Free

The following are links for fun and FREE activities in the Buffalo and surrounding areas:

Applebee's Bookworm Club
Adventure Landing - free mini golf for dad on Father's Day
Albright Knox Future Curators Teen Program
Alden Winterfest
AMF Free Summer Bowling Program (shoe rental applies)
AMF e-Club - FREE Bowling Coupons
Art Rocks the Park - Orchard Park
A Stroka Gene-us Alpacas - free farm tours on Sat and Sun between 11am-5pm and by appointment
Angola's Screening Room
Apple Summer Camp - Walden Galleria Mall
Archery Camp and Archery Camp 2012
Artpark Annual end of summer family movie night
B is for Books
Baby's Sweet Beginnings
Badding Brothers (seasonal)
Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble Kids Club
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program
Boater Safety Course (age 14 and up)
Boulevard Mall Playplace
Boulevard Mall Kids Club
Bowling
Broadway Driving Range and Miniature Golf
Buffalo Bills Training Practice
Buffalo Bison Games (Tuesday, B1G1 free)
Buffalo Bisons Open House
Buffalo City Rod & Gun Club - Annual Jimmy Griffin Memorial Teach Me to Fish Event
Buffalo Fire Historical Society Museum
Buffalo Marathon Kids Event
Buffalo Police Department Youth Police Academy
Buffalo Museum of Science (Martin Luther King Day)
Buffalo Winterfest and Powderkeg Festival
Burchfield Nature and Art Center Winterfest
CAA Winter Festival of Lights
Christmas Lighting Ceremony at Rotary Rink Downtown Buffalo
Chuck E. Cheese Rewards Calendars
Clarence Winterfest
Cloth diapering resource/Facebook page
Comic Book Day
Cross in the Park Cyclocross Race (kids race free)
Cool Kids EcoFest at Genesee Community College
Deck the Halls Holiday event at the Niagara Power Project Vista
De Veaux Woods State Park free ice skating
Disney Character Autographed Picture
Diamond Alpacas of Clarence
Dover Sampler - Craft
Driving Class
Dyngus Day Parade
East Aurora Winterfest
Eastern Hills Mall Children's Summer Theatre
Eastern Hills Mall Giant Sandbox (during mid-winter break)
Eastern Hills Mall Raff and Friends Storytime
Elmwood Ave Festival of the Arts Kidsfest
Elmwood Franklin School Storytime
Elmwood Village Association Ice Skating (seasonal)
Evangola Winterfest
Fishing Clinics - various locations
Freedom Crossing the Underground Railroad in Greater Niagara
Flix Superplex
Gardens Galore: Summer Garden Walking Tours in the WNY area
Give Kids a Smile Day (free dental care for those without dental insurance)
Golf Lessons from the Police Athletic League
The Great Pumpkin Farm (seasonal - free during the week. Admission applies on weekends)
Great Lakes Kiteflier Society
Halloween 2011
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum FREE Wednesdays (in 2011 they are offered in August)
Hockey Day in Western New York
Hockey League Dominik Hasek's Youth Hockey League (Buffalo residents)
Holiday Lights of Niagara (seasonal)
Home Depot Kids Workshops
Hunters Day of Hope for Children
Independent Health Kids Run - Buffalo
Kazoo Factory
Kenmore Memorial Day Parade
KidSmart Consignment Sale
Kids Bowl Free Summer Program (shoe rental applies)
Kidvantage Club Sears
LEGO Club Magazine
Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society
Lowe's Build and Grow Clinics
M & T First Fridays - replaces Gusto at the Gallery
Made in America Store Winterfest - Elma
Maple Weekend 2 weekends each year (usually in mid/late March)
Mayor Byron Brown's Summer Reading Challenge
Media Arts Classes
Meet the Faculty Recitals Canisius College
Michael's Craft Store - The Knack
Mini-Zoo at Canisius College (this is an bi-annual event)
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Muster in the Meadow at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Memorial Day Weekend)
Niagara Hobby and Craft and here
North Tonawanda Public Library
Orchard Park Winterfest
Past and Present Science and Nature Store and Fossil Gallery
Plantasia/Children's Discovery Garden (children 12 and under only)
Pottery Barn Kids Earth Day
Pet Stores
Niagara Electric Lights Parade
Niagara Power Project Power Vista
Organic Valley Kids Activity Kit
Penn Dixie Paleontological & Outdoor Education Center and here (not all events are free)
Pike Winter Carnival
Pottery Barn Kids
Red Robin Kids Cookbook
Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve
Rink at the Brink Niagara Falls CANADA FREE Skate Mondays
Riviera Theatre
Roller Skating Party
Rotary Rink Ice Skating at Fountain Plaza (seasonal)
SabreKidz Club
Sailing Lessons
Santa Claus Christmas Cottage
Santaland at Chestnut Ridge Park
Santa's Vision at the Adam's Mark Hotel
Shea's Performing Arts Center
Sledding (seasonal)
Spirit of Christmas
Snowman Making Challenge presented by BCBS of WNY
Snow Park Niagara (New Year's Eve, 2009)
SPCA Preschool Storytime
State Parks (free during the off-season)
Smithsonian Day - free admission to select WNY museums
Southgate Plaza events
St. Patrick's Day Parades
Start Smart Teen Driving Seminar
Tennis Lessons at Miller Tennis Center
Tifft Nature Preserve
Tifft Nature Preserve FREE summer programs at Erie Canal Harbor
Tifft Nature Preserve Winterfest
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site - free for kids on Presidents Day
Thruway Lanes - must register at AMF online
Thunder of Niagara Air Show
Tonawanda Summerfest
TOPS Customer Appreciation Week
United States Tennis Association Junior Membership until 12/31/2011
USA Bird Supply free weekend events
WNY Equifest
WNY Farm Show
WNY Invention Convention - Buffalo
Wildlife Festival at the Niagara Power Vista Visitor's Center
Winterfest Weekend - Tonawanda, NY
YMCA Family Campaign (each year for one week the end of December) - various locations
YMCA Healthy Kids Day - FREE activities for kids and families at select YMCA's usually near the end of April each year

More free activities added weekly

*Please keep in mind, while I try to only include events that happen on a regular basis I cannot guarantee that this list is up to date at the time of your reading.