Community access doesn’t happen by accident — it happens when people are genuinely welcomed, barriers are removed, and the experience is built with care.
At Crossroads, public impact is designed into the festival from the start: free performances in shared civic spaces, family-friendly programs, and community partnerships that help audiences feel like they belong — whether they’re lifelong concertgoers, first-time attendees, or new to the region.
By investing in community access, supporters help ensure that Nebraska’s cultural life is not limited by ticket price, familiarity, or social friction. The result is lasting civic impact: new audiences discovering live music, deeper relationships with local partners, and a festival that strengthens community connection by making high-quality artistic experiences available to everyone.
Free access: keeps concerts open and barrier-free.
Community partnerships: strengthens collaboration with local organizations and neighborhood venues.
Welcoming spaces: ensures programs feel accessible to families, immigrants, and first-time audiences.
This level undergirds the full breadth of the festival’s community outreach programming.
Stage acknowledgment at all concerts in your selected city (Lincoln or Omaha); Name and/or logo on Omaha Showcase big screen; Prominent website visibility.
10 VIP packages (food & drink vouchers + reserved seating) for Omaha Showcase (July 25); 10 invitations to Pre-Festival VIP Event (Omaha); Invitation to informal Artist Party (Lincoln).
Full-spread ad (2 pages) in Festival Program Booklet; Prominent donor listing.
Free artistic access: ensures that full-scale orchestra concerts remain open and accessible to the public.
Shared cultural experience: supports high-caliber performances that bring together audiences across generations and backgrounds.
Welcoming atmosphere: helps provide production, staging, and hospitality that make large concerts both professional and inviting.
A Catalyst level gift supports all of all of the workshops, jam sessions and other community-based events of the festival.
Recognition: Placement on Gene Leahy Mall big screen during Omaha Showcase; Prominent logo/name visibility with link on our Website
Hospitality: 6 VIP hospitality packages (Food and Drink Vouchers) for Omaha Showcase on July 25th plus reserved seating; 6 invitations to Pre-festival VIP event (OMA); Invitation to informal artist party (LNK)
Program Booklet: Full page ad; prominent listing on donor page
Sustained access: helps ensure that festival programming remains free and open to the public.
Community presence: supports neighborhood-based performances and outreach efforts that connect new audiences to the festival.
Welcoming infrastructure: strengthens the production, coordination, and audience services that make events inclusive and accessible.
A Steward level gift supports the participation of all of the festival’s interns and young artists
Recognition: Placement on Gene Leahy Mall big screen during Omaha Showcase;
Prominent logo/name visibility with link on our Website; Listing on festival’s “About” page.
Hospitality: 4 VIP hospitality packages (Food and Drink Vouchers) for Omaha Showcase on July 25th plus reserved seating; 4 invitations to Pre-festival VIP event (OMA); Invitation to informal artist party (LNK)
Program Booklet: Half-page ad; Prominent Listing on Donor Page
Youth engagement: supports the planning time, rehearsal preparation, and coordination required to present multiple children’s concerts during the festival.
Partnership development: enables meaningful relationship-building with schools, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood partners.
Community groundwork: invests in the behind-the-scenes work that ensures programs are not only free, but thoughtfully integrated into the communities they serve.
A Cultural Investor level gift keeps the ticket price at zero for one of the main-stage concerts
Logo/name with link on website; Listing on festival’s “About” page.
Hospitality: 2 VIP hospitality packages (Food and Drink Vouchers) for Omaha Showcase on July 25th plus reserved seating; 2 invitations to Pre-festival VIP event (OMA); Invitation to informal artist party (LNK)
Program Booklet: quarter page ad; listing on donor page
Community presence: supports an artist’s participation in free and community-based programming throughout the festival.
Youth and outreach engagement: enables artists to take part in children’s concerts, workshops, and neighborhood events.
Artist care: covers a portion of professional fees, local transportation, and meals—ensuring artists can fully engage in an intensive week of performances and outreach.
An Artist Sponsorship level gift supports the ongoing collaborative work between local and visiting artists and community members.
Listing on festival’s “About” page.
Hospitality: 2 VIP hospitality packages (Food and Drink Vouchers) for Omaha Showcase on July 25th plus reserved seating; Invite to informal artist after party (LNK)
Program Booklet: 50% discount on all ads; Listing on donor page
Merchandise: 2 Festival T-Shirts
Sustained access: helps ensure that multiple community-based performances and outreach programs remain free and open to the public.
Youth engagement: supports children’s concerts and educational events that introduce young audiences to live music.
Community relationships: strengthens ongoing partnerships with schools, neighborhood organizations, and cultural groups across Lincoln and Omaha.
A Friend level gift helps build the framework for cross-cultural exploration and friendship.
Listing among donors on festival’s “About” page.
Listed in Festival Program Booklet
2 VIP hospitality packages (Food and Drink Vouchers) for Omaha Showcase on July 25th plus reserved seating;
Program Booklet: 25% discount on all ads; listing on donor page; two T-shirts
Donate HERE with a secure credit card transaction, or call Executive Director Olga Smola at (402) 450-7978; or email at osmola@NebraskaMusicFest.org
Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival
4005 Davenport St.
Omaha, NE 68131-2325
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Ensure that you make the most of your tax-beneficial DAF by recommending a gift to the Festival.
Our non-profit EIN number is 83-3364344
Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival accepts publicly traded stocks and securities. To give a gift of appreciated stock free of capital gains tax, please contact Olga Smola to obtain the detailed instructions. Please note that it is important to notify the Festival prior to any stock transfer in order for us to properly identify and acknowledge your gift.
Olga Smola, Executive Director: osmola@NebraskaMusicFest.org // 402 450 7978
To maximize your gift, contact your HR department to determine if your company participates in a matching gifts program. Your matching gift may qualify you to receive additional Festival benefits.
Support Crossroads through convenient and flexible quarterly or monthly credit card installments. Please contact Olga Smola to set up your gift or set it up directly at GiveButter: https://givebutter.com/Crossroads_2024
Olga Smola, Executive Director: osmola@NebraskaMusicFest.org // 402 450 9798
If you are age 70½ or above, you are qualified to make a meaningful, tax-free gift through an IRA charitable rollover, as part of the required minimum distribution.
Our non-profit EIN number is 83-3364344
Celebrate or remember the life of someone special with a contribution to the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival. Honorary and memorial gifts are a wonderful way to celebrate a loved one’s enthusiasm for the performing arts and cultural expression. You will receive a tax receipt and the Festival can notify the honoree or the honoree’s family members of your thoughtful contribution (upon request). The amount of your donation will be kept confidential.
Oscar Rios Pohirieth – Educator, Musician and Cultural Liaison in the Lincoln Public Schools.
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