Tons Of Porchfest Info For Today and Touring Acts Rolling Through This Evening

Sunday Music Lineup

Happy Sunday! Usually I combine Saturday and Sunday, but there is so much happening today that I kept Sunday all alone. There is a lot of Porchfest below, but there are other happenings I talk about after down below. Have a great day.

Today is the 8th annual Porchfest happening in the Gifford Park area. This event is one of my favorite events of the year (even though I cannot attend today), as you can see so many of our area's finest songwriters in one afternoon in unique settings. It’s also a fantastic time to catch up with other area music fans you know (just don’t do that while the artists are playing). There are twelve stages, and ten of them are on people’s porches. There is also the Market Stage, where they usually have the Gifford Park Farmers Market and the Omaha Mobile Stage. One of the porches will be poetry, and one of the porches will be visual art. One of the porches will be a rapid-fire open mic stage with many performers.

I have included the schedule for the featured performers, the open mic schedule. the poetry schedule and the map. They will probably have all of this printed out, but you can use this on your phone.

Every year has a great lineup, and there are always new artists to find, which is one of the points of this event. This year has some long running and well known artists such as McCarthy Trenching, Kris Lager, Matt Cox & The Marauders, Scott Severin & Stateleigh Holmes, Jeremy Mercy, Aly Peeler, Jocelyn, The Mudpuddles, B.B. Sledge, Mitch Gettman, Adam Houghtelling, Tom Bartolomei, Midwest Dilemma, and there is so much more.

There is also a vendor market, kids areas, food trucks, and a beer garden. I also saw something about goats. My pro-tip is to bring a bicycle and roll up to each of the stages, even though it looks like perfect fall walking weather today. They will have pedicabs that people can hop on also. Have a blast!

Poetry Schedule

Noon: Zedeka Poindexter

12:30 - Dawaune Lamont Hayes

1:00 - Sam Lee

1:30 - Sharieff Clark

2:00 - Esman Rodas

2:30 - Nate Foo

3:00 - Ben Wenzl

3:30 - Paula Bell

4:00 - Jewel Rodgers

4:30 - Greg Harries

5:00 - Matt Mason

Nashville folk band Judah and The Lion are at Steelhouse Omaha this evening. Now a duo, they released their first album, Kids These Days, ten years ago. They have released four albums since, including their current album, The Process. The band held a contest to find an area band to open for them, and Feel Good is the Omaha choice.

BJ Barham and his popular and prolific country band American Aquarium return to Omaha tonight for a show at Waiting Room Lounge. They are touring on their latest album, The Fear of Standing Still, which came out in July. Opening the show is the wonderful Abby Hamilton, who I saw last year at Slowdown, and she was amazing. I will be popping in for her set tonight for sure, and I would highly recommend you arrive early if you are attending.

Here is the rest of todays events including the monthly bluegrass happening at American Legion, the closing day of Junkstock and the return of the Omaha Symphony to Joslyn.

Sunday October 6th

Porchfest Omaha at Gifford Park Neighborhood 11AM (Omaha)

Judah and The Lion at Steelhouse Omaha 8PM (Omaha)

American Aquarium with Abby Hamilton at Waiting Room 8PM (Omaha)

Roots Music Jam at The Zoo Bar 4PM (Lincoln)

The Medicine Theory, Bull Face and Wagon at Duffy’s 8PM (Lincoln)

The Lonely Ones at 1867 7PM (Lincoln)

Omaha Symphony-Bottesini and Beethoven 8 at The Joslyn 2PM (Omaha)

Bangers and Mash at Junkstock 12PM (Waterloo)

Porkorny Boys at Junkstock 3PM (Waterloo)

Sandy Creek Pickers at American Legion Post #1 2PM (Omaha)

Highway 91 Music Fest with Hector Anchondo and Kevin Burt 1PM (Blair)

Taxi Driver at Surfside Club (Omaha)

Tracy Skretta Duo at Soaring Wings Winery 2PM (Springfield) FREE

Southern Nights and Touch of Grey at The Dock 3PM (Council Bluffs)

Monte Peck at Kinkaider Brewing 4PM (Lincoln)

Jerry Renaud and Gene Davis at James Arthur Winery 11:30PM (Raymond)

DJ A-Rhab at Bar 415 (Omaha)

Luigi Inc. at Mister Toads 9PM (Omaha)