This week there are several fantastic shows at local theaters, hip bands all over, and a night of side-splitting comedy at The Tralf.

Whatever you do this weekend, have fun, and be sure to check out the Saint Patrick’s Parade up Delaware Avenue on Sunday. Bring the family and enjoy this annual celebration full of Irish Cheer!

Enjoy these 10 cool events in Western New York! Check back Monday morning for more things to do next week.

FRIDAY NIGHT LAUGHS Featuring LUENELL
Tralf Music Hall
Fri Mar 14
Keep the laughs coming all night at this live comedy show Featuring LUENELL, Hosted by ROB STAPLETON plus SMOKEY SUAREZ / YOLANDA SMILEZ. More details here.

MARCH M&T SECOND FRIDAY
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Fri Mar 14
On the Second Friday of every month, thanks to the support of M&T Bank, the Burchfield Penney hosts something great! From openings and happy hours, programs, concerts, screenings or other special events, visitors experience the best of the Burchfield Penney. Admission is free for Burchfield Penney members, and members always receive free or discounted admission to special programs. For all of the benefits of membership, click here, or call 716-878-3547. "Not yet" members may make a suggested donation. Click here for more.

Rust Belt Lights
Waiting Room
Fri Mar 14
After Dark presents a special album release of “Religion & My Ex.” CEDAR KITES, BEN KOTIN OF SUCH GOLD, DANGERFIELD, NO PREVAIL. Official site.

Live at Larkin
Larkin Square
Fri Mar 14
Get in the Irish spirit and enjoy the Food Truck Friday season premier, live music by McCarthyizm and Crikwater, performance by Clann Na Cara School of Irish Dance and more.

RED
710 Main Theatre
Fri Mar 14 – Sun Mar 30
Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York's famed Four Seasons Restaurant. But soon Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, RED is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. Winner of the 2010 Tony® Award, RED is playwright John Logan's extraordinary work about art and the 20th century.

MusicalFare Theatre Artistic/Executive Director, Randall Kramer, states "RED is one of the most exhilarating plays I have ever read! I can't wait to bring it to the 710 stage."
Please see official site for showtimes.

Good People
Kavinoky Theatre
Fri Mar 14 – Sun Mar 30
The Kavinoky Theatre, a professional theatre on the campus of D'Youville College, is gearing up to unveil one of its most anticipated productions of the season. David Lindsay-Abaire's GOOD PEOPLE opens on March 7 and runs a limited four-week engagement through March 30, 2014.

Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month's paycheck covers last month's bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who's made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out. With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.

The Kavinoky Theatre's production features Eileen Dugan, Anne Gayley, April A. Jones, Lisa Ludwig, and Peter Palmisano. Directed by Robert Waterhouse, The Kavinoky's stellar design team has pulled out all the stops for this important and illuminating play. David King's pitch-perfect set, Brian Cavanagh's lighting design, Geoffrey Tocin's sound design, and Dixon Reynolds's costumes will transport us to modern-day America. See official site for showtimes.

Buffalo Home & Garden Show
Buffalo Niagara Convention Center
Fri Mar 14 – Sun Mar 16
Find innovative products, new ideas, practical advice and great deals in remodeling, home improvement and gardening with hundreds of experts all under one roof. From windows and flooring to cabinets and landscaping and much more. Shop, compare and save for 3 days only! Official site here.

Chris Botti
Kleinhans Music Hall
Sat Mar 15
The wait is over! Trumpet superstar Chris Botti returns to Western New York with his unique fusion of rock, pop, jazz and Latin music in one of the hottest concerts of the season. Click here for official site.

Swearin’
Waiting Room
Sat Mar 15
Swearin' operates and shines like a well-oiled, pragmatic machine. Their complimentary personalities, solid work-ethic, and similar backgrounds in DIY punk, have helped them thrive. Formed in 2011 in Brooklyn, Allison Crutchfield (guitar) and Kyle Gilbride (guitar) had been making demos for nearly a year before inviting Keith Spencer (bass) into the equation. The trio eventually added longtime friend and Philadelphia resident Jeff Bolt on drums, releasing their demo EP What a Dump shortly thereafter.

The demo received instant praise from Brooklyn's indie punk scene and beyond. It combined the sounds of Gilbride and Crutchfield's prior bands (Big Soda and P.S. Eliot, respectively) while stretching into new territories of fuzzed guitars and compounded song structures. Official site here.

2014 Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Delaware Avenue @ 2PM
Sun Mar 16
Bring the whole family and celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in Buffalo with the annual parade up Delaware Avenue. Vendors, parade floats and fun for all.