Maha Music Festival

[3] The 16th edition of the Maha Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 2, 2025 at the newly renovated Heartland of America Park.

[4] The lineup was headlined by Dashboard Confessional and G. Love & Special Sauce,[5] and included Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Serena Ryder,[6] Army Navy[7] and The Appleseed Cast.

In 2010, Maha was held on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at Lewis & Clark Landing and featured headliners Spoon and The Faint, as well as supporting acts Superchunk, Old 97's, Ben Kweller and It's True.

The third annual Maha Music Festival was relocated from Lewis & Clark Landing to Stinson Park at Aksarben Village due to flooding.

Guided by Voices and Matisyahu headlined the festival; Cursive, J Mascis, The Reverend Horton Heat, and The Envy Corps filled out the rest of the national stage line-up.

Other sponsors included Weitz Funds, McCarthy Capital, Lucky Bucket Brewers, Proxibid, Centris Federal Credit Union, Whole Foods, Alegent Health, Broadmoor at Aksarben Village, HDR Architecture, Walnut Private Equity, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska.

The fourth annual Maha Music Festival was held Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Stinson Park at Aksarben Village.

[12] 2012 Sponsors included Weitz Funds, Proxibid, Alegent Health, McCarthy Capital, DiVentures, Stinson Morrison Hecker, Walnut Private Equity, Douglas County, HDR, SilverStone Group, Oxide Design Co., BlueCross BlueShield of Nebraska, The Bank of New York Mellon, Lucky Bucket Brewing Company, HearNebraska.org, KIWR, KRNU, The Reader, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Absolut and Bacardi.

Oklahoma City psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips served as the headliner, and were joined on the diverse Weitz Management Main Stage by Brooklyn indie pop duo Matt and Kim, former Hüsker Dü and Sugar bandleader Bob Mould, Portland indie rockers The Thermals, San Francisco's Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Texas folk rockers Sons of Fathers, and local favorite Millions of Boys.

and Purveyors of the Conscious Sound, who won The Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards Showcase to earn the opening lineup spot.

2013 Sponsors include Schnackel Engineers Inc., Weitz Funds, Centris Federal Credit Union, Alegent Creighton Health, Corporate Ventures, TD Ameritrade, DiVentures, Stinson Morrison Hecker, SilverStone Group, Walnut Private Equity, BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Douglas County, Oxide Design Co., 1% Productions, Insurance Planning Associates, HearNebraska.org, Ink Tank, The Waiting Room, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Absolut, Jack Daniel's, Mike's Hard Lemonade and Bacardi.

The lineup included headliner Death Cab for Cutie, as well as The Head and the Heart, Local Natives, The Both featuring Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, Doomtree, and Radkey.

Along with Modest Mouse and Atmosphere, the lineup includes Purity Ring, Wavves, The Jayhawks, Alvvays, The Good Life, Ex Hex, Speedy Ortiz, and local artists Freakabout, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, and BOTH.

New additions to the festival grounds included a rock climbing wall and a human foosball court in the Community Village.

Local acts were headlined by Lincoln native Matthew Sweet along with Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, See Through Dresses, and CJ Mills.

The event was scaled down compared to previous years, reducing back to a single day, and took place on Saturday, July 31.

Organizers cited "a need to rework Maha's operating model combined with industry-wide increases in costs for talent, transportation, labor, security, and insurance," and also indicated the possibility of exploring national partnerships for future years.