A month before the return of the big event, the founders of the Maha Music Festival debated its future over drinks in the private-ish front room of Pageturners Lounge in Omaha’s Dundee neighborhood.
“We want this year to be successful,” said Tre Brashear while balancing a cocktail on a second-hand sofa’s armrest. “We want Maha to be reborn. But I do worry if just conceptually, the small, nonprofit local festival model doesn’t work as a ticketed event.”
Fellow founders Mike App and Tyler Owen shared the concern. In their daily lives, all three are successful businessmen…