CYOA BFLO: 9/18 to 9/24
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 September 18
Opening | Kurt Treeby: I’ve Got Next - Hallwalls
Opening | Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - UB Anderson Gallery
Opening | Crystal Z Campbell: Aftertouch: Mimosa Pudica - Rivalry Projects
Opening | Kathleen Sherin: Disrupted - WNY Book Arts Center
Opening | Amanda Maciuba: Natural Mythologies - WNY Book Arts Center
Curtain Up! - Main St between Tupper & Chippewa
Rebel Revisited: Movement Variations Inspired by Martha Graham - Torn Space Theater
SPECIAL:SALON | Reading by Author Dan Werb - Fitz Books
Borderland Festival (Fri - Sun) - Knox Farm State Park
Young Authors Event with Trunnis Goggins II - Rust Belt Books
Bangers & Trash #3: 45 RPM Dance Party a Go Go - Nietzsche’s
The Quentet, Funk n Stuff - Milkie's
Joe Rozler’s Universe - Pausa Art House
Pam Swarts, Different Planets - Secret Headquarters
The Alumni, Sailing Stones, Kimchi & The Kidney Beans - Mr. Goodbar
Coat of Many Colors: A Celebration of The Life, Music & Legacy of Dolly Parton - Sportsmens Tavern
Goo Grief (early Goo Goo Dolls tribute), Wolf Tickets - Mohawk Place
Arrival From Sweden: The Music of ABBA - Seneca Niagara Event Center
Practically Petty: Tribute to Tom Petty - Riviera Theatre
That Comedy Show at Babeville: Jake’s Comedy Jukebox - The 9th Ward
Whitney Cummings: The Big Baby Tour - Buffalo State PAC
Saturday September 19
Gathering Along the Shore: Beach Cleanup + Artist Talk with Alexis Oltmer
Opening Celebration of Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - AKG
Backyard Shenanigans Presents: Taking Shape with Alison Cortes
Workshop | Fluid Art: Paint Pouring Magic - Hyatt’s
How-To Festival 2026 - Central Library
Living Room Pilates - Skeleton Dojo
BPO Opening Night with Lang Lang - Kleinhans
Equinox String Quartet - Duende
Havana Reflections: The Evolution of the Cuban Piano and Voice - Pausa Art House
Sam Egan, Sailing Stones, Ronnie Mae Valentine - Secret Headquarters
Merkell Presents: THE MUD SHOW - The Caz
Happy Hour with MONK - Milkie's
Life Vest, Don’t Watch TV, Austin Kelley - Mothership 571
Thought Trials, Fourth Dominion, Burgundy Red, Girl Stuff - Nietzsche’s
Paper Tigers, Department 9, Dev & Co, Reruns - Hen House
Mental Anguish, Xiphiod Process, Sewage Grinder - Mohawk Place
Runway - Prophet Isaiah Robertson's Second Coming House
The Sauce with DJ GVO, YOUNGPAINKILLER, DJ HIM - Black Dots
The Glam Vamps Presents: The David Lynch Retrospective - Milkie's
Trans Takeover with DJ Billie - The Merry Shelley
Funk Soul Disco with Miosi - Soul Stop Records
Supplies Direct: 5 Year Anniversary with livwutang
Sunday September 20
Intro to Balinese Gamelan - Nusantara Arts Culture Center
Little Cake: Solo - St. Mark’s
Del Paxton, Empty Heaven, TWMSO - Area 54
The Quiet Storm Vol. 3 - The 9th Ward
The Steve Stepper Funk Experience - The Cave
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Sportsmens Tavern
DJ Annielogue + DJ Save It - No Fun LoFi Bar
Monday September 21
SPIN: An All-Vinyl Open DJ Night - Revolution Lounge
Tuesday September 22
Virginia Eubanks, A Guide To Open Water Lifesaving, Reading + Conversation - Fitz Books
Explore Collage with Jacob Kedzierski - Kenan Center
Artemis X - Hot Mama’s Canteen
9Million, Viewfinders, Pleasure Dome - The 9th Ward
Improvement Movement - Rec Room
Wednesday September 23
SALON:POET | Karen Mac Cormack - Fitz Books
Burchfield Penney’s Art After Hours: Vault Tour at New Era
Buffalo and the Origins of the 1981 Solidarity Day March - United Steelworkers Local 593
Ricky Ford Quartet: John Coltrane 100th Birthday Celebration - Hallwalls
Art Meets Jazz: Celebrating Rick Strauss - Beebe’s on the Square
Black Veil Brides - River Works
Thursday September 24
Openings | Constructed Belief + Karle Norman: Leather Prayers - UB Center for the Arts
Running the Streets of Buffalo with Jim Cielencki: How a Photo Project Comes to Life - CEPA Gallery
GUITARS: UNNAME, Ryan Bell, Ronnie Zombie, Ulysses Atwhen, Martin Freeman, Joel Brenden - Black Dots
CAM MEETS | Niagara Follies, Music from the CAM Collection - Castellani Art Museum
Harvest to Market: The Erie Canal's Food Legacy - Hofbrauhaus
Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle: Borromeo Quartet - UB Slee Hall
Echoes: A Cabaret of Portraits - Nietzsche’s
Old School B-Boys Motown Revue & More - The Caz
Bruce Wojick & The Struggle - The 9th Ward
Aren't We Amphibians - Rec Room
Bad Nerves, Robbery Club - Iron Works
MILKFESTOCKAPALOOZA with The Foxy Thrills - Milkie's
Ongoing
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)
Scar Markham: My Friend’s Band - The Good Stuff Gallery (ends 9/30)
Janna Willoughby-Lohr: What Remains - OSB Buffalo (ends 9/30)
Robert Harris: The Sacred & The Propane - Fitz Books (ends 9/30)
35th Annual Juried Regional Artists Exhibition - Artists Group Gallery (ends 10/2)
Greetings From The Happiest Country In The World - UB Center for the Arts (ends 10/2)
Abe Ferraro: Every Which Way - TENfold Gallery (ends 10/3)
Melissa A. Swiatek-Odien: Guiding Light - The Foundry (ends 10/8)
Dusty Herbig: Conned - Mirabo Press (ends 10/17)
One and Many Chairs - UB CFA (ends 10/17)
Imaginal Stitching: Creations in Thread by Barbara Murak - Hunt Art Gallery (ends 10/24)
Robert Booth: Presence - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 10/31)
Bethany Krull: Home - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 10/31)
FIT: Buffalo Fashion, Identity, and Transformation - Burchfield Penney (ends 11/1)
Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind - AKG (ends 11/8)
Two Against Nature - Cass Gallery (ends 11/30)
Andy Krzystek: Sifting Through Latent Cause - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
Paradigm Shift: Change Is Here To Stay - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
BIFF Presents: Buffalo’s Vitascope Theatre + Edisonia Hall - Central Library (ends 1/4/27)
Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/23/27)
Ragnar Kjartansson: Politics of the Obvious - AKG (ends 1/31/27)
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - AKG (ends 4/4/27)
Luanne Redeye: Under The Same Sky - Burchfield Penney (ends 6/27/27)
Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/9/28)