
Jagged Edges, Ghost Note, entemps/detemps, Lil Twiggy & The Aardvark Mafia - Area 54
Abandoned Trains, Cowboy Vampires - The Cave
Ernie & The Band, Buffalo Funk Brigade - Nietzsche’s
The Waves, Ordinary Feeling, Wren Cove, The Turbulents - Mohawk Place
Joey Gonzalez Collective - The Caz
Vinyl Happy Hour - 1250 Niagara St
Seth Payne Presents Chicago Comedy Takeover 2 - The 9th Ward
DISORDER Goth Night - Revolution Lounge
Saturday August 29
Silo City Reading Series: Tarfia Faizullah, Siew Hii, Olivia Block, D. Sloan - Silo City
Opening | 35th Annual Juried Regional Artists Exhibition - Artists Group Gallery
CEPA Photography Class: Anthotypes - Groundwork Market Garden
TIFFTIETH Celebration: 50 Years of Tifft Nature Preserve
JoAnn's Classical Corner - BTPM
Backyard Shenanigans: Parallel Play Date 2 - Star Buds
LITFRANK, DDK, Good View - Nietzsche's
Cemetery Echo, Vicious Intent, Grilth, Bifurcate - Hen House
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix - Sportsmens Tavern
Happy Hour with the Maze Piper Drum Trio - Milkie’s
Pure Heel, Mental Anguish, Full Time Bionic - Area 54
Walrus Gumboot Trio - The Cave
Dead Letter Office: Tribute to REM - Sportsmen Tavern
Slow Animals w/ Silver Maple - Iron Works
Casuals at Gypsy Parlor: U-Lock, Kincize, DJ Liquid T
The Lavender Revue Presents: Tarot & Tease - Indigo Chapel
Sunday August 30
Olivia Block Performs Breach - UB Slee Hall
Epilepsy WNY Presents: Under The Lights with Miles Levin - Electric City
Community Closet: A Back to School Fashion Experience - Fitz Books
The Chicago Authority - Sportsmens Park
Black Box Social Club Presents: Golden Hour - Studio West
Sunset Sundays: Mary Droppinz - Riverworks
Monday August 31
SPIN: An All-Vinyl Open DJ Night - Revolution Lounge
Pipes & Drums on the River - Riverworks
TLC & Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue - Darien Lake PAC
Tuesday September 1
Twang Gang SAMFoundation Membership Drive - Sportsmens Park
Alexandr Misko / Gareth Pearson plus Forest Bailey - The 9th Ward
Kenny vs Spenny Live - Rob’s Comedy Playhouse
Wednesday September 2
SALON:OPENING | Robert Harris: The Sacred & The Propane - Fitz Books
Les Greene & the Swayzees, Pine Fever - Nietzsche's
The Mid-Week Vibe XLVII - The 9th Ward
Pop 2000 Tour - Riviera Theatre
Thursday September 3
Opening | BIFF Presents: Buffalo’s Vitascope Theatre + Edisonia Hall - Central Library
Opening | One and Many Chairs - UB CFA
Voices in Contemporary Art | Ragnar Kjartansson: Politics of the Obvious - AKG
The Elders: MOCUS Jazz Legends CD & DVD Release Concert - Pausa Art House
One Way Terror, Muddle, Bitchin Hour, Civilized People - Duende
Braxton Keith, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain - Electric City
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening - Artpark
Ongoing
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)
Incoming MFA Showcase - UB CFA (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)
Theia | Sara Kow-Falcone - CEPA Gallery (ends 9/28)
Salem Browning: Foolish Thaw - Transformation Station (ends 9/30)
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)
Andy Krzystek: Sifting Through Latent Cause - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
Paradigm Shift: Change Is Here To Stay - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/23/27)
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - AKG (ends 4/4/27)
Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/9/28)