This one-night multi-disciplinary arts event in the Old First Ward features art installations and projections in/outside industrial warehouses, a “train” of art, and even a church! Enjoy sound art, theater and dance, roving musicians, dramatic interactive experiences, short film screenings, storytelling, history tours and signs, food trucks, a beer and wine tent, bike valet, and more. Entry gates at 225 Louisiana Street. FREE

Consider attending the VIP event on Friday evening ($75) at The Barrel Factory, 65 Vandalia Street. And you can also experience City of Night on Saturday evening as a VIP ($50). Buy tickets online at www.elabuffalo.com.

The fourth annual CITY of NIGHT Arts festival is presented by Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo (ELAB). A City of Night mural representing the history and people of the Old First Ward will be created during the event. With themes of Art, History, Culture and Sustainability, CITY of NIGHT ignites a connection between people and the places around them. Through the event, ELAB provides an opportunity to experience a significant place visitors might not otherwise explore in a spectacularly unique way. Our goal is to provide a lasting experience that will effect each visitor’s interaction with their community, and change their perspective about what is possible.

CITY of NIGHT signifies the darkness that Buffalo and other similar places have experienced in the late 20th century, and where we’re going, not only here but regionally, nationally, and internationally. Buffalo is evolving rapidly, awakening from its slumber, but some shadows remain. We seek to investigate the CITY of NIGHT and its symbolic or literal meanings. We are creative place-makers, rejuvenating the forgotten and threatened with the power of art. What will we do with the dawn?