M&T Bank Plaza Event Series

Not many people know that Buffalo is home to the longest-running free concert series in the United States: since 1969, M&T Bank has been staging lunch-hour performances five days a week on the entrance plaza of their corporate headquarters, the Minoru Yamasaki-designed. Out of all the concert series you'll read about in this section, the Plaza Event Series has easily the most diversity of programming: sure, you'll see your share of local bar bands working their repertoire of classic-rock cover tunes, but the 2019 schedule also included jazz from the Bobby Militello Quartet and David Kane's Them Jazzbeards, a tribal drum and dance performance courtesy of the African-American Cultural Center, an appearance by the Buffalo Philharmonic, and even a stand-up comedy set from Nels Ross.

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Hours

Mon-Fri noon-1PM, mid-June through the end of Aug