The Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival opens with a celebration at Tower Square co-presented with Lincoln Unites! Enjoy performances by Maeve Gilchrist, Golden Studio, Jarana and Less Talk More Polka with food trucks, refreshments, and lots of community. Join us for this free kick-off to the 2021 Festival!

A journey into the tradition of Celtic music – past, present and future.

Join us for an open storytelling event and jam session, participation open to all!

Join us for an informal concert of Corelli, Handel and Vivialdi with some of America’s All-Star baroque players, including Aisslinn Nosky, Sarah Darling, Anna Steinhoff and Erik Higgins

Nebraska Artist Edem Soul Music performs new repertoire inspired by recent time, with support from the Crossroads Festival Artist roster.

We Will Not Be Silent chronicles Lincoln Public Schools fifth grade scholars Eveline, Mohamed, Alex, Alejandra, Payton, Kenadee, Jevon, and Leriya’h their empowerment group founder and advisor Peter Ferguson, educators, families, school, and community stakeholders through various challenges, a pandemic, social unrest, and their embracement of an opportunity to educate, speak, and touch hearts and minds

Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Wes Garlington tells a powerful story of identity, self-discovery and transformation through evocative lyrics and a powerful voice.

Featuring works by Bartok, Edgar Meyer and Komitas performed by Oscar Rios, Aisslinn Nosky, Erik Higgins and Marie Sønderskov

“In Memoriam” is dedicated to the loved ones we lost to COVID-19 with works by Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Mozart, and J.S. Bach.

See a short workshop performance of music and art that will be performed in full during the Saturday evening performance entitled “The Peacock with Sandeep, Samina and Suhail”

Progressive house DJ set // Ticket price includes one free drink

This concert will feature lullabies and children’s songs from all over the world, played by flutes from all over the world! Families with small children are most welcome: please feel free to bring a blanket and spread out. Featuring multi-instrumentalist Oscar Rios Pohirieth, Marie Sønderskov and Lincoln’s own flute choir, Coro di Flauti will perform traditional songs in un-traditional arrangements. 

 Families and kids up to the age of 14 are welcome to join us for an afternoon of workshops with many of the Crossroads Festival artists. Experience a positive hip-hop concert and workshop with Nimo Patel and play together with Tabla master Sandeep Das and the other Festival artists in a jam session specifically designed for kids.

The performance, entitled ‘The Peacock at the Crossroads’ with Sandeep, Suhail and Samina features an exciting new collaboration with Grammy-winning Tabla maestro and composer Sandeep Das, Sarangi artist Suhail Yusuf Khan and visual artist Samina Hooda. While in Lincoln, they aspire to engage with members of Lincoln’s Yezidi community in a heartfelt gesture of learning about their heritage and collaborating with them to create a musical and artistic expression, which will be presented at the event as a homage to the community. The title of the concert is inspired by Melek Taus, the Yezidi peacock angel.

Additionally, the audience will also enjoy a projection of Samina’s artwork in an animated format where her paintings will dance and pulsate to the music of Sandeep Das to express a narrative of a people compelled to leave their motherlands to find pathways to hope and opportunities.

Coming from MTV stardom, entrepreneurship, and a corporate career, an inward journey led Nimo Patel to service and spreading seeds of goodness through small acts and music. He brings a unique experience to the audience with a combination of music, storytelling and audience sharing.