Allen Stone and Ripe
Allen Stone VIP Pre-Show Experience Includes: One (1) Premium Balcony OR General Admission Ticket Intimate Acoustic Performance Q&A Session with Allen Stone Group Photograph with Allen Stone One (1) Collectible Tour Poster; Autographed by Allen Stone One (1) Specially Designed Allen Stone Merchandise Bundle One (1) Commemorative VIP Laminate Venue First Entry Allen Stone VIP Side-Stage Experience Includes: One (1) General Admission Ticket Exclusive VIP Viewing from Side Stage During Allen’s Performance Intimate Acoustic Performance Q&A Session with Allen Stone Group Photograph with Allen Stone One (1) Collectible Poster; Autographed by Allen Stone One (1) Specially Designed Allen Stone Merchandise Bundle One (1) Commemorative VIP Laminate Venue First Entry Ripe Goon Squad Side-Stage Experience Includes: One (1) General Admission Ticket Exclusive VIP Viewing from Side Stage during Ripe’s Performance Intimate Soundcheck Performance Q&A Session with Ripe Group Photo with Ripe One (1) Signed Tour Poster Venue First Entry Ripe Goon Squad VIP Experience Includes: One (1) Premium Balcony or General Admission Ticket Intimate Soundcheck Performance Q&A Session with Ripe Group Photo with Ripe One (1) Signed Tour Poster Venue First Entry Allen Stone, a soul/R&B luminary, has enraptured global audiences with his electrifying performances and soulful melodies, embodying the essence of classic soul legends. Stone’s journey to musical stardom commenced in Chewelah, Washington, where his upbringing immersed him in gospel music as a pastor’s son. Relocating to Seattle, he tirelessly toured the West Coast in his ’87 Buick, often playing up to 200 dates annually alongside luminaries such as Stevie Wonder and Gary Clark Jr. Back in the studio, you can expect more music in 2025 along with festival dates and supporting Chris Stapleton. Ripe remembers sweating to hell in a basement underneath a Subway sandwich shop, building their very first songs in a concrete cube that smelled like fresh bread. They remember selling their first tickets by hand outside the coffee shop that their friends worked at, holding court like twenty-something impresarios trying to move like 50 tickets to a bar that was willing to let you keep the ticket sales if they kept the bar. In a world where we constantly feel the loving pressure to “tell our story”, where so many of our friends that have found success as artists have done it alone, Ripe is using their bio to tell you that at the center of everything is collaboration and community, a friendship that has become a bond as strong as family, a constantly spinning object that cannot be properly captured by any single still photograph. Joy in the wild unknown let us tell you who we were. Bright blues had us ripped apart so we could start again. What comes next is the band swinging for the fences, all in at the table, risking everything for a shot at feeling connected to you. Thank you for being here.
Paul Cauthen – Live & Acoustic
Paul Cauthen is a true force of nature. His ability to captivate audiences with his soulful sound and larger-than-life personality has become lore amongst those that have witnessed it. Also doesn’t hurt to have a generational set of pipes to top it all off. Hailing from East Texas, Cauthen embodies the spirit of the Lone Star State, earning a reputation for doing things his own way. Born into a family of preachers, Cauthen’s upbringing heavily influences his deep-rooted connection to music. With a voice that resonates with raw emotion, he aims to transport listeners, inviting them on a journey through love, heartbreak, and the pursuit of personal freedom. Cauthen has continued to explore new sonic territory fearlessly, while unapologetically defying expectations and creating music that resists categorization.
King Parrot
King Parrot – Australian grindcore band formed in Melbourne in 2010. They are known for their unique blend of grindcore, death metal, thrash metal, and hardcore punk, creating a sound that is both intense and chaotic. https://kingparrothc.bandcamp.com/ Bonginator – death metal / hardcore / slam / grindcore from Mass. https://bonginator.bandcamp.com/ Squid Pisser – hardcore / grindcore / metal / punk from Los Angeles (feat member of Gwar & Cancer Christ!) https://squidpisser.bandcamp.com/ Disrepair – D-beat raw punk from Lincoln https://disrepairpunk.bandcamp.com
The Black Parade + Ocean Avenue
Socks In The Frying Pan – CANCELLED
Socks in the Frying Pan are a multi-award winning trio from County Clare on the West coast of Ireland, the universal hub of Irish traditional music. Their dynamic vocal harmonies, virtuosic musical ability and their onstage wit has captured and captivated audiences the world around. One of the most sought after groups in Irish music today, the worldwide ‘Sock Invasion’ continues! This youthful trio blend Irish traditional melodies with their own personal flair which has gained them critical acclaim and accolades including ‘New Band of the Year’ by the Irish Music Association. The group have been embraced in the United States, having been booked by every major Irish festival and praised for their modern traditional style and energetic approach to music. They have a clear love for live performance which only compliments the traditional essence in their shows and makes for a truly unique form of entertainment.
Sound Dojo Vol III
Enter the Sound Dojo formless & be ready to free your mind to some expiermental sound waves!
Rosali
North Carolina-based artist Rosali makes songs that take their time in revealing their full power. What might first appear to be restrained, introspective compositions will stretch slowly outward, snagging your attention with a subtly sideways guitar lead or an exceptionally raw lyric you didn’t catch the first time around. A child of two musicians, Rosali grew up as part of a large family that sang together and taught themselves various instruments, finding the earliest forms of her musical voice harmonizing and making up songs with her sisters. As an adult, Rosali merged this musical upbringing with an active involvement in Philly’s experimental and D.I.Y. community. Her 2016 solo debut Out of Love was released on Siltbreeze, a long-running label that champions abstract noise and challenging listening. While Rosali’s earliest work was far nearer to folk-informed rock than harsh sonics, it held an intensity of its own in its strange angles and unexpected vulnerability. Second album Trouble Anyway expanded on the debut with clearer production and more involved arrangements. A host of friends from Philly’s freak scene contributed to the album, including appearances from ambient harpist/pianist Mary Lattimore, Purling Hiss/Birds of Maya shredder Mike Polizze, glistening lap-steel from Mike Sobel, understated percussion from War On Drugs drummer Charlie Hall, and several others. Trouble Anyway brought Rosali a new level of exposure, with a flood of positive critical press and tours supporting acts like The Weather Station and J Mascis. Along with her solo work, Rosali’s output has materialized as a broad spectrum of disparate collaborations, including the hypnotic garage trio Long Hots, slow-burning psych scrawl in duo Monocot with Cloud Nothings drummer Jayson Gerycz, and Wandering Shade, a three guitar improv act with Headroom’s Kryssi Battalene and Thrill Jockey artist Sarah Louise. Aspects of the more free-floating side of Rosali’s oeuvre inform her songwriting process, with songs often emerging from the ether of lengthy improvisation sessions, new ideas congealing through a boundless exploration of possibilities. Brought to life with help from Omaha’s David Nance Group as the backing band, 2021’s song-centered No Medium was a sharply realized example of Rosali’s distinctive synthesis of metered songwriting and unfettered searching. Around the same time, she offered a completely separate side of her craft with cassette release Chokeweed, a collection of auburn-hued solo guitar improvisations. She followed that in 2023 with the acclaimed improvisational guitar album Variable Happiness released under the moniker Edsel Axle. In whatever form it takes, Rosali’s softly glowing music is malleable and deceptively fluid, able to appear patient and refined or at the edge of unraveling depending on how closely you chose to look. Bite Down, Rosali’s new album made in collaboration with Omaha’s finest David Nance, James Schroeder, and Kevin Donahue, and Destroyer collaborator, Ted Bois released March 22, 2024 on Merge Records.
Melanated Magic “Finding Me”
Zhomontee is a mental health therapist and owner of Melanated Allied Counseling and Studio. She is a local actress and award winning performer. You may notice in recent performances with Joyful Noise, Salem Baptist Church and Rebel with a Cause with the River city Mixed Chorus as a soloist. You may have seen Zhomontee from her roles as Effie White at the Omaha Community Playhouse, as Marie/Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at The Rise, and her roles as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Zhomontee has received an OEAA for best actress in a musical in 2017 and a Mary Peckham award from OCP for an outstanding performance in a musical. Melanated Magic “Finding Me” is my first solo/non theater based show! My business is called Melanated Allied Counseling and Studio for BIPOC and Queer Folk. I celebrate and serve so many people just like me and the only right thing is to do a show that celebrates that. This show outlines my love for me and my journey to getting there. While the music choices are recognizable as love songs and over all bops, they have a personal meaning to my growth. Come join me in a night of fun, good music, and great company!
The OG’s & WannaBe’s of Comedy & Music
One of Omaha’s most popular comedy concepts returns for its first show of 2025 with “The OG’s & WannaBe’s of Comedy & Music” at The Waiting Room on Wednesday, July 2. This show gives you the best of both worlds with Omaha’s best local comics and some of the up-and-comers on the scene. This unique show has sold out The Funny Bone and packed Bushwackers and the German-American Club, venues that are usually too large for local comedy. One the comedy side is Matt Mainelli, who has competed in “The Clash of the Comics” at The Funny Bone and local comic veteran David Lombardo. Some of the newer comics include JoJo Marie, who has performed in Lincoln as well and Nya Deng, who studied at the Backline Comedy Club before performing her first few shows. The Host of the show is Jim Sheil, who started promoting shows in 2022 after performing around the metro with getting his start at the Backline Comedy Club. The musical artists include two local rookies in solo singer-guitarists Brian Tyrey and Ella Waddington. Both play covers from the 70s to present day, while performing some original material.
Halloween in July
AGES 18+