Omaha Events

Repeats every week until Fri Oct 01 2010.

Sep 3, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

A view of the Gifford Park Community Garden

The Gifford Park Neighborhood Market season runs from July 16th until October 1st, Fridays, from 6 to 8pm. In addition to FREE gardening advice and recipes, patrons can purchase a wide variety of locally grown grown produce and flowers, including watermelons...

Saturday, September 4

Repeats every week until Sat Sep 25 2010.

Sep 4, 8:00am at Benson Farmers Market

A farmers market in Downtown Benson, just off the strip on Maple Street. Featuring produce, plants, meat, eggs, baked goods, art, special events and more, there is free parking available.

The Outdoor Market at Midtown Crossing

Repeats every week until Sat Oct 09 2010.

Sep 4, 8:30am at Omaha Farmers Market

The 2010 Omaha Farmers Market is open every Saturday from May 1st to October 9th. Over 6,000 shoppers visit the market weekly for fresh produce, smoked meats, locally canned jams, gourmet baked-goods, and more—visit the convenient harvest calendar to...

Sep 4, 9:00am at Turner Park

The Outdoor Market is the latest event to make use of the newly revitalized Turner Park at Midtown Crossing. This classy but relaxed market is an upscale destination for health conscious shoppers and is destined to become an Omaha summer tradition. In...

1/Fourth & $pencelove presents Dark Wave Disco (Chicago, IL)

Repeats every week until Sat Oct 16 2010.

Sep 4, 10:00am at Bancroft Street Market

The Bancroft Bayliss Loop (BBL) is a community forming bicycle ride and cultural exchange founded in 2009. On Saturday from May 22 through to October 16, it engages artists and cyclists between the Bancroft Market in Omaha, Nebraska and the West side and...

Sep 4, 9:00pm at Sake Bombers Lounge

Let’s celebrate Labor Day weekend with 1/Fourth & $pencelove featuring a special guest from Chicago, IL: Dark Wave Disco Djs

Sunday, September 5

Green Living Workshop: Introduction to Living Green, Living Well

Repeats every week until Sun Sep 05 2010.

Sep 5, 10:00am at Aksarben Village

The popular downtown Omaha Farmers Market, long a staple of summer weekends in the Old Market, will be expanding into a new Sunday Market for 2010! Aksarben Village will play host to the new market, featuring over 40 vendors each week. Familiar purveyors...

Tuesday, September 7

Sep 7, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Learn how to be more environmentally conscious through improved well-being, cost-cutting tips and a deeper awareness of your impact on the earth. Students will learn about sustainability by exploring eco-friendly practices, being water-wise, choosing healthy...

Thursday, September 9

Beer and Blog

Repeats every 2 weeks until Fri Jan 06 2012.

Sep 9, 4:30pm at Brazen Head Pub

Beer and Blog is a bi-weekly meet up giving Omaha residents the opportunity to chat with a wide variety of people, including: open source developers, web designers, information architects, photographers, social media butterflies, entrepreneurs, advertising...

South 24th Street Walking Tour

Repeats every week until Thu Oct 14 2010.

Sep 9, 4:30pm at El Museo Latino

The South 24th Street Walking Tour has from 5-15 participants taking an approximate 90-minute walk along five to six blocks. A paid tour guide leads the group to 8-10 sites and engages the participants between these sites.

Repeats every week until Fri Oct 01 2010.

Sep 9, 5:00pm at Lewis Central Middle School

Bikes lined up along the Wabash Trace Nature Trail for the Taco Ride

The Taco Ride is an Omaha/Council Bluffs tradition, with hundreds if not thousands of riders taking part every Thursday night from early spring until late fall.

Friday, September 10

Sep 10, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

Saturday, September 11

Sep 11, 8:00am at Benson Farmers Market

A farmers market in Downtown Benson, just off the strip on Maple Street. Featuring produce, plants, meat, eggs, baked goods, art, special events and more, there is free parking available.

Sep 11, 8:30am at Omaha Farmers Market

Green Living Workshop: Food Preservation/Storage

Sep 11, 10:00am at Bancroft Street Market

Second Saturday Supper

Repeats every month on the Saturday until Sun Jun 12 2011.

Sep 11, 6:00pm at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Additional Info: Please join members of the Bemis Center staff, along with the artists currently exhibiting in the Underground for a community potluck dinner. Every second Saturday of the month at 6pm, you’ll have an opportunity to share a meal...

Tuesday, September 14

Sep 14, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Fall harvest is the time to preserve the summer goodness of the garden in nutritious food supplies for winter. Learn about the five different methods of food preservation: pressure cooker, water bath canning, dehydration, freezing and fermentation.

Thursday, September 16

South 24th Street Walking Tour

Sep 16, 4:30pm at El Museo Latino

Sep 16, 5:00pm at Lewis Central Middle School

The Taco Ride is an Omaha/Council Bluffs tradition, with hundreds if not thousands of riders taking part every Thursday night from early spring until late fall.

Friday, September 17

Sep 17, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

This Weekend

Friday, September 3

Sep 3, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

Saturday, September 4

Sep 4, 8:00am at Benson Farmers Market

A farmers market in Downtown Benson, just off the strip on Maple Street. Featuring produce, plants, meat, eggs, baked goods, art, special events and more, there is free parking available.

The Outdoor Market at Midtown Crossing

Sep 4, 8:30am at Omaha Farmers Market

Sep 4, 9:00am at Turner Park

1/Fourth & $pencelove presents Dark Wave Disco (Chicago, IL)

Sep 4, 10:00am at Bancroft Street Market

Sep 4, 9:00pm at Sake Bombers Lounge

Let’s celebrate Labor Day weekend with 1/Fourth & $pencelove featuring a special guest from Chicago, IL: Dark Wave Disco Djs

Sunday, September 5

Sep 5, 10:00am at Aksarben Village

Next Week

Sunday, September 5

Green Living Workshop: Introduction to Living Green, Living Well

Sep 5, 10:00am at Aksarben Village

Tuesday, September 7

Sep 7, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Thursday, September 9

Beer and Blog

Sep 9, 4:30pm at Brazen Head Pub

South 24th Street Walking Tour

Sep 9, 4:30pm at El Museo Latino

Sep 9, 5:00pm at Lewis Central Middle School

The Taco Ride is an Omaha/Council Bluffs tradition, with hundreds if not thousands of riders taking part every Thursday night from early spring until late fall.

Friday, September 10

Sep 10, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

Saturday, September 11

Sep 11, 8:00am at Benson Farmers Market

A farmers market in Downtown Benson, just off the strip on Maple Street. Featuring produce, plants, meat, eggs, baked goods, art, special events and more, there is free parking available.

Sep 11, 8:30am at Omaha Farmers Market

Sep 11, 10:00am at Bancroft Street Market

Second Saturday Supper

Sep 11, 6:00pm at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Recently Added

Ember Schrag Concert

Sep 17, 9:00pm at The Slowdown

See Ember Schrag live in the Front Room. Doors open at 8pm. Visit Ember Schrag’s MySpace page and website for more information.

Sep 3, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

Sep 10, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

Sep 17, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

Sep 24, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

The Outdoor Market at Midtown Crossing

Oct 1, 6:00pm at Gifford Park

Sep 4, 9:00am at Turner Park

“Flow” by Tim Guthrie

Aug 24, 9:00am at Metropolitan Community College - Elkhorn Valley Campus

Tim Guthrie’s “Flow” is a reflection on BP’s attempt to control and spin the media coverage of the Deep Horizon disaster. “Flow” incorporates digital video projection of footage captured from live BP web feeds of the leak,...

Green Living Workshop: Introduction to Permaculture

Oct 26, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Learn how to live in sync with nature through the principles of permaculture, a sustainable land use design that works with nature instead of against it. Experience the abundance nature can provide even in the city.

Green Living Workshop: Conduct Your Own Home Energy Audit

Oct 19, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Participants will learn how to improve their comfort, better their health and save energy in their home while contributing to the well-being of the planet. Learn how to conduct a home energy audit and identify energy-saving opportunities to benefit your...

Green Living Workshop: How to Compost

Oct 5, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Explore different models of indoor and outdoor composters, with a focus on yard, garden and household waste. Included are the benefits of composting for homeowners, apartment dwellers and concerned citizens for the environment.

Green Living Workshop: Food Preservation/Storage

Sep 14, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Green Living Workshop: Car-Free Omaha

Sep 22, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

Learn how to get around Omaha without a car by exploring the benefits and risks of biking, busing, walking and carpooling around the Metro area. Reduce your gasoline demand, help the planet and commute without an automobile. This class is located on a bus...

Green Living Workshop: Introduction to Living Green, Living Well

Sep 7, 8:30am at Florence Branch and Community Center

19th Annual Fort Omaha Intertribal Powwow

Sep 18, 1:00pm at Metropolitan Community College - Fort Omaha Campus

MCC celebrates Native American cultures Sept. 18, 1–7:30 p.m., with the annual Fort Omaha Intertribal Powwow. The outdoor celebration features the traditional dance, music, artistry, storytelling and foods of Nebraska’s Native Americans. The event...

2D or not 2D

Sep 1, 11:00am at Artists' Cooperative Gallery

“2D or not 2D” features Jacoby, Luth, Schimenti and Wroblewski

1/Fourth & $pencelove presents Dark Wave Disco (Chicago, IL)

Sep 4, 9:00pm at Sake Bombers Lounge

Let’s celebrate Labor Day weekend with 1/Fourth & $pencelove featuring a special guest from Chicago, IL: Dark Wave Disco Djs

Enchantments: Visions of the Southwest

Sep 1, 12:00pm at Hot Shops Art Center

“Enchantments: Visions of the Southwest” features paintings, photos, sculptures, jewelry and handmade prints inspired by distinctive American region

3rd Annual Omaha Zombie Walk

Oct 23, 4:00pm at Downtown Benson

Zombie Walk 2008 (photo courtesy of Nick, Programmerman)

The Zombie Walk is back! The undead will walk again in 2010, and they promise to turn out in record numbers: 2008: 271 Zombies! 2009: 390 Zombies! 2009: ??????????? The zombie walk is public happening in which participants, dressed in their finest...

10th Annual Running of the Wiener Dog Races

Sep 19, 12:30pm at Platt Duetsche Softball Fields

The 10th annual "Running of the Wieners" will be held on the ballfield on Sunday, September 19 at 12:30. The dachshunds will run in the following categories: Little Smokies (Under age 1), Frankfurters (1-5 years) and Senior Sausages (Over the...

Past

Thursday, September 2

loom Weaves Joslyn's Sculpture Garden

Sep 2, 5:00pm at Lewis Central Middle School

The Taco Ride is an Omaha/Council Bluffs tradition, with hundreds if not thousands of riders taking part every Thursday night from early spring until late fall.

Sep 2, 5:00pm at Joslyn Art Museum

Last year’s loom event in Joslyn’s Sculpture Garden drew 700 people of all ages and colors. The spontaneous multicultural festival atmosphere features music and dance, live instrumentation, body painting, live art, yoga, dance performances and...

Sunday, August 29

Riverfront Wine Festival - Day 2

Aug 29, 1:00pm at Lewis & Clark Landing

The two day WineStyles Riverfront Wine Festival brings together wineries and importers from all over the country. This year marks the annual festival’s second, expected to be the largest gathering of serious wine lovers in the state. Over 150...

Riverfront Wine Festival - Day 1

Aug 29, 10:00am at Aksarben Village

Saturday, August 28

Aug 28, 3:00pm at Lewis & Clark Landing

Dundee Gallery Presents "The Artist is In"

Repeats every week every Saturday until Sun Aug 29 2010 except Sat Jul 03 2010.

Aug 28, 10:00am at Dundee Gallery

Meet artists this summer on Saturdays at Dundee Gallery. Every week Dundee Gallery will feature a different artist. The artist will be in the gallery on Saturday’s demonstrating their work. Doug Boyd & Deb McColley | June 26 Jen Lukas -Landis |...

Aug 28, 10:00am at Bancroft Street Market

Aug 28, 8:30am at Omaha Farmers Market

Aug 28, 8:00am at Benson Farmers Market

A farmers market in Downtown Benson, just off the strip on Maple Street. Featuring produce, plants, meat, eggs, baked goods, art, special events and more, there is free parking available.

Thursday, August 26

Aug 26, 5:00pm at Lewis Central Middle School

The Taco Ride is an Omaha/Council Bluffs tradition, with hundreds if not thousands of riders taking part every Thursday night from early spring until late fall.

Beer and Blog

Aug 26, 4:30pm at Brazen Head Pub

Sunday, August 22

loom Weaves Annual White Party

Aug 22, 10:00am at Aksarben Village

Saturday, August 21

Aug 21, 9:00pm at The Waiting Room Lounge

$5 | All Ages | 9 pm - 2 am For the first time in loom’s 4-year history, they’ll be making their way down to the Waiting Room to accommodate for the large crowd that always comes with the annual all-white attire dance celebration. + Music...

Dundee Gallery Presents "The Artist is In"

Aug 21, 10:00am at Dundee Gallery

Aug 21, 10:00am at Bancroft Street Market

Aug 21, 8:30am at Omaha Farmers Market

Crohn's and Colitis Sand Volleyball Fundraiser

Aug 21, 8:00am at Benson Farmers Market

A farmers market in Downtown Benson, just off the strip on Maple Street. Featuring produce, plants, meat, eggs, baked goods, art, special events and more, there is free parking available.

Aug 21, 8:00am at Spikers Sports and Spirits

WHEN: Saturday 8/21/10 WHERE: Spikers Sports and Spirits - Gretna, NE 20227 Husker Drive Gretna, NE WHAT: Volleyball (participate or spectate) Food and Fun T-Shirts Raffles and Prizes REGISTRATION: Click the ticket on top of this page to...

Thursday, August 19

Midwest Dilemma / All Young Girls Are Machine Guns CD Release Party

Aug 19, 9:00pm at The Slowdown

Join Midwest Dilemma for a special Slowdown Front Room show. Also appearing will be Kyle Harvey and All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, who are celebrating the release of their new CD on Slo-Fidelity Records. The Secret Attic Recordings CD Release...