Silicon Prairie News

Omaha Omaha's MAHA Music Festival is only a couple months away and with the exception of bands set to stage upcoming showcase events, the lineup is now final. The Alegent Health-sponsored event has added multi-instrumentalist Ben Kweller (right) and the Omaha-based band It's True! (left), who will take the main stage with indie-rock bands Spoon, The Faint and Superchunk. Alt-country band the Old 97's will also hit the main stage. TD AMERITRADE will serve as the 2010 main stage sponsors for the second annual event, which will take place on Saturday, July 24, at Lewis… read more

Omaha In addition to Spoon, MAHA Music Festival released three more bands that will be playing at this year's music festival on July 24: The Faint, an indie band with Omaha origins, Superchunk and the Old 97’s. According to YFC's press release, the committee assembled the lineup to emphasize the different aspects of independent rock music, such as pop, dance, electronic, alt country and punk. Additionally, they… read more

Omaha YFC, Inc. is at it again. The nonprofit founded by a five young professionals in 2008 in order to hold an annual, multi-day event for the community, has released details of this year's MAHA Music Festival. Set for July 24 at Lewis & Clark Landing in downtown Omaha, Indie rock band Spoon will headline the main stage. Look for more details to be released tomorrow. Note: We incorrectly released full details earlier this morning. Out of respect for YFC we've taken it down and will publish another post with… read more

Omaha   [caption id="attachment_7297" align="aligncenter" width="479" caption="Used with permission from MAHA Music Festival"][/caption] Last weekend, I met a friend for some coffee. Conversation drifted toward a subject that comes up from time to time: Why do ... read more

Omaha Haven't bought a ticket yet? Here's your chance: be one of the first three to add a comment below telling me which band you're most excited to see and you've scored yourself a ticket to MAHA. ... read more

Omaha With the initiative to find four local bands to take to the stage at the inaugural MAHA Music Festival presented by Alegent Health, the organizers of the event are turning to local fans to help them decide. At The Omaha ... read more

Omaha After launching their website a week ago, the organizers of the inaugural MAHA Music Festival held a press announcement today making it official. Saturday, August 29th, Dashboard Confessionals will be headlining a six band line-up that will be expanded ... read more