List of festivals in Buffalo, New York

Like many large cities, numerous festivals have become part of the Buffalo's culture and tradition. Though most of the festivals occur during the summer months, the city has recently pushed to have winter festivals as well, in an effort to capitalize on the region's snowy reputation.

Summer festivals

Taste of Buffalo at Niagara Square

• Allentown Art Festival – largest festival of the year; held on the second weekend of June in the Allentown neighborhood
• The BASH^[1] – military-themed fundraiser; proceeds go towards vital disaster preparedness education and response in Western New York communities
• Buffalo Brewfest^[2]
• Buffalo Gay Pride Festival^[3]
• Buffalo Greek Festival^[4]
• Buffalo Niagara Blues Festival^[5]
• Curtain Up!^[6] – marks the beginning of the Buffalo theater season
• Dożynki Polish Harvest Festival^[7]
• Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts^[8]
• Friendship Festival – joint festival with Fort Erie, Ontario celebrating Canada–United States relations
• Italian Festival^[9]
• Juneteenth Festival^[10] – annual celebration of the freedom of slaves
• Music is Art Festival^[11]
• National Buffalo Wing Festival
• Nickel City Con – Upstate NY's largest comic book & pop culture festival held annually in May at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center
• Taste of Buffalo – one of the largest outdoor food festivals in the country
• Thursday at the Square – weekly outdoor summer concert series on Thursday evenings during the summer and fall

Fall festivals

• Buffalo International Film Festival^[12]
• Western New York Family Fall Festival at Everhaunt Haunted Attraction^[13]

Winter festivals

• Buffalo Ball Drop^[14]
• Buffalo Powder Keg Festival^[15]
• Dyngus Day Buffalo^[16]
• Labatt Blue Pond Hockey^[17]
• Saint Patrick's Day Parades – In addition to the parade held in the downtown area on a Sunday either before or after March 17, the "Old Neighborhood" parade is held the day before in the southern part of Buffalo, which is heavily populated by ethnic Irish residents and where the first parades were originally held.^[18][19]
• World's Largest Disco^[20]

References

1. The BASH Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
2. Buffalo Brewfest
3. Buffalo Gay Pride Festival
4. "Buffalo Greek Festival". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
5. Buffalo Niagara Blues Festival
6. Curtain Up!
7. Dożynki Polish Harvest Festival
8. "Welcome to the 2011 Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts!". Eafa.techriver.net. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014.
9. Italian Festival
10. "Juneteenth Buffalo". Juneteenthofbuffalo.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014.
11. Music is Art Festival
12. "Buffalo International Film Festival". www.buffalofilm.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
13. Parisi, Nancy (October 13, 2022). "In Angola, Everhaunt ups the horrors with multiple haunted houses, while helping the community". The Buffalo News. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
14. "Ring in 2014 at the 26th Annual Buffalo Ball Drop and Fireworks". Buffalo, NY: City of Buffalo. December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
15. "Buffalo Winterfest & Powder Keg Festival". Visit Buffalo Niagara.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013., Retrieved 2013-5-31.
16. Dyngus Day Buffalo
17. "Home". Labatt Blue Pond Hockey. Archived from the original on October 28, 2013., Retrieved 2013-5-31.
18. "Home". Buffalo St. Patricks Day Parade.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014., Retrieved 2013-5-31.
19. St. Patrick’s parade’s storied past Buffalo News, March 17, 2014 Retrieved 2014-03-17. Archived March 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
20. Watson, Stephen (November 29, 2008). "World's Largest Disco gains more national attention". The Buffalo News.