List of festivals in Buffalo, New York
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Like many large cities, numerous festivals have become part of the Buffalo's culture and tradition. Though most of the festivals occur during the summer months, the city has recently pushed efforts to have winter festivals as well in an effort to capitalize on the region's snowy reputation.
Summer festivals
- Allentown Art Festival – Largest festival of the year on the second weekend of June in the city's Allentown neighborhood.
- Taste of Buffalo – One of the largest outdoor food festivals in the country.
- Buffalo Greek Festival
- Italian Festival
- Dożynki Polish Harvest Festival
- National Buffalo Wing Festival
- Buffalo Brewfest
- Curtain Up! – Marks the beginning of the Buffalo theater season.
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Thursday at the Square – Weekly outdoor summer concert series on Thursday evenings during the summer and fallFile:Taste of buffalo 2008.jpgTaste of Buffalo at Niagara Square
- The BASH- A military themed fundraiser in which all proceeds go towards vital disaster preparedness education and response in Western New York communities.
- Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts[1]
- Buffalo Gay Pride Festival
- Juneteenth Festival[2] is an annual celebration of the freedom of slaves.
- Music is Art Festival
Winter festivals
Labatt Blue Pond Hockey[5]
- Saint Patrick's Day Parades – In addition to the parade held in the downtown area on a Sunday either before or after March 17; the "Old Neighborhood" parade is held the day before in the southern part of Buffalo heavily populated by ethnic Irish residents where the first parades were originally held.[6][7]
- Dyngus Day Buffalo
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- ↑ St. Patrick’s parade’s storied past Buffalo News, March 17, 2014 Retrieved 2014-03-17. Archived March 19, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
