Maha Festival 2023
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Eccentric circus performers hosted by Benson First Friday greeted guests with the wildest gags. Photo by Andrew Smith

Festival goers show mixed emotions as festival officials announce a minimum 30 minute rain delay. Photo by Andrew Smith

Omaha electropop band Icky Blossoms makes a rare appearance at their third Maha. Photo by Andrew Smith

Alvvays played their hit song "After the Earthquake." Thankfully it was just rain and thunder. Photo by Andrew Smith

Crowdsurfing was a mainstay of Turnstile's set, with numerous attendees surfing over the barrier either to be released by security or ejected from the show.

UNO graduate Miao Susman sorts items between compost, garbage, and recycling bins to help the 2023 festival be zero waste after achieving that goal in 2022. Photo by Andrew Smith

Festival goers escaped real feels reaching 110 degrees by retreating inside the comedy tent for a good show. Photo by Andrew Smith

Machine worker Dylan Beale tries his hand at sidewalk chalk art in preparation of midtowns Chalk Art Festival. Photo by Andrew Smith

Seven-piece band Say She She brought funky seventies disco vibes with modern political inflections. Photo by Andrew Smith

Black Belt Eagle Scout joins other Saddle Creek Records artists Icky Blossoms and Big Thief at Maha. Katherine Paul's most recent record is inspired by a return to ancestral lands. Photo by Andrew Smith

Terry Presume presumed there must be "zaza" in the air before performing "ZaZa and Some Runtz." Photo by Andrew Smith

Peach Pit members hosted a merch signing booth with a line reaching, by best estimate, over a hundred deep. Photo by Andrew Smith

Workers dissasmble the LinkedIn Stage from the Bradford Bowl shortly after it's last show. Photo by Andrew Smith
It was hot, it was muddy and it was incredibly sweaty. Maha got to rock Stinson Park one final time before the festival moves into the Heartland of America Park next year. A rain delay plagued the festival early into Friday evening, but that didn’t stop volunteers from quickly reopening the festival to resume a complete lineup of bands and setlists. Worth roughly 40,000 words, The Gateway has your Maha coverage.