What’s coming up in Benson
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Ming Toy Gallery
Thomas McLaughlin: omaha power poles
opening june 5, 2025Wednesday + Friday: 1 to 6pm
Thursday: 3 to 8pm
Saturday: 10am to 1pm
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Reverb Lounge
June 2026 Mon, Jun 01 Metro Concerts Live Presents: HAVOK with Narcotic Self, Molten, Glass Trenches Doors: 6 pm // Show: 7 pm
Wed, Jun 03 Black Heart Booking Presents: Oxygen Destroyer with Drawn and Quartered, Corpseburner, Cheap Porno Flick, Unthroned Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Fri, Jun 05 Black Heart Booking Presents: NOFX (performed by the Shidiots) + Misfits (performed by Psycho 78) with Sweaty Bettys Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Sat, Jun 06 1% Productions Presents: Season To Risk with Her Flyaway Manner, Utility Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Sun, Jun 07 Just Announced 1% Productions Presents: M.A.T.B. + D. Sablu Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Mon, Jun 08 Metro Concerts Live Presents: EXECUTION DAY with A SENSE OF PURPOSE Doors: 5:30 pm // Show: 6:30 pm
Tue, Jun 09 1% Productions Presents: blood club with Decoratus, Ex Lover Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Wed, Jun 10 Just Announced 1% Productions Presents: Virtua dx with Valley Street, Taxes Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Thu, Jun 11 1% Productions Presents: Belles ALL AGESDoors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Fri, Jun 12 1% Productions Presents: Black Cat Rodeo with The Utilitarians (KC), Sun-Less Trio Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
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The Sydney Bar & Lounge
Tue, Jun 02 Baby Gurl (SLC)Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Fri, Jun 05Just Announced Karaoke with TaylorDoors: 8 pm // Show: 9 pm
Sat, Jun 06 Lola’s Bday Bash: Doja Cat vs. BeyoncéDoors: 8 pm // Show: 9 pm
Sun, Jun 07 Blanket of M with River City Rejects, Dead Don't Die, DSM5 Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Wed, Jun 10 1% Productions Presents: Horace Green with John Voyage & Joyrager Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Fri, Jun 12 Wraith with WitchTrap, The Black Moriah, Burial Oath, Ungoliant Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Sat, Jun 13 Karaoke with Taylor Doors: 8 pm // Show: 9 pm
Tue, Jun 16 1% Productions Presents:
Midwife with Amulets, Alex Jacobsen Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Sat, Jun 20 Benson Soul Society Doors: 9 pm // Show: 10 pm
Wed, Jun 24 Luke Callen Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Sat, Jun 27 Just Announced Kiss The Floor with denimontaro, gray noise, cvlt play, ladie muerte, and fragile armor Doors: 8 pm // Show: 9 pm
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The Waiting Room Lounge
Fri, Jun 05 Concert Crave Presents: I Love R&B Party Doors: 8 pm // Show: 9 pm
Sat, Jun 06 Midwest Elite Concerts Presents: Emo Prom with The Black Parade, Ocean Avenue, Static Radio Boulevard Doors: 6 pm // Show: 7 pm
Wed, Jun 10 1% Productions Presents: Silverada with The Traynr Band Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Fri, Jun 12 1% Productions Presents: The Album Part performing the albums Rumours Fleetwood Mac + Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Sat, Jun 13 Featuring Otis Julius and DJ Strawstone The Pizza Party Tour with Forest, Space to Play Doors: 6:30 pm // Show: 7:30 pm
Tue, Jun 16 Mammoth and 1% Present: Artikal Sound System with Josh Heinrichs Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Wed, Jun 17 1% Productions Presents: The Motet with Funk Trek Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Thu, Jun 18 Just Announced PWP Wrestling Presents: Reforged Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Fri, Jun 19 Just Announced 1% Productions Presents: Bennie and the Gents Doors: 8 pm // Show: 9 pm
Sat, Jun 20 Taylor Fest Doors: 8 pm // Show: 9 pm
Thu, Jun 25 1% Productions Presents: Indigenous Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
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Omaha Public Library - Benson Branch
So many events, see the link!
Monday 9:00AM - 8:00PM
Tuesday 9:00AM - 8:00PM
Wednesday 9:00AM - 8:00PM
Thursday 9:00AM - 8:00PM
Friday 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday 9:00AM - 5:00PM
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Benson Community Center
Mondays: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Kibudoryu Aidido
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Historical European Fencing
Tuesdays: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm The Bay Skate School levels 1 & 2
Wednesdays: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Kendo
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Historical European Fencing
Thuradays: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pmThe Bay Youth Open Skate & Gaming
Fridays: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Bay Youth Open Skate & Gaming
Saturdays: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Historical European Fencing
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Bay Youth Open Skate & Gaming
Closures: June 19th: Juneteenth Day
July 3rd & 4th: Fourth of July
July 25th
August 1st-19th -
Benson First Friday (BFF)
FIRST FRIDAY PRIDE
Friday, June 5
Pride is back in Benson! First Friday is celebrating all the colors of the rainbow! Give it up for the L, the G, the B, the T, the Q, the + and everyone in between! It's also our birthday month! 14 years of building community through arts engagement. For everyone!SUMMER OF PETFEST: Volume 2!
LIVE MUSIC every Benson First Friday!
FREE! Behind PETSHOP! Part of the BFF Artist Market!FRIDAY, JUNE 5 LINEUP:
6:00 — SWAMPD @swampdband
7:00 — Quilt @quiltgirlband
8:00 — Birthday Girl @birthdaygirlgirl
9:00 — Sweat FM @_sweat_fm -
Benson Theatre
July 10: Ingrid Griffin returns home from the stages of Nashville for a one-night-only charity concert benefiting Love Justice, an organization working to prevent human trafficking around the world.
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SET THE BAR
Community events and other highlights this month:
🀄️ Every Monday join us for Mahjong
🏝️ Every Tuesday/Thursday join us at 8:30pm for Love Island
🪩 6/5 and 6/19 DJ KILAM spinning for Benson First Friday and Juneteenth
🍳 6/7 Takin’ Care of Biscuits Brunch (win a pair of tix to see Fortune Feimster!)
🪴 6/11 Plant Soirée w/ Nodest Home Plants
💪 6/13 Barre at the Bar with barre3 Dundee
👟 6/13 Athletic Clothing Swap with barre3 Dundee
👑 6/15 Drag Bingo
💃 6/26 Student Showcase with Elevate Pole Fitness
🏳️🌈 6/28 PRIDE Drag Brunch: A fundraiser for Heartland Pride Scholarship Fund -
The Bay Omaha
Adult Open Skate - Sundays
3:00-8:00pm, Ages 18+, $7 Entry paid via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-bay-omaha-43542588363Amplify Camp: July 13th-17th, 8:30am-4:00pm: Ages 10-12, Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-bay-omaha-43542588363
Beatmaking 101 Camp: June 9th-12th, 1:00-4:00pm: Ages 8-11 and June 23rd-26th, 1:00-4:00pm: Ages 8-14
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-bay-omaha-43542588363Headliner Camp: July 6th-10th, 8:30am-4:00pm: Ages 13-18
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-bay-omaha-43542588363Lil Shredders Camp: July 28th-31st, 9:00am-12:00pm: Ages 5-7
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Edge of the Universe
Monday: Silent Book Club & Movie
Tuesday Ted Talk: Free- Starts at 7 PM
Wednesday: Music Bingo - 7 pm
Thursday Karaoke - 7 pm
Friday Night Parties - Every Friday, we have a party with dancing
Saturday Kid Afternoons
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Jake's Cigars
Tuesday’s Beginning 7 PM: Tuesday Trivia
12 - 3 PM: Benson Book Club + banned book bingo
Sundays: Bring your laptop, steam deck, switch, or any handheld with headphones
Sims Sundays
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B5 Brewing
Every Tuesday - 7- 9 PM - Trivia Night - America’s Pub Quiz - Test your knowledge and have a beer.
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Barchen Beer Garden
Sundays Start Here
Watch here every Live NFL Games Every Sunday
Cinco De Mayo Tuesday May 5th Grab your best fiesta hat and join us for Cinco de Mayo!
Mother's Day Sunday May 10th Join us on Mother's Day and treat your mom to a delicious meal!
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Benson Improvement District
Meeting schedule for the year:
July 31, 2026
October 30, 2026
9:30 AM Benson Library
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Benson Little League
See the site for game information.
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Benson Baptist Church
Wednesdays: Dinner with Friends, K.I.D.s, Frontlines and Adult Bible Experience: Activities start at 5:30 PM with dinner, followed by K.I.D.s, Frontlines, and Adult Bible Experience at 6:30 PM.
Food Pantry Ministry: Donations are accepted Mon-Thurs from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
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St Paul United Methodist Church
Our Services
SATURDAYS 5 PM | ROTH CHAPEL
SUNDAYS 10 AM | SANCTUARY
Livestreamed on our YouTube Channel
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Public Worship changes: We have returned to offering public Sunday worship at 8:15 with Holy Communion on the first and third Sundays of the month.
We will also continue our 10:40 a.m. Sunday service broadcast live on Facebook. This service will also be open to the public.
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St Bernard Catholic School
Mass Times
Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 8:30 am | 10:30 am
Tuesday-Friday 8:00 amMass in French Every 4th Sunday 12:30pm
Adoration & Confession Every Wednesday 7am -
Things to Do in Benson
Benson strip hopping among their favorite neighborhood bars including Burrito Envy and Tequila Bar, The Sydney and Benson Brewery. If retro games and cold pours are your thing, Beercade is a can’t-miss stop. This grown-up arcade.
Dining options are plentiful in Benson. Enjoy a European-influenced tasting menu at Au Courant – a singular Omaha experience. Savor inventive sushi at Yoshitomo, where chef David Utterback redefines what a sushi roll can be. Craving comfort food? Grab a slice the size of your face at Virtuoso Pizzeria, which perfectly chars its New York-style pies.
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Beercade & St. Andrews
Minors accompanied by a guardian of legal age are allowed until 7pm.
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Health Clinic at Benson High School - Charles Drew
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Welcome to Benson!
Our story starts way back in 1887 with Erastus Benson, a land speculator, investor, and philanthropist. He purchased 900 or so acres of land from Edward Creighton, an Omaha businessman. On March 4, 1887, Erastus platted the land and called it Benson Place, later changing it to Benson. We were annexed into the City of Omaha in 1917.
‘Ole Erastus was quite the entrepreneur and renaissance man. He helped found the first of the regional phonograph companies and invested in a young man named Thomas Edison and his Kinetoscope. In his spare time, our founder wrote songs – more than 20 of ’em are included in the Edison Sheet Music Collection of the U.S. Library of Congress.
His spirit must have somehow settled into our dirt, because the entrepreneur is alive and well in today’s Benson, helping our neighborhood become the place you want to live, hang out, or open a business.
Stop by for a visit – you’ll be back for the experience.
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Benson Business Improvement District
The Benson Business Improvement District, established by the City of Omaha in 1977 is responsible for raising funds to maintain and improve the Benson business district.
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Benson Neighborhood Association
The Benson Neighborhood Association (BNA) was originally comprised of five neighborhood associations that were formed within the Benson boundaries between 1910 and 1920.
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Creative District
Benson is now an official Creative District!
In June 2022, Benson was designated as Omaha’s first Creative District!
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BFF Omaha
We believe that everyone has the right to create, experience, and cultivate the arts in our communities. goes here
