The Zoo Bar

The Zoo Bar The Zoo Bar is a music venue and nightclub located in downtown Lincoln, Ne, on 136 N. 14th. ZOOFEST 2025-July 11 & 12 It’s just great in every way.
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The Zoo Bar is a blues music venue and nightclub located in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, on 136 North 14th Street. Styled around the Chicago blues clubs, it is a long, narrow venue in a building built in 1921. Numerous live albums have been recorded in the club. Magic Slim and his band were regular performers at the bar, playing week-long stints. In the 1990s, Magic Slim moved his family from Chica

go to Lincoln. In 1993 the Zoo Bar won the Blues Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Club of the Year. James Harman wrote a song on behalf of the club called "Everybody's Rockin' (At The Zoo Bar)", which can be found on Harman's 1995 Black And White CD.

“The Zoo Bar is one of my all time favorite bars and it’s also one of my all time favorite places to play the blues. I could fill pages of all the good times I’ve had there and all the reasons it’s a great place, but the short version is that the staff and the owners have always been really nice to the musicians and the patrons are all real blues lovers and all together that makes it a great place to play."
-Charlie Musselwhite

Please direct booking messages to [email protected] and [email protected]
* Zoo Bar Hours: Mon-Sat: 3pm-close, open at noon on Sundays.
*Please visit zoobar.com to see who is on our calendar, what time they start and door cover.

Catch Henri Herbert at The Zoo Bar Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6pm. $15Austin Boogie/Rock n Roll Piano!
09/06/2026

Catch Henri Herbert at The Zoo Bar Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6pm. $15
Austin Boogie/Rock n Roll Piano!

Feeling well recovered now after being sick..
Upcoming show dates! I’m especially proud of my routing on this run - especially the Zurich to Hawaii leg 🫣😵‍💫🤣🤣
Sep 16 - The Continental Club Austin TX
Sep 17 - The Zoo Bar Lincoln NE
Sep 19 - Sibyl Center Stanley ND
Sep 24 - Jazz Am See, Greifensee, Switzerland
Oct 3 - ProArts on Maui, Maui, HI
Oct 7 - Blue Note Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Oct 9-12 Cadillac Zack Blues tour with Kim Wilson, CA

09/05/2026

Catch us tomorrow at The Zoo Bar for Roots Music Shop Sunday jam!!

Great local musicians play from 4-7pm.

09/04/2026
Head Change Band
09/04/2026

Head Change Band

Something for everyone at The Zoo Bar. Carolyn WonderlandSam MorrowMatt Axton MusicMatt CoxBig Sandy and his Fly-Rite Bo...
09/04/2026

Something for everyone at The Zoo Bar.
Carolyn Wonderland
Sam Morrow
Matt Axton Music
Matt Cox
Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys
Quinn Sullivan
Myles Jasnowski Music
Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal
Sailing in Soup
Henri Herbert
Curtis Salgado; on a blues note

08/29/2026

Photo: Tom Joyce Pix

Address

136 N 14th Street
Lincoln, NE
68508

Opening Hours

Monday 3pm - 2am
Tuesday 3pm - 2am
Wednesday 3pm - 2am
Thursday 3pm - 2am
Friday 3pm - 2am
Saturday 3pm - 2am
Sunday 12pm - 2am

Telephone

+14024358754

Website

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