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
