What are the best things to do in Buffalo this weekend with family?

Buffalo and Western New York has 95 family-friendly events on the calendar this weekend, October 16 to 18, spread across 32 venues, and 52 of them are free. The busiest of them are below; every event links to its own page with the address and the time, and the full list for Friday through Sunday follows, sorted by day.

On Friday, Destination Dinosaur is at Buffalo Zoo, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. 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. Book Sale is at Eden Library at 11:00 AM, and it is free. A book lover's and bargain hunter's dream come true! Friends of the Boston Library Fall Book Sale is at Boston Free Library at 12:00 PM, and it is free. Farm Market FeedMore of WNY is at Elaine M. Panty Branch in Buffalo at 12:30 PM, and it is free. Visit the Farm Market truck from FeedMore WNY in our parking lot on Prairie Street. Au-Some Evening (October 2026) is at Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum in Buffalo at 5:30 PM, and it is free.

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. Spooky Magic Show is at Kenmore Branch at 12:00 PM, and it is free. Get in the Halloween spirit with a family-friendly, not-too-scary magic show full of spooky sights and silly thrills! Children’s Movie is at North Tonawanda Public Library at 1:00 PM, and it is free. Join us every Saturday at 1pm in the Children’s Room for a free family movie! Fall Festival is at Lackawanna Public Library at 1:00 PM, and it is free. Join us at the Lackawanna Library on Saturday, October 17th for some Fall fun with pumpkins, crafts, games, and candy! St. Bonaventure MBB v Penn State 4:00PM is at KeyBank Center in Buffalo at 1:30 PM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. St. John Fisher vs. Daemen 1:30PM tip off, St.

On Sunday, BOOtanical Bounce Party at the Botanical Gardens is at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens at 10:00 AM, and the price is not listed, so check the venue. Celebrate the season at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens BOOtanical Bounce Party! BOOK CLUB: Science of Monsters is at Buffalo Museum of Science at 11:30 AM, and it is free. Ever wondered what science has to say about the creatures that have haunted our stories for centuries? WNY Cosplay Club: Wig Styling Basics is at Central Library in Buffalo at 1:00 PM, and it is free. Join us for the second meeting of the WNY Cosplay Club! Beyond Resolution: Films By Sabine Gruffat is at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo at 7:00 PM, and it is free. Join us at Hallwalls for a screening of short films by Sabine Gruffat, followed by a Q&A with the artist!

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 weekend fills in. Every family-friendly event in Buffalo and Western New York this weekend is in the list below, with the same day, venue, town and price on every card.