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

The Rod Bonner Trio at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Wilson Town Square, Knox Building. 12 – 130pm

Supporting Jessica’s Journey at Hamburg Moose Lodge 992 Loyal. Suporting Jessica Schie in her fight against brewat cancer. Basket raffles, 50/50 split, food, and music by DARK HORSE RUN BAND and “FLIPSIDE”. 1 – 7pm – $25

Banjo Juice Jazz Band at Jack Rabbit. 1 – 4pm

Button Making at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Wilson Town Square, Knox Building. 1 – 430pm

Crush Crush Crush and DJingat The Beer Keep. Music at 1pm

meet the Bacons at The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY. 2 – 5pm

Buffalo Ecstatic Dance and Talking Circles at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. All ages, family friendly. Doors at 2, check in at 215, dance at 230, closing circle at 415pm. $5-$10 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds

Director’s Lecture Series – Painted Wolrds: Oral Culture in the Art of Goya, Manet, and Picasso at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Lipsey Auditorium, Knox Building. Join Peggy Pierce Elfvin Director Janne Sirén as he describes how art historians can use the tools at their disposal to breathe life into the aural landscapes of the past. 2 – 4pm – $20

Carol McLaughlin Big Band at Buffalo & Erie County Public Library – Central Library Ring Of Knowledge. 2 – 330pm

Cheektowaga Community Symphony Orchestra at St. Andrew Church performing works by Brahms, Liszt, Vaughan Williams, and Hovhaness. 3pm

Central Groove at Sportsmens Tavern. Fundraiser for the Eighth District Dental Foundation. 4 – 7pm

Bob Lee Acousticness at Hofbrauhaus Buffalo. 4 – 7pm

Rockabilly Steve and BR3 at THE TUDOR LOUNGE. 4 – 7pm

Michael Hund Live at Prohibition 2020. 5pm

Celebration of the 108th Anniversary of The Buffalo, AMF Black Local 533. Formed as an independant black union in 1917, they formed the established a home at 145 Broadway and incorporated The Colored Musicians Club & Jazz Museum 18 years later. Celebrate the last surviving members with music by Dowoud Sabu Adeyola, Leslie Davis, and Stanley Day. 6 – 8pm – $30