List of annual cultural events in Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska, hosts a variety of annual cultural events throughout the year.
Here is a list of some of the annual cultural events that have taken place in Lincoln:
Mid to late winter
- Mid-February: Abraham Lincoln Birthday Celebration
- Late February or early March: Nebraska State High School Swimming & Diving Championships; Lincoln Polar Plunge
- March: Nebraska State High School Basketball Championships
Spring
- April: Lincoln Earth Day
- Mid-April: ConStellation Science Fiction Convention
- First Saturday in May: Mayor’s Run
- First Sunday in May: Lincoln National Guard Marathon and Half-Marathon
- Third Saturday in May: James Arthur Vineyards Renaissance Festival
- May 13 to July 17: Horse racing at Lincoln Race Course
- Mid May: Wake Up the Beds
- Mid-May through Fall: Party in the Parks
- Early May to late October: The Haymarket Farmers’ Market in the Historic Haymarket
Summer
- Early June: Cornhusker Boys’ and Girls’ State; Havelock Charity Run; Celebrate Lincoln
- Mid-June: Formula SAE Lincoln
- Tuesday evenings in June: Jazz in June
- Third Friday in June, July and August: Dock Stock
- Late June: International Thespian Festival; Trail Trek
- July 3: Uncle Sam Jam
- The second half of July: Cornhusker State Games (multi-location event)
- Early August: Lancaster County Fair
- The second weekend in August: Capital City Ribfest
- Late August: Lincoln ZombieFest; Nebraska Mud Run
- Late August to late November: University of Nebraska Cornhusker Football
Fall/autumn
- Early September: Sports Car Club of America Solo National Championship Autocross
- Mid-September: Streets Alive!
- Late September/Early October: Lincoln Calling
- Second Saturday in October: Pumpkin Run; Market to Market Relay Nebraska
- Late October: Boo at the Zoo
- November: Nebraska State High School Football Championships; Nebraska State High School Volleyball Championships
- Early November: The Good Life Halfsy
- First Saturday in November: Put the Beds to Bed
- Mid-November: Shop the Blocks
- November 11: Veterans Day Walk of Recognition, program at Auld Recreation Center
Early winter
- Second Sunday in December: Nebraska State Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Carol Sing
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