This is one of those music festivals where you’re texting your friends the lineup.

This year’s Maha Music Festival lineup has that kind of buzz.

Wet Leg leads the Maha Festival 2026 lineup that also includes indie rock kings (and Omaha boys) Bright Eyes, Run the Jewels rapper Killer Mike, Cali indie rocker Blondshell, Chicago indie rock band Whitney, Omaha native and Third Man Records roster member David Nance and Omaha singer-songwriter Carver Jones.

Not bad, eh?

Wet Leg is the top badn that’s been requested for a Maha Festival spot (or really any spot on a lineup card anywhere in Omaha) for a while now. They’re everywhere right now, bouncing between major festivals and somehow, wonderfully, Omaha. Maha landed them in a the middle of a big moment, and they’ll land in Omaha between festival dates at Outside Lands and Capitol Hill Block Party.

That’s a big pull.

Bright Eyes is a great get while the band is playing some major shows this summer celebrating the release of I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, it’s double-release from two decades ago that made them rocket from indie favorites to a major musical force. (For the record, those records being 20 years old make me officially feel ancient.) Note, their Maha performance won’t be a double-album playthrough but a standard set of favorites, but it still comes when they’re getting some pretty big attention. (It’s also their first time playing Maha!)

alone would be enough to carry the conversation. But the depth here is what makes it stick.

Killer Mike brings in some major energy, and I’m excited to see the rapper command the stage at Maha once again. (Those that remember Maha 2017 recall an unfortunately weather-shortened but no less powerful set from Run the Jewels.)

Meanwhile, Blondshell continues her steady rise as one of indie’s most compelling voices, while Whitney offers the kind of breezy, emotionally sneaky set that tends to hit just right in a festival environment.

Maha has always done local acts well, and this year is no exception. David Nance is not just some local guy. His album David Nance & Mowed Sound for Third Man got some great reviews and a lot of press. I feel lucky he’s playing our local festival! And singer-songwriter Carver Jones gets the opening

In addition to the lineup, Maha lands back at the Omaha Riverfront, a space that, at this point, feels less like a new experiment and more like the festival’s natural home. Open, scenic, built for wandering between sets and accidentally discovering your new favorite band. It’s the kind of setting that elevates a music festival from “good on paper” to “I want to be there all day.”

Tickets go on sale April 3 at mahafestival.com.

You should probably text your friends now.