North Omaha Music & Arts hosts free weekly jazz sessions with a house band followed by an open session where all jazz musicians, instrumentalists and vocalists are invited to bring their art into the NOMA space to sharpen and shed their abilities and ideas together!

Young The Giant: Victory Garden Tour with Cold War Kids play Aug. 3 at Astro Amphitheater. Tickets are sold out.

Little Stranger plays Aug. 4 at The Admiral. Tropidelic, Jarv and Damn Skippy are the openers. General admission tickets are $39; Premium Balcony tickets are also available.

311 and Dirty Heads play Aug. 5 at Stir Cove. Ocean Alley and Rome open the show. It's a General Admission-only show and you're allowed to bring chairs.

Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival is held in Omaha and Lincoln in July and August. Concerts are free but some venues will require reserving your free tickets ahead of time. Omaha's line up includes:

Scandinavian Cultural Heritage Program is Aug. 5 at Joslyn Castle. Enjoy Scandinavian songs sung in their languages with storytelling and context with each song. This program is part of Project Constellation.

Redferrin with opener Dan Olsen (Sack of Lions) plays Aug. 5 at Slowdown. Doors open at 7 p.m. and show starts at 8. Tickets cost more the day of show.

Blackberry Smoke brings their 25th Anniversary Tour 2026 to Steelhouse Omaha on Aug. 6. Trey Hensley opens. BOGO Main Floor General Admission tickets are available.

Jazz on the Green is a free concert series presented by O-Pa at Turner Park from July 9 through Aug. 13. The lawn opens at 5 p.m.; pre-show at 6:30 p.m.; and show at 7:30 p.m. Bring chairs and blankets for seating. 2026 lineup:

The Music & Memories Summer Concert Series takes place on Friday nights at the amphitheater at Shadow Lake Towne Center. 2026 schedule:

Uh Oh Album Release Show is Aug. 7 at Slowdown. Tom Bartolomei Band and Kethro open the show. Omaha indie rock band Uh Oh are celebrating the release of their fourth album, "In the Eye of the City," with local luminaries Kethro and the Tom Bartolomei Band. The new album finds Uh Oh at their...

The Maha Festival is at Heartland of America Park on Aug. 8. UK indie rock band Wet Leg headlines. Other acts include Bright Eyes, Killer Mike, Blondshell, Whitney, David Nance & Mowed Sound, and Carver Jones. Festival grounds will be open from 12:30 p.m. until the end of show at 11 p.m. Kids 10 and...

Maha Festival is Aug. 8 at at Heartland of America Park. Headlining the 2026 festival is UK indie rock breakout Wet Leg joined by Omaha’s own Bright Eyes, Grammy-winning rapper Killer Mike, and rising alternative standout Blondshell. Indie-folk favorites Whitney round out the bill alongside Omaha-based David Nance & Mowed Sound and emerging local artist...

Saturdays @ Stinson is a free concert series held in the summer at Stinson Park at Aksarben Village. Bring chairs and blankets for seating. 2026 schedule:

Theory of a Deadman & Sevendust play Aug. 9 at The Astro. Return To Dust opens the show. General Admission Floor tickets and reserved seating are available.