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An Old Market Fall Festival: Beats, Bites & Autumn Nights

🍂 Celebrate fall in the heart of the Old Market!
Join Sunday, October 19, 2025 for Beats, Bites & Autumn Nights — a fall festival filled with music, food, and fun. Enjoy the Old Market Witches Walk 2025, live bands, flame-grilled eats, an urban pumpkin patch, spooky cocktails, and more!
🔗 All the details: OldMarket.com/fall
✨ Festival Highlights
🎶 Live Music on the Catalyst Patio & at The Dubliner Pub
🧙‍♀️ Witches Walk – 4:00 PM stroll | 5:00 PM awards ceremony
🎃 Urban Pumpkin Patch – Pumpkins from Callahan Creek Wholesale
👻 Costume Fun – Dress up & join the festivities
🍔 Flame-Grilled Fall Menu + spooky cocktails & seasonal drinks at Catalyst | The Farnam
📍 Catalyst Patio + Harney Street | Old Market
🗓️ Sunday, October 19 | 2:00 – 8:00 PM
🎉 Presented by The Dubliner Pub, The Farnam Hotel & Old Market Association
✅ Free to attend | Open to all ages
🍂 Food & drinks available for purchase

Fields of Flight

🎈 Fields of Flight – Hot Air Balloon Night at the Orchard 🎈

✨ Saturday, September 12 – Council Bluffs scenic Ditmars Orchard & Vineyard

Get ready for a truly unforgettable evening as colorful hot air balloons rise over the apple orchard and light up the night sky! 🌅

🍎 With live music, delicious food, and breathtaking views, this is one night you won’t want to miss.

🎶 Event Highlights:

  • 6:00 PM – Balloon Flight (weather permitting)
  • 5:30–9:30 PM – Live Music by RAVEN
  • ~7:40 PM – Balloon Glow at Dusk (weather permitting)

FAQ – All You Need to Know

🚗 Parking & Tickets:

  • $40 per car – Admission included (only ONE ticket needed per vehicle!)
  • Prepaid parking tickets available online only – limited quantity!
  • No walk-ins – carpooling encouraged.
  • Free shuttle/tram service from parking areas.
  • Non-refundable – this is a benefit for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

💳 Payments:

  • Orchard accepts Visa/MasterCard for purchases over $5.
  • No ATM on site – cash is fastest! (Some vendors may only take cash.)

🎈 Balloon Rides:

  • Spectator event only – no private or tethered rides.

🌤 Weather:

  • Balloon flights are weather dependent – pilots decide about 1 hour before launch.

✨ What’s a Balloon Glow?

  • At dusk, pilots fire up their propane burners to light the balloons while they remain on the ground – it’s magical and camera-worthy! 📸

🍔 Food & Drinks:

  • No outside food, drinks, or coolers.
  • Orchard Café favorites + food vendors (yes, apple cider doughnuts!)
  • Beer, wine, hard cider, pop, water, and apple cider available.

🐾 Pets:

  • As much as we love them, pets must stay home.

🚻 Restrooms:

  • Porta potties available (indoor restrooms closed).

🪑 What to Bring:

  • Chairs, blankets, bug spray – be comfy and prepared!

🍎 Orchard Activities:

  • U-Pick closes at 3:00 PM to allow tractors for shuttle service.
  • Apples available for purchase in the store.
  • Playground open for kids during the event.

Mark your calendars, grab your friends, and come enjoy an evening of music, food, and hot air balloon magic – all for a great cause! 🎈❤️

5th Annual Little Bo Backyard Bash

Join for the 5th annual Little Bo Backyard Bash in the Dundee Bank parking lot.
 
This year includes live music, art, activities, food trucks, beer, cocktails and much more! All proceeds go to the Little Bohemia Business Association.
 
Live music: Wedding, Nathan Ma Band, Parfait and Left Handed Country.
 
Skatefest Omaha, Film Streams, Local Art Plug, Bemis Center, BFF and many more will be set up. Food trucks, include La Sierra Mexican Hotdogs, Twin Happiness, Island Chill 402, Abra Kebabra and Best Burger. Beer & cocktail sponsors are Lumen Beer Co., Big Grove Brewery and Fizzy’s Fountain & Liquors.
 

The RiverFront One Community Cultural Festival : Community Culture Fest with NCA

Join the Nebraska Chinese Association and The RiverFront for an evening of cultural performances, regional vendors, family activities, and a great selection of food!  Performances will encapsulate various cultures, with live music and dancing from 6 to 9 PM.  The One Community Festival will be held at the Performance Pavilion and Downtown Green event lawn at Gene Leahy Mall.

Falloween

Friday, October 31, 4-6 p.m.

La Vista Community Center – Outdoors (8116 Park View Blvd.)

Cost: Free 

Join for Falloween, La Vista’s festive twist on the traditional Halloween Safe Night! 

Held outdoors at the La Vista Community Center, this fun-filled event is perfect for families and kids of all ages. 

Enjoy the hayrack ride, photo ops, games and activities. 

Fill up on a free walking taco for dinner, and take home a pre-filled Halloween treat bag. 

Whether you’re dressed in costume or bundled up in your favorite fall sweater, Falloween is the place to start your Halloween night off right.

Oktoberfest La Vista

Saturday, September 27, 2-10 p.m.

City Centre

Join for a traditional Oktoberfest celebration with a modern-day twist in City Centre! Main Street will be closed to make way for music, Oktoberfest-themed games and activities, a Husker Volleyball watch party (game time 3 p.m.), hearty food, and of course a beer garden.

Live music will be provided by local bands Evans & Moore, Kenny Janak Orchestra and Heartland Boogie Band.

Food and beverage available for purchase.

Families and all ages are welcome. Must be 21 or older to consume alcohol.

Festival themed fun includes:

Food trucks and traditional Oktoberfest fare!

Enjoy live music from local bands:

  • Kenny Janak Orchestra, 2-4 p.m.
  • Evans & Moore, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
  • Heartland Boogie Band – 7:30-9:30 p.m.

*Free Entry. Food and beverage available for purchase. Families/all ages are welcome, but you must be 21 or older to consume alcohol.

Afro Fest Omaha

Feel the Rhythm, Taste the Culture, Shape the Future: Welcome to Afro Fest Omaha 2026.

Afromaha invites you to step into a vibrant tapestry of culture right here in our city. Afro Fest Omaha 2026 is more than a festival it’s an immersive celebration uniting the rich heritage of Africa and the Afro Diaspora with the heartbeat of our local community.

Whether you are 12 or 60, from down the street or across the globe, this is your invitation to connect.

Experience an explosion of the senses. Lose yourself in the beats of world-class music and stunning arts. Witness a runway alive with brilliant Afro-centric fashion. Indulge in authentic, mouth-watering flavors from across the African continent and its descendants.

But we aren’t just celebrating the past; we are powering the future. Afro Fest is a vital platform elevating Omaha’s incredible local talent and shining a spotlight on our small business owners.

And in a groundbreaking twist, we are bridging heritage with the horizon. Explore our Innovation Zone, where tradition meets technology through hands-on AI and STEM education, inspiring the next generation of thinkers and creators.

Join Afromaha in 2026. Come for the party, stay for the community, and leave inspired by the future.

Omaha Labor Day Parade 2026

If you’re looking for something fun to do next Monday, come out and join us and hundreds of our union brothers and sisters at the Omaha Labor Day Parade!!!

It’s next Monday, September 7, with the parade kicking off downtown at 10 a.m. The parade route winds through the city’s historic core, beginning at 16th and Cass Streets, heading south to Capitol Avenue, east to 10th Street, north to Mike Fahey Street, and west before concluding at 12th and Cass.

Heartwood Fall Festival

Celebrate the best of autumn at Heartwood’s 2nd Annual Fall Festival. The park fills with festive activities including pumpkin decorating, giant pumpkin carving demonstration, a petting zoo, themed crafts, all the seasonal treats and a lively craft fair. Bring the whole family for some classic fall fun.