Every year at KZUM, we dedicate Labor Day Weekend to celebrating the blues. Starting at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, KZUM will be running nothing but the blues until Midnight, Tuesday, Sept. 7. You can see the schedule below to see when your favorite programmers will be taking their spin at the blues.
Sneaking in on Friday might have been the least talked about concert happening that week. And while it may have been drowned out by all the other events going on around town that week, certainly wasn’t the quietest. In fact, it was probably the loudest.
KZUM's shortened 2021 Stransky Park Concert Series concluded on August 5. We wanted to provide you with photos from each concert taken by our staff and photo contributor, Jason Orton.
The second week of August will feature two of downtown Lincoln’s major outdoor music events.
As the film industry gains back momentum after coming to a screeching halt during the pandemic, movie theaters are beginning to increase their showings.
Branched Oak Observatory may not be open every evening or weekend, but they aim to open twice per month. Most of their events are called “Star Parties,” and are typically held around the new moon to allow for optimal viewing of galaxies, nebulas, star clusters, and other objects in the night sky.
This Saturday, June 19, Star City Pride will be hosting their first ever in-person Pride Parade. The Star City Pride Festival will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday at Matt Lot on 8th and S Streets and will continue into Saturday following the morning parade. The weekend will feature 50+ vendors, interactive events, speakers, and entertainers.
The 2021 Stransky Park Concert Series lineup. Thursdays, July 1 - August 5, 7-9 p.m.
On May 21 the Lincoln mask mandate was lifted, just over ten months after being put in effect last July. As local venues slowly reintegrate live music back into the Lincoln community, they are constantly reevaluating their health policies, and even more so with this major city-wide change.
The Mayhem Manifesto is a benefit concert held for KZUM on May 15, 2021. Photos by Jay Douglass available here.