The Merry Shelley

11/01/2026

Dearest Darklings, we thank you from the bottoms of our dark lil hearts for all your love and support this Spooky Season. It has truly been a wonderful October, and we had a blast. We love you from the bottoms of our dark lil hearts 🖤

But good goth, our bones are tired!
We’re taking a wee break this week to rest up- and will be closed:
*Tuesday, 11/3
*Wednesday, 11/4
*Thursday, 11/5

🦇 And then back at it for regular hours on
Friday 🦇

And remember! October may only be one month a year, but you can celebrate Spooky Season year round at your favorite lil Goth Bar 😉🖤🖤 xo

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween! 👻

Let’s chat about Halloween… pick a bar to start your journey, pay your door fee, get your wristband, and drink and ride the bus all night long, round and round and round we go…
Hot Mama’s Canteen, with sister bar The Merry Shelley, alongside Rohall’s Corner, are excited to present: A Ghoul-Damned Halloween Party; a three-bar Halloween party extravaganza (with a bus!) 🦇
Three venues with dj’s, three Halloween costume contests, and one bus between us all night long (come along the Terror Trolley…). Come celebrate your favorite holiday of the year with the Spooky Kids!
✨Saturday, October 31st
6pm - Late
✨Bus: 7pm-1am
✨Costume contest:
The Merry Shelley: 10pm
Rohall’s Corner: 11pm
Hot Mama’s Canteen: 12am
✨$10 for a wristband to all three venues and the bus-
*Wristbands sold at the door of whichever bar you choose to start your journey*
✨21+ with ID
Hot Mama’s Canteen
Hot Mama's Canteen🍴12Military
12 Military Road
Buffalo, NY

The Merry Shelley
The Merry Shelley
1122 Hertel Avenue
Buffalo, NY

Rohall’s Corner
Greg Rohall
540 Amherst Street
Buffalo, NY

10/30/2026

Happy Halloween Weekend! A few things to think about as we walk our way into our favorite holiday of the year… Be smart, go easy, respect the people you’re around, and the space you’re in. If you’re drinking, call for a lift. If you need help, ask. Please respect our things, if you break a glass let someone know! We don’t care! Accidents happen. But for the love of goth, don’t. steal. them. That’s rude. We love this space, and this time of the year, and we are so excited to share it with you. And yes, the coffin is haunted, and yes, the ghost is watching you. Xoxo

10/25/2026

Let’s chat about Halloween… pick a bar to start your journey, pay your door fee, get your wristband, and drink and ride the bus all night long, round and round and round we go…
Hot Mama’s Canteen, with sister bar The Merry Shelley, alongside Rohall’s Corner, are excited to present: A Ghoul-Damned Halloween Party; a three-bar Halloween party extravaganza (with a bus!) 🦇
Three venues with dj’s, three Halloween costume contests, and one bus between us all night long (come along the Terror Trolley…). Come celebrate your favorite holiday of the year with the Spooky Kids!
✨Saturday, October 31st
6pm - Late
✨Bus: 7pm-1am
✨Costume contest:
The Merry Shelley: 10pm
Rohall’s Corner: 11pm
Hot Mama’s Canteen: 12am
✨$10 for a wristband to all three venues and the bus-
*Wristbands sold at the door of whichever bar you choose to start your journey*
✨21+ with ID
Hot Mama’s Canteen
Hot Mama's Canteen🍴12Military
12 Military Road
Buffalo, NY

The Merry Shelley
The Merry Shelley
1122 Hertel Avenue
Buffalo, NY

Rohall’s Corner
Greg Rohall
540 Amherst Street
Buffalo, NY

10/23/2026

To the kind patron who gifted me this lil Bride of Frankenstein pin set tonight while I was bartending, I wanted to tell you that this gift made my night. I hope you see this, because your sweetness truly deserves to be recognized. You didn’t have to, but you did, and I think you’re the best 🖤 -karma

10/20/2026

I’m starting a new tradition this year of (in addition to candy) passing out spooky books for Halloween! If you are in WNY and have any Halloween/horror books for babies, kids, and teens and want to donate, DM me and I will happily come pick them up!

Because a literacy crisis in the United States is truly scary… 🎃

10/11/2026

Join us on the second to last Tuesday of the month for a little Goth-Bar Trivia! This month we will focus on all things October 👻
Tuesday, 10/20 - doors at 6pm, trivia starts at 6:30pm.
It’s a small space so prepare to squeeze 🎃 Teams of up to 4 people welcome.
Join us on the second to last Tuesday of every month for a fun and weird and completely random set of trivia questions. Goth Bar Trivia is trivia . . . in a goth bar! Come alone, come with friends, teams of up to FOUR humans welcome (hey, it’s a small space). The more you drink, the more you’ll know! If you win we’ll probably give you something too.
Tuesday, October 20th
Doors at 6pm, trivia starts around 6:30pm-
Free to play, 21+

10/08/2026

Help us collect spooky kids books! Gently used Halloween-y books for babies, children, and teens would be greatly appreciated. Drop them off at the bar and we will pass them along to Amanda R. Woomer - Author. Thank you!

I’m starting a new tradition this year of (in addition to candy) passing out spooky books for Halloween! If you are in WNY and have any Halloween/horror books for babies, kids, and teens and want to donate, DM me and I will happily come pick them up!

Because a literacy crisis in the United States is truly scary… 🎃

10/08/2026

Oh hi! To the folx who walked out of the bar with 2 of these vintage shot glasses last weekend, please don’t do that again. Stealing glassware is kind of mean, you know? It hurts the bartenders feelings. Why would you want to hurt our feelings? If you steal the nice glassware we have to resort to using the boring glassware, and no one wants that. We’ll forgive you if you’re actually a crow and got excited about the shiny object though, and extra points if you actually return them. We promise to even believe your story about how your friend took them and you didn’t know. Unless you’re a crow, in which case, you can keep them. Okay, thanks! Xoxo

10/07/2026

Welcome to our new dance party… all goth, all night.
Saturday, 10/17
6pm Doors
8pm Jared Gressley
No Cover
21+