Today in Local Music and Community: Saturday September 27, 2025
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Today in Local Music and Community: Saturday September 27, 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.


Bottomless Attic Pop Up Market on the lawn at St. John’s-Grace Episcopal Church. 9am – 3pm

Lockport Community Farmers Market and 12th Annual Locktoberfest on Canal Street in Lockport. Weekly community market with 45+vendors and music 11am – 1pm. Locktoberfest demonstration of the historic Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks by the volunteer Lock Tenders and celebration of the community built on the banks of the Flight of Five Locks. Market 9am – 2pm, Locktoberfest 10am – 5pm

Lewiston Harvest & Hops Festival on Center St, day 1 of 2. Vendors, brewers, and music in 4 locations. Kevin White Music on the roof at The Brickyard at 11am. Farmer Tom Walsh at Hennepin Park at 12pm. Hot Country Line Dancers at 5th & Center St at 1pm. Generation Gap at Casa Antica at 4pm. Festival 10am – 7pm

Fall Fest at Canalside Buffalo Waterfront. Goat yoga, petting zoo, prize wheel, chalk artists, bounce house, Barb’s Book Buddies, vendors, and music by The Alumni Band 1 – 4pm. Kids pass with activites and crafts available. Festival 10am – 4pm

Raíces y Sabor Hispanic Heritage Vendor Fair at West Side Bazaar. Vendors, food, face painitng, music, and art displays. 12 – 4pm

The 12th Maritime Heritage Conference with the National Maritime Historical Society at Buffalo Conention Center, day 4 of 4. 12 – 5pm

3rd Annual Arts and Heritage Festival at Old First Ward Community Center. Immersive art workshops, food demonstrations honoring the history of the Old First Ward and Buffalo as a whole, dance performances throughout the day as well at dance lessons inside the community center, and music on 2 stages. Tyler Westcott Music, Savannah Swatland Music, Chris Nathan, Big J Blues, and Wind & Wire on the Acoustic Stage. The Echoes, Kathryn Koch Music Band, Kody & Herren, The Steam Donkeys, and Uncle Ben’s Remedy on the Main Stage. Workshops and 12 – 7pm. Music 12 – 10pm

Beatnik Picnic and Lark and The Night Owl – LATNO at The Broadway Market. Music at 1230pm

Lehning-Graser-Weissman Trio at Minuets & Mimosas: Chamber Music at Duende. 1 – 2pm

SLIM CHANCE and the Can’t Hardly Playboys at Raintree Bar And Grill. 1 – 4pm

15th Annual Oktoberfest on Old Falls Street USA. Traditional German cuisine, kids activities, and music by German American Musicians Association Inc. 1 – 8pm

Harvest Fest at Rusty Nickel Brewing Co. Games and crafts for kids, stein hoist competition for adults. Music by Wacko Fest, Jeff & Joe of Funktional Flow, UnderCover – Buffalo, NY, and Nineties By Nature BFLO. Music at 130pm

Brian Rick at The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY. 2pm

Jack Civiletto Sings Sinatra with April Mazzone at Foleys. 2pm

Fleetwood Fall Fest at Prohibition 2020. Music by Second Hand News. Doors at 2pm, music at 5pm

Opening Reception for “Beyond Borders: The 5 Senses” at Niagara Arts & Cultural Center. Curated by Los Artistas del Barrio Buffalo with music by Luminous. 2 – 5pm

House Rockers Band and Rockabilly Steve and BR3 at Oktoberfest at Thomas E. Tehan American Legion Post 1449. Admission includes dinner. Music at 2pm – $25

Dead on The Hilltop Concert Series at The Hilltop Inn & Grove featuring msuic by tHe FEAST and Little Mountain Band. Doors at 3pm

The Informers at Sportsmens Tavern. 3pm – $10

Dave Viterna Group at GFY Bar & Grill. 3 – 6pm

Voices: Sonny and Julie Mayo at Pellicano Vineyard Hamburg Winery. 3 – 9pm

Celtic Sessions at Nietzsche’s. 4 – 7pm

RiverDogs at Broadway Hotel. 4 – 7pm

The Dave Wasik Soul Jazz Trio at Flying Bison Brewing Company. 4 – 7pm

Posey Shines Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron at Milkie’s on Elmwood. 5 – 630pm

Corey Comer The Soulful Showman at Lock 34 Bar & Grill. 5 – 8pm

Sky Cruisers at Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards. 5 – 9pm

Gavin Adcock, Bayer Blankenship, and Lanie Gardner at Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B. Doors at 530pm

hot milk, save face, and Call Me Disaster at Rec Room Buffalo. Doors at 6pm

Miller and The Other Sinners at Groff’s Cafe on the Green. 6pm

Polka Meets Bluegrass at Potts Deli & Grille featuring Frankie Liszka and Blue Magic and Buffalo Bluegrass Allstars. 6pm

Tom Stahl And The Dangerfields at duende at Silo City. 6 – 8pm

Wayback Band at Buffalo Wings and Brewhouse. 6 – 9pm

Oktoberfest at Buffalo Olde Brewery, day 3 of 3, featuring music by Jon Fohl Band. Music at 6pm

Fundraiser for More Than Matter at Coyote Cafe-Hamburg featuring music by Dead Letter Office – International Tribute to REM. Doors at 630pm – $20

Crash Cadillac at Matthew Glab Post. 630pm – $12

Rockin Robin at Pendleton Creek Pub. 630 – 930pm

West of the Mark at Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub. 630 – 10pm

The JMD Band at Fraternal Order of Eagles #1411. 7pm

Village of Lancaster Last Call Before Fall on Broadway St in Lancaster. Music by “FLIPSIDE”. 7pm

End the Waite at The West End Inn. 7 – 10pm

Queen City Contra Dancers of Buffalo NY at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. 7 – 10pm – $10

Even-Odds at Kristen’s: Bar and Grill. 7 – 10pm

Nick Battistella at The Chandelier Bar at Salvatores. 7 – 10pm

Tim Britt Live at Symposium Wine Bar. 7 – 10pm

Mike and Mandy Music at Champions Sports Bar. 7 – 10pm

Stealin’ at The Cowboy on The Lake. 7 – 11pm

Lucero and Jessica Lea Mayfield in Asbury Hall at Babeville. Music at 7pm – $40

Joe Policastro Trio at Pausa Art House. Music at 7pm

Marty Peters Duo at Gene McCarthy’s/Old First Ward Brewing Co. Music at 7pm outside or 8pm inside in case of rain/cold temps

Showstopping Pops at Kleinhans Music Hall. Music by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with Jay Dref, vocals, Michele Ragufra, vocals, and Ron Spiegelman, conductor. 730pm

New Moon on Monday at West Herr Riviera Theatre. 730pm

The Vandals Band at Marvin’s Bar and Grill. 730pm

Mike Zogaria Music at RationAles. 730 – 1030pm

Reset To Vinyl at Diamond Hawk Golf Course and Pub. 730 – 1030pm – $5

The Outcrops at Sportsmens Tavern. 8pm – $10

Buffalo Dead All Stars at Molly Maguires. 8pm

Workingman’s Dead at The Cave. 8pm – $15

Barnstorm at The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY. 8pm

Strange Standard at Penny Lane – Clarence. 8 – 11pm – $5

Sector 7G in the 716 at Foleys. 8 – 11pm

Kayko with Lost Stars at Nietzsche’s. Music at 8pm – $25

Council, Glow Stone, and Goodbye Metro at The Lounge at Revolution Gallery. Music at 8pm – $15

ECHO 23 at The 33 Speakeasy Grill. 9pm

Gimme Gimme at Rockin Buffalo. 9pm

Knockout Pop-Rock Band at Dwyers Irish Pub. 9pm

90 WEST at Attitudes Bar And Grill. 9pm

Them Dudes and Cowboy Vampires at THE TUDOR LOUNGE. Music at 9pm – $10

David Lynch Retrospective at Milkie’s on Elmwood. Paying tribute to one of the most visionary directors in cinema history with burlesque by The Glam Vamps and music by F__k You, Tammy. Show at 9pm – $20

Diyené at Jack Rabbit. 10pm

The Chillbillys and DJ Kage on different stages at Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub. 10pm

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