Ska, Soul, Sold Out Shows and The Queen of the Night -Saturday Music Schedule
Happy Saturday! I hope you got out and saw some live music this week, but if not, there are plenty of options this evening. Top of the list is long running ska, rocksteady, and reggae band The Bishops, celebrating their 29th anniversary at Maloney’s Live in Council Bluffs. This is a star-studded ska and reggae lineup, with Rhythm Collective, Linoma Mashers, and Nice Up joining the celebration. There is a young reggae resurgence happening and tons of big-name bands from that movement coming to town in 2024, but let’s give a little love to the area bands that have been doing this for decades.
They had a sellout at the Benson Theater last night for the Wyrmwood show. Let’s give them two in a row, as soulfusion duo Wakanda One is going to celebrate their catalog to date with a big show featuring a live band. Should be one for the books.
Speaking of soul, Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal will be at B. Bar this evening, and I think it is their first full-band show in Omaha in a bit. Cruz Control joins them.
The Benson block will be going off with two sold-out shows tonight at Waiting Room Lounge and Reverb Lounge. The Waiting Room has Jack & Jack, who are from right here in Omaha, Nebraska. The Westside graduates went on to social media fame with their music, went solo, and are now doing things together again, it looks like. People were queuing up at 7 a.m. this morning, so that looks to be an all-day party out on the sidewalk today. Around the corner at Reverb Lounge is Ryan Caraveo, who does that laid-back rap and r&b thing and has a lot of streams on the old YouTube. His song “Peanut Butter Waffles” got me really hungry this morning.
Lastly, tonight is Queen of the Night-A Tribute to Whitney Houston at Steelhouse Omaha. This looks like quite the spectacle with full band, dancers and all the fun things that go along with it.
Here are the rest of today’s shows. Get a leg up on April by checking out the April Live Music Preview HERE
Saturday March 30th
Weaving Shadows, Trillion Ton Beryllium Ships and Crack Mountain at Grays Keg 7PM (Omaha)
Hot Club De Prarie at Gorats (Omaha)
Pete The Rock at Bar 415 (Omaha)
Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal and Cruz Control at B. Bar 8PM (Omaha)
Back 2 Back at Copacabana 9PM (Omaha)
Gene & Jerry at Cellar 426 7PM (Ashland)
Rustic Rebels Band at Whiskey Roadhouse (Council Bluff)
Swap Meet Sally at Cappy’s Hot Spot 8:30 PM (Lincoln)
Landslide-Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at East of Omaha 7PM (Griswold, IA)
Damien McCarthy at Dubliner Pub 9:30PM (Omaha)
Nightosphere, Carrier, Ghostlike & The Ulcer Twins at Duffy’s Tavern 8PM (Lincoln)
Bishops, Rhythm Collective, Linoma Mashers, and Nice Up at Maloney’s Live 7PM (Council Bluffs)
Midwest Home Base at 1867 8PM (Lincoln)
Sister Wife Sex Strike , Dusty The Kid, Dummy Head Torpedo, Not Ben Shin at The Swamp 8PM (Lincoln)
Jack and Jack with Sammy Wilk at Waiting Room Lounge 8PM (Omaha) SOLD OUT
Ryan Carveo with Braden Bales at Reverb Lounge 8PM (Omaha) SOLD OUT
Alestorm with Glyph and Elvenking at The Admiral Theater 7PM (Omaha)
The Damnations at The Zoo Bar 5PM (Lincoln)
Head Change with Nick Lytle at The Zoo Bar 9PM (Lincoln)
North By Northwest, The Breakroom, The Credentials, and Accidentology at Bourbon Theater 7PM (Lincoln)
Van Meyer at Highball Bar 5PM (Lincoln)
Queen of the Night:Tribute to Whitney Houston at Steelhouse Omaha 7:30PM (Omaha)
Ronnie and the Redwoods at Bucks Bar and Grill 9PM (Venice)
Hector Anchondo at Mouth of the South Lakeside 11AM (Omaha)
Joe McCarthy at Mouth of the South Old Market 11AM (Omaha)
Back Alley Betties at Saro Cider 5:30PM (Lincoln)
John Rogers and Scout Finch at Brazen Head 7PM (Omaha)
Wakanda One at Benson Theatre 6PM
Velvet Velvet with Grace Titus and Ebba Rose at Slowdown 8PM
Jocelyn Olivia and Brenda Lee Music at Twisted Vine 7PM (Papillion)
The Grease Band at Candlelight Bar 6:30PM (Omaha)
Savage Master and Screamer at Cosmic Eye 7PM (Lincoln)
Shakedown Strings at Storm Cellar 6:30PM (Lincoln)