CYOA BFLO: 9/4 to 9/10
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 4
Opening | Scar Markham: My Friend’s Band - The Good Stuff Gallery
Opening | Ragnar Kjartansson: Politics of the Obvious - AKG
Site-specific Audiovisual Performance with Senem Pirler - Silo City
Nude Luxury: A Poetry Event - Fitz Books
Open Studio with Rachel Leah Cohn - Mirabo Press
A Talk with Brendan Hoffman - Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center
EarthBand - Revolver Records Elmwood
An Evening with Livingston Taylor - The Caz
DeeAnn DiMeo Quartet - Pausa Art House
Video Game Jazz with Masuda Method - Black Dots
Unfaithful Servants - Sportsmen Tavern
Miss Guerilla Fighter, Calicuzns, Hostile Makeover - Area 54
Stratosphere, Pipe Bomb, We Were Blank - Nietzsche’s
Throwback Fair: A Celebration of Lilith Fair - Iron Works
Foxy Thrills, Jagged Little Bills, The Allfornauts - Milkie's
A Midsummer Night’s Drag - Revolution Lounge
Lyd’s Mixed Bag - No Fun LoFi Bar
80s Night with DJ Billie Page - Mohawk Place
Saturday September 5
Artist Reception | Bree Gilliam: id - Buffalo Arts Studio
2026 Generator Fund IRL Info Session - BICA
Kenan Civic Arena Grand Opening
Buffalo Pothole Bandit’s Frog Hunt (there are also toads)
Street Crier Karaoke with Little Cake - Central Library
5th Annual Better Off Read Summer Book Festival - Artpark
Living Room Pilates - Skeleton Dojo Social Club
The Step Down, Power Creep, Could Be Closer - Secret Headquarters
Analversary ‘26 - Mohawk Place
Late Night Live with The Bird Soup Podcast - Indigo Chapel
[adult swim]: a Drag Show - Milkie’s
Rapture: New Wave & Punk Records w/ DJ Dr Wisz - Revolution Lounge
Scotty & Bridgit Present: Bass Culture - Soul Stop Records
Buddy Buddy with Chris Cruse & Mutualism - Duende
Sunday September 6
Opening | Janna Willoughby-Lohr: What Remains - OSB Buffalo
5th Annual Buffalo Jazz Festival - Ellicott Street
Slam Dunk, Hold Out, Hostile Makeover, Numbskull - Hen House
Drivin N Cryin, Laid Back Country Picker - Sportsmens Tavern
Sunset Sundays: Justin Martin - Riverworks
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
SALON:POEMS | Thom Eichelberger-Young & Friends - Fitz Books
Chris Price (aka The Soular Souldier) Album Premiere - Revolver Records Elmwood
David Lynch Trivia Night - Indigo Chapel
Thursday September 10
Meet the Artist: Adam Weekley at Camp Everything - Burchfield Penney
BICA School Reading Group: Federico Campagna - BICA
Matt Incontro Sextet - Pausa Art House
Rick Maguire (Pile) - Milkie's
Jill McCracken, Spud, The Mookies - The 9th Ward
Vintage Sample - No Fun LoFi Bar
Ongoing
Robert Harris: The Sacred & The Propane - Fitz Books
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)
35th Annual Juried Regional Artists Exhibition - Artists Group Gallery (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)
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)
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - AKG (ends 4/4/27)
Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/9/28)