October is an incredible time to be in Western New York – the air is perfectly crisp, the leaves are turning brilliant colors, and it’s the textbook definition of “sweater weather.” It is also a fantastic time to find a bounty of incredible events to harvest.
Below are a few of our recommendations for events that should not be missed this month.
Coucou: A Fashion Retrospective of NYC Designers
CEPA Gallery Located in Buffalo’s Historic Market Arcade Complex, 617 Main Street
October 7-November 4
#Free #Art
Sneak a peek inside the world of New York designers Phillipe and David Blonde through Cheryl Gorski’s fashion documentary photography. Over the last decade, Gorski has used her uncanny ability to capture emotion through a fashion lens to record the innovative collections of The Blonds.
Play/Ground 2022
Buffalo RiverWorks, 359 Ganson Street
October 7-10, 2022
$10-$35
#Art #Event
Get outside and explore this public art extravaganza. It’s guaranteed to be 4 days of fun, art, and play for all ages. The site-specific interactive public art installations brought to you by contemporary artists.
Adult Book Fair
Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois Street
October 8, Noon – 4:00 PM
#Free #Event
If you were a child of the 80’s or 90’s, you couldn’t wait for the elementary school book fair. Half Baked Book Club Podcast & Twenty6 Productions are bringing a version of this nostalgia tinged event to all ages at Buffalo Iron Works. Vendors, podcasts chatter, and harvest brews available.
.9 Mile Collaborative Presents Blacks’ Myths feat. Walter Kemp 3
Babeville, 342 Delaware Avenue
October 9, 5:00 – 7:00 PM
$33.69
#Music
Blacks’ Myths create pulsing, hypnotic rhythmic structures that churn unpredictably, all while exploring the cracks and ambience in between. Joined by Walter Kemp 3, this duo’s music is the perfect way to end a weekend.
Creatures After Dark
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue
October 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30 from 6:00 – 9:00PM
$15 adult, $7.50 age 3-12
#Event
Topiary “creatures” made from live plants fill the botanical gardens. Tour through the exhibit for many Instagram moments, and enjoy the mix of the natural and theatrical.
Nosferatu Reinvented
Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central Ave
October 15 at 7:30 PM
$14
#Film
This hundredth anniversary showing of the classic film boast a new score by Broadway’s Kurt Noble. The new score will be played by automated musical instruments. This event is sure to be fang-tastic.
Festival Weekend #6: The Great Pumpkin Farm
11199 Main Street, Clarence, NY 14031
October 22 + 23, Noon – 4:00 PM
#Event
Go to The Great Pumpkin Farm to live out your zombie apocalypse fantasies. The venue boasts zombies in the corn maze from noon to four. After surviving that event, walk through the pumpkin palace to choose the perfect pumpkin, enjoy an apple cider donut, and buy a scarecrow in the Halloween Store. The Great Pumpkin Farm is open daily, now through October 31 from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, click here for more on the festival weekend lineups.
Witches Ball | Highway to Hell
The Statler
$45-$175
#Event
Buffalo Rising’s Witches Ball is back at The Statler and ready to take you on a “Highway to Hell” on Saturday, October 29 from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. so you can Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop. Buffalo’s best immersive Halloween experience features dozens of the most ‘hardcore’ local artists, actors, drag queens, musicians, DJs, psychics, mediums, and more!
This is just a small selection of all the great events happening this month. For more ideas of things to do and see in WNY, check out our newly launched Cultural Calendar.
The post WNY SOUNDSTAGE | OCTOBER EVENT ROUNDUP appeared first on Buffalo Rising.