Photos: ZooFest brings 49th year of soul to downtown Lincoln
Take a look at the Zoo Bar's ZooFest in downtown Lincoln, featuring the Grammy-winning 88-year-old Bobby Rush.
Blues singer Bobby Rush performs during ZooFest July 8.
A guitarist for The Melody Trucks Band performs during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8.
Attendees dance while The Melody Trucks Band performs during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8.
Teri King (left) and Tom Dorshorst dance during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8.
Melody Trucks, lead singer of The Melody Trucks Band, performs during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8.
Blues singer Bobby Rush performs during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8.
Blues singer Bobby Rush performs during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8, 2022.
Blues singer Bobby Rush performs during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8.
Blues singer Bobby Rush performs during ZooFest in July.
Noah Riffe
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After playing his way into the finals of season 4 of “Holey Moley,†an extreme putt-putt contest created by NBA superstar Stephen Curry, Dylan Bohlke narrowly missed the grand prize.
Last weekend offered must-see events featuring music legends in Lincoln — a pair of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers with the oldest bluesman going sandwiched between.
Did you hear the one about the dog walking into a bar? It's not a joke, it's a new business concept in Lincoln.
Over the three months of the summer I went to about 30 shows in the full range of Lincoln venues from the arena, Pinewood Bowl and Lied Center for Performing Arts to clubs, churches, and street festivals. My show of the summer: when Bobby Rush brought the “Chitlin Circuit†to ZooFest.
Eric Ambel will be back in Lincoln Sept. 12, this time at the Zoo Bar, for something that has become a rarity: real rock ‘n’ roll.
The Zoolarious stage will be lit one more time — partially to honor its founder while fulfilling the final date of bookings in Brad Stewart's calendar.
The Nebraska Performing Arts Hall of Fame's induction ceremony is slated for Nov. 18 at the Pla Mor Ballroom.
Here's what's going on in Lincoln's music scene this week.Â
Throat specialists gave Sadie Bolte a clean bill of health last week, but now the work -- months of physical and vocal therapy -- begins.Â
Actor/singer-songwriter Tyler Hlilton, who played Elvis Presley in the Johnny Cash bio-pic "Walk The Line" will be singing Presley's early Sun Records songs along with Hot Club of Cowtown at the Zoo Bar Wednesday.Â
Bobby Rush, who stole the show at ZooFest last year, is among three Zoo Bar performers up for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year in the 2023 Blues Music Awards.
The Wildwoods brand grows bigger each day. They have more than 154,000 Instagram followers and a cover of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' hit "Home" garnered more 6.3 million views.
To celebrate the Zoo Bar’s 50th anniversary, ZooFest will expand to three days with a lineup that pays homage to the country’s longest-running blues club and looks to its future.
Roosevelt Collier, known as "The Dr." for his mastery of the steel guitar, will bring his band to the Zoo Bar for an evening of sacred steel music, the first night on a tour that will take him to Africa.
Sam Tallent will be the headliner on Sunday when the Zoo Bar brings back comedy after a six-month hiatus.
Six decades after he picked up the harmonica, Musselwhite is the star he never wanted to be, a Grammy Award and multiple Blues Music Award winner who'll headline ZooFest Thursday.
The Royal Grove — a Lincoln music venue in its 90th year of operation — will close after Saturday's performance for a month to complete its renovation.
Musician Jim Salestrom played in Kearney, at the White House and with big-name stars. He died last week at age 67.
The Zoo Bar's annual ZooFest returns on Thursday. Here's a schedule and the lineup for the three-day music festival.Â
It's been decades isnce Chris Cain played the Zoo Bar. So it's something of an event that the Bay Area bluesman and accliamed guitarist will be back in Lincoln Thursday.Â
The three-day music festival kicks off at 3 p.m. today on 14th Street between O and P streets. Foster plays on Friday; The Paladins on Saturday.
Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes has canceled the remainder of his tour, including a show in Omaha.