Holiday Pops
2024-12-19 10:30 (America/New_York) | Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
Holiday Pops
Bradley Thachuk, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
The annual Holiday Pops concert, a beloved tradition under the baton of Bradley Thachuk, returns to fill Kleinhans Music Hall with the joy and wonder of the season. Featuring the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, this festive gathering is a tapestry of holiday favorites that sparkle with the magic of winter. From the serene beauty of “Silent Night” to the jubilant “Jingle Bells,” each piece is performed with the warmth and splendor that only your BPO can deliver. Perfect for families and friends of all ages, this concert invites you to revel in the music that makes the holiday season a time of communal joy and celebration, creating memories that last a lifetime.

Winter Floral Arrangement
2024-12-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14218-1526, United States
Winter Floral Arrangement

December 19, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: $65/ticket | $58.50/member

Bring the scents and colors of the winter season home with this floral design workshop. Discover how to prep fresh materials for your arrangement, basic design elements, as well as how to keep your arrangement looking fresh. All floral materials and supplies will be provided. You may wish to bring a box for transporting your arrangement. Flowers will be based on seasonal availability. Registration closes on December 17.
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Meet your instructor, Andrea!

Andrea is a Horticulturist and Collections Manager here at the Botanical Gardens. After growing up locally in East Aurora, NY, Andrea went on to continue her education at Finger Lakes Community College and graduated with an Associates in Applied Science in Fish and Wildlife Technology. After that, Andrea transferred to the University at Buffalo, SUNY and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies. Prior to her position here, she worked as a landscaper and groundskeeper for a private venue for 5 years. Andrea has a strong passion for gardening, specifically with perennial and cut flower gardens, and likes to spend her free time with her husband, two dogs and two donkeys.

Thurs-Date Nights
2024-12-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14218-1526, United States
Thurs-Date Nights
Grab your special someone and enjoy a romantic evening of food, flowers, and fun at the Botanical Gardens for Thurs-Date Nights! Our conservatory is the perfect hideaway for a cold winter evening. Stroll among the lit-up spaces and enjoy the magic of our Poinsettia Exhibit. Tickets include a glass of beer or wine from The Bubble Bar, light-fare from The Grazeful Gatherer, and a sweet treat to end the evening!

Upcoming Events

December 12, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
December 19, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Gardens After Dark
2024-11-29 17:00 - 21:00 | Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14218-1526, United States
Gardens After Dark

November 29, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cost: $17.50/ticket | $15.50/member

Experience the magic of the holidays this month during Gardens After Dark! Thousands of twinkling lights will guide you through our magically illuminated greenhouses. See textures, shapes, and shadows that you’ve never noticed before as different colors bathe our plant collections in a whole new light. Escape Buffalo’s cold winter nights and enjoy a charming and calming evening at the Botanical Gardens.
During Gardens After Dark, experience our annual Poinsettia Exhibit! Step into the warm embrace of our tropical conservatory, filled to the brim with brilliant poinsettias of all sizes and colors. Allow the vibrant reds, magentas, pinks, yellows, and oranges to fill your heart with joy. This Western New York holiday tradition is sure to brighten your mood, and keep you warm, as you explore our carefully curated collection of pretty poinsettias.
Add to your romantic Gardens After Dark experience with drinks, wine, and cheese at Thurs-Date Nights. Tickets include a glass of beer or wine from The Bubble Bar, light-fare from The Grazeful Gatherer, and a sweet treat to end the evening!

Sister’s Christmas Catechism
2024-12-20 19:00 | Shea’s 710 Theater, 710 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Sister’s Christmas Catechism is a holiday mystery play about the search for the Magi’s gold that retells the nativity story. The show features a character named Sister who uses scientific tools, a choir, and audience members to create a living nativity.

Motown Christmas
2024-12-22 14:00 | Shea’s 710 Theater, 710 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
A Motown Christmas is a powerful family-oriented show combining Motown’s greatest hits with everyone’s favorite holiday classics. This show features those famous Motown trademarks: dazzling choreography and unforgettable harmonies all performed in that memorable, soulful Motown style.​

The Ultimate Doors – A Tribute to the Doors
2024-12-27 20:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
The Ultimate Doors – A Tribute to the Doors
The Ultimate Doors
The Ultimate Doors was formed with the intention of preserving The Doors’ music and performances as well as bringing an authentic experience to the old and the new generations of Doors fans. With great attention to detail, The Ultimate Doors provide their audiences with an authentic looking and sounding tribute to Jim Morrison & The Doors. From Jim Morrison’s leather outfits all the way down to the color of the microphone cable, The Ultimate Doors leaves no stone unturned in bringing an authentic Doors tribute show to the stage.The four musicians within the Ultimate Doors who take on the roles of Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore do not take the job of portraying their idols lightly. They want to make their idols proud., and want to provide such an authentic experience that their audiences feel as if they are watching The Doors performing live in the late 1960s.

Khan!!! The Musical! A Parody Trek-tacular
2025-01-16 19:30 | Shea’s Smith Theatre, 654 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Khan!!! The Musical! A Parody Trek-tacular
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Brent Black
Co-Conceived by Alina Roth
In 2366 and the timeframe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data the android presents his musical comedy version of The Wrath of Khan with a cast of virtual actors on the Holodeck! A campy show-within-a-show ensues where the bloodthirsty Khan vows revenge on a washed-up James T. Kirk and Data–portraying multiple roles–learns a thing or two about life along the way.

A Tribute to Bee Gees
2025-01-23 19:30 | Shea’s 710 Theater, 710 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States

Tribute Band Jimmy Buffet
2025-01-25 20:00 | Shea’s 710 Theater, 710 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States

Fulton Lee presents The Groove With Me Tour
2025-01-26 20:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Fulton Lee presents The Groove With Me Tour

Leave your burdens at the door and understand one thing: There’s a curly headed man in a blue suit who wants to groove. And he wants to groove with YOU. So prepare to be STRUCK by the Funk. OVERCOME by the Vibes. And MARKED by the Boogie.
Prepare to lose control of your hips and your heart at the same time, swept away in the universal language of music. And who knows, you might even end up on stage playing keys for Fulton Lee. Either way, leave with your shirt sweaty and your soul nourished.
Fulton Lee
Hey friends, I’m Fulton Lee and I make Bubblegum Funk music. I’m an independent artist living in VA, making groovey bops everyday. I hope to help you see the joy, beauty, tragedy, brevity, and ultimately the hope that is in this small window of time that is our lives.
GROOVE WITH ME GA EXPERIENCE includes general access to The Groove With Me Tour + general access to merchandise. See you there!

GROOVE WITH ME VIP EXPERIENCE includes exclusive Meet & Greet Experience + Photo Opp with Fulton Lee himself, 1 GA Ticket, 1 Hour Early Entry into the venue, early access to Merchandise and more! See you there!

Forbidden Broadway
2025-02-11 19:30 | Shea’s 710 Theater, 710 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
From FROZEN to PHANTOM to WICKED, this all-new fall-down funny, satirical roast of over 30 Broadway hits features outrageous costumes, silly spoofs of the songs you know by heart and madcap impressions by a stellar cast! Newer spoofs include HAMILTON, DEAR EVAN HANSEN and MOULIN ROUGE. It’s never been more fun poking fun at your favorite musicals and stars! A New York sensation for 35 years, a talented quintet of comic chameleons throw out pointed parodies at a dizzying pace. Whether you are a seasoned theatre-goer or new to it all, the Tony Award® winning Forbidden Broadway is your one-stop ticket to non-stop laughs: a hip and fresh view of theatre’s tried and true that will leave you begging for more! The New York Times has made Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation a “Critics Pick” calling it “The Best Edition of Forbidden Broadway in recent memory!”
Forbidden Broadway is the recipient of a Special Tony Award®, an Obie Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Off Broadway Musical, and a 2013 Drama Desk Award nomination for its edition, Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!
Presented by Shea’s and Albert Nocciolino

The Niceties Second Generation Theatre
2025-02-14 19:30 | Shea’s Smith Theatre, 654 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
