What’s Good: February 12-18, 2026
Our weekly guide to what’s going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture.
Thursday, 2/12
Heated (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, 7pm doors, $10)
Drag show hosted by Selma Body & Annia Murphy, with performances by Sheena Spice, Obsidian, and Willa Dewhisp.
Zachary Ross (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 7pm doors/8pm, $15adv/$20, 18+)
The Man Overboard guitarist plays solo.
Carter Anderson (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7:30pm, $13-43)
Anderson was named “One of the Indisputable Geniuses of Comedy” by the Portland Mercury.
Pat House (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 5:30pm doors/7pm, $15-$24)
The Philadelphia stand-up headlines The Caz’s monthly Therapy Session comedy series.
Adam Bronstein & ABTrio (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm, $20 suggested)
Jazz happy hour.
Vinyl Night (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 8:30pm, FREE)
Spinning old-school funk and soul.
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.
Friday, 2/13
Moe. (Town Ballroom, 681 Main St, 7pm doors/8pm, $58-$138)
The local legend jam band play three nights at Ballroom; 3-day pass available.
Jonathan Kite (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm/9:15pm, $15-$42)
Kite wrote and stars in this year’s Needle Little Christmas, and appeared on Netflix’s Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, and had a recurring role as Oleg on 2 Broke Girls.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Shea’s Smith, 658 Main St, 7:30pm, $52)
A recreation of one of Billie Holiday’s final performances, in an intimate setting.
Spaced (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 6pm, $13, 16+)
No Escape album release show. w/Terminator, Jeweltone, Sostre!, Numbskull
The Griff Kaz Quartet (Revolver Records, 810 Elmwood Ave, 9pm, $12`)
Jazz originals
Honey (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 10pm, $8 adv/$12)
Galentine’s Day DJ sets by Miles Brown, Jack Gunning, and britt.
AHEE (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 8:30pm, $25adv/$30, 18+)
Rising star on the bass music scene. w/WODD
Joe Bellanti & Kevin Doyle (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-7pm, FREE)
Two piano players trading off to celebrate Mardi Gras
Parti-Gras (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 7pm doors/8-11pm, $10adv/$15)
Featuring The Brass Machine, Banjo Juice Jazz Band, and more.
Luna Presents (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 11pm)
Late-night electronic music.
Stoneflower performs Bowie (The Cave, 71 Military Rd, 7pm doors/8pm, $20+fees)
A night of covers.
Jack Civiletto sings Sinatra (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 5:30pm doors/7pm, $60-$70)
Backed by the Anderson Big Band.
The Improv Mixer (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 6:30pm, $5 suggested)
Newcomers and experienced performers are all welcome to participate in improv sketch comedy or just watch.
Danthannie (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 8pm, $14adv/$17)
Dan, Anthony, and Annie from the BIH faculty perform improv comedy
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
Wuthering Heights (in wide release)
Emerald Fennell’s literary adaption is neither faithful enough to satisfy the purist, or salacious enough to satisfy fans of the director’s previous work.
Crime 101 (in wide release)
Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo reunite out of superhero costume for this crime thriller. Also starring Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Nolte.
Scarlet (North Park Theatre, Transit Center, Walden Galleria)
A sword-fighting princess wants to avenge her father in medieval Japan in this animated film. In Japanese w/subtitles or dubbed, check listings.
Goat (in wide release)
An actual goat wants to be the GOAT in this animated sports comedy.
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (in wide release)
Sam Rockwell arrives from the future and recruits diner patrots to fight a rogue AI, in Gore Verbinski’s sci-fi action-comedy.
Cold Storage (Transit Center, 6707 Transit Rd, Williamsville)
An infectious alien fungus breaks containment in this horror comedy.
The Mortuary Assitant (Quaker Crossing, 3450 Amelia Dr, Orchard Park; Shudder)
A supernatural thriller based on the 2022 video game.
Mimics (Transit Center, 6707 Transit Rd, Williamsville)
An impressionist makes a deal with a haunted ventriloquist dummy in this horror comedy.
Honey Bunch (Shudder)
A coma patient’s husband takes her to a remote trauma center in the wilderness, and as her memories return, so do sinister revelations about her marriage.
Joe’s College Road Trip (Netflix)
Madea’s brother takes his grandson on the road, in Tyler Perry’s latest.
DSP Dev 2 (Elmwood Center)
DSP Dev returns to face a new crime wave. In Punjabi w/subtitles.
Funky (Elmwood Center)
Romantic comedy from writer/director Anudeep KV. In Telugu w/subtitles.
My Lord (Elmwood Center)
M. Sasikumar stars in Raju Murugan’s new legal drama. In Tamil w/subtitles.
O’Romeo (Elmwood Center)
Action thriller set in post-independence Mumbai’s underworld. In Hindi w/subtitles.
Tu Yaa Main (Elmwood Center)
Two rival content creators’ adventure becomes a deadly game of survival. In Hindi w/subtitles.
Saturday 2/14
Moe. (Town Ballroom, 681 Main St, 7pm doors/8pm, $58-$138)
The local legend jam band play three nights at Ballroom; 3-day pass available.
Cupid’s Undie Run (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, noon, $40, 18+)
Strip down and brave the cold for a good cause (neurofibromatosis).
Cupid’s Club (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 11am-1:30pm, $15)
Kids Valentine’s Day Party, with arts & crafts, balloon artist, face painting, cotton candy, light-up dance floor, and songs by Ariel the Mermaid.
Jonathan Kite (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm/9:30pm, $15-$42)
Kite wrote and stars in this year’s Needle Little Christmas, and appeared on Netflix’s Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, and had a recurring role as Oleg on 2 Broke Girls.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Shea’s Smith, 658 Main St, 3pm/8pm, $52)
A recreation of one of Billie Holiday’s final performances, in an intimate setting.
Brolesque (Electric City, 433 Pearl St, 7pm doors, $40-$51, 18+)
Drag queens and male burlesque performers ring in V-Day.
Agoy Grotto (Revolver Records, 810 Elmwood Ave, 7pm doors, $10)
w/Softwheres, Ronnie Youngman
Various Factors (Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave #207, 8:30pm, $22adv/$27/$14 student)
A fully improvised Broadway-style musical comedy. Live piano karaoke afterwards.
Burt Fest 2026 (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-7pm, $20)
Featuring City Divide, PotusxXx, Creating a Sinner, The Finality Complex
Old School B-Boys (The Caz, 2221 Seneca St, 5:30pm doors/7pm, $60-$70)
The Buffalo natives perform a Motown revue.
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 2/15
Moe. (Town Ballroom, 681 Main St, 7pm doors/8pm, $58-$138)
The local legend jam band play three nights at Ballroom; 3-day pass available.
Jake Xerxes Fussell (Town Ballroom, 681 Main St, 7pm doors/8pm, $22adv/$25)
Folksinger with a new album, When I’m Called out on Fat Possum records. w/Dougie Poole
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Shea’s Smith, 658 Main St, 2pm, $52)
A recreation of one of Billie Holiday’s final performances, in an intimate setting.
Cupid’s Mingle (Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, 6pm, $5adv/$10, 18+)
A low-key post-V-Day singles night, with 90s music on the dance floor, optional icebreakers, a bracelet code (single/vibing/taken), and no forced interactions.
Comedy Open Mic (Revolver Records, 810 Elmwood Ave, 7:30pm sign-up/8pm, $1)
Hosted by Kevin Thomas Jr. and Tyrone Maclin, music by Jameel Key
Tinsley Ellis (Sportsmens Tavern, 326 Amherst St, 3pm doors/5pm)
Modern blues guitarist.
Dr. Jazz & the Jazzbugs (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 3:30-5:30pm, FREE)
We’re not sure, but we think they might play jazz.
Sunday Piano (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8, FREE)
Live piano from a rotating cast of musicians.
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, 9:30pm)
Last Week Tonight (HBO)
Everyone’s favorite exasperated Brit returns to try and make sense of our ever-worsening national nightmare.
Monday 2/16
Will Blanda’s World’s Largest Trio (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8pm, FREE)
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.
Monday Night Foosball (Riverworks, 359 Gansom St, 6pm warmups/7-9pm, $10)
Weekly foosball tournament; free trial week for newcomers, $80 15-week season pass. buffalofoosball.com
Tuesday 2/17
Helium Comedy Academy (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 8pm, $16-$20)
Monthly class in stand-up, improv, and sketch.
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 2/18
Rocky Dale Davis (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7:30pm, $33-$43)
Touring comic who has appeared on Bring the Funny, Dating No Filter, and Greatest Party Stories.
Bach & Brews (Town Ballroom, 681 Main St, 7pm doors/7:30pm, $20adv/$25)
The Buffalo Chamber Players perform vocal chamber music from Bach’s Cantatas and Passions.
Leigh Stoner’s Birthday (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 5-8pm, FREE)
The Will Blanda Band celebrates the birthday of the departed Leigh Stoner.
Chestnut Grove (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 9pm, FREE)
Philly jam band performing in Buffalo for the first time.
Comedy Open Mic (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, sign up 7pm, show 9:30pm)
