List of festivals in Buffalo, New York

Like many large cities, numerous festivals have become part of the Buffalo's culture and tradition. Though most of the festivals occur during the summer months, the city has recently pushed efforts to have winter festivals as well in an effort to capitalize on the region's snowy reputation.

Summer festivals

• Allentown Art Festival – Largest festival of the year on the second weekend of June in the city's Allentown neighborhood.
• Taste of Buffalo – One of the largest outdoor food festivals in the country.
• Buffalo Greek Festival
• Italian Festival
• Dożynki Polish Harvest Festival
• National Buffalo Wing Festival
• Buffalo Brewfest
• Curtain Up! – Marks the beginning of the Buffalo theater season.
• 

  Taste of Buffalo at Niagara Square
  Thursday at the Square – Weekly outdoor summer concert series on Thursday evenings during the summer and fall
• The BASH- A military themed fundraiser in which all proceeds go towards vital disaster preparedness education and response in Western New York communities.
• Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts^[1]
• Buffalo Gay Pride Festival
• Juneteenth Festival^[2] is an annual celebration of the freedom of slaves.
• Music is Art Festival

Winter festivals

• Buffalo Ball Drop^[3]
• Buffalo Powder Keg Festival^[4]

Labatt Blue Pond Hockey^[5]

• Saint Patrick's Day Parades – In addition to the parade held in the downtown area on a Sunday either before or after March 17; the "Old Neighborhood" parade is held the day before in the southern part of Buffalo heavily populated by ethnic Irish residents where the first parades were originally held.^[6][7]
• Dyngus Day Buffalo

References

1. "Welcome to the 2011 Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts!". Eafa.techriver.net. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014.
2. "Juneteenth Buffalo". Juneteenthofbuffalo.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014.
3. "Ring in 2014 at the 26th Annual Buffalo Ball Drop and Fireworks". Buffalo, NY: City of Buffalo. December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
4. "Buffalo Winterfest & Powder Keg Festival". Visit Buffalo Niagara.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013., Retrieved 2013-5-31.
5. "Home". Labatt Blue Pond Hockey. Archived from the original on October 28, 2013., Retrieved 2013-5-31.
6. "Home". Buffalo St. Patricks Day Parade.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014., Retrieved 2013-5-31.
7. St. Patrick’s parade’s storied past Buffalo News, March 17, 2014 Retrieved 2014-03-17. Archived March 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.