Omaha’s premier nonprofit music festival, Maha, will not happen this year. Instead, organizers are taking 2024 to rework the festival’s operating model with plans to return in 2025. The annual event was set to celebrate its 16th year this summer in the renovated Heartland of America Park on Omaha’s The RiverFront. Maha organizers will now spend 2024 recalibrating and exploring options and opportunities — including national partnerships — with a plan to return strong in 2025. Maha Festival’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to pause the festival for 2024, citing a need to rework Maha’s oper ..read more

Together we can keep lowering the festival’s footprint! You did it again. You helped Maha go zero waste for a second time! This is a massive group effort involving sustainability sponsor OPPD, Maha’s amazing volunteers, waste management partner Hillside Solutions, and everyone who made sure to use the right trash bin. Last weekend 2,543 pounds were saved from a landfill by composting or recycling ⁣— 94% of the total on-site waste 9,600+ plastic water bottles never even used thanks to everyone who filled up at the FNBO Free Water Stations ⁣ 98 recycling volunteers made it all happen⁣⁣ (shout ..read more

Missing Maha already? Watch this. Sixteen hours of festival goodness distilled into 60 seconds. Enjoy this mini Maha memory from July 28-29 in the center of Omaha, Nebraska!  Maha Festival 2023 is presented by Medical Solutions! | Learn more here. Music: Garst, “Fine” | Listen and buy here. Video: Bright Banner Films | Follow here. Up next: July 26-27, 2024 at Heartland of America Park at The RiverFront. Get on the list for all of next year’s big announcements here. The post Maha 2023 Weekend Rewind appeared first on Maha Festival ..read more

Make the most of your Maha with these super fun stop-offs. Art pop-ups, vinyl shopping, DJs, and many more Maha fan favorites — there’s tons to discover at the 15th annual Maha Festival! The post Even More Things to Do at Maha 2023 appeared first on Maha Festival ..read more

What to do when the festival vibes get a little too hot and steamy.  Check back here for updates.  The last weekend of July in Omaha is always guaranteed to be hot, but the Friday of Maha 2023 might be the hottest of all. With a heat advisory in effect for Omaha through Friday at 9 p.m., Maha is preparing several ways to help the crowd, volunteers, and performers keep as cool as they can while still enjoying all the festival fun. Operation hydration.FNBO is providing free water filling stations throughout the festival grounds. Everyone is welcome to bring factory-sealed or empty wate ..read more

The Maha Drink List is here, and it’s extra. Seltzers, cocktails, beers, and pop-ups galore. Boozy or not, there’s something for everyone.  Must be 21+ with ID and wristband to purchase or drink alcoholic beverages and zero-proof cocktails. The post What to Drink at Maha 2023 appeared first on Maha Festival ..read more

Explore a variety of unique finds at the Maha Merch Tent. Make your Maha extra stylish with a limited-edition T-shirt — printed in collab with the one-and-only RAYGUN — or eye-catching commemorative poster! Posters are screen printed by Ink Tank Merch; artwork by designer Matt Pollard. Find these designs, along with artist merchandise, at the Maha Festival Merch Tent. While supplies last! The post Maha 2023 Merch Collection appeared first on Maha Festival ..read more

Experience inspiring performances from our region’s leading youth poets, including the 2023 Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate and others. Poetry performances at Maha are brought to you in collaboration with the Nebraska Writers Collective. Their All Writes Reserved program is the biggest youth spoken word poetry festival in the Midwest. Hundreds of students from dozens of high schools across Nebraska and western Iowa spend months writing, revising, and rehearsing original performance poetry before coming to Maha.  Performing on the LinkedIn Stage on Saturday, July 29 at 3:00 p.m. Aliyah Americ ..read more

Cool down and laugh it up at the (air-conditioned!) Millwork Arts Lounge with these stellar comedians. Comedy performances will take place Friday, July 28 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 29 from 3 to 4:30 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Millwork Arts Lounge. Special thanks to Millwork Commons and Broken Magic Comedy. The post Comedy at Maha Festival 2023 appeared first on Maha Festival ..read more

On the menu this year: Excellent eats from Maha’s neighboring restaurants. In case you didn’t catch the news, July 2023 will be the final Maha at Aksarben Village! This summer, we’re celebrating our groovy neighbors of the last 13 festival seasons. Aksarben Village is filled with every kind of cuisine your heart desires. We’re making it easier than ever to check them out! Here’s what you need to know: This year only, there will not be food trucks inside the festival. Instead, there will be four new exit-only gates along 67th Street, opening right at the doorstep of several eateries — some eve ..read more