City of Buffalo Hosting Big “Half Way to Dyngus Day Party” Next Week

The City of Buffalo is helping put on the "Half Way to Dyngus Day" Party that will be happening on Saturday, October 19.

The Broadway Market will be celebrating Half Way to Dyngus Day on Saturday, October 19 from 11-4, with live music by SPECIAL DELIVERY, Polish beer will be served and plus polish sausage, horseradish mustard and pierogies!

Come home to the market located at 999 Broadway in the heart of the Broadway Fillmore neighborhood, plus have a taste of your favorite POLISH foods.

When is Dyngus Day 2025?

Dyngus Day will be Monday, April 25, 2025. This year there is a little bit more seperation between St. Patrick's Day and Dyngus Day, so you'll have a little more time to recover.

Last year we went to the Broadway Market to learn a little about the Dyngus Day tradition of pussy willows and squirt guns and how the Polish handle the tradition vs the United States. Of course, Buffalo is the #1 place in the United States for Dyngus Day so it is only appropriate that we know exactly why girls chase guys with pussy willows and guys shoot girls with squirt guns. Why do we use squirt guns on Dyngus Day? Why do we have pussy willows on Dyngus Day?

We caught up with Mike Knat, our expert about everything Easter, filled us in that we're not exactly doing what they do in Poland. In fact, they don't use squirt guns at all. Take a look at what Mike had to say below!