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11th Annual Spring Wine, Blues, Beer and Balloon Festival

The 11th Annual Blues festival is coming up at the beginning of June. We will open our gates at 3:30. The cost is $20 for adults and $15 for children 12 and up. Tickets will be available at the gate or online at E-tix. June 6th: 4:00-5:00: Hector Anchondo 5:30-6:30 Coyote Bill Boogie Band 7:00-8:00

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Bette Midler

Bette Midler Multiple Grammy Award®-winning singer and legendary performer Bette Midler has added CenturyLink Center Omaha to her 24-city tour line-up! The tour will feature material from Midler’s iconic career and material from her new album, “It’s The Girls!” – a glorious tribute to girl groups through the ages. “It’s The Girls!” features the swinging

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MERCHANDISE + NOTHING

MERCHANDISE + NOTHING Cloakroom Thursday, May 28, 2015 9:00 PM, The Slowdown Merchandise is a band fighting against the easy categorization reserved for abbreviated biographies. The project is equal parts punk misanthropy, maudlin balladeering, fine art, low humor, classical study, psychedelic spacecasing, mad science and pop genius. Formed as a trio in Tampa, Florida in

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BETA PLAY WITH THE TRAGIC THRILLS

May 25 @ The Waiting Room $10 9pm show Beta Play Formerly Tommy & The High Pilots – pop rock from Santa Barabara, CA. The Tragic Thrills “My aim is to be earnest and have integrity,” says Zach Porter, primary songwriter of the transcendent pop-rock quintet The Tragic Thrills. “When I write songs for this

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5th Annual Children’s Parade, LEGO® Travel Adventure Opening

Saturday, May 23 9am Kick off summer and the grand opening of LEGO® Travel Adventure with Omaha’s only Children’s Parade – where you don’t just watch the parade, you ARE the parade! Children and families will walk down 20th Street from The Rose Theater to the museum (about two blocks). Dress up in costume or

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Comedy Picks of the Week

Auggie Smith

May 21-24 | Omaha Funny Bone At the age of 19, Auggie Smith moved from Billings, Montana to Portland, Oregon to pursue a carreer in stand up comedy. After a few years of toil and struggle, he first achieved acclaim by winning the 1994 Sam Adams Comedy Contest, who’s prizes earned him his first national

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Eric Church

May 20 @ Pinnacle Bank Arena After closing out 2014 with country music’s top-selling album, the Platinum-certified and genre-busting The Outsiders, Eric Church storms in to 2015 with four GRAMMY nominations (Best Country Album for The Outsiders, Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for “Give Me Back My Hometown” and Best Country Group/Duo

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Featured Picks of the Week Theater

Once

May 12-17, 2015 Orpheum Theater | Slosburg Hall Winner of eight 2012 Tony® Awards including BEST MUSICAL, ONCE is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, ONCE tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when

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TWINSMITH “ALLIGATOR YEARS” ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

The Slowdown, 724 N. 14th St May 15 @ 9pm www.theslowdown.com Talk about a hole-in-one. Omaha’s Twinsmith released its eponymous debut album last summer, and mere weeks later were signed to prestigious indie label Saddle Creek (home of Conor Oberst’s hall of fame-worthy Bright Eyes). The instant success is something of a misnomer though; the

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RUSH: R40 LIVE 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

Over the course of their amazing career, Rush has lived a lifetime together, providing an influential soundtrack to many of their fans’ lives. Some have been with them since the start, while others have discovered them along the way and delved into their incredible body of work. To quote Dave Grohl from their momentous induction

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