What’s Good: September 4-10, 2025
Our weekly guide to what’s going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture.
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Thursday, 9/4
The Sadies (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 7pm doors/8pm, $15 adv/$20, 18+)
This Canadian country-rockabilly outfit always put on a heck of a show. Not to be missed. Rescheduled from 6/12 – previous tickets will be honored. w/Letter to Elise
Buckwheat Zydeco, Jr. (Sportsmens Tavern, 326 Amherst St, 5pm doors/7pm, $15 adv/$20)
The son of the New Orleans legend carries on his father’s musical legacy. w/Ten Cent Howl
Water, Water, Everywhere (Black Rock Arts, 43 Hamilton St, 5-8pm)
Opening reception for the gallery’s fall exhibition, which features 14 artists, working in paint, photos, and film, on the theme of the Niagara region’s freshwater ecology.
Vision Video (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $20 adv/$25)
Post-punk goths from Athens, GA. w/Panic Priest
Ben Brainard (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7:30pm, $32-$43)
This Florida comic also hosts the current event sketch comedy series The Table.
Comedy at the Caz (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 6:30pm doors/8pm, $15)
Stand-up from Mark Saldanha, Tony Pusateri, and Jacob Morrison
Photosound (Milkies, 522 Elmwood Ave, 7pm, $12)
w/Nick Mass, Kopek, Bird Soup
Joe Bellanti (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Slip Fish (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8pm doors/8:30pm)
w/Alex Kirkwood, CSaint, Just Kyle
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.
The Paper (Peacock)
This The Office spin-off uses the dying medium of the network sitcom to explore the dying medium of newspapers.
Friday, 9/5
Kevin Smith (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7/9:15pm, $39-$50)
The Clerks director is one of Hollywood’s best off-camera storytellers.
Ali Siddiq (UB Center For the Arts, 7pm, $36-$74)
Stand-up comic and storyteller who’s appeared on Punk’d, Bring the Funny, Kill Tony and more.
Ole 60 (Asbury Hall, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $36 adv/$40)
Grunge rock with a touch of southern charm. w/Rob Langdon
David Herzberg (Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave, 5pm)
The director of UB’s Drugs, Health, and Society program gives a talk on doctors susceptibility to addiction, as part of UB Humanities’ Scholars@Hallwalls series.
Hayley Jane Band (Sportsmens Tavern, 326 Amherst St, 8pm, $15 adv/$20)
Psychedelic rock.
Beer Through the Ages (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 6:30pm doors/7pm, $15, 18+)
A beer tasting curated by Emily Sorokes of BuffaloBeerInfluencer, with live music from country rockers Dead End Highway.
The Foxy Thrills (Milkies, 522 Elmwood Ave, 8pm)
w/Hooked on Casiophonics, Mookie
Band Named Sue (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm)
Classic country covers
The Truth Untold (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 9pm, $10)
w/Murder, Little Liar, The Waterdogs
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
Jaws (in wide release)
50 years later, Spielberg’s shark thriller remains as close as you’ll find to a perfect film. You owe it to yourself to see it on the big screen.
Interstellar (Elmwood Center, Transit Center)
We’re not actually sure why this one’s back on the big screen (11th anniversary?), but it was made to be seen on the big screen, and is certainly better than any of the dog-days-of-summer new releases currently in theaters.
The Conjuring: Last Rites (in wide release)
The ninth and (for now) final installment in the series, with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson investigation the paranormal.
The Threesome (Elmwood Center, Transit Center, Walden Galleria)
An impulsive MFF threesome ends up with both women pregnant in this romantic comedy.
Light of the World (Transit Center)
Animated Christian drama about Jesus, as seen from the perspective of John the Apostle.
The Legend of Hei 2 (Walden Galleria)
In Mandarin with subtitles.
Saturday 9/6
Kevin Smith (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7/9:30pm, $39-$50)
The Clerks director is one of Hollywood’s best off-camera storytellers.
Fuzzy & the Rustbelts (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm doors/8pm, $18)
Special acoustic performance from the local Americana group.
3rd Annual Jammin’ Jamboree (Milkies, 522 Elmwood Ave, 8:30pm)
Event to honor Jesse Buckner. Performances by Taka, Red Huffy, Dante DiGiulio, Graffiti Jetpack.
Texas Headhunters (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 7pm doors/8pm, $25 adv/$30, 18+)
Texas blues-rock supergroup with three frontmen: Ian Moore, Jesse Dayton, and Johnny Moeller. w/Trevor Stribling from PA Line
Please Miss Robot Don’t Take My Job (Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave, 5pm, FREE)
Bebe D’Lure’s improvisational art piece, in which viewers can interact with, “a machine living in the skin of a human.”
Various Factors (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 7pm, $22adv/$27/$14 student)
A fully improvised comedy Broadway-style musical, followed by piano karaoke.
Songbirds (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 3pm doors/4pm; 7pm doors/8pm, $19-$29)
Fleetwood Mac tribute
Sleazeball (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8:30pm doors/9pm)
We’re already doing 2010s nostaliga at this dance party with DJ sets by William Paul, Elmwood Opera, Cassie Rose, and DK IYKYK, as well as drag performances by Claire Voyant, Lookie Lou, Mary Jane Price, Marzipan, P’Trish U’Wish, and Queue Queer.
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 9/7
Dr. Jazz & the Jazz Bugs (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 3:30-5:30pm)
We’re not sure, but we think they 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 9/8
Kazimi (Fitz Books and Wafles, 1462 Main St, 6-8pm)
Performance by Kazimi, plus readings by Nico Gargiulo, Aaron Lelito, and Elizabeth Joy Levinson.
Solar Pyramid (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 9/9
Steve Hofstetter (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 8pm, $39-$49)
Hofstetter has appeared on ESPN’s Quite Frankly, and Fox’s Laughs, and was one of the original writers for collegehumor.com.
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 9/10
Dreamgirls (Shea’s 710, 710 Main St, 7:30pm, $57-$68)
Celebrate the spirit of Motown with this favorite about an aspiring vocal trio. Through 9/28
Blake Christiana (The Cave, 71 Military Rd, 7pm doors/8pm, $20)
The Yarn guitarist performs solo
Bunt (Electric City, 433 Pearl St, 7pm, $38-$63)
German DJ and multi-instrumentalist. w/jigitz, CRISPIN
Noah Thompson (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 7pm doors/8pm, $20 adv/$25, 18+)
The winner of American Idol 2022 has updated his sound.
Open Mic Night (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm, FREE w/two-item minimum)
See over 20 comics perform.
Karaoke Night (Twentysixallen, 26 Allen St, 6pm)
Comedy Open Mic (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, sign up 7pm, show 9:30pm)
Beavis and Butthead (Comedy Central)
Between this revival and King of the Hill, Mike Judge is making it 1997 again by science or magic.
Friday 9/12
Bob Mould (Town Ballroom, 618 Main St, 7pm doors, $40, 16+)
Jumping ahead of a few days to make sure you don’t miss your chance to get tickets for the former Hüsker Dü frontman. He’s playing solo electric, and rest assured will have more energy and noise than most full bands. Not to be missed. w/J. Robbins
