Busiest Weekend Of 2025 So Far
Massive number of options for Saturday and Sunday
Happy Weekend! I would say this is possibly the most packed weekend of 2025 so far. There is a ton of music happening, and there are other events, such as Matt Rife at CHI Health Center and the grand opening weekend of the new Funny Bone. I don’t list anything but music, but you have a lot of options to get out and about on Saturday and Sunday in many different mediums.
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Steelhouse Omaha is bringing more '80s bands to town on Saturday. This time, it’s Flock of Seagulls, Bow Wow Wow, and Animotion. I think the last time we saw Flock of Seagulls in Omaha was at Edgefest at Aksarben in the ‘90s. I have always wanted to see Bow Wow Wow, and I saw Animotion in Pasadena a couple of years back—they were a blast! Really looking forward to tonight.
If I was not already going to that 80’s show tonight, I would absolutely be heading to Lincoln to see Gen and the Degenerates at Duffy’s. The UK punk bands 2024 album Anti-Fun Propaganda was one of my favorites of last year, and I have to think they would be an absolute riot on stage. Bummed to miss this one. NOBRO and Bad Waitress join them.
Today is the Third Annual Global Sounds Festival. This is a FREE festival at Upland Park and put on by Omaha Performing Arts. This year they have Los Stellarians, which is SA Martinez band (his other band is 311). Hopefully they do their version of The Smiths “This Charming Man” today. Also on the lineup is Jungle Fire, Rhythm Collective, Chad Stoner Band and Parfait.
Whiskey Myers are a Texas country rock band with an emphasis on the rock. I still think of this band as one of the new acts on that scene, but they have been doing this for almost 20 years now. They have their seventh album, Whomp Whack Thunder, coming out on September 26th, and I am sure you will hear all about it Saturday night at The Astro Amphitheater. They perform with Bayker Blankenship and Pony Bradshaw. I really dig Bradshaw—check out his album from last year called Thus Spoke The Fool.
'90s country star Collin Raye will be your headliner tonight at Bellevue Rocks! Riverfront Festival. Raye has a load of country hits, including Love Me and I Think About You. I bet he still gets some major play at weddings. I wonder if he changed the VCR line in the song Little Rock? He performs with area favorites Lucas Minor and Jimmy Weber tonight.
This show should be a blast. The Dead Deads have been releasing new music this year, and it looks like maybe a new album will be coming down the pipeline at some point. The band have four albums out previously, with their last being 2021’s Tell Your Girls It’s Alright. I love that they started out as a thrown-together Dead Milkmen cover band. They are at Barnato on Saturday night with Valley of the Sun.
The little pigs are coming back to Omaha. Green Jello/Jelly will be at Reverb Lounge on Saturday. The band (well, vocalist Bill Manspeaker) will celebrate 45 years next year. Crazy. They are joined by This Day Forward, Molten and Beyond Lobotomy.
Today at Falconwood Park is the Midtwest Tacos & Tequila Fest. Besides food, booze and lucha libre wrestling there will also be music! The lineup this year is DJ Nativo & DJ JPEG. Rosendo Robles, Ray Bustamante, Mariachi Los Galleros, Parfait, Raíces De Mexico, Los Cruxes, Oye Oye Como Va.
Other happenings on Saturday include Eric Jacobson Quartet at The Jewell on Capitol, if you need some jazz this weekend. There is plenty of blues, including Blues Fest at Soaring Wings with Dennis Jones, Piper and the Hard Times, Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal, and Tyron Benoit. More blues can be found at Ditmar Orchard in Council Bluffs with Hector Anchondo Band, Nick Schnebelen Band, and Jackson Stokes Band. There is a big bluegrass festival happening in Nebraska City with Henhouse Prowlers, McGovern String Band, Corson Branch Buzzard Club, and Blue Raven Bluegrass Review.
If you need country music, you can always head to Bucks Bar and Grill in Venice, and on Saturday you will find up-and-coming country act Krislyn Arthurs there. Ska band The Wingtips hold their Meatcutters Ball at Waiting Room. Original local music can be found at O’Leavers with Spurney’s Hawk, Plastic Presidents and Dip Tet, and also at Pageturners with Goodview and Wedding. KZUM in Lincoln is having a fundraiser Saturday at Bourbon Theater with Clarence Tilton, The Hangin’ Cowboys, and Nolan Leonard, and if you need your grunge fix, you can head to Slowdown for Seattleite and Nevermind.
This UK band has one of the more interesting stories out there. They were a high-school band in Britan and lasted a couple years and split up. They recorded an EP on 30 CDR’s in 2000. Sixteen years later someone found one in a thrift shop and went on an internet search for the band through 4Chan and other places. In 2020 a long internet search found a member of the band. By this time the version of their song “D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L>” had become popular on You Tube, even though that version had a lot of degradation due to CD rot. Anyway, two of the members reformed after finding out all of this and put out their old music remastered and now make more music. The new album Ginkgo came out on April 4th. Panchiko will be at Slowdown on Sunday and it is said that tickets are getting a little slim for this show. So grab them now.
Big rock & roll double bill at Bourbon Theater on Sunday with Faster Pussycat and The Supersuckers. I saw Faster Pussycat last year and Taime and the band still put on a good show. Opening are The Rumours, Lonely Ones and Twisted Chrome.
Saturday June 7th
Flock of Seagulls, Bow Wow Wow, Animotion at Steelhouse Omaha 8PM (Omaha)
Whiskey Myers at The Astro Amphitheater 6:35PM (La Vista)
Colin Raye, Jimmy Webber and Lucus Minor at Bellevue Rocks Riverfront (Bellevue)
The Dead Deads at Barnato 8PM (Omaha)
Eric Jacobson Quartet at The Jewell on Capitol 7:30PM (Omaha)
Gen And The Degenerates, NOBRO, Bad Waitress, at Duffy’s 7PM (Lincoln)
Seattleite and Nevermind at Slowdown 8PM (Omaha)
Krislyn Arthurs at Bucks Bar and Grill 8PM (Venice)
Green Jelly, From This Day Forward, Molten at Reverb Lounge 8PM (Omaha)
Spurney’s Hawk, Plastic Presidents, Dip Tet at O’Leavers Pub 9PM (Omaha) FREE
Constant Revolt, La Perm, Blowing Chunk, Lamp, Distrepair at 1867 8PM (Lincoln)
Callisto, Darkwood Beats, Plars, DJ Blac, Cayleen at Bodega’s Alley 9PM (Lincoln)
Hector Anchondo Band, Nick Schnebelen Band, Jackson Stokes Band 2PM Ditmar Orchard 2PM (Council Bluffs) FREE
Henhouse Prowlers, McGovern String Band, Corson Branch Buzzard Club, Blue Raven Bluegrass Review-Nebraska City Bluegrass Festival -Nebraska City Memorial Building 4PM (Nebraska City)
DJ Nativo & DJ JPEG, Rosendo Robles, Ray Bustamante, Mariachi Los Galleros, Parfait, Raíces De Mexico, Los Cruxes, Oye Como Va at Midwest Tacos & Tequila Fest at Falconwood Park 3PM (Bellevue/Plattsmouth)
Dennis Jones, Piper and the Hard Times, Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal and Tyron Benoit at Soaring Wings Winery 1PM (Springfield)
Omaha School of Rock, Enjoli, Natalie Hughes, Daryl Jr. at Aksarben Village All Day (Omaha)
Los Stellarians (with SA Martinez of 311), Jungle Fire, Rhythm Collective and Parfiat at Upland Park 4PM (Omaha) FREE
Goodview and Wedding at Pageturners Lounge 7PM (Omaha) FREE
True Blues and Vertigo at Millers Landing 7:30PM (Omaha)
Sweet Tea Music at Havana Garage 8PM (Omaha)
Clarence Tilton, The Hangin’ Cowboys, Nolan Leonard at Bourbon Theatre 7PM (Lincoln)
Wingtips at The Waiting Room 7PM (Omaha)
Chuck Briseno at Tanks Country (Lincoln)
Swaul Pope at The Zoo Bar 9PM (Lincoln)
Tetsuya Nishiyama at Red Lion Lounge 5PM (Omaha)
Infestation 303 (Ratt Tribute) at Dream on the Green 8:30PM (Omaha)
Brother East Brother West at Cellar 426 6:30PM (Ashland)
Clayton Delong at Brownville Concert Hall 7:30PM (Brownville)
Whiskey River at Fun Plex 7:30P (Omaha)
Olus at Heron Bay 6PM (Springfield)
Mad Honey at Slattery Vintage Estates 7PM (Nehawka)
The 70’s Band at The Dock 8PM (Council Bluffs)
M80 at Grays Keg 8PM (8PM) Lincoln
Daddy Mac & The Flak at Surfside Club (Omaha)
The Dissociates at Captiol View Winery 7PM (Roca)
Leaves Brown at Sower Books 2PM (Lincoln)
Tungtied Band at Cappys Hotspot 8:30PM (Lincoln)
Mason Michaels at Whiskey Roadhouse 9PM (Council Bluffs)
Grunge Pop at B-Side 9PM (Council Bluffs)
Mark Irvin at Vino Mas 7PM (Omaha)
Jordan & The Jeg Legs at Harney Street Tavern 9PM (Omaha)
Salsa at Sonny’s 9PM (Omaha)
Melody Wranglers at James Arthur Vineyards 6PM (Raymond)
Sweet Addiction at Island Bar and Grill 8:30PM (La Vista)
Back2Back at Copacabana 9PM (Omaha)
Sailing in Soup at The Cedar 6PM (Omaha)
Bozak and Morrisey at Candleight Bar and Grill 6:30PM (Omaha)
Sunday June 8th
Faster Pussycat, Supersuckers, The Rumours, The Lonely Ones, Twisted Chrome at The Bourbon Theater 6:30PM (Lincoln)
Panchiko at Slowdown 8PM (Omaha)
Contortion, Mindrott and Eighth Day Broken at 1867 8PM (Lincoln)
Radio Eclectic at Doghouse Saloon 4PM (Waterloo)
Don Wurtz at Kinkaider Brewing 10AM (Omaha
Clayton Ryan, Molly Brandt, Grace Titus at Reverb Lounge 8P (Omaha)
Clayton Delong at Brownville Concert Hall 2PM (Brownville)
Flyin’ Brian at Heron Bay 3:30P (Springfield)
Broc Hempel Trio at Red Lion Lounge 7PM (Omaha)
Sweet Tea Music at Junior’s Forgot Store 4PM (Ponca)
Taxi Driver at Surfside Club (Omaha)
Blues Ed Collective at North Omaha Music and Arts 4PM (Omaha)
Orion Walsh at Kinkaider Brewing 4PM (Lincoln)
Josh Hoyer at James Arthur Vineyards 2PM (Raymond)
Lucas Minor & Rosalee at Pla Mor Ballroom 8PM (Lincoln)
Manuel and Friends at Jewell on Captiol 1PM (Omaha)
Matt Cox at Las Palomas Mexican Grill 5PM (Raymond)
Mike Pale at Brokedown Palace 5PM (Omaha)
Acoustic Sunday at Bottles and Barrels 2PM (Omaha)
DJ A-Rhab at Bar 415 (Omaha)
Luigi Inc. at Mister Toads 9PM (Omaha)