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Sunday, Dec 23

1012 Bass Place @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Tuesday, Apr 30

The Rise Records Tour 2013 Like Moths To Flames w/ Crown The Empire, The Color Morale, Palisades, My Ticket Home, and Rectitude @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Diana and the Maries w/ Quiet Hollers (Louisville, KY) and Christopher Bowling $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Thrones (Salem, OR) w/ Vickers and Worried Mothers @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Wednesday, May 1

Transit w/ Seahaven, Young Statues, and more TBA @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Dr. Samuel Meisels @ The Holland Center \| Omaha
Paper Bird w/ Dana Falconberry, Midwest Dilemma @ Slowdown\| Omaha
Paper Bird w/ Dana Falconberry, Midwest Dilemma @ Slowdown\| Omaha
DJ Relic's SOUL Dance Party (No Cover) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Collaboration Comedy - Open Mic (Sign up at 9:30pm) - NO COVER @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Thursday, May 2

Mike Reeb (Lafayette, IN) w/ Michael Todd and Little Marais $5 @Barley Street Tavern\| Omaha
Crate Digging with Mr. Deedles @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Jake Bellows + John Klemmensen and the Party @ The Sydney \| Omaha
Roster McCabe @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
X-Rated: Women in Music presents Laurelin Kruse w/ All Young Girls Are Machine Guns and Ariel and the Arga Knots @ The Manticave \| Lincoln

Friday, May 3

Benson First Friday with Rock Paper Dynamite @ The Sydney \| Omaha
Mezcal Bros. @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
(BFF) BENSON ALLEY GALLERY: Mads Anderson & Justin Beller @ Benson Alley Art Gallery \| Omaha
OMAHA UNDEAD JAZZ FESTIVAL @ Om Center \| Omaha
Marq is Finally 40 @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
A Benefit For Sage Fontenelle BLVD w/ Bad Apple, 3D Jumper, EleKtrik Circus, and Gjordon @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
HN Presents: First Friday with Life is Cool @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln
A Benefit For Sage Fontenelle BLVD w/ Bad Apple, 3D Jumper, EleKtrik Circus, and Gjordon @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
JD McPherson @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Omaha
HEMLOCK, THE BLOOD OF WAR, TENDEAD and SLANTPIECE @ The Phoenix Room \| Norfolk
Benson First Friday (Art/Music/Poetry) Laurelin Kruse (Brooklyn, NY) w/ Humans of the Deep $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Commander Kilroy, Third of July & Faded @ Duggan’s Pub
Stonebelly @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Universe Contest/Twinsmith/Her Flyaway Manner @ O'Leavers's \| Omaha
OFF Wrap Party w/Josh One (LA - Boomnote) @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Saturday, May 4

Steepwater Band @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Decatures w/ Up On The Hill, Lot Walks, Clear The Day, Reed Scott Nohrenberg, and Memory Mines @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
The Decatures w/ Up On The Hill, Lot Walks, Clear The Day, Reed Scott Nohrenberg, and Memory Mines @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
loom Weaves Cinco de Mayo @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Fishhawk w/ Tatonka & Universe Contest @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
All Young Girls Are Machine Guns w/ Ariel & the Arga Knots and The Love Technicians also featuring comics Heather Jones, Annie Hildebrand and Abby Rosenquist $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Free Show w/ Elektrik Cirkus
Zion I @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
AYGAMG w/The Love Technicians & Ariel and the Arga Knots, featuring Heather Jones, Allyson Schneiderwind, Abby Rosenquist, and Annie Hildebrand
Cuatro de Mayo Bash with Midtown Marauders @ Sweatshop \| Omaha
Bolzen Beer Band and Speedsweat @ Duffy's \| Lincoln

Sunday, May 5

Tranquility Meditation May 5th • Learn How with Lama Lopsang @ om center \| Omaha
Cinco de Mayo with the Tijuana Gigolos (Free for runners! $5 for others) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra @ Joslyn Art Museum \| Omaha
Ballroom Dancing Music by The Jimmy B Orchestra @ Sokol Auditorium \| Omaha
Ballroom Dancing Music by The Jimmy B Orchestra @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Latin Madness Salsa Night @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Lincoln Youth Symphony w/ Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra @ the Lied Center \| Lincoln
Three Years Hollow @ The Waiting Room

Monday, May 6

Piano Hour w/ Emily Bass @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Zoo Bar House Band $3 @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Zoo Bar House Band featuring Jaden Carlson (Denver) $5 @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Deadstring Brothers w/ Bonehart Flannigan @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
New Music Monday: Break Maiden @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
Pickwick @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Songwriter Open Mic - No Cover @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Tuesday, May 7

Jazzocracy (No Cover) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
SOJA @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
Songwriter Night w/ Gerardo Meza (No Cover) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Wednesday, May 8

Martinis and Manicures @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Lil' Slim ($6) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
THE OK PARTY COMEDY SEX (SKETCH) SHOW @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
Soul & Funk 45's w/ DJ eL NeSs @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Mad Anthony w/ Red Cities and Laughing Falcon ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Collaboration Comedy - Open Mic (Sign up at 9:30pm) - NO COVER @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Thursday, May 9

Whiskey Project-Thursday Afternoon Country Club ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
A Night with Ms Dani Cleveland @ House of Loom \| Omaha
TRUTH @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Maps & Atlases @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
West Water Outlaws (Boulder, CO) w/ TBA $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Zoso - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Powerful Sciene, The Hoot Hoots (Seattle) and Gravy and The Stamp ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Gordon/Paperhaus @ O'Leaver's \| Omaha

Friday, May 10

Spencers: Theatre of Illusion @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
Tijuana Gigolos @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Eastwood w/ Cloudsplitter, A Sound In Sight, An Empire Once Nothing, By The Thousands, Saints & Poets, and Your Last Chance @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Eastwood w/ Cloudsplitter, A Sound In Sight, An Empire Once Nothing, By The Thousands, Saints & Poets, and Your Last Chance @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
MELVIN SEALS & JERRY GARCIA BAND w/ Kris Lager Band @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
MELVIN SEALS & JERRY GARCIA BAND w/ Kris Lager Band @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Dear Rabbit \| King Thumper \| Better Friend \| The Gaze @ The Manticave LINCOLN
Anja McCloskey (Southampton, England) w/ Danny Sabra & Friends $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
VietNam w/ Black Pus, Plack Blague @ Slowdown \| Omaha
MIDLIFE CRISIS: A FAITH NO MORE TRIBUTE BAND @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
Big Omaha Closing Party @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Mikey Wehling and The Reverbs w/ Zed Tempo ($6) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Saturday, May 11

Gretchen Parlato @ Holland Center \| Omaha
LIQUID COURAGE 13TH ANNIVERSARY @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
Academy of Rock @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
I Am The Navigator/Dark Satellites/Life in Prism ALL AGES
I Am The Navigator w/ Dark Satellites and Life in Prism (Early Show) @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
The Rain Dogs @ LAFTA Main Stage \| Lincoln
Bob Marley Tribute
WOODY McBRIDE x AARON LEE + LIVE Tattoo Artist MARIO INK @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Lori Allison and Her Philosophers @ Meadowlark Coffee \| Lincoln
Saint Chris: Last Chance @ Freedom Album Release (Free Show) w/ Beat Down Bastard, Vic Giron, Mr. Smith, St. Chris, & Motherfuckin’ Saints
Underwater Dream Machine w/ Dear Rabbit (Colorado Springs, CO) and John Klemmensen & the Party $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Dumb Beach/Dim Light/Laughing Falcon @ O' Leaver's \| Omaha

Sunday, May 12

Stars and Watercarriers @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
Il Divo @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
The Body w/ Astral Menace & Feral Hands @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Latin Madness Salsa Night @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Speck Mountain (Chicago) w/ The Flow ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Monday, May 13

Piano Hour w/ Emily Bass @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Zoo Bar House Band $3 @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
New Music Monday: Artillery Funk @ The Waiting Room \| Omaha
Boris w/ Pallbearer & Masses @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Songwriter Open Mic - No Cover @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
drdiggs DJs First Cut @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Tall Boys w/ The Midnight Ghost Train (Topeka, KS) $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
The Thermals @ Slowdown \| Omaha

Tuesday, May 14

Asking Alexandria w/ Whitechapel, Motionless in hite, Chimaira, and I Killed The Prom Queen @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Sarah and the Tallboys ($8) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Asking Alexandria w/ Whitechapel, Motionless in White, Chimaira, and I Killed The Prom Queen @ Sokol Auditorium \| Omaha
The Addams Family @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
Blue Fruit Snacks @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Loves It! (Austin) w/ Gremans from Russia and J.B. & The Howlers ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Wednesday, May 15

The 44's ($10) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Straight, No Chaser \| Vintage Jazz Vinyl w/Andrew Monson @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Mushroomhead w/ Lydia Can’t Breathe, Ionia, Final Trigger, Jamazz, & Dirtfedd @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Fratenral Durango w/ DJ Relic ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Collaboration Comedy - Open Mic (Sign up at 9:30pm) - NO COVER @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Thursday, May 16

Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band- Afternoon Country Club ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Verbal Gumbo : Spoken Word Open Mic honors MALCOLM X @ House of Loom \| Omaha
The Addams Family @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
Black Moth Super Rainbow w/ Hood Internet @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
The Talbott Brothers (Imperial, NE) w/ Ross Turpen and TBA $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Adam Ezra Group (Boston) w/ The Bottletops and Jack Hotel ($6)

Friday, May 17

Fabtones @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Green Fairy: Great Gatsby @ House of Loom \| Omaha
The Addams Family @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
Opeth w/ Katatonia @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Limp Bizkit w/ TBD @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Matt Cox Band w/ Rock Paper Dynamite and Ragged Company $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Auditorium Limp Bizkit w/ TBD @ Sokol Auditorium \| Omaha
Josh Hoyer and The Shadowboxers w/ The 9's ($8) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Saturday, May 18

The Addams Family @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
Ken Valdez ($8) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Addams Family @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
Up On The Hill @ The Lauter Tun \| Omaha
Free Show w/ Elektrik Cirkus @ Luckie’s Lounge
Josiah Leming w/ Griffen Alexander, One Love @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Travel Guide (Wichita, KS) w/ Bright Giant (Des Moines, IA) and Japanese Game Show (Wichita, KS) $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
Mezcal Brothers ($6) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The SNJ @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Sunday, May 19

The Addams Family @ The Orpheum \| Omaha
ONE: The ONLY Tribute to Metallica @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Latin Madness Salsa Night @ House of Loom \| Omaha
The Addams Family @ The Orpheum \| Omaha

Monday, May 20

Piano Hour w/ Emily Bass @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Zoo Bar House Band $3 @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Songwriter Open Mic - No Cover @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Tuesday, May 21

Garrison Keillor @ Holland Center \| Omaha
Jazzocracy (No Cover) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Billy Saffyre (Lincoln, NE) w/ TBA $5 @ Barley Street \| Omaha
Ides Of Gemini, Vickers and TBA @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln

Wednesday, May 22

Martinis and Manicures @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Coco Montoya @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Jeff Crosby and The Refugees @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Lucky Bucket Live Featuring Mister Tim @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Smash Sound System @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Cadaver Dogs (OH) w/ Ron Wax and Blue Sky Angel Parade ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Collaboration Comedy - Open Mic (Sign up at 9:30pm) - NO COVER @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Thursday, May 23

Island Alumni with More Machine Now Than Man & Tenderness Wilderness @ The Sydney \| Omaha
Wordsmiths Live
RAW - Natural Born Artists Featured Artists TBA More info at RAW @ Sokol Auditorium \| Omaha
Clutch w/ The Sword @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
RAW - Natural Born Artists Featured Artists TBA @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Bush, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs
Angel and The Devils, Sas and TBA ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The Lucky Dutch (Chicago, IL) w/ Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost (St. Louis, MO) and TBA $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha

Friday, May 24

Scott Keeton @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Afton Presents: Elizabeth Davis, Josh holste, Still We Fall, and more @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Afton Presents: Elizabeth Davis, Josh holste, Still We Fall, and more @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Cheap Trick, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs
Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers w/ Paul Thorn
Faded w/ Commander Kilroy (Lincoln, NE) and TBA $5 @ Barley Street \| Omaha
Making Movies @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Goo @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Saturday, May 25

Poetry from Portia Vivienne Love and Friends
Max Fischer EP Release, Touch People & Mean Street @ The Sydney \| Omaha
skypiper EP release! w/ Cowboy Indian Bear and Twinsmith
The Decatures w/ Artillery Funk and John the Bastard (Oklahoma) $5 @ Barley Street Tavern \| Omaha
The Big Deep w/ Abandon Kansas, Instant Empire, Flight Metaphor @ Slowdown \| Omaha
Luke Polipnick and John Niekrasz (Chicago) w/ TBA ($5) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
The SNJ @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Sunday, May 26

Marcus Lewis and His Big Band @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Saul w/ Stalemate, A Wasted Effort, Between The Skylines, Empire Falls, Ivy Garden, Burning Down The Villager, Ever Green, Burning Wish, and The Counterplot @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
David Lindley ($15 adv. / $20 door) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Dead Leaves @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Latin Madness Salsa Night @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Monday, May 27

Piano Hour w/ Emily Bass @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Zoo Bar House Band $3 @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Songwriter Open Mic - No Cover

Tuesday, May 28

Jazzocracy (No Cover) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
Device w/ Gemini Syndrome and Beware of Darkness @ Sokol Underground \| Omaha
Brad Colerick @ Pizza Shoppe Collective
Kendrick Lamar @ Pershing\| Lincoln
Device w/ Gemini Syndrome and Beware of Darkness @ Sokol Auditorium \| Omaha
Songwriter Night w/ Gerardo Meza (No Cover) @ The Zoo Bar \| Lincoln
CUBICLE ENCORE SHOW in Pasadena
HN Presents: Jay Kutchma & The Five Fifths @ Duffy's Tavern \| Lincoln
Bloc Party w/ Bear Mountain @ Slowdown \| Omaha

Wednesday, May 29

Nocturnal Rite w/Dustin Bushon @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Thursday, May 30

Omaha Vegan Drinks: May @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Roger Lewis Soul Train Night @ House of Loom \| Omaha

Friday, May 31

FAC w/ Mark Hinrichs @ House of Loom
LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Ice Cube and De LA Soul, Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's \| Council Bluffs
Beatles and More @ Pizza Shoppe Collective \| Omaha
Premiere of Body Language @ House of Loom \| Omaha
Dj Shawdow @ The Bourbon Theatre \| Lincoln
Witness Tree Album Release Show!

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