Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival organizers are working to keep the 2025 festival going after a $40,000 federal grant from the National Endowment for the Arts was canceled.
The organization received the news 12 hours before the announcement of its 2025 schedule. The loss of the grant makes up 12% of the festival’s funding.
The message from the NEA said it was terminating the funds because the priorities of the event fall outside of the new grantmaking policies…