Buffalo is Alive with Music

Whatever your favorite genre, every night in Buffalo you can find something cool to listen to—and some nights you can find everything.

 

Buffalo’s musical heritage is dynamic. It’s a story being written one set at a time, as musicians—homegrown or passing through—take the stage in venues you won’t forget. Hear your favorite acts play rooms that’ve been reimagined and reborn, like Asbury Hall, Iron Works, Sportsmen’s Tavern and the Town Ballroom. Even the unexpected spaces are filled with song, from Silo City’s abandoned grain elevators to front porches in the Elmwood Village.

 

Check out our sneaky cool music scene—you’re going to love what you hear here.  Learn more about the Buffalo music scene… explore our venues… and see who’s playing when.

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Art of Jazz 2025: Joe Alterman

03/09

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

For more than two decades, the Art of Jazz series has been recognized as one of the premier jazz events…

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Blue Monday

08/30 – 12/15

Tacoma Performing Arts Center

Free

Chicago Jack and the Heptones play with weekly Special Guests. Join us in the Grand Room in the lower level…

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Suzanne Vega

03/10

Babeville

Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the…

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Tophouse with The Wildwoods

03/14

Babeville

Folk? Bluegrass? Rock? Irish? Pop?A lot of people ask us what genre we are. The truth is, we don’t know.…

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Dirty Dancing in Concert

03/16

Shea’s Buffalo

Have the time of your life! The film with live band and singers!

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Mary J. Blige – For My Fans Tour

03/22

KeyBank Center

Grammy and Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated, “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,” Mary J. Blige announced her 2025 “The For My Fans…

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HEART – Royal Flush Tour 2025

03/31

KeyBank Center

Legendary rock band HEART today announced a run of rescheduled dates for 2025 following their triumphant Spring performances. The band…

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Marc Scibilia

04/03

Electric City

Appearing live at Electric City.

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Disturbed: The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour

04/04

KeyBank Center

 This tour, produced by Live Nation, celebrates 25 years of Disturbed’s seminal debut album which launched the band into public…

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The Traveling Milburys

04/05

Babeville

Hits from The Wilbury’s plus the songs that made each member a rock legend.

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Art of Jazz 2025: Jeff Hamilton Trio

04/13

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

For more than two decades, the Art of Jazz series has been recognized as one of the premier jazz events…

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Brit Floyd: Wish You Were Here-50th Anniversary World Tour

04/23

Shea’s Buffalo

BRIT FLOYDWISH YOU WERE HERE: 50th Anniversary World TourBrit Floyd returns to the stage in 2025 with their biggest and…

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Vieux Farka Touré

04/27

Kleinhans Music Hall – Mary Seaton Room

World-renowned musician Vieux Farka Touré is often referred to as “the Hendrix of the Sahara,” and has become a cultural ambassador for…

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Dweezil Zappa

04/29

Kleinhans Music Hall

Dweezil Zappa was born on September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, the son of the iconic musician Frank Zappa. Over…

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Bôa

05/09

Electric City

In 1998, British alt-rock band bôa dropped their breakout single “Duvet,” a sweeping anthem that went on to soundtrack the…

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Art of Jazz 2025: The Emmett Cohen Trio

05/18

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

For more than two decades, the Art of Jazz series has been recognized as one of the premier jazz events…

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Peter Hook and the Light

05/23

Electric City

Performing ‘Get Ready’ live and in full plus a selection of Joy Division and New Order’s Greatest Hits

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Crazy For You

06/06 – 06/22

Lancaster Opera House

$25-$45

This throwback musical from the early 90s is reminiscent of the effervescent hits from early Broadway. A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic…

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The Driver Era: Obsession Tour

06/06

Artpark

The band, which consists of brothers Ross and Rocky Lynch, aren’t new to the industry by any means. Since their…

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A Whitman Symphony

06/14

Sts. Peter & Paul Church

A Whitman Symphony A World PremiereAdam Luebke |Sts. Peter & Paul Church, Hamburg Embark on an odyssey through the poetic…

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Experience the Best of Van Halen

07/26

Shea’s 710 Theatre

Featuring Completely Unchained – heard all of the favorite hits: Panama, Hot for Teacher, Jump and more!       

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