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  • Ben Kweller and Omaha band It’s True! complete 2010 MAHA lineup

    Omaha’s MAHA Music Festival is only a couple months away and with the exception of bands set to stage upcoming showcase events, the lineup is now final. The Alegent Health-sponsored event has added multi-instrumentalist Ben Kweller (right) and the Omaha-based band It’s True! (left), who will take the main stage with indie-rock bands Spoon, The…

  • Editor’s Notebook: Big Omaha, content lag and our summer intern

    The video above just about sums up our blog these past few weeks. My apologies to our regular readers, we’ve been so hunkered down with Big Omaha preparations that we haven’t dedicated time to keeping up with the many things going on around us. And there are many things. Here’s just a handful of stories…

  • Weekly Wrap Up at Urban Wine Company

    Mentioned this week: * Filming on location on patio of Urban Wine Company, where we’ll have the Big Omaha Friday Happy Hour * MAHA Music Festival announces 2010 lineup * Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner with Pete Ricketts * TEDx Des Moines speaker lineup announced * PrairieCast * Corn Finger at this Saturday’s Red-White Spring…

  • The Faint, Superchunk and Old 97’s added to MAHA lineup

    In addition to Spoon, MAHA Music Festival released three more bands that will be playing at this year’s music festival on July 24: The Faint, an indie band with Omaha origins, Superchunk and the Old 97’s. According to YFC’s press release, the committee assembled the lineup to emphasize the different aspects of independent rock music,…

  • Spoon to headline second annual MAHA Music Festival July 24

    YFC, Inc. is at it again. The nonprofit founded by a five young professionals in 2008 in order to hold an annual, multi-day event for the community, has released details of this year’s MAHA Music Festival. Set for July 24 at Lewis & Clark Landing in downtown Omaha, Indie rock band Spoon will headline the…

  • MAHA Music Festival and BarCamp Omaha takeaways

      Last weekend, I met a friend for some coffee. Conversation drifted toward a subject that comes up from time to time: Why do we live in Omaha? We both had somewhat different perspectives on the subject. For me, the answer is simple. I actually came to Omaha telling myself that I would live here…

  • Three tickets to MAHA Music Festival: who wants one?

    Haven’t bought a ticket yet? Here’s your chance: be one of the first three to add a comment below telling me which band you’re most excited to see and you’ve scored yourself a ticket to MAHA. Here’s the lineup that will be hitting the stages Saturday: Dashboard Confessional G. Love and Special Sauce Big Head…

  • MAHA adds two local bands, fans will select final two

    With the initiative to find four local bands to take to the stage at the inaugural MAHA Music Festival presented by Alegent Health, the organizers of the event are turning to local fans to help them decide. At The Omaha Arts and Entertainment Awards Summer Showcase, The Jes Winter Band earned the first spot to…

  • Five young professionals organize non-profit to put on inaugural MAHA Music Festival

    After launching their website a week ago, the organizers of the inaugural MAHA Music Festival held a press announcement today making it official. Saturday, August 29th, Dashboard Confessionals will be headlining a six band line-up that will be expanded in coming months to include local acts, as well. The announcement, which took place at the…