Today in Local Music and Community: Friday May 2, 2025
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Today in Local Music and Community: Friday May 2, 2025

Every day Monica Power supplies her picks for cool events happening in Western New York; you can also find her at her Facebook page.


Warehouse Sale at Hyatt’s All Things Creative. 1030am – 630pm

Books Arts Classes for Children & Families at Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library. 4 – 6pm

Bike Month Blast Off at GObike. 5pm

FAR at Sportsmens Tavern. 5pm – $10

Beer For Cats Fundraiser for Ten Lives Club at Mr. Goodbar. Silent auction, basket raffle, and 50/50 drawing. 5 – 730pm

Opening Reception for “F★CK YES TO ALL THIS SH★T by ALiWAY Designs” at The Intersection Cafe. 5 – 730pm

Opening Reception for “Portrait of Buffalo II” at CEPA Gallery. Featuring work by photographers Tiffany Gaines, DJ Carr, Pat Cray, Jake Amadori, Andrea Wenglowskyj, and Tito Ruiz. 5 – 8pm

Opening Reception for “Shrimp World” by Hannah Secord Wade at Rivalry Projects. 5 – 9pm

Eric Weinholtz at Wagon Wheel. 530 – 830pm

Captain Jack Buffalo at Rizzo’s Casa di Italia on Transit. 6pm

The Gripers 4 at Duende at Silo City. 6 – 8pm

Cami Clune at The Ship Bar & Grill. 6 – 9pm

Tim Britt Live at Sto Lat Bar. 6 – 9pm

Mike Zogaria Music at Two Nines Kitchen Bar. 6 – 9pm

Opening Reception for “Spring Into Color” at Allen Street Art featuring work by Johanna C. Dominguez of Mallorn Mosaics, Laura McMahon, and Elizabeth Gatto. 6 – 9pm

The Art of Beer at Niagara Arts & Cultural Center. Music by The Heenan Brothers, Captain Tom & The Hooligans, Bobby & The Pedestrians, and Moxy Cabaret. 6 – 9pm

Buffalo’s Band Named Sue at Nietzsche’s. 6 – 9pm

DuelingPianos716 at Rec Room Buffalo. Doors at 630pm

90 WEST at BATCH. 7pm

Opening Reception for “This Time We Have to Die” by Hans Gindelesberger at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. 7pm

Rockabilly Steve and BR3 at THE TUDOR LOUNGE. 7pm

The Phamily Dawg at Buffalo Wings and Brewhouse. 7pm

Open Mic and Dessertluck at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. 7pm

O’Braca Irish Band at The Banshee Irish Pub. 7pm

DARK HORSE RUN BAND at 16 Ellicott Bar and Grill of Depew, NY. 7pm

45 RPM British Invasion Band at Lilly Belle Meads. 7 – 9pm

Brother James & Friends at Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center. 7 – 10pm – $5

Alex McArthur Music and Harry Graser at 42N At The Flats. 7 – 10pm

South City at O’Brien’s West End Inn. 7 – 10pm

The Uptown Groove at The Cove: Seafood & Banquets. 7 – 11pm – $10

SuperCharger at Papi Grande’s. 730pm

Joe LaMay and Sherri Reese at PeopleArt. 730pm – $5

The Land of Ozz at West Herr Riviera Theatre. 730pm

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc in Concert performed by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall. 730pm

4K Restoration Screening of “Rope” directed by Alfred Hitchcock at The Screening Room Cinema & Arts Cafe. 730 – 930pm – $7

Midlife Crisis at Diamond Hawk Golf Course and Pub. 730 – 1030pm

Dakota at Marvin’s Bar and Grill. 730 – 1130pm

Retro Rewind with DJ Dr. Wisz at The Lounge at Revolution Gallery. 8pm – $5

Debut Show for Major Dudes at Foleys featuring Tony Beccari, Tracy Russell, Rick Catanese, Tom Ryan, and Jamie Holka. 8 – 11pm

The Strictly Hip – Hockey Songs & Murder Ballads at The Caz. Music at 8pm

Melissa Ferrick in The 9th Ward at Babeville. Music at 8pm – $35

Silent Legacy Band at The Cave. Music at 8pm – $10

Star People: The Legacy of Jazz at Pausa Art House featuring Tim Clarke, trumpet, Andrew Weinzler, saxophone, John Hasselback, trombone, George Caldwell, piano, Joe Goehle, bass, and John Bacon Music , drums. Music at 8pm

New Planets and Strange Standard at Buffalo Iron Works. Music at 8pm – $25

Green Jello, The Living Brain Dead, BastardBastardBastard, Abandoned Trains, Crux ov Torment, and Different Planets at Nietzsche’s. Doors at 9pm – $25

Little Liar and Sons of Luther at Sportsmens Tavern. 9pm – $10

Tiny Music at Transit Music Lounge. 9pm

Second Hand News at Rockin Buffalo. 9pm

The Rainlamps, Romcom Victims, and Desmond Stoll upstairs at Mr. Goodbar. Music at 9pm – $10

Stress Dolls, Goodbye Metro, Taka Music, and Angie Lucie at Milkie’s on Elmwood. Music at 9pm – $10

Dave Thurman’s Songwriters Showcase at Wagon Wheel. 930pm

Kathryn Koch Music Band and Tyler Westcott Music Band at Jack Rabbit. 10pm

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