Born Buffalo

Sabres vs. Wild
2023-11-10 19:00 (America/New_York) | KeyBank Center, 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
November 10, 2023
Sabres vs. Wild
For more information go to https://www.nhl.com/sabres

Betsy Carmichael’s Hawaiian Luau BINGO
2023-11-09 19:30 | Shea’s Smith Theatre, 654 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Betsy Carmichael’s Hawaiian Luau BINGO
O’Connell & Company
She’s back! Aloha! It’s Hawaiian night at the BINGO Palace with Betsy Carmichael’s Hawaiian Luau BINGO. Betsy Carmichael the Big BINGO Kahuna is pulling out all the stops as she hosts another unforgettable night of BINGO. Grab your lucky trolls and grass skirts and brush up on your limbo. All winners will get leid!

All My Sons
2023-11-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Road Less Traveled Theater, 465 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14205, United States
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
November 9 – December 10
Directed by Scott Behrend
Starring Sean Cullen*, Lissette DeJesus, Sara Kow-Falcone, Bob Grabowski, Greg Howze, Johnny Rowe, Nick Stevens, Maria Ta and Lisa Vitrano
Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes including an intermission.
Considered one of the true landmark plays of the 20th century, All My Sons is set two years after the end of World War II. Successful businessman Joe Keller reckons with things he did to survive during the conflict, whilst he and his family come to terms with the loss of a son. The play has stood the test of time, lauded as a state of the nation play on its premiere, and becoming a dangerously relevant allegory today. All My Sons will also star, stage and screen actor (and Buffalo native), Buffalo’s Own – Sean Cullen!

OCTAVE CAT W/ THE SIDEWAYS
2023-11-10 20:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Octave Cat w/ The Sideways returns to Buffalo Iron Works on Friday November 10th, 2023!
Octave Cat
Octave Cat is a trio of Eli Winderman (Dopapod – keyboards), Jesse Miller (Lotus – bass/modular synth) and Charlie Patierno (drums). The music ranges from stripped down jazz-grooves to analog synth dance music. Influences such as Herbie Hancock jazz-funk and Four Tet electronica can be heard. Octave Cat pushes the jazz and jam boundaries by incorporating elements of electronica and in doing so they have carved out their own unique musical space.
Buffalo Iron Works
49 Illinois St Buffalo, NY 14203
Tickets: $18 ADV/$22 DOS
Doors: 8:00pm
Show: 9:00pm
Ages: 18+

Festival of Laughs
2023-11-10 20:00 | Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Festival of Laughs
Sommore, Lavell Crawford, Bruce Bruce, Bill Bellamy

FALL BALL – FEATURING 10 BANDS ON 2 STAGES
2023-11-11 16:30 | Town Ballroom, 681 Main St., Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Fall Ball
featuring…
Witty Tarbox, FARROW, Funktional Flow, Lazlo Hollyfeld, David Jonathan, Johnny Hart, Grace Greenan, Aircraft, Diyené, and (BEÜ)
Ages 16+
Government Issued ID Required
$25 in advance
$35 day of show

REV. PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND
2023-11-11 19:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band performs live at Buffalo Iron Works on Saturday November 11th, 2023!
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Three time BMA nominee’s The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are “the greatest front-porch blues band in the world.” They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today.
He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy, country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David “Honeyboy” Edwards.
Their latest record Dance SongsFor Hard Times went #1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM BluesCharts and was produced by Grammy winner Vance Powell (Jack White,Chris Stapleton). The record is critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Relix, Pop matters, Guitar World, American Songwriter, No Depression,Glide, Wide Open Country, Paste, American Blues Scene and many more!
Buffalo Iron Works
49 Illinois St Buffalo, NY 14203
Tickets: $20 ADV/$25 DOS
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Ages: 18+

Rachmaninoff Festival: Piano No. 2
2023-11-11 19:30 | Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
Rachmaninoff Festival: Piano No. 2
Our celebration of Rachmaninoff concludes when audience favorite Fabio Bidini undertakes the captivating Piano Concerto No. 2, which symbolized Rachmaninoff’s recovery from depression and his inability to compose. His poetic Second Symphony is a triumphant command of the form, lush and lyrical.
Program
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Fabio Bidini, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Join us after Saturday’s concert for a Musician’s Nightcap!
Meet us on the lower level after Saturday’s performance for light conversations with BPO musicians and complimentary wine and bites, hosted by BPO double bassist Jonathan Borden. This special event is FREE and open to all who attend Saturday’s concert.

RAZOR BRAIDS
2023-11-12 19:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Razor Braids make their Buffalo Iron Works debut Sunday November 12th, 2023!
Razor Braids
Brooklyn’s Razor Braids is a queer, all-female/non-binary rock band combining the vulnerable self-awareness of indie rock with dynamic instrumentation anchored in a 90s alternative ethos. Through soaring harmonies and a driving rhythm section the band has honed a magnetic sound that is a testament to the healing power and catharsis of community.
Following their warmly-received debut album“I Could Cry Right Now If You Wanted Me To,” the band released two singles inSpring 2022, weaved together during the pandemic and bringing to life the memories – from terrible parties to secret make-out spots – that bubble to the surface when the world has been forced to a halt. The singles, “Kellogg’s” and “Megachurch,” garnered praise from Brooklyn Vegan and placements on multipleSpotify Fresh Finds playlists. In the time since, Razor Braids embarked on two headlining tours through the Midwest, South, and East Coast and opened up themain stage at Boston Calling 2023, sharing a stage with The Beaches and The FooFighters.
The band brought their energetic stage presence to SXSW as official artists, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Sultan Room, and Elsewhere as direct support for Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Jigsaw Youth and Anna Shoemaker, respectively. In 2023, the four-piece plans to release new music after their Fall North American tour, expanding on their singular balance of tightly layered vocals, heavy riffs and reflective lyrics with more confidence and sense of purpose than ever before
Buffalo Iron Works
49 Illinois St Buffalo, NY 14203
Tickets: $12 ADV/$15 DOS
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Ages: 18+

The Rock Orchestra
2023-11-12 20:00 | Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
The Rock Orchestra
by Candlelight
11 classical instrument wielding musicians, breathing beautifully dark energy into legendary Rock & Metal tracks. Bathed in a sea of candles, skeletal players with rhinestone masks effortlessly switch between sublime melodies & powerful walls of sound. Crooked lurching towers, floating lanterns & giant head-banging puppets set the stage for an otherworldly musical experience. Following on from our sold out UK & EU tours, we come to the USA with a massive, brand new 90-minute setlist featuring the biggest Rock and Metal of all time, performed in stunning, candlelit surroundings. Performing the music of iconic bands including:
Metallica, Black Sabbath, Rage Against The Machine, AC/DC, Rammstein, SOAD, Led Zeppelin, Evanescence, Guns N Roses, Billy Idol, Queens of The Stone Age & MORE… Proudly in association with the Tempus Quartet.
VIP Ticket includes:
– The best view in the house
– An official Rock Orchestra T Shirt
– Priority queuing where possible
https://www.the-rock-orchestra.com/
Disclaimer: The Rock Orchestra and its events are not affiliated with the artists and composers listed. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Sabres vs. Bruins
2023-11-14 19:00 | KeyBank Center, 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
November 14, 2023
Sabres vs. Bruins
For more information go to https://www.nhl.com/sabres

Menopause The Musical® GFour Productions
2023-11-14 19:30 | Shea’s 710 Theater, 710 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Menopause The Musical®
GFour Productions
COME JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD! Four women at a lingerie sale have nothing in common but a black lace bra AND memory loss, hot flashes, night sweats, not enough sex, too much sex and more! This hilarious musical parody set to classic tunes from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s will have you cheering and dancing in the aisles! See what more than 17 million women and fans worldwide have been laughing about for over 20 years! It’s the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change! ®

Shea’s Shopping Soiree
2023-11-15 17:30 - 20:30 | Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
The Shea’s Shopping Soirée is back!
Shop unique gifts for the holidays and meet local vendors at this special fundraising event on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 5:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
Introducing this year’s exciting addition: Some of Buffalo’s most creative Kid Businesses will be showcasing their delightful collection of seasonal gifts. Support your future entrepreneurs at this year’s Shopping Soiree!
Tickets: $15 presale, $20 at the door
$30 VIP ticket (limited to 50 people)
Early access
Champagne at the door
All proceeds from this event will benefit Shea’s Restoration, Engagement and Education Programs, and overall mission. This event is hosted by the Shea’s Young Professionals.
Interested in being a vendor, reach out to Beth at bpotozniak@sheas.org for more information. Limited spots available.
*Please note no refunds are available.

APASHE
2023-11-15 19:00 | Town Ballroom, 681 Main St., Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
MNM Presents
Apashe – Antagonist Tour
w/ Live Brass Ensemble
support: Wasiu, YMIR
Wednesday November 15
Town Ballroom
681 Main St Buffalo NY
Doors / Show 7pm 18+
Apashe
apashemusic.com
instagram.com/apashe
twitter.com/apashe_music
youtube.com/ApasheOfficial
w/ support from
Wasiu
twitter.com/AfroWasiu
tiktok.com/@afrowasiu
instagram.com/afrowasiu
YMIR
ymirymirymirymir.com/
twitter.com/ymir_music
instagram.com/ymirymirymirymir
Produced by
mnmpresents.com

WELLNESS WALKS
2023-10-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Tifft Nature Preserve, 1200 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
WELLNESS WALKS PRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT HEALTH
OCTOBER 5 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Drop by Tifft Nature Preserve every Thursday and join us for a casual volunteer-led tour of the Preserve.
Presented by Independent Health.
Age: All ages
Cost: FREE. $3 donation per person requested.
Please call 716-825-6397 to confirm walk will be taking place.

HOLLY BOWLING
2023-11-16 19:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Holly Bowling returns to Buffalo Iron Works for a very special evening on Thursday November 16th, 2023!
Holly Bowling
Cast aside any and all expectations.
Whether behind the piano on a windswept mountainous cliff, at a hallowed venue such as Carnegie Hall, or playing shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the most legendary musicians in history, solo pianist Holly Bowling subverts convention with virtuosic playing, emotional immersion, and a thirst for invention. Acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Relix, and more and sought-after by icons such as Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Warren Haynes, she once again flips the script on her 2020 album and second reimagining of Grateful Dead staples entitled Seeking All That’s Still Unsung.
“When you go to see someone play solo piano, you’re not expecting them to stand up, pluck the strings, drum on the frame, hit the strings with mallets, or place magnets and EBows inside of the piano,” she smiles. “It doesn’t fit with the expectations of how you’re supposed to play this instrument. I think it works though.”
Her introduction to the instrument happened at just five-years-old when mom and dad bought a piano from a yard sale down the street. They gave their daughter a choice: ballet or piano. As the sounds of Mozart, Beethoven, and The Grateful Dead piped through their home, she obviously chose the latter without hesitation.
After a childhood dedicated to the instrument, she studied piano performance at SF State University. Intermittent gigs around San Francisco followed before she ended up on stage for an impromptu jam with Marco Benevento. “I paid him a dollar to go up there,” she recalls. “It reminded me that for most of my life I wanted to be on stage playing, and I couldn’’t let that slip away.”
After catching a 2013 Phish show in Lake Tahoe renowned for its extended rendition of “Tweezer,” she transcribed and arranged the entire 37-minute improvisational masterpiece into a nuanced and intricate piano opus. She humbly refers to it as “a nerdy pet project that somehow inspired people to demand Phish on piano.” It announced her arrival as an exciting outlier and paved the way for Distillation Of A Dream: The Music Of Phish Reimagined For Solo Piano in 2015.
As her profile rose, she delivered Better Left Unsung only a year later. For this triple-LP, she re-arranged iconic moments from the Grateful Dead on her piano. It bowed in the Top 25 of the Billboard Top Classical Albums Chart. She went on to share the stage with everyone from The Dead’s Weir and Lesh to Haynes, John Scofield, Jim James, Branford Marsalis, Don Was, Robert Randolph, Greensky Bluegrass, and more. Along the way, she graced the bills of Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads and Haynes’s annual Christmas Jam and unveiled the concert recording Live at the Old Church. Simultaneously, she co-founded improvisational rock outfit Ghost Light in 2018. Engaging a faithful audience even in the midst of the “new normal” of 2020, she launched a series of living room livestreams chronicled on the eight-volume Alone Together: The Living Room Sessions highlighted by her innovative re-imaginings of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and many others.
During 2019, she tracked Seeking All That’s Still Unsung at 25th Street Recording in Oakland over the course of just five days.
“Seeking All That’s Still Unsung is a lyric from a Dead song,” she explains. “There was definitely a sense of trying to look for what I hadn’t said on the last album. Having spent a few more years exploring the Dead’s music in the solo piano context, I felt free enough to take more liberties with how I approach the arrangements and improvisation. I can insert myself into the songs more. Given their nature, I realized the way to actually be the truest to them is to throw the rules out the window.”
Under the influence of the Bill Evans album Conversations with Myself, she properly incorporated overdubs for the first time, locking into a “dialogue” with her own playing. She tried her hand at this approach on Better Left Unsung’s “Dark Star,” but truly brought it to life here.
On the opener and first single “St. Stephen,” her fingers nimbly conjure a melody between bass-y root notes. The call-and-response instantly captivates with all of the drama and dynamics of a main stage festival performance.
“It’s like you’re watching a movie,” she explains. “The scene changes, and the colors and lighting just shift. Something new comes into focus, and the improv goes further. It’s not what I expected to come out of the arrangement initially, but it’s a defining moment on the album. It has the intensity of the overdubbing and some light and dark places to showcase a different range of emotions.
Elsewhere, the sprawling near 14-minute “Weather Report Suite” traverses a similar scope as her transcendent playing spirals towards a climactic release. The project culminates on a delicate “Stella Blue,” which she calls “the perfect landing point of the album and an exhale at the end after this emotional ebb and flow.”
In advance of Seeking All That’s Still Unsung, she embarked on The Wilderness Sessions—a virtual concert tour of natural wonders across the United States. Setting up her piano in the heart of national parks and landmarks such as Yosemite National Park, the Bonneville Salt Flats, Bruneau Canyon, the Beartooth Mountains, and the Badlands of South Dakota, she catalyzed the “Interaction between the music and the landscape.”
In the end, Holly consistently redefines what’s possible on her instrument of choice.
“When I play pure stripped-down acoustic piano, it’s like going home,” she leaves off. “I love the nuance, detail, and emotion you can pull out of a piano in a more subtle and quiet setting. The moments I cherish the most happen when I slip outside of myself for a while. If my music gives this to someone else, that would make me happy. There are shades of classical and shades from the Grateful Dead. A lot of classical enthusiasts might not give the Dead a chance. Many Deadheads may not like classical. Personally, I’ve always had two halves of my musical life. When I finally started to bring them together, it was something I’d been building towards for a lot longer than I’d realized. Bringing everything together, I’d love to open up boundaries and help people discover something new.”
Buffalo Iron Works
49 Illinois St Buffalo, NY 14203
Tickets: $22 ADV/$27 DOS
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Ages: 18+

Wheel of Fortune LIVE!
2023-11-16 20:00 | Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Wheel of Fortune LIVE! brings America’s Game® to your hometown! One of the greatest game shows of all time has been adapted into a stage show to give more fans access and more chances to win at “Wheel of Fortune LIVE!” Guests are randomly selected to go on stage and feel like they stepped into the game show itself. The live stage show is the only way you can have the chance to spin a full-sized replica of the iconic Wheel. At Wheel of Fortune LIVE!, contestants are selected from the audience to go on stage for the chance to call consonants, buy vowels, and maybe even solve puzzles to win fantastic prizes, including trips to destinations like Paris and Hawaii or up to $10,000 in cash. Everyone gets in on the fun and a chance to win at Wheel of Fortune LIVE! because there are audience games too!
Rules to Play

Golden Girls
2023-11-17 19:30 | Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Golden Girls
The Laughs Continue
The Golden Girls are back! Miami’s sassiest seniors have returned for one more hurrah.
WARNING – 18+ Only (Adult theme comedy).
2023 finds Sophia out on bail, after being busted by the DEA for running a drug ring for retirees. Blanche and Rose have founded CreakN, a thriving sex app for seniors. And Dorothy is trying to hold it all together, with help from her much younger, sex-crazed love interest. Relive the heartfelt hilarity of four ladies who never stopped being your friends! There will be a 20-minute intermission.
Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue is a professional stage show unlike any other Golden Girls tribute that you might have experienced. The play is written by Robert Leleux, author of The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy and The Living End. His work has also appeared in The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, and his other plays have been produced across the country. Direction by Eric Swanson, who was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Detroit Actors’ Theatre Company. The cast includes Ryan Bernier as Dorothy, Vince Kelley as Blanche, Adam Graber as Rose, Christopher Kamm as Sophia, and Jason Bowen as Stanley/Troy.
Presented by Murray & Peter. Get tour info at GoldenGirlsTour.com.

The Music of ABBA: Arrival from Sweden
2023-11-17 19:30 | Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
The Music of ABBA: Arrival from Sweden
Stuart Chafetz, conductor
The music of the ever-popular blockbuster group of the 70s returns to rock Kleinhans when Arrival from Sweden rejoins the BPO for what has been called the absolute best and most authentic ABBA show there is. Don’t let this evening slip through your fingers!
