If you're looking for something fun to do but a fall festival doesn't strike your fancy, here's a sampling of the many other events and attractions to visit in the Greater Niagara Region.
September 2009
2 letter codes at the end of each listing indicate in which county(s) the event takes place:
BU=Buffalo | GE=Genesee | NI=Niagara | OR=Orleans | WY=Wyoming
Strange Brew: The 1960s
A selection of works from the Gallerys Permanent Collection installed in the Clifton Hall Link, focusing on an era that produced some of the most culturally responsive imagery in American history. The art that sprang from the 1960s counterculture fuses elements of surrealism and pop art with swirling patterns, neon colors, repeated motifs, and bizarre iconography. The exhibition includes works by artists Werner Philips, Larry Slezak, and William Weege.
Dates: September 1-20
Location: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
Phone: 716-896-5200
Website: www.albrightknox.org BU
Batavia Muckdogs
Batavia Minor League Baseball with a Bite!
Dates: September 1, 3, 5, 7:05pm
Location: Dwyer Stadium, Batavia
Phone: 585-343-5454
Website: www.Muckdogs.com GE
Fashion Outlets Sidewalk Sale
Extra savings on already great outlet prices of designer name fashions.
Dates: September 4-7
Location: Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA, 1900 Military Road, Niagara Falls
Phone: 716-297-2022
Website: www.fashionoutlets.com NI
Free Community Concerts
Music to be announced. Come and enjoy the music along the Lake Ontario Shore during holiday weekends possibly more than one concert. Call for exact dates.
Dates: September 4-7, 7-9:30pm
Location: Lakeside Beach State Park-Camper Recreation Bldg, Rte 18, Waterport
Phone: 585-682-4888 OR
Toby Keith with Trace Adkins
Dates: September 4, 7:30pm
Location: Darien Lake Theme Park Resort, Rt. 77, Darien
Phone: 877-598-8694
Website: www.GoDarienLake.com GE
Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor
On 9/4, see The Wallflowers live with special guest Tea Leaf Green and on 9/5 Great Big Sea performs with special guests Kathleen Edwards and Jeremy Fisher. Shows start at 5 pm Tickets cost $10 in advance and $20 day of show.
Dates: September 4 and 5, 5pm
Location: Erie Canal Harbor - Central Wharf, Naval Park Cove, Buffalo
Phone: 716-856-3150
Website: www.buffaloplace.com BU
Cruefest – Motley Crue
Dates: September 4, 5pm
Location: Darien Lake Theme Park Resort, Rt. 77, Darien
Phone: 877-598-8694
Website: www.GoDarienLake.com GE
Bird of Prey Day
Experience wild animals, especially raptors like eagles, hawks, falcons and owls up close. Bring your camera! Purchase tickets online or at the door.
Dates: September 5
Location: Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, 655 Luther Road, East Aurora
Phone: 716-652-8646
Website: www.hawkcreek.org BU
National Buffalo Wing Festival
Over 100 different flavors of chicken wings from restaurants throughout the country. Live music and contests including the U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Championship.
Dates: September 5-6
Location: Coca-Cola Field, 275 Washington Street, Buffalo
Phone: 716-565-4141
Website: www.buffalowing.com BU
WNY German American Heritage Festival
Enjoy authentic German beer and cuisine, listen to five different authentic bands, and participate in contests and games including Sauerkraut-Eating Contest, Waltz Contest, and Hummel Look-a-Like Contest. Cost is $3 Kinder Park Day Pass.Email for more information.
Dates: September 5-6
Location: Cheektowaga Town Park, 2507 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga
Phone: 716-864-1965
E-mail: GAMBusinessManager@msn.com BU
Oakfield Labor Daze
Fireworks, folk art craft show, car cruise, bed race, Kiddie Fun Daze, live entertainment.
Dates: September 5-7, 5pm-9:30pm
Phone: 585-948-9390
Website: www.GoDarienLake.com GE
Labor Day Harvest Festival
Live entertainment from 1-4pm. Chicken BBQ 12:00-? Have fun on our hayrides & pony rides and at our Kids' Corral. Pick your own McIntosh Apples. Take a wagon ride to the orchard. Food and refreshments available at the Cantina. $8.00 for everything or $5 for kids corral, $3.00 pony rides and hayrides.
Dates: September 6-7
Location: 3760 Quaker Road, Gasport
Website: www.beckerfarms.com NI
Labor Day Train Run
Ride a piece of history on the Arcade & Attica Railroad. Venture back into the days of yesteryear.
Dates: September 7
Location: Arcade & Attica Railroad, Arcade
Phone: 585-492-3100
Website: www.arcadeandatticarr.com WY
24 with Maggie written by Beth Geyer, directed by Kim Piazza
This World Premiere is a series of shorts woven together by one character as she tries to make it through a day.
Dates: September 10-19
Location: Theatre Plus, Main Street Cabaret, One Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo
Phone: 716-852-2600
Website: www.alleyway.com BU
AREA by Dan Shanahan
AREA makes the smallest observations mythic through movement of people and objects in sculptured space by use of light, sound and images as two women confront their roles in a visceral crime scene.
Dates: September 10-27
Location: Torn Space Theater, Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle, 612 Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo
Phone: 716-812-5733
Website: www.tornspacetheater.com BU
2009 Niagara Falls Blues Festival
Featuring 4 local bands from 4:30 to 10:30.
Dates: September 11-12
Location: Old Falls Street located between the Conference Center and the Crowne Plaza Hotel. NI
Curtain Up! 2009 – 28th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrate the official opening of Buffalo's live theatre season with productions at 13 participating theatres, associated events, a Creative Black-Tie Gala Dinner on stage at Shea's Performing Arts Center, and a free community post party featuring live entertainment on Main Street in Buffalo's Theatre District. Act I (5–7:30 pm) Cocktails/Dinner/Entertainment; Act II (8 pm) Curtains Rise! Theatrical Performances; Act III (10pm) Party!
Dates: September 11
Location: Buffalo’s Theatre District, 646 Main Street, Buffalo
Phone: 716-829-1172
Website: www.curtainupbuffalo.com BU
Bartenders by Louis Mustillo
In ninety minutes, South Buffalo native Louis Mustillo explores the world of the career of a bartender who has seen it all. According to The New Yorker "The portraits Mustillo presents are as bracing and bittersweet as a whiskey sour."
Dates: September 11-12
Location: Theatre of Youth at Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen Street, Buffalo
Phone: 716-884-4400
Website: www.theatreofyouth.org BU
The Pipes are Calling, an Elegy to Dan Higgins, Sr.
Dan Higgins laid bricks, served the Buffalo Common Council and raised five children. His grandson Matt could not relate. But when his grandfather's memory begins to fade, he is overcome with a desire to make up for last time.
Dates: September 11-19
Location: Buffalo United Artists, 119 Chippewa Street, Buffalo
Phone: 716-886-9239
Website: www.buffalobua.org BU
Music is Art Festival
7th annual free festival with 30+ bands, live art, display art, photography, dance, djs, a kids village and more.
Dates: September 12
Location: Grounds of the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Lincoln Parkway & Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
Phone: 716-816-4224
Website: www.musicisart.org BU
Puerto Rican Parade
Largest Hispanic event of WNY. Parade begins on the steps of Buffalo City Hall at noon and continues north up Niagara Street to LaSalle Park. Enjoy shopping for gifts from shops along Niagara Street, great Latin American food and music.
Dates: September 12
Location: Niagara Square to LaSalle Park
Phone: 716-583-3291
Website: www.prparadewny.org BU
Town of Gaines Bicentennial
Plans are being made; everyone is getting ready for a great celebration. Come and learn some of the history of Historic Gaines.
Dates: September 12
Location: Town Hall-14087 Ridge Road, Rte 104, Albion
Phone: 585-589-4592 or 585-589-4174 OR
Bird Festival
Discover the large variety of birds found in the park. Call for details.
Dates: September 12, 10am-3pm
Location: Genesee County Park, E. Bethany
Phone: 585-344-1122
Website: www.co.Genesee.ny.us GE
Old Time Day
The museum and buildings will be open. Live tours, old time skill demonstrations, quilt display, pie sale & book sale. Part of Gaines Bicentennial.
Dates: September 12, 10am-4pm
Location: Cobblestone Society Museum, Rte 104 & 98, Albion
Phone: 585-589-9013
Website: www.cobblestonemuseumsociety.org OR
Brick House Corners Fair
Chinese Auction, Book sale, Children’s games, Historical exhibits, Entertainment.
Dates: September 12, 10am-4pm
Location: Pembroke Town Hall (corner of Rt 5 & 77)
Phone: 585-599-4892 GE
Homestead Festival
Step back in time to early America, a time of simple homemade crafts and craftsmanship with fun for the whole family.
Dates: September 12
Location: Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, North Java
Phone: 585-457-3228 WY
Central Terminal Train Show
Features operating Train Layouts for all the family to enjoy; a Craftsman’s Corner, to learn new ways to improve your layout; Children's play area with Thomas the Tank; door prizes and refreshments; and sale of trains and their accessories for all size layouts & collectors.
Dates: September 12-13
Location: Buffalo Central Terminal, 495 Paderewski Drive, Buffalo
Phone: 716-852-3300
Website: www.buffalocentralterminal.org BU
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
Ride the Arcade and Attica Railroad through the Fall countryside and enjoy a Murder Mystery and dinner.
Dates: September 12 and 19
Location: Arcade & Attica Railroad, Arcade
Phone: 585-492-3100
Website: www.arcadeandatticarr.com WY
Plane Rides & Fly-In Pancake Breakfast
Take a plane ride or watch flying activities with or without the all you can eat pancake, sausage breakfast.
Dates: September 13
Location: Pine Hill Airport, 4906 Pine Hill Road, Albion
Phone: 585-589-7758
Website: www.vintageaircraftgroup.com OR
Freedom Trail Festival
The Tenth Annual Freedom Trail Festival features entertainment, educational activities, food and fun for the whole family as we celebrate our Underground Railroad Heritage in Niagara Falls.
Dates: September 19
Location: Main St. and Cleveland Ave., Niagara Falls, 12-6pm
Phone: 716-286-8405
Website: www.mainstreetniagara.com NI
Native American Heritage Days
Native Americans perform traditional dances. Featuring athletic and craft demonstrations, Native American food and other goods.
Dates: September 19
Location: Trailside Lodge, Letchworth State Park
Phone: 585-493-3600 WY
Civil War Candlelight Tour
This is a very unique, intimate and moving theatrical presentation. The audience is in small groups, guided by candlelight from scene to scene to observe numerous scripted Civil War scenarios. Tickets cost $10 per person, presale only.
Dates: September 19
Location: Hull House, 5976 Genesee Road, Lancaster
Phone: 716-681-6451
Website: www.hullfamilyhome.org BU
September to Remember
Auto Swap-7th annual. Breakfast, over 100 flea & crafters, cars & tractor sales. Sat: Motorcycle show, lawn tractor pull 10am, antique tractor display. Sun: car show (200 cars).
Dates: September 19-20, 8am-5pm
Location: Rte 31, Knowlesville
Phone: 585-798-0445 OR
Greater Niagara Fish Odyssey: Lake Ontario plus
$2,500 Grand Prize in 2008. Adult & Junior Divisions. Eligible fish must be caught in the waters of Lake Ontario or its tributaries, including the Niagara River, in either the N.Y.S. or Canadian waters with the eastern most boundary being a line drawn north from the Orleans/Monroe County border to the Canadian shore.
Dates: September 19-27
Location: Lake Ontario and tributaries
Phone: 877-325-5787
Website: www.fishodyssey.net OR
CHICAGO the Musical
This triumphant hit musical is the recipient of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations. A sensational tale of sin, corruption and all that jazz, CHICAGO has everything you could want: knockout dancing, an edge-of-your-seat story and one showstopper after another.
Dates: September 22-27
Location: 646 Main Street, Buffalo
Phone: 716-847-0850
Website: www.sheas.org BU
Dinner Cabaret Package
“Diva & the Italian Guy,” a Vegas variety dinner show, featuring Marcy Downey & Buddy Sebastian singing great songs & laugh-out-loud comedy. Limited seating, advance reservations required. W-6:45pm. Daytime matinee dinner shows for groups & general public Sept. 21 through Oct. 1 on request
Dates: September 23, 26
Location: Tillman's Village Inn, Jct. Rte 104 & Rte 98, Albion
Phone: 941-486-4253
Website: www.divaandtheitalianguy.com OR
Tree ID Walk
Guide: Chuck Rosenburg
Dates: September 26, 1-3pm
Location: Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Basom, Kanyoo Nature Trail (Rt 77)
Phone: 585-948-5445
Website: www.fws.gov GE & OR
5th Annual Knox Farm Fiber Festival
Come spend the day in the beautiful Western New York countryside and enjoy classes, vendors, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, a "show off you classic/funky hand-worked scarf" competition and demonstrations of silk production, spinners, weavers, blacksmith, and tinsmith.
Dates: September 26
Location: Knox Farm State Park, 437 Buffalo Road East Aurora
Phone: 716-652-3237
Website: www.knoxfarmfiber.com BU
Wildlife Festival
Explore the incredible world of rare animal species, their habitats and natural ecosystems at the 23rd annual festival. Presentations by renowned naturalists, birds of prey, primates, reptiles and other exotic
Dates: September 26-27
Location: Niagara Power Vista, 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston
Phone: 866-NYPA-FUN
Website: www.nypa.gov NI
National Alpaca Farm Day
Activities for adults & children, refreshments, raffle, spinning demonstration & more. Spend time with an alpaca, view products made of alpaca fiber. Unique gifts. 100% alpaca yarns, rovings. Free. Check website for more info
Dates: September 26-27, 10am-6pm
Location: Sandy Creek Alpacas - 1536 West Kendall Rd., Kendall
Phone: 585-659-9165
Website: www.SandyCreekAlpacas.com OR
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