Star City Buzz: Events happening August 29-31

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Here are some events happening around Lincoln for the weekend of August 29-31.

Multi-day

  • Puzzling Adventures Scavenger Hunt – Puzzling Adventures (Every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
  • Field Trip Across Lincoln and Beyond – until September 5
  • Sandhills Global Event Center
  • Combining Colors: Nebraska Paint and Iowa Pinto Horse Show – Fri. 9 a.m. start, Sat. and Sun. 8 a.m. start
  • Amateur Labor Day Quarter Horse Show – Sandhills Global Event Center (Sat. and Sunday 8 a.m. start)
  • Summer Music Series – Zipline Brewing Co. (7 p.m.)
  • 2025 Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo Championship Finale (Sat. and Sun.) and the Solo National Championships (Mon. through Fri.) – Lincoln Airpark (times vary)

Friday

  • Fridays at Prairie Pines Nature Preserve (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
  • Founder & Friends Fridays – Salt Mine City Brewing Co Grill & Taproom (4 to 6 p.m.)
  • The Zoo Bar
  • Church of Blues – 5 p.m.
  • Empire Strikes Brass | Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal – 9 p.m.
  • Book Launch Celebration for Jeff Hill: Dark Tendencies and Dirty Secrets – Francie & Finch Bookshop (5:30 to 7 p.m.)
  • Live Music – Saro Cider (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
  • MXMTOON with Emmy Jo – Lied Center for Performing Arts (Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Show is at 7:30 p.m.)
  • Wandering Ghost: Painting Class – The Corky Canvas (7 p.m.)
  • Sunset Paddle – Holmes Lake (7 to 8:30 p.m.)
  • Boiler Karaoke – Boiler Brewing Company (8 to 11 p.m.)
  • Wine & Stargazing – James Arthur Vineyards (9 to 11 p.m.)
  • Witches’ Brew Karaoke Night – Witches’ Brew (9 p.m. to 1 a.m.)

Saturday

  • Wake Up & Paddle – Holmes Lake (8 to 9:30 a.m.)
  • Historic Haymarket Farmers’ Market (8 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
  • Zen’s 2nd Annual Tailgate Event – Zen Coffee Company (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
  • Turpin Outdoor Education Center
  • Try Rifle – 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Try Archery – 1 to 2 p.m.
  • Oral Histories by Early Lincoln Residents – Bennett Martin Public Library (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
  • Bugsy’s Best | Capital Humane Society Collab – Corn Coast Brewing (12 p.m.)
  • 5th Annual Birth & Baby Fair: Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week and Indigenous Milk Medicine Week – City Impact (12 to 2:30 p.m.)
  • August Y-Not Mini Market – Resonator Gallery at Turbine Flats (12 to 5 p.m.)
  • Moonlight Harvest: Painting Class – The Corky Canvas (1:30 p.m.)
  • Duffy’s X Bodega’s Back To School Darty – Duffy’s Tavern (3 p.m.)
  • Visiting Author Josha Sietsma: Think. Define. Choose. How 21 Stories Shaped Life in Nebraska – Francie & Finch Bookshop (4:30 to 5:30 p.m.)
  • Community Block Party – Immanuel Lutheran Church (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
  • Danny Michael – Bourbon Theatre (Doors open at 7 p.m., Show is at 8 p.m.)
  • Lucas Kellison – Capitol View Winery & Vineyards (7 to 9 p.m.)
  • Country Rave: Back to School Bash – Gate 25/Railyard (8 to 11 p.m.)
  • Saturdays at Hyde Observatory (Sundown to 11 p.m.)

Sunday

  • Sunday Farmers’ Market – College View (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
  • James Arthur Vineyards
  • Sundays on the Deck Music Series: Orion Walsh – 12 to 3 p.m.
  • Raymond Car Show – 12 to 4 p.m.
  • Family Day – Off Leash Dog Bar (12 to 8 p.m.)
  • Jigsaw Puzzle Competition – Boiler Brewing Company (2 to 5 p.m.)
  • Summer Sunday Featuring Heather Wellman – Kinkaider Brewing (4 to 7 p.m.)
  • Sunday Ride – Trek Lincoln (4:30 p.m.)
  • Book Club: Adults Only – Escape Lincoln (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
  • Country Night featuring Dirty Boots & Tami Hall – (Dance lessons 7 p.m., Show from 8 to 11 p.m.)
  • Teri Quinn and The Coyotes with Strange Pain and Westside Sunset – Duffy’s Tavern (8 p.m.)

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