What last year’s Lincoln Calling packed in 10-year reverence and celebration, this year makes up for in balance.
Through the main drag of the downtown Lincoln festival, Wednesday through Saturday, there’s not a weak night in the mix.
Wednesday kicks off with a brilliant X-Rated: Women in Music showcase, which brings Churls, Lars and Mal and Manic Pixie Dream Girls all to their first Lincoln Calling. Thursday means the arrival of powerhouse Des Moines acts, like Christopher the Conquered, The River Monks and Annalibera. Friday looks to be a Sower Records blowout. Saturday’s indoor-outdoor rock showcase at Duffy’s is almost too full of quality (and loud) guitar bands.
And those are just the cliffnotes. Catch up with the full schedule below for shows at Vega, electronic acts at Mix and The Fat Toad, and all the musical proceedings. Pull it up on your phone each night for reference. For the comedy listings, check here. Festival-long passes are $20.
And don’t miss the bookends of Homegrown Film Festival tonight at The Bourbon and Oketo and The Renfields on Sunday for Party in the Parks. Now, enjoy the music, and we’ll be back with official coverage as of Thursday morning.
Wednesday, October 8
Bourbon Theatre
$5 for 21+, $7 for 18-20
7:30 pm Churls
8:15 pm Lars and Mal
9 pm All Young Girls Are Machine Guns
9:45 pm GloWorm
10:45 pm The Baberaham Lincoln’s
11:45 pm Manic Pixie Dream Girls
Duffy’s Tavern
9 pm Domestica
9:45 pm The Gov’t
10:30 pm Laughing Falcon
11:15 pm Filmstrip
12 am Omni Arms
Domestica | by JP Davis
Zoo Bar
9:30 pm Ro Hempel Band
10:30 pm Sol Seed
11:30 pm The Melon Company
Mix Lincoln
9 pm, no cover, 21+
Sherm-Head
Love Land
JMNM
Audbawl
Thursday, October 9
Bourbon Theatre
$5 for 21+, $7 for 18-20
9 pm County Road
10 pm Addis Browne Band
11 pm Dylan Bloom Band
12 am Emmett Bower Band
Duffy’s Tavern
$5, 21+
8:30 pm Christopher the Conquered
9:30 pm Gloom Balloon
10:30 pm Hank & Cupcakes
11:30 pm White Mystery
12:30 am Universe Contest
Zoo Bar
$5, 21+
9 pm Justin Ready and the Desert Fields
10 pm The River Monks
11 pm Annalibera
12 am Weldon Keys
Vega
no cover, 18+
11 pm Bogusman
12 am Handsomer Jaws
Mix Barcade
9 pm, no cover, 21+
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Sigrah
Nmezze
Realeyez
Darren Keen
Fat Toad
9 pm, no cover, 21+
DJ Jab
Nick the Quick
Yia Yia’s
no cover, 21+
10 pm The Gems
11 pm The Crayons
Tower Square (13th and P streets)
no cover, all ages
5 pm blet
6 pm FREAKABOUT!
Friday, October 10
Bourbon Theatre
$5 for 21+, $7 for 18-20
9:15 pm The Midland Band
10:30 pm Zed Tempo
11:45 pm A Ferocious Jungle Cat
Duffy’s Tavern
$5, 21+
Outside stage:
8:15 pm Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band
9:15 pm Jack Hotel
10:30 pm The Bottle Tops
12 am Bud Heavy and the High Lifes
Inside stage:
7:45 pm Little Marais
8:45 pm Matt Cox Band
9:45 pm Evan Bartels and the Stoney Lonesomes
11 pm Gerardo Meza
12:30 Bonehart Flannigan
Zoo Bar
9 pm Thirst Things First
10 pm FREAKABOUT!
11 pm AZP
12 am Sidewalk Chalk
Vega
9:30 pm Stonebelly
10:30 pm Lucas Kellison and the Undisco Kids
11:30 pm Bailiff
Mix Barcade
9 pm, no cover, 21+
Kevy Kav
Myth
Kronen
Fat Toad
9 pm, no cover, 21+
DJ Adam A
DJ Fastbreak
Yia Yia’s Pizza
no cover, 21+
10 pm Har Di Har
11 pm Blue Bird
Tower Square (13th and P streets)
no cover, all ages
5 pm The Emily Bass Project
6 pm The Renfields
Saturday, October 11
Duffy’s Tavern
$7, 21+
Outside stage:
8:15 pm Dude Won’t Die
9:15 pm Twinsmith
10:30 pm Ages and Ages
12 am DEERPEOPLE
Inside stage:
8:45 pm Powers
9:45 pm Little Brazil
11 pm The Kickback
12:30 am Halfwit
Zoo Bar
9:30 pm The Inbetweens
10:30 pm Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery
11:30 pm Jillian Rae
12:30 am Orion Walsh & the Rambling Hearts
Vega
$5, 21+
9 pm, Flannel Channel
Mix Lincoln
9 pm, no cover, 21+
Buckhunter
Sharkweek
Bentone
Fat Toad
9 pm, no cover, 21+
DJ Wizkid
DJ Brake
Sunday, October 12
Tower Square (13th and P streets)
no cover, all age
Party in the Parks presents
5 pm Oketo
6 pm The Wondermonds