What’s Good: August 21-27, 2025
Our weekly guide to what’s going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture.
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Thursday, 8/21
Beauty and the Beast (Shea’s, 650 Main St, 1pm/7pm, $51-$108)
Disney’s animated classic, live on stage.
Jessie Murph (Terminal B, 850 Fuhrmann Blvd, 7:30pm, $64-$121)
The country-pop singer, on her Worldwide Hysteria tour. w/Jorjiana
Bella’s Bartok (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $15adv/$20)
Rescheduled from 4/23, previous tickets will be honored. w/Captain Tom & the Hooligans
Ahren Belisle (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7:30pm, $31-$41)
This Kill Tony and America’s Got Talent vet is mute due to cerebral palsy, but uses his phone to tell jokes.
Comedy at the Caz (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 6:30pm doors/8pm, $15)
Featuring Wyatt Feegrado, Charlie Mac, Brian Netzel, Billly Whalen
Vincent Neil Emerson (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 7pm doors/8pm, $20adv/$25, 18+)
Country/folk mainstay. w/Kassi Valazza
Evan Laedke (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Joe Rozler Trio (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 6-8pm)
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.
Peacemaker (HBO)
Fresh off a cameo in Superman, John Cena’s super-antihero returns for Season 2.
Friday, 8/22
Sip, Shop & Take! (Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave, 6-8pm, FREE)
The closing night of the gallery’s 51st Annual Members Exhibition. Your last chance to buy original artwork (or bring yours home, if you’re an exhibiting artist!)
Beauty and the Beast (Shea’s, 650 Main St, 7pm, $51-$108)
Disney’s animated classic, live on stage.
Mojo Brookzz (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm/9:15pm, $39)
Fresh off “We Them Ones” comedy tour alongside Mike Epps, and has over 1 million TikTok followers.
Uno Tournament (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, 7-10pm, $15)
$10 with two school supply donations. Cash prizes.
Scarlet Begonias (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 7pm doors/8pm, $15adv/$20, 18+)
Grateful Dead tribute.
Michael Hund (Riverworks, 359 Ganson St, 6pm)
Greg Klyma Band (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Beau Fleuve Backyard BBQ (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 6-9pm, $20)
Local BBQ & other food vendors, and guest DJs.
Improv Collider (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 7pm, $10adv/$12/$6.54 student)
An hour of long form improv comedy.
Confessions! (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 8pm, $14adv/$17/$10 student)
BIH’s teaching faculty perform improv comedy based on your (anonymous) secrets.
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
Shin Godzilla (Transit Center)
One of the best kaiju movies ever made is re-released on the big screen. In Japanese with subtitles.
Honey Don’t! (in wide release)
Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza star in the middle chapter in Ethan Coen’s “lesbian B-movie trilogy” that started with Drive-Away Dolls.
Relay (in wide release)
A corporate fixer (Riz Ahmed) helps a client (Lily James) who fears for her life.
Eden (Flix Stadium 10, 4901 Transit Rd, Depew)
Jude Law and Vanessa Kirby try to escape society by moving to the Galápagos islands, but society follows them, in director Ron Howard’s latest.
Trust (Transit Center, Walden Galleria)
Cabin-in-the-woods horror, with Sophie Turner as an actress hiding out from a scandal who discovers she has worse things to hide from.
The 40-Year-Old-Virgin (Transit Center)
20th anniversary screening of the Judd Apatow comedy.
Trainwreck (Transit Center)
10th anniversary screening of the Judd Apatow comedy.
Eenie Meanie (Hulu)
A former getaway driver (Samara Weaving) is roped into one last job in this heist thriller.
Coolie (Elmwood Center)
A former union leader takes on the crime syndicate who murdered his friend in this action thriller. In Tamil with subtitles.
Enna Nu Rehna Sehna Ni Aaunda (Elmwood Center)
A family in a quiet subruban neighborhood fight back against the noisy students who move in next door in this comedy. In Punjabi with subtitles.
Paradha (Elmwood Center)
In a small town, women are forced to cover their faces to ward off a curse, in this social drama. In Telugu with subtitles.
Stalin (Elmwood Center)
4K rerelease of the acclaimed 2006 film, about an Indian army veteran who decides to help three people. In Telugu with subtitles.
War 2 (Elmwood Center)
a mercentary infiltrates a criminal cartel in this sequel to 2019’s War. In Hindi with subtitles.
Saturday 8/23
Beauty and the Beast (Shea’s, 650 Main St, 2pm/7:30pm, $51-$108)
Disney’s animated classic, live on stage.
Mojo Brookzz (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm/9:30pm, $39)
Fresh off “We Them Ones” comedy tour alongside Mike Epps, and has over 1 million TikTok followers.
BUR Fest (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 3pm doors/3:30pm, $15, All Ages)
Food, raffles, and performances by Letter To Elise, Off the Wall, and Mookie.
Tacos & Tequila Festival (Terminal B, 850 Fuhrmann Blvd, 2pm, $64-$121)
Buffalo’s best taco vendors, plus lucha libre wrestling, exotic car show, and chihuahua beauty pagent.
Fabolous (Electric City, 433 Pearl St, 9:30pm, $15)
Rapper Fabolous hosts an afterparty to the Tacos & Tequila festival, including DJ Unk, DJ Goose, and DJ Rob Nass spinning R&B, hip-hop, bounce, reggae, and afrobeats.
The Beard and the Bird (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 6-8pm)
Davey “O” (Riverworks, 359 Ganson St, 1pm)
Tropical Explosion (Riverworks, 359 Ganson St, 6pm)
Click w/Level 2 Student Showcase (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 7pm, $10 suggested)
All-female improv team Click, plus a performance from BIH’s Level Two students.
Partners in Crime & Deejay Emcee (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 8pm, $14adv/$17/$10 student)
A local improv group, and an Ontario improv duo perform a doubleheader.
The Pink Pony Club (Town Ballroom, 681 Main St., 7pm doors, $21, 16+)
Chappell Roan tribute. w/Addisyn Logan
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 8/24
Beauty and the Beast (Shea’s, 650 Main St, 1pm/6:30pm, $51-$108)
Disney’s animated classic, live on stage.
Mojo Brookzz (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm/9:30pm, $39)
Fresh off “We Them Ones” comedy tour alongside Mike Epps, and has over 1 million TikTok followers.
The Starting Line (Electric City, 433 Pearl St, 6:30pm, $50-$120)
w/Oso Oso
Masti World Music Ensemble (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 4-6pm)
Common Love (Riverworks, 359 Ganson St, 1pm)
Sam Marabella (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 6-8pm)
Big Martha (Sportsmens Tavern, 326 Amherst St, 2pm doors/4-7pm, $20)
Allman Brothers tribute.
Dr. Jazz & the Jazz Bugs (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 3:30-5:30pm)
We’re not sure but we think they might play jazz.
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 8/25
Song Swap w/Lou Barlow and Bobby Bare (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $26)
Indie rock veterans Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh) and Bare (Guided by Voices, Young Criminals) tell stories and play each other’s songs and other people’s in an intimate acoustic show.
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 8/26
Shly (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7:30pm, $33-$44)
Thl.
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)
Hard Knocks: The Buffalo Bills (9pm, HBO)
Get into the locker room and see this season’s impending Super Bowl champs at work.
Wednesday 8/27
GoldFord (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 7pm doors/8pm, $35, 18+)
$75 VIP tickets include pre-show listening session to unreleased music, and Q&A & photos.
Explore Buffalo Tour (Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, 10:30am-noon, $19, under 18 FREE w/parent)
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Buffalo’s landmark venue.
Showstopping Pops (Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, 7:30pm, $19, under 18 FREE w/parent)
The Buffalo Philharmonic plays popular contemporary songs.
Brendan Gosson (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Zoomst (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8-11pm)
w/Merangutang
Karaoke Night (Twentysixallen, 26 Allen St, 6pm)
Comedy Open Mic (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, sign up 7pm, show 9:30pm)
