What’s Good: July 24-30, 2025
Our weekly guide to what’s going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture.
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Thursday, 7/24
Hot Water Music (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 7:30pm, $39, 16+)
w/Rodeo Boys, On the Cinder
Comedy at the Caz (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 6:30pm doors/8pm, $15)
Stand-up from Mike Sicoli, John Kurshner, Kyle Turner, Bryan Beale
Jungle Steve (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Infringement Festival Opening Ceremony (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8pm)
The Improv Mixer (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 7pm, $5 suggested)
Newcomers and experienced performers are all welcome to participate in improv sketch comedy or just watch.
Cagematch!!! (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 9pm, $6.54)
Two improv comedy teams compete for your votes! The winner returns next week.
Friday, 7/25
Jill McCracken (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $18)
Emotionally raw retro soul music. w/Smac!
Confessions (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 8pm, $14adv/$17/$10 student)
Improv sketch comedy, performed by BIH’s faculty, and based on the audience’s (anonymous) secrets.
Bubba Dub (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm/9:15pm, $33-$45)
This viral sensation has appeared on Ridiculousness, Big Facts Podcast, The Big Podcast with Shqauille O’Neal, and more.
Kraw (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 8pm doors/9pm, $20, 18+)
Local rising star on the EDM scene.
The Joey González Collective (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 6:30pm doors/8pm, $20-$30)
Eclectic jazz.
Shake Stage (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Stephen Babcock (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8pm)
w/Addisyn Logan, Johnny and the Man Kids
Improv Collider (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 7pm, $10adv/$12/$6.54 student)
An hour of long form improv comedy.
The New Friday Mixer (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 9:30pm, PWYC)
Newcomers and experienced performers are all welcome to participate in improv sketch comedy or just watch.
Rechouse (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 11pm, $10)
Honey Group presents a night of house music.
Live Band Karaoke (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 10pm, $8)
New Movies This Week
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (in wide release)
After several failed adaptations, the MCU finally brings the foursome into a retro-futuristic MCU.
The Home (in wide release)
Pete Davidson takes a job at a retirement home that harbors sinister secrets.
Oh, Hi! (in wide release)
A romantic weekend goes awry after Molly Gordon ties up Logan Lerman and refuses to let him go, in this indie that premiered at Sundance.
Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix)
Adam Sandler revisits past triumphs.
Hari Hara Veera Mallu Part 1 (Elmwood Center)
Period action-adventure, based on the life of fictional outlaw Veera Mallu. In Telugu with subtitles.
Maareesan (Elmwood Center)
Vadivelu and Fahadh Faasil star in this comedy thriller. In Tamil with subtitles.
Thalaivan Thalaivii (Elmwood Center)
Romantic action-comedy from writer-director Pandiraj. In Tamil with subtitles.
Saturday 7/26
Broken World (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 11am doors/noon, $20-$50, 18+)
Suicide prevention music festival, with an as-yet-unannounced lineup of local bands, led by Niagara Falls pop punkers Call me Disaster.
Rustbelt Rampage (Town Ballroom, 681 Main St, 5pm, $25, 16+
Hard rock festival, featuring When Legions Fall, Tim the Truth, Deepstate, Alterist, Among the Outcast, Crown Conscious, Atlas Rain.
Barenaked Ladies (Terminal B, 850 Fuhrmann Blvd, 7pm, $69-$157)
The Canadian goofballs come south of the border. w/Sugar Ray, Fastball
Banjee Ball IV (Electric City, 433 Pearl St, 5pm doors/8pm, $33-$63)
Upstate NY Black and Latino Pride presents this staple in WNY KiKi Ballroom.
Empire State Wrestling (Riverworks, 359 Ganson St, 6pm doors/7pm, $25-$30)
Everything to Gaine: an over-the-top royal rumble, featuring 25 of the best wrestlers in WNY. The winner gets a future heavyweight title match.
Amber Autry (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 9:30pm, $31)
Co-host of the podcast I’m Fine, It’s Fine, where comedians share stories with a trauma therapist. Early show sold out.
Underground BLO Showcase (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 8:30pm, $23)
Local immersive dance company.
Hot Stuff (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8pm doors/9pm, $10)
Indie sleaze. w/Liverpool band Sisters
WNY Dueling Pianos (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 6pm doors/7:30pm, $18)
All-request, sing-along piano and comedy show.
Adventure Club/Level One Showcase (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 7pm, $10adv/$12
Two improvised shows from two BIH performance classes.
Partners in Crime (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 8pm, $10)
Improv sketch comedy troupe. With fellow troupes Unicorn Parade, and Defiant Monkey Improv.
Celtic Sessions (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 4-7pm, FREE)
Traditional Irish music.
Black Rock Arts (Black Rock Arts, 43 Hamilton St, 11am-3pm, FREE)
The new artist-run gallery is open to the public every Saturday.
Sunday 7/27
Buffalo’s Funniest (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm, $25-$35)
The final round, in which Jake Piskor, Terre King, Trebor Finnegan, Jacob Morrison, Frank Corbiserie, Andy Ticco, Michael Giambra, and Tyrone Maclin compete for the title of Buffalo’s Funniest Person.
Boundaries (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 6:30pm, SOLD OUT)
w/Stick to Your Guns, Gates to Hell, Psycho-Frame
Run Katie Run (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 6pm doors/7pm, $15, 18+)
Bluegrass country rock.
Stone Circle (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 4:30pm doors/6pm, $15)
Celtic folk-rock.
Ann Philippone (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8, FREE)
Barrelhouse piano.
Jazz Cache (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8:30pm-mid, FREE)
A rotating cast of Buffalo’s best jazz musicians.
Karaoke Night (Twentysixallen, 26 Allen St, 6pm)
Monday 7/28
Mal Blum (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $17adv/$20)
Indie rock singer touring behind new LP The Villain. w/Charlie Mtn
Tom Robert (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Songwriter Showcase (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8pm-mid, FREE)
Singer-songwriters from 8-9, and then an open mic for the rest of the evening.
Tuesday 7/29
Aranda & the Founder (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $20adv/$25, 18+)
Rita Bliss (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 4-5:45pm)
Steam Donkeys (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8:30pm, FREE)
Long-serving “cosmic Americana” group.
Rust Belt Comedy Showcase (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 9-10pm, FREE)
A rotating cast of local stand-ups.
The Stripteasers (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 10pm-mid, $4)
Weekly burlesque show.
Open Mic (Cucina @ Hotel Richardson, 444 Forest Ave, 6-8pm)
This weekly open mic features music, poetry, and comedy. Register at jkonze@douglasdev.com.
Karaoke (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, 8pm)
Wednesday 7/30
A Midsummer Night’s Draw (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm, $15)
36 artists create original drawings in two 45-minute livedraw rounds, followed by an online silent auction of the work.
Lustsuckpuppy (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 8pm, $22, 16+)
w/CPU Buddha, chango4
Jeremy Spindler (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
The Dirt Turtles (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 9pm)
Karaoke Night (Twentysixallen, 26 Allen St, 6pm)
Comedy Open Mic (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, sign up 7pm, show 9:30pm)
