For years, the indie music festival identified with Stinson Park in Aksarben Village was the Maha Festival. That fest is moving downtown this year, but another festival hopes to one day take its place in the village.

5/12/25 by Tim McMahan

The free festival will feature an all-women-fronted lineup on Mother’s Day weekend. The artists announced include Abby Holliday from Nashville, Tennessee, as the headliner, Autumnal from Fort Collins, Colorado, Keo & Them from Wichita, Kansas, Brooklyn, New York’s Honey Marmalade…

4/9/25 by MarQ Manner for The Reader

This year, Garden Party is expanding to include regional artists and headliner Abby Holliday based in Nashville, TN. Bearing resemblance to the sonic qualities of female icons Phoebe Bridgers and Japanese House, Holliday’s songwriting is a unique intersection of sad vibes, introspective lyricism, and modern pop-sensibility…

4/5/2025

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2025 Line-up Announced

Garden Party 2025 Lineup

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The Garden Party 2025 line-up is HERE

This year, Garden Party is expanding to include regional artists and headliner Abby Holliday based in Nashville, TN. Bearing resemblance to the sonic qualities of female icons Phoebe Bridgers and Japanese House, Holliday’s songwriting is a unique intersection of sad vibes, introspective lyricism, and modern pop-sensibility.

Other artists include Autumnal (Ft. Collins, CO) Keo & Them (Wichita, KS), Honey Marmalade (Brooklyn, NY) Ione (Chicago) and Nebraskan artists Peachy Beaches (Omaha) Twin Pages (Omaha) LyriQ LaShay (Omaha) and Grace Lundy (Lincoln).

Garden Party is FREE and all-ages event on Saturday, May 10th from 2pm-11pm at Sonny’s in Aksarben (must be 21+ to drink alcoholic beverages).

Come join us for a celebration of women musicians in Nebraska!

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