The best (and biggest) concerts coming to Omaha in 2024
It’s going to be a great year.
How do I know? Because I’ve seen the whole year’s concert calendar, and it looks damn good.
This is your list. Bookmark it. (We’ll keep updating it all through 2024.) It has all the biggest shows — pop stars like Olivia Rodrigo, country stars such as Zach Bryan, farewell tours like The Eagles and Barry Manilow — and the very best that are touring this year — like Jason Isbell, Bleachers, Bowling For Soup and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
I pored over all the venue lists and every promoter website to select the best concerts coming to Omaha in 2024. These are the shows you want on your radar!
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March
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
with Shane Guerrette
March 12 | Slowdown | $22 at seetickets.us
Hear some blues. Hear some soul. Hear some rock ‘n’ roll. Hear it all together with Black Joe Lewis comes to Slowdown once again.
Olivia Rodrigo
with Chappell Rowan
March 13 | CHI Health Center Omaha | SOLD OUT
This one’s been sold out for an eternity, which is no surprise. Since Sour came out, Rodrigo and her songs — Vampire, Good 4 U, Drivers License, Traitor among them — have been absolutely everywhere.
KMFDM
March 18 | The Waiting Room Lounge | $35 at etix.com
German industrial music played at full volume inside a small rock club? Sign me the **** up. Plus the band has a new album, Let Go, celebrating their 4oth anniversary!
Alestorm
with Glyph and Elvenking
March 30 | The Admiral | $27.50-$49 at etix.com
Have you heard of these guys? They’re a pirate metal band. And it’s exactly what you think. Metal music with a pirate bent. And it’s freaking awesome. This may or may not have factored into some of my workout playlists. (And if you want something to laugh at, go check out Fucked With An Anchor. It’s, uh, aggressive.)
April
Peter Frampton
April 3 | Orpheum Theater | $49-$524 at ticketomaha.com
He’s a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee this year, and he’s on tour this summer for the Never EVER Say Never tour. I got to see him several years ago, and it was a helluva show, especially considering how many of his songs you know by heart. (Also, he’s a great performer and guitarist, too. Just wait til he gets out the talk box on Do You Feel Like I Do.)
Fall Out Boy
with Jimmy Eat World, Hot Mulligan, Carr
April 5 | CHI Health Center Omaha | $36.50 and up at ticketmaster.com
This is going to be a fun one. For sure. Fall Out Boy and their, shall we say, energetic show will be preceded by Jimmy Eat World. And that one-two punch will leave the citizens of Omaha exhausted for the following week. Oh, and Fall Out Boy’s So Much (for) Stardust is good. Really good.
Tommy Prine
April 7 | Reverb Lounge | $20 at etix.com
Son of the late and legendary John Prine, Tommy learned to play guitar by watching his father. Tommy’s debut album, This Far South, was released last year and deals much with grief including the loss of friends and his father. I expect a good amount of Tommy’s own songs are in this show, but I surely hope for a lot of his father’s material as well.
John Mellencamp
April 7 | Orpheum Theater | $49.50-$499 at ticketomaha.com
You will forget about that one song of his that’s a crazy-good hit and then he will play it live and then you will suddenly remember this song and wonder where it’s been for so long. It was always there, but Mellencamp simply has that man good songs. That many hit songs. Trust me. I’ve experienced this exact phenomenon with him before.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
April 12 | The Astro | $39-$99 at ticketmaster.com
Kenny has been in the music business for a long dang time, so he has a helluva perspective on the whole thing. It was a big topic when Kenny was on the Pops and Hisses podcast, where we also talked touring and the work he’s been putting in on his new album, Dirt on My Diamonds.
The Urge
with Blue Moon Ghetto
April 13 | The Waiting Room Lounge | $25 at etix.com
I’m not sure if I’m more excited for The Urge or for Blue Moon Ghetto. Shine All the Time is still one of my go-to songs whenever I pick up a guitar. And I saw The Urge so many freaking times ath the Ranch Bowl. This is a nostalgia trip for me, for sure, but they’re also two excellent bands. See you there?
Indigo Girls
with Annie Humphrey
April 16 | The Astro | $49-$79 at ticketmaster.com
Last year was a big one for Amy Ray and Emily Saliers: Closer to Fine was a huge part of Barbie. Then the documentary It’s Only Life After All profiled the pair and their music, and the film premiered at Sundance. Plus their music soundtracked the film Glitter & Doom. And now they’re on tour again, playing what’s sure to be a memorable show at The Astro.
Sum 41
with The Interrupters
April 19 | The Astro Amphitheater | $49-$100 at ticketmaster.com
I’ve listened to In Too Deep about a million times, and now I feel like I must see it live. Who’s with me? It’s also our last chance, as the band has announced it’s calling it quits after the end of this farewell tour. So get your tickets now.
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
April 27 | The Waiting Room Lounge | $30 at etix.com
I remember the first time I heard The Refreshments’ Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy. I can still sing every single word to every single song. And then every dang time you see Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, it’s like that record (and every one they’ve made since then) comes to life right in front of you. Clyne and his pals put on a helluva show, and I can’t wait to see them again.
Steve Vai & Joe Satriani
April 28 | The Astro | $78-$132 at ticketmaster.com
Get lost in guitar on this night, where two of the greats are ready to shred. This one will be fun, especially for anyone who plays or just likes watching a master (or masters) at work.
Zach Bryan
April 29 and 30 | CHI Health Center Omaha | $231 and up at ticketmaster.com
The country star is playing a two-night stand at the arena, and surely his fans will flock to see him at both shows. (yes, even if tickets are so pricey). Bryan’s been prolific as of late, too, having released two albums in the last two years and a supposed fifth studio album on the way.
May
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
with Jobi Riccio
May 1 | The Astro Amphitheater | $65-$125 at ticketmaster.com
If you’ve never seen Jason Isbell in person, know that it’s not a concert where you sit back and watch a person you like play songs you like. There are shows that are kind of like a live jukebox, and this is not that. An Isbell show is an experience. He’s living those songs — the ones about the addiction and the divorce and the recovery and the good times and the fist fights inside a Super 8 — and the crowd is living them right there with him. If you’re at all incline to enjoy his music, you have to go see it in person. And if that’s not enough, his latest album, Weathervanes, is fantastic, and he just won two Grammys for it. Now what are you waiting for. Go! Buy the tickets! Get the babysitter! … See you there.
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
with Donovan Woods
May 1 | Slowdown | $27 at seetickets.us
There’s something about Holcomb’s music that just brings joy. He sings about having a family. And being in love. And California. And all kinds of familiar and folky subjects that just flow fluidly from him and resonate in you. It’s a wonderful thing. Their new album’s pretty good, too, and Holcomb came on the Pops and Hisses podcast last year to talk about it. Check it out.
Amon Amarth
with Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Frozen Soul
May 3 | Steelhouse Omaha | $47.50 and up at ticketmaster.com
It brings me great joy that such a pristine venue as Omaha Steelhouse will be absolutely rattled by the likes of Cannibal Corpse and Amon Amarth. What a wonderfully wild (and chaotic and noisy) show to bring into such a perfectly engineered space. Will it be able to handle the volume? We’ll find out!
Ty Segall
May 7 | The Waiting Room Lounge | $26 at etix.com
Segall’s 15th album, Three Bells, is getting lots of love. His last few albums have veered from his familiar garage rock into explorations of rock ‘n’ roll genres, and Pitchfork certainly enjoyed it, calling Three Bells “an ambitious, uncanny, joyously unpredictable album that invites you to get lost within its house-of-mirrors design.” So what will it sound like live? Should be a good — and noisy — time.
X Ambassadors
with New West, Rowan Drake
May 17 | Slowdown | $35 at seetickets.us
Look, we all dig Renegade, the X Ambassadors’ 2015 stompy, chanty singalong jam. But in the meantime, they’ve made tons of new music, produced tunes for Lizzo, made a sweet cover of Blinding Lights and made a song with Tom Morello. Now they’re teasing a new album, Townie, that’ll be out before they land here in Omaha.
Social Distortion
with The Lovebombs
May 22 | The Astro | $39-$65 at ticketmaster.com
It ain’t a bad time to be a fan of Social Distortion. They’re making a new record. Mike Ness beat cancer. And they’re spending the whole year on the road. Catch them when they come to town. It’s never a bad time.
Bleachers
May 22 | Steelhouse Omaha | $65 at ticketmaster.com
Look, I can’t get Modern Girl out of my damn head. Jack Antonoff has done it again. The man is a pop music savant, and as much fun as it is to listen him work with Taylor Swift, Lorde and The 1975 — music for which he has taken home a pile of Grammy Awards — his best stuff is what he does on his own in Bleachers. And the band is probably at their best on their latest, self-titled album. Man, it’s good.
Mr. Big
May 23 | Barnato | $55-$1,000 at ticketweb.com
Look, I really want to see this show just to hear them to To Be With You. I bet it’s incredible.
Wheatus
May 30 | Reverb Lounge | $20 at etix.com
How much has the success of Teenage Dirtbag, which has become a viral sensation recently, been fueling Wheatus’ touring? Not sure. But frontman Brendan B. Brown is on an acoustic tour that’ll see him playing Dirtbag and other songs.
June
Buddy Guy
with Samantha Fish
June 6 | Astro Amphitheater | $49 to $150 at ticketmaster.com
The man is an absolute legend. And at 87 years old, he’s still kicking out the jams. Go see him. You won’t regret it. I promise.
Tim McGraw
with Carly Pearce
June 7 | CHI Health Center Omaha | $35.50 and up at ticketmaster.com
Tim McGraw’s never a bad time. He’s one of those people who has enough country hits to play for hours and hours and hours, but he’ll whittle that long list down to a tight two hours and hit you with everything he’s got. Not to mention he’s charismatic as can be and a helluva good singer to boot. Go see him. Thank me later.
Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire
June 9 | CHI Health Center Omaha | $56.50 and up at ticketmaster.com
Look, I love Earth, Wind & Fire as much as the next guy, but the draw here is Lionel Richie. He’s a legend, both wiht the Commodores and on his own. He’s written songs for, produced albums, written for and performed with just about everyone you can think of. (Watch The Greatest Night in Pop on Netflix for just one example.) The only question is how does he make a setlist? There’s just too much I’d want him to perform.
The Mars Volta
with Teri Gender Bender
June 10 | The Admiral Theater | $45 to $150 at ticketmaster.com
Since reuniting in 2019, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala released a new, self-titled album and then re-recorded an acoustic version of the same set of songs. And this summer, the band is playing six total shows. One of them is here. If you want to see them, this is your chance.
Taking Back Sunday
with Citizen
June 14 | Stir Cove | $39.50 and up at ticketmaster.com
After their last record, it took a while for Taking Back Sunday to regroup and make another. But they’re seeing it as a reinvention or reintroduction. “For a long time it felt like we were trying to get invited into other people’s worlds. But with this [album], we realized that we’d built this incredible thing, so this is more of an invitation into our world,” Adam Lazzara told Kerrang.
MC Chris
with Crunk Witch
June 18 | Reverb Lounge | $16 at etix.com
The rapper’s last tour was supposed to be his last tour. Right? But when is a farewell tour really a farewell? MC Chris is back on the road for The “I Thought the Last Tour Was the Last Tour” Tour. I for one am glad it wasn’t a permanent goodbye. The world needs MC Chris’ nerdy raps.
Black Pumas
with Crunk Witch
June 18 | Reverb Lounge | $16 at etix.com
At first, Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada didn’t know each other. Quesada had won Grammys. Burton was a busker. They hooked up in Austin and started playing shows, and those became the hottest thing happening in the Texas capital. Now they’ve put out two excellent records, including last year’s Chronicles of a Diamond, and become beloved by lovers of rock, soul and funk. Black Pumas talked about the formation of the band on the Pops and Hisses podcast, and I can definitely recommend seeing the live considering Black Pumas played a helluva show on the streets of Omaha.
July
The Wallflowers
July 11 | The Astro | $45 and up at ticketmaster.com
While the Wallflowers has always been a band, the core has always been Jakob Dylan. Though he’s always surrounding himself with great musicians — past members include Rami Jaffe, Jack Irons and others — the constant has always been Dylan. That’s pretty apparent on the New West-released Exit Wounds.
Andrew Bird and Nickel Creek
July 12 | The Astro Amphitheater | $50-$99 at ticketmaster.com
What a wonderfully weird and fun and folky lineup. That’s all I got. This will be a musically fascinating outdoor summer show. Go see it!
AJR
July 21 | CHI Health Center Omaha | $45.50 and up at ticketmaster.com
Adam, Jack and Ryan Met were playing theaters a couple years ago, but they’ve moved on up to arenas now. No surprise. They were building up a fanbase and a list of hits before they released The Maybe Man last year, and now things are getting bigger and better all the time. New songs from the album including Yes, I’m a Mess are as popular as World’s Smallest Violin.
Bowling for Soup
with Keep Flying, Eternal Boy
July 21 | Slowdown | $37 at seetickets.us
If I got to choose my ideal Bowling For Soup setlist, I’d have a helluva hard time. Do I lean into having them play songs I really like? What about the hits? (Can’t let them leave without playing 1985.) What about all the TV and movie themes? (The Phineas and Ferb theme song?) What about their many awesome covers? (I am in love with their version of Mathew Sweet’s Sick of Myself.) You really can’t go wrong.
Primus & Coheed and Cambria
with Too Many ZooZ
July 28 | The Astro Amphitheater | $49 to $164 and up at ticketmaster.com
While I love both of these bands, this is a weird pairing. Right? I’m not wrong there am I? I don’t think so. But nonetheless what a fun show this is going to be. One minute, you’re listening to John the Fisherman. The next, you get The Suffering. You can’t leave this show angry.
Tedeschi Trucks Band
with Margo Price
July 29 | The Astro Amphitheater | $49 to $155 and up at ticketmaster.com
The last time I talked to Tedeschi Trucks Band, they were getting ready to release a new album. Now it’s here. I Am the Moon is a quadruple album about star-crossed lovers, and it’s quite the epic.
Barry Manilow
July 30 | CHI Health Center Omaha | Tickets go on sale soon at ticketmaster.com
Dubbed The Last Omaha Concert, this one is part of Manilow’s farewell tour. So all you Fanilows out there need to buckle up for one last Manilow experience. And no joke, the guy’s got a great show. He tells stories. He sings. It’s a delight.
August
Gin Blossoms & Toad the Wet Sprocket
with Vertical Horizon
Aug. 2 | The Astro Amphitheater | $45 to $99 at ticketmaster.com
Not gonna lie, one of the most fun concerts I’ve seen in the last decade involved the Gin Blossoms. They have fantastic songs. They gin up that ’90s nostalgia. And the addition of Toad and Vertical Horizon will just bring that all together. Sounds like a fun summer night!
Melissa Etheridge and Jewel
Aug. 7 | The Astro Amphitheater | $64 to $154 at ticketmaster.com
I’m not sure who put this tour together, but this is a great double bill. Nicely done.
Outlandia Music Festival
Aug. 9 and 10 | Falconwood Park | outlandiafestival.com
Who’s playing? I don’t know. But Outlandia is a fantastic time. Check out last year’s wrap-ups of Omaha’s premier two-day indie rock fest that included bands like Jimmy Eat World, Lord Huron, Manchester Orchestra and Modest Mouse.
Mastodon & Lamb of God
with Kerry King, Malevolance
Aug. 31 | Falconwood Park | $50 to $150 at ticketmaster.com
Make sure to bring your earplugs. Mastodon is a fucking blast. Lamb of God will thunder. And then you get Slayer’s Kerry King, too. You’ll be tired after this show, but any metalhead will know it was worth it.
September
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
with GEESE
Sept. 6 | The Astro Amphitheater | $50-$95 at ticketmaster.com
The best band name in rock ‘n’ roll is coming back to Omaha. And look, they’re not just a band name that I like to repeat as many times out loud as I possibly can. They actually produce some pretty good music, and they’re wildly prolific. They released two separate full-length albums last year, and I bet more are on the way.
October
Cody Jinks
Oct. 11 | Liberty First Credit Union Arena | $35-$325 at libertyfirstcreditunion.com
Starting out as a thrash metal guitarist in a Texas metal band, thank goodness Cody Jinks made the switch to country. He’s a good songwriter and an even better singer, and his string of independent country releases and relentless touring has earned him a dedicated fanbase. (But of course you won’t hear him on your favorite country radio station because they don’t play this kind of outlaw country there.) He has an especially big fanbase here in Omaha because he’s been playing local dives like Buck’s since before anybody knew his name or his songs.
November
Lainey Wilson
with Jackson Dean, Zach Top
Nov. 8 | CHI Health Center Omaha | $45.95 and up at ticketmaster.com
She just took home a Grammy for Bell Bottom Country, and she’s the first woman to win the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award since Taylor Swift took it home nearly a decade and a half ago. She’s got hot country hits. She appeared on Yellowstone. Everybody loves her. It should be packed in that arena come November.
