Buffalo & Western New York · Mon Oct 12 – Sun Oct 18

Things to do in Buffalo this week (Oct 12–18)

Everything happening Monday through Sunday around Buffalo and Western New York — concerts, festivals, markets, family days, comedy and more. Updated twice a day.

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Boo! Bingo
Community Boo! Bingo
Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PM

Boo! Bingo

Cardinal O'Hara High School · Tonawanda
$25 Details
Conep
Music Conep
Fri, Oct 16 · 7:00 PM

Conep

$70 Details
Oktoberfest Golf Tourney
Community Oktoberfest Golf Tourney
Sat, Oct 17 · 12:00 PM

Oktoberfest Golf Tourney

Beaver Island Golf Course (BIGC) · Grand Island
via Montana International (Beaver Island) Details
Pocketship
Food & Drink Pocketship
Sat, Oct 17 · 9:00 PM

Pocketship

via Visit Buffalo Niagara Details

Also running this week

The Great Pumpkin Farm
Community The Great Pumpkin Farm
Now through Sun, Nov 1

The Great Pumpkin Farm

Great Pumpkin Farm · Clarence
via Visit Buffalo Niagara Details
John Bacon Jazz
Music John Bacon Jazz
Select dates through Oct 25

John Bacon Jazz

Duende · Buffalo
via Visit Buffalo Niagara Details
Tom Robert
Nightlife Tom Robert
Select dates through Dec 2

Tom Robert

via Visit Buffalo Niagara Details

Buffalo has 355 events on the calendar this week, October 12 to 18, spread across 81 venues, and 150 of them are free. The biggest rooms and the busiest stages are below; every event links to its own page with the address, the time and where to buy tickets, and the full list for Monday through Sunday follows, sorted by day.

On Monday, Destination Dinosaur is at Buffalo Zoo, and it is free. Buffalo Sabres Single Game Suite Rental-Florida Panthers is at KeyBank Center in Buffalo at 1:00 PM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. Highmark Stadium Tours is at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park at 8:00 PM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue.

On Tuesday, NYS of Health Representative is at North Tonawanda Public Library at 9:00 AM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. Alana Springsteen w/ Kyle Schuesler is at Buffalo Iron Works at 8:00 PM, and tickets are $25.

On Wednesday, Ricky Nelson Remembered Starring Matthew and Gunnar Nelson is at The Avalon Theatre At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort at 3:00 PM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. Open Mic is at Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo at 7:00 PM, and it is free. Grab a free ticket at the box office, and enjoy over 20 comedians performing live!

On Thursday, Learn & Play Chinese Mahjong is at Kenmore Branch at 1:00 PM, and it is free. Join us at the Kenmore Library from 1-3pm to learn to play Chinese Mahjong! A History of Blackface and Minstrelsy is at Central Library in Buffalo at 6:00 PM, and it is free. Canisius Professor Dr.

On Friday, M&T Third Friday is at The Buffalo History Museum at 10:00 AM, and it is free. Join us on M&T Third Friday for free admission from 10 a.m. A Gospel Symphony Tribute to Richard Smallwood is at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo at 7:30 PM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue.

On Saturday, Leave a Crack For the Light: A Community Storytime is at Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch in Buffalo at 10:30 AM, and it is free. Micky Dolenz – 60 Years of The Monkees is at Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda at 7:30 PM, and tickets are $64–$84.

On Sunday, Bat Boy the Musical is at Shea's Smith Theatre in Buffalo at 2:00 PM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. RiverWorks Mafia Game Day Suites: Bills at Raiders is at Buffalo Riverworks at 4:25 PM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. Skip fighting for a table and give your crew their own home base for game day.

Listings are gathered twice a day from the venues’ own calendars, theatres, libraries, museums and public feeds across Western New York and deduplicated, so this page changes as the week fills in. Everything in Buffalo this week is in the list below, with the same day, venue, town and price on every card.

Listings are gathered from local venues, theatres, libraries, museums and public calendars across Western New York, and every entry links back to its source. Running something? Add it to the calendar.

Where this calendar comes from

716 Spotlight keeps one calendar for the whole region. Twice a day we check 28 local sources — venue and theatre calendars, libraries, museums, the City of Buffalo listings and the regional ticketing feeds — and merge everything into a single list. Where the same show turns up in more than one feed it is matched and collapsed into one entry, so a concert listed by both the venue and a ticket seller appears once. The same listings are also published as narrower pages — things to do in Buffalo this weekend, things to do in Buffalo this week — for readers who want one slice rather than the whole calendar.

Right now there are 2,301 upcoming events across 28 Western New York towns and cities, at 146 venues. Listings are free, nobody pays to appear, and anyone running something can add it themselves.

Every entry links back to the venue or ticket seller it came from. Times and details can change, so confirm with the venue before heading out. How this calendar works →