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Sandeep Das on tabla and Rajib Karmakar on sitar performing at the Omaha Showcase during the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Maeve Gilchrist performing on harp at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Cuban band Mixed Harmony performing onstage at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, viewed from behind the performers

Audience members enjoying an evening DJ set by Olga Smola at the 2021 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln

Percussionist John Hadfield performing in Kinan Azmeh and Layale Chaker’s “Dawning” for two soloists and orchestra at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln

Musicians taking a bow at the finale concert of the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln

Maeve Gilchrist and Seamus Egan performing together at the 2023 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

The 2023 Omaha Showcase concert at the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival under a vibrant, illuminated stage canopy

Ron Blake on baritone saxophone and John Hadfield on percussion performing at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, with Blake featured on a large video screen behind the stage

Olga Smola, violinist and Executive Director of Nebraska Crossroads, applauding fellow musicians during the 2023 Omaha Showcase

Violinists Olga Smola and Nicole Sauder performing at sunset during the 2024 Lincoln Showcase at Antelope Park, part of the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Festival ensemble performing the world premiere of Valeri Tolstov’s “La Folia Global” in Lincoln at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Yezidi band Golden Studio performing an outdoor concert at the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Percussionists from the Cuban band Mixed Harmony performing at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

German experimental trio toecheter performing live at the 2023 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival’s Omaha Showcase

Member of the Kytasty family bandura ensemble performing in traditional attire at the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Musicians perform beneath a vivid light display at the 2023 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and violinist Aisslinn Nosky performing together and interacting onstage during the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Alina Kuzma singing as part of the Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North America during the 2019 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Musicians gathered in a circle for a jam session during the 2019 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Chamber musicians performing together during the 2022 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

Maeve Gilchrist performing on harp at First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln during the 2021 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

John Hadfield and Ron Blake performing onstage at the 2024 Omaha Showcase during the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, viewed from the audience

Singers performing a choral work during the 2024 chamber music concert at the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival in Lincoln

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Hal France Joins Festival Team as Production Director

February 21, 2025

Acclaimed conductor and arts administrator Hal France joins the Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival as Production Director. Known for his leadership with the Orlando Philharmonic and Omaha Opera, Hal brings a wealth of experience to shape the festival’s future and strengthen community partnerships across Nebraska.

Singer Janet Morales and musician Humberto Raul Garcia Gonzales perform at Gene Leahy Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, during the 2024 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, with an engaged audience in the background.

Backstage Stories – Part 1: Humberto Gonzales and a Taste of Buena Vista Social Club in the Midwest

February 4, 2025

From the global stages of Buena Vista Social Club to the quiet streets of Marshalltown, Iowa, Humberto Garcia Raul Gonzales’ journey is a story of resilience, passion, and rediscovery. This is a story about the hidden talent in our communities—and how a little support can help extraordinary artists find their way back to the spotlight.

Trump’s Federal Grant Freeze: Why This Arts Organization Cultivated Diversity Before DEI, and Why It Will Continue To Do So in the Future

January 29, 2025

This year started on a high note for Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival—we were awarded our first-ever NEA Project Grant to support our 2025 festival. But with the Trump Administration’s new Executive Order freezing federal grants, the future of this funding is uncertain.

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