Nebraska's Statewide Music Calendar

Friday, May 31

Premiere of Body Language @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Witness Tree Album Release Show!

Saturday, Jun 1

The Running Riot, & Electric Children @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
The Black Crowes, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs
LIVE! At Studio Gallery with host Houston Alexander and music by All Young Girls Are Machine Guns
Free Show w/ Elektrik Cirkus @ 501 Bar & Grill

Sunday, Jun 2

Night Beds Live @ Urban Outfitters \| Omaha
Sunday Social Club: Simon Joyner & the Ghosts @ O' Leaver's \| Omaha
Yoga Rocks The Park - Omaha (Sundays May 26-July 14) @ Turner Park \| Omaha
Ballroom Dancing Music by The Jimmy B Orchestra @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Night Beds w/ Jenny O @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Fetal Pig w/Powerful Science, Bogusman & Windpants @ Duffy's \| Lincoln

Monday, Jun 3

Piano Bar w/ Emily Bass @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Square 1 @ Village Point \| Omaha
Zoo Bar House Band @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Wild @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
The Tallest Man on Earth @ Waiting Room \| Omaha
Matt Focht w/ Orion Walsh @ Pageturners Lounge \| Omaha

Tuesday, Jun 4

The Confidentials @ Village Point \| Omaha
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs

Wednesday, Jun 5

They Might Be Giants @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Dirty River Ramblers @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
Samantha Crain w/The Betties, Orion Walsh & The Rambling Hearts, & Kat Jones @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
WHISKOMEDY IV: COMEDY STRAIGHT UP @ The SIngle Barrel \| Lincoln
Warped Wax w/ Turtablist CMB @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Commander Kilroy with Red Cities and Stonebelly @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln

Thursday, Jun 6

Davina And The Vagabonds @ The Zoo Bar
HNFM episode 9 @ KZUM \| Your ears
Sugar Foot Stomp @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Surfer Blood, Twinsmith and Low Horse @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
David Ramirez & Jay Nash @ Slowdown \| Omaha
HIP HOP NIGHT @ MIX w/ special guest KID CEDEK (Atlanta) @ Lincoln
Rock, Paper, Dynamite w/ Good Show, Great Show & Guilty Is The Bear @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
An Evening With sKReTTa eTc! @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Friday, Jun 7

Hear Lincoln: UUVVWWZ @ 13th and O streets \| Lincoln
Brave Combo w/ The Bolzen Beer Band @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Honeyboy Turner Band @ Duggan's Pub
PISS YARD @ Tugboat Gallery \| Lincoln
A Night of Sound Exploration with Curt Oren and Dereck Higgins
HEAR NEBRASKA LIVE @ The 1200 CLUB \| Omaha
OEAA Summer Showcase @ Benson First Friday \| Omaha
Rockie McFly w/ Buay Dubz, Yc Kool, DJ Mx, & Chris.topher @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
Trace Adkins, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs
OEA Summer Showcase @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Josh Hoyer and The Shadowboxers @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
OEA Summer Showcase @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Indigenous @ Knickerbockers \| Lincoln
OK Party Comedy & Friends @ O'Leaver's \| Omaha
Morse Code w/Tenderness Wilderness, Type B, Edem Kegey @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Mama Lenny and The Remedy @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Saturday, Jun 8

Paa Kow's By All Means Band w/ AFROBEAT @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Lamb of God w/ Decapitated & Anciients @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
OEA Summer Showcase @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Home-Grown @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
OEA Summer Showcase @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
OEAA Summer Showcase @ Benson First Friday \| Omaha
Centerline Band@ Duggan’s Pub
Josh Hoyer and The Shadowboxers w/ 19th Hole of the Mustache @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Kiil County with Matt Cox and Pat Bradley @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln
R.O.E. w/ Black Jonny Qwest, Op2mus, Coaxed, No, I'm The Pilot @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance/Qing Jao @ O'Leavers \| Omaha
The SNJ w/ Brent Crampton @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Sunday, Jun 9

Juneteenth Youth Art Celebration
Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra @ Joslyn Art Museum \| Omaha
Kelley Hunt @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Dusty Sunshine w/ Bol'd Crow & Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
Jason & The Punknecks w/ Dean The Bible, Bud Heavy & The High Lifes @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln

Monday, Jun 10

Schoolhouse Fiddle Camp for Beginners
Tangled Boldly @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Songwriter Open Mic @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Tuesday, Jun 11

High Heel @ Village Point \| Omaha
Sam Martin @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Wednesday, Jun 12

The Nighthawks @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Dirty River Ramblers @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
Taylor Scott Band w/ DJ Relic @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Lonely Horse w/ Germans From Russia & TBA @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln

Thursday, Jun 13

Big Band @ Washington Park \| Bellevue
Angel and the BackBeats @ Sumtur Amphitheatre \| Omaha
Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody @ Orpheum Theater \| Omaha
Jason and the Punknecks w/ Banjo Loco and Ashley Raines @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Howard, Places We Slept and Bobby Rubalcava @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Blue-Eyed Son w/ Rusty Maples & The Please, Please Me @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
R.O.E. & The Soulvillains w/ Sleep Sinatra @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln
Free Live Music @ The Alley \| Lincoln

Friday, Jun 14

Hear Lincoln: The Ghost Runners @ 13th and O streets \| Lincoln
Tijuana Gigolos @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Friday Afternoon Club with Mark Hinrichs @ House of Loom \| Omaha
The Fabulous Rouges @ Lauritzen Gardens \| Omaha
Kwala Bee & Scky Rei @ Urban Outfitters \| Omaha
Tracy Skreet & Matt Whipkey @ Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge \| Omaha
Soul Dawg @ Shadow Lake Towne Center \| Omaha
Drowning In The Platte w/ Aces Load'd, Valiska, Parasitical, Detriment, and Megaton @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Lot Walks w/ Memory Mines, The Decatures and Twinsmith @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
Frailin' Hearts @ Meadowlark Coffee \| Lincoln
Mark Lowe @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody @ Orpheum Theater \| Omaha
Brown's "And I'm" Release Party w/ Last Work Clique, Tommy J, Ben Havok, Zach Zoellner & Houston Alexander @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
Cozmo Quiz rocks Sun Valley Bar
Secret Weapon @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Audibly Nutritious Celebrates R.C.S.C.'s 1 Year Anniversary @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Amos Slade w/ Flight Metaphor and The Please Please Me @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Hospital Ships/Cowboy Indian Bear @ O'Leaver's \| Omaha

Saturday, Jun 15

Sam Martin & Touch People @ Urban Outfitters \| Omaha
For the Troops Charity Event – Musicians United
Lloyd McCarter and The Honky Tonk Revival @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Neato fa Neato @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
An Evening (John Denver Cover Band) @ Meadowlark Coffee \| Lincoln
Tyler Orr @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody @ Orpheum Theater \| Omaha
The Bottletops w/ The Betties & Jack Hotel @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Knife Fight Justice! w/ Appropriate Grammar and Tenderness Wilderness @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Live Band Karaoke with The Mother Dudes @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Plant Parenthood @ O'Leaver's \| Omaha
The Saturday Night Jig with Brent Crampton @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Sunday, Jun 16

Flute and Friends - Omaha Chamber Music Society
Amos Slade w/ TBA @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln
eNVy @ Slowdown \| Omaha

Monday, Jun 17

Duke Robillard @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Wild w/ Classes, Bud Heavy and the High Lifes @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
Songwriter Open Mic @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Zoo Bar House Band @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Tuesday, Jun 18

Jazzocracy. No Cover. @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Quartus @ Village Point \| Omaha
Supersuckers w/ Lloyd McCarter, Red Cities @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
Karaoke Theatre @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Wild Kingdom w/South of France, Mitch Gettman and Omaha Guitar Trio @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Wednesday, Jun 19

Hadden Sayers @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Slap Happy @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Dirty River Ramblers @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
Dusty Sunshine w/ Anna Christensen & TBA @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln
Motive (NYC) w/ Bogusman and Angel & The Devils @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Straight No Chaser: Vintage Jazz Vinyl with Andrew Monson @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Thursday, Jun 20

Popa Chubby @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
A Summer Better Than Yours and Charlie Siren @ Knickerbockers \| Lincoln
Open Mic Night @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Quartus @ Sumtur Amphitheater \| Omaha
Luminaries w/ Linear Symmetry, POS, Clev Trev @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
Thursday Night Concerts @ Red 9
What Made Milwaulkee Famous w/ Hollis Brown and TBA
Bennie And The Gents @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Free Live Music @ The Alley \| Lincoln

Friday, Jun 21

Hear Lincoln: Masses @ 13th and O streets \| Lincoln
The Mezcals @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Memory Mines & Skypiper @ Urban Outfitters \| Omaha
Vlasis @ Bob Kerrey Bridge \| Omaha
Rough Cut @ Shadow Lake Towne Center \| Omaha
CA Waller @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Rita Hosking @ LAFTA Back Yard Concert \| Lincoln
Rita Hosking @ Wooly's Big Backyard \| Lincoln
Landing on the Moon w/ Sons of an Illustrious Father and Lexie Roth @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
WSP After Party w/ Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons
Secret Weapon @ Slowdown \| Omaha

Saturday, Jun 22

Mike Colin, & Wrekafekt @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Guilty is the Bear w/ The Decatures, Purple, The Royalty @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
A Modern Prometheus @ Meadowlark Coffee \| Lincoln
Frek and the Elixer @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Saturn Moth w/ Talking Mountain and The Superbytes @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Saturn Moth, Talking Mountain, Superbytes
Jerry Pranksters @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Satchel Grande @ Slowdown \| Omaha

Sunday, Jun 23

Classic Strings - Omaha Chamber Music Society
Stereofidelics w/ More Machine Now Than Man @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Software Giant (Ex-Kickback & Oh My God) w/ Pure Brown & TBA @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln

Monday, Jun 24

Songwriter Open Mic @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Piano Hour w/ Emily Bass @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Zoo Bar House Band @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Stereofidelics with AYGAMG, White Wolf T-Shirt, and Ghostship Battlecat

Tuesday, Jun 25

Science! (Seattle) w/ TBA @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
D'Funk @ Village Point \| Omaha
S.S. WEB w/ Beaver Damage, Gallows Majesty, Section Eight @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
Miles Mayer @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Karaoke Theatre @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Rocky Lodestar w/ Billy Saffyre, The Union Suits and The Ear Strippers @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Wednesday, Jun 26

Eric Sardinas @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Jazzocracy @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
DJ Relic Soul Dance Party @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Smash Sound System

Thursday, Jun 27

89.3 KZUM's Soundbackers Ball
Open Mic Night @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
Hi-Fi Hangover @ Sumtur Amphitheater \| Omaha
She & Him, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs
Galvanized Tron w/Bufoonery Co and Holla Kron w/Sarah C
Chocolate Cake @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
1012 Bass PL @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Old Bones @ The Sydney \| Omaha
Free Live Music @ The Alley \| Lincoln

Friday, Jun 28

Hear Lincoln: Bol'd Crow @ 13th and O streets \| Lincoln
Kilborn Alley Blues Band w/ Honey Boy Turner @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Leighton w/ Eighth Day Broken
Personics @ Lauritzen Gardens \| Omaha
Taxi Driver @ Shadow Lake Towne Center \| Omaha
Empire Falls w/ Calling Cody, Burn Something Beautiful, The Impulsive, Burning Wish, and Jam Band Extravaganza @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Ars Cantus Antiquitas Presents: Dido and Aeneas @ House of Loom \| Omaha
MaGowans Chair @ Bob Kerrey Bridge \| Omaha
Camera Obscura @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Billy Idol, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs
Komatose @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha
Swingmatism @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
The Night Circus Band w/ Nude Beach and Places We Slept @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Belairs @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Chromafrost/Not a Planet/Seer States @ O'Leaver's \| Omaha
GOO @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Saturday, Jun 29

Blues Project @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Acheron w/ Eastwood, An Empire Once Nothing, A Sound In Sight, Your Last Chance, Verendus, and Anchors @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Orion Walsh w/ Rich Confer, Alli & I @ Crescent Moon Coffee \| Lincoln
The Dunwells w/ The Blank Tapes @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Travelling Mercies w/ Moses Prey @ The Sydney \| Omaha
The Ronnys w/ Sarah Potenza and FINO @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Billy Bacon @ Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Saturday Night Jig with Brent Crampton @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Sunday, Jun 30

Ancestors and Descendants - Omaha Chamber Music Society
Jeremy and Celena's Birthday Bash w/ Powers, The Whipkey Three, & Halfwit @ The Bourbon \| Lincoln
40th Anniversary! w/ Billy Bacon
Jason Charles Miller @ Louis Bar & Grill \| Omaha

Conduits: "Misery Train" Music Video Shoot | Encounters

In this week's column, S.R. Aichinger goes back to last fall to look at Conduits's music video shoot for "Misery Train," which was recently released.
Homer's Music's Mike Fratt | Sessions

Musician, broadcaster and Homer's manager Mike Fratt can tell a lot of stories in an hour. About the bestselling records of the present or the Omaha of old. Listen to the full Sessions interview here.
Team Building | The Scoop

Lots of news: HN surpasses fundraising goal for Gives days; earns Nebraska Arts Council grant; adds a board member; hires a second paid employee and introduces five summer interns.
An Appeal to Nebraska in Support of the Art of Radio | Guest Column

HN contributor Casey Welsch asks for your support of 89.3 KZUM. Lincoln's community radio station is asking for donations this week through Friday. Read on for more about its Soundbackers Union.
"Supernova Stature" by Purveyors of the Conscious Sound | Music Video

Is your fire extinguisher within reach? Flames burn wildly in Purveyors of the Conscious Sound's music video for "Supernova Stature," which previews the Omaha band's album release next week.
Omni Arms and Sputnik Kaputnik and the Technical Manuals at Yia Yia's | Concert Preview

Tonight's show at Yia Yia's might turn extraterrestrial, as science fiction-inspired band Omni Arms opens for Sputnik Kaputnik and the Technical Manuals.

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