Live-music venues worth the trip in Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska’s flagship performing-arts hall on the UNL campus, with a Broadway series and national touring concerts.

Lincoln’s downtown Haymarket arena and the region’s marquee big-tour room.

A seasonal outdoor amphitheater in Pioneers Park that draws summer national tours.

The anchor rock house of Lincoln’s Downtown Music District, in the former State Theater on O Street.

One of the longest-running blues clubs in the country, trading since 1973 in blues, funk, jam, and Americana.

A historic O Street rock bar with a long touring-band pedigree, booking indie, punk, Americana, hip-hop, and comedy.

An all-ages DIY warehouse venue and skatepark run by the Rabble Mill nonprofit, home to the indie, punk, and hip-hop scene.

A longtime Lincoln nightclub, open since 1933, booking touring EDM, hip-hop, Latin, and rock.