Labor Day Weekend: 3 Things To Do In Buffalo

Labor Day weekend signals the end of summer. Soak up every last minute of the sunshine before the cooler weather hits with these awesome events in your area.

Taste the food that made Buffalo famous, check out a music festival, or kick off the football season in style.

Buffalo has plenty to offer over the holiday weekend, so be sure to look into some of the local Labor Day events happening around you. Check out some of the local events on the Buffalo Patch calendar and learn how to post your own events here.

National Buffalo Wing Festival

The classic bar food that Buffalo made famous has its biggest event this weekend in Buffalo. The National Buffalo Wing Festival celebrates all things chicken wings with cook offs, eating contests, sauce offs, and more. The festival is recognized as one of the best in the United States and wing lovers won’t wanna miss it. Festival proceeds support local charities, with over $325,000 in contributed funds since its inception. Tickets to the festival are $5 per day, children 8 and under are admitted for free. Food tickets are purchased separately for $1 each.

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Tailor Made Music Festival

The Tailor Made Music Festival will kick off in Buffalo this weekend with artists such as Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, and more. Tailor Made takes place on Saturday, September 2nd, and promises to be a can’t-miss event for fans of the hip-hop genre. Tickets range from $55 to $100, with the higher end VIP packages and perks available.

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Buffalo State Bengals vs. Bridgewater State Bears

For the football fans out there, be sure to check out the Buffalo State Bengals as they battle the Bridgewater State Bears. The Bengals hope to improve on their 2016 5-5 record by starting out strong with a victory against Bridgewater State. Tickets for the games are $5 each and are available at the entrance to the stadium, starting one hour before kickoff. Coyer Field is located off of Grant Street, and the best parking is in lots L-1, M-2, and R.

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Want to post your next neighborhood event on the Patch? We want you to, too! No matter how big or small it may be, if it's local, it has a place on the Patch calendar.

Posting an event is as simple as 1, 2, 3. Here's how to do it:

1. Create a Patch account and sign up to post your own local content on Patch, totally free. It's probably the easiest thing you'll do all day.
2. Make a Calendar Event and fill it with all the awesome info that people need to add it to their list of things to do in their neighborhood. Choose a fun image to upload and most importantly, have fun with it! It's your event, and the possibilities are endless.
3. Post it on Patch! That's it. Get ready for RSVPs.

You can share your event for free to three Patches, or if you really want to get the community's attention, you can pay $20 to feature your event. When an event is featured, it receives priority placement on the local calendar as well as on your Patch's homepage, article pages and in the daily newsletter (if available) the week before the event

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