Lincoln Calling is a chance to see some of Nebraska’s best artists sharing the stage with national acts.
Our festival now boasts 50/50 representation between male and female artists at a time when, on average, only 15% of performers at national music festivals are women. Since 2016, 60% of our headliners represent BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.
And while Lincoln Calling has varied slightly in length and venue participation in its lifetime, in recent years it has consistently offered in the vicinity of 100 performances.
VENUES
Since 1936 Lincolnites have come to enjoy live music and Fish Bowls at this well-known establishment. By expanding into the alley parking lot, the Duffy’s Backlot stage is one of the most engaging of the festival.
NIGHT MARKET
TOWER SQUARE
Plus special pop up shows and exhibitions!
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Past Headliners
2021
2020
Digital Experience
oshun • blackbelt eagle scout • adult. • madame gandhi • fat tony • kississippi
2019
lee fields & the expressions • soccer mommy • cautious clay • a tribe called red • tt the artist • charly bliss • taylor mcferrin • fat tony • zuzuka poderosa • bad bad hats • samia • squirrel flower
2018
japanese breakfast • waxahatchee • joey dosik • parquet courts • ron gallo • fantastic negrito • lion babe • leikeli47 • ought • ohmme • reyna • the nude party
2017
charli xcx • best coast • angel olsen • beach fossils • frankie cosmos • sandy (alex G) • pup • el ten eleven • john moreland • cupcakke • palehouse
2016
domo genesis • real estate • cloud nothings • twin peaks • alan kingdom • ceremony • gosh pith • hide • a giant dog • screaming females
2015
desert noises • head of femur • bandit sound • westside proletariat • josh hoyer and soul colossal • freakabout • universe contest
2014
sidewalk chalk • bailiff • deerpeople • the kickback • white mystery
2013
future islands • boy • jeremy messersmith • henhouse prowlers • hot buttered rum • allie kral of cormeal
2012
wolfgang gartner • laetitia sadier of stereolab • ivan and alyosha • author and punisher • desert noises • hume
2011
larry and his flask • the kickback • lionize • gauntlet hair • uuvvwwz • the photo atlas
2010
roger clyne and the peacemakers • sea wolf • the hood internet • those darlins • the love language • the flatliners
2009
sleepy sun • the rosewood thieves • frontier ruckus • flowers forever • broken spindles
2008
pattern is movement • the killigans • the machete archive • tatsuya nakatani • cameron mcgill and what army
2007
head of femur • gito gito hustler • flobots • somasphere
2006
criteria • neva dinova • maritime • heiruspecs • the prids • 56 hope road
2005
tilly and the wall • orenda fink • david dondero • railbenders • legendary shake shakers
2004
for against • shanti groove • falconfive-0 • ad aspera per aspera • the architects
