Fifth annual Garden Party Omaha music festival

Festivities kickoff at Sonny’s on Saturday

FREE FOR ALL TO USE. ANNA CAITLIN, THANK YOU. WELL, IF YOU’RE STILL LOOKING FOR A MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND PLAN, THIS OMAHA EVENT MIXES LIVE MUSIC WITH A COMMUNITY FEEL. AND HERE TO TELL US MORE. MADELINE RIDDLE, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF GARDEN PARTY OMAHA, AND SARAH ARNOLD OF LULA, A PERFORMING ARTIST. OKAY, LADIES, TELL US ALL ABOUT THE EVENT. IT’S HAPPENING TODAY. AND MADELINE, YOU SAID THAT IT ACTUALLY STARTED IN YOUR BACKYARD. I WANT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THAT. YES, IT’S TODAY. IT’S FREE AND IT’S ALL AGES. IT’S AT SUNNY’S AND DICK DURBIN, SO IT’S THE PERFECT EVENT TO BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY TO. IT STARTED IN MY BACKYARD IN 2022. JUST A FUN PARTY TO BRING FRIENDS TOGETHER. AND THEN IT WAS BUILT ON THE MISSION OF CELEBRATING WOMEN AND NON-BINARY ARTISTS WHO ARE UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN LIVE MUSIC. SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT FUN CULTURE. YEAH. SO DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR MUSIC? DO YOU HAVE A MUSIC BACKGROUND? ARE YOU A SINGER? YEAH, I AM A MUSIC EDUCATOR AND A SONGWRITER AS WELL. SO JUST COMBINING ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS TO BRING LIVE MUSIC TOGETHER. YEAH. SO HOW DID YOU GUYS GET CONNECTED? LULA IS AN AMAZING ARTIST IN OMAHA. DO YOU WANT TO TALK? I ACTUALLY MET MADELINE, I THINK THROUGH GARDEN PARTY. I WENT IN 2023, WHICH WAS GARDEN PARTY TOO. AND I’VE GONE EVERY SINGLE YEAR SINCE THEN. AND I REMEMBER GOING TO THE FIRST ONE AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. EVERYTHING YOU PUT ON AND LIKE IN YOUR BACKYARD AND THE COMMUNITY AND FOCUSING ON WOMEN AND NON-BINARY ARTISTS. AND I REMEMBER THINKING, I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT SOMEDAY. AND YEAH, NOW I GET TO BE A PART OF IT TODAY. AND BEFORE YOU BECAME A PART OF THE GROUP, WERE YOU KIND OF SEARCHING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IN OMAHA? DID YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE YOU OR DOING MUSIC? I WAS ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF STARTING. I GREW UP DOING MUSIC AND THEN TOOK A BREAK AND DID LIKE DIGITAL ART AND KIND OF CAME BACK INTO IT AROUND THAT TIME. SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE PERFECT TIMING OF GETTING BACK INTO MUSIC, STARTING TO WRITE MY OWN MUSIC, AND THEN FINDING GARDEN PARTY. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF ALL HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH. SO THAT’S WHAT MAKES THIS WEEKEND, MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND, THE PERFECT WEEKEND TO HAVE YOUR EVENT. WELL, THE WEATHER YOU JUST HEARD IS GOING TO BE AMAZING TODAY. IT’S JUST BRINGING IN MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND, CELEBRATING WOMEN. OUR HEADLINERS, LANEY JONES AND THE SPIRITS ALL THE WAY FROM NASHVILLE REPRESENTING. SO WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT REPRESENTATION OF LOCAL ARTISTS, ARTISTS FROM OUT OF TOWN. IT’S JUST THE PERFECT MIX OF A FUN EVENT IN DICK DURBIN. AND SO WHAT MAKES THIS A DIFFERENT FEEL FROM YOUR TYPICAL LIVE MUSIC SHOW? IT’S FREE. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, IT’S JUST REALLY NICE TO HAVE A FREE THIRD SPACE WHERE THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN COME. IT’S REALLY WHIMSICAL. IT’S ALL WOMEN. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE A FUN DAY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU. ANY DRESS CODE? I SEE YOU BOTH HAVE GREAT OUTFITS. I JUST HAVE I JUST HAVE THE T SHIRT FOR TODAY. MATCHES THE GARDEN THEME. YES, YES. NO, NO DRESS CODE. JUST COME AS YOU ARE AND BE YOURSELF AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. AND WHERE CAN OUR VIEWERS GO TO LEARN MORE? YOU CAN GO TO OUR INSTAGRAM AT GARDEN PARTY OMAHA, AND YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, W W W DOT GARDEN. OMAHA.COM. WONDERFUL, MADELINE, THANK YOU BOTH AND GOOD LUCK TODAY. YOU SAID YOU’RE PERFORMING FROM 2 TO 2, 32 TO 230. YES. AND WE HAVE NINE ACTS TOTAL FROM 2 TO 1

Festivities kickoff at Sonny’s on Saturday

Updated: 10:35 AM CDT May 9, 2026

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Garden Party Omaha is hosting a Mother’s Day weekend event at Sonny’s in Askarben Village featuring live music and a community-focused atmosphere. Madeline Reddel founded the event, starting Garden Party Omaha in her backyard. This year marks the fifth annual get-together, celebrating women and nonbinary songwriters through live music, food, and drinks. Lula, one of this year’s performing artists, and Reddel joined KETV in-studio to share more on the meaning behind Garden Party and the community of women that is building. Garden Party Omaha is at Sonny’s Askarben on Sunday from 2-11 p.m.For more information about Garden Party Omaha, viewers can refer to Garden Party Omaha’s Instagram @garden.party.omaha.

OMAHA, Neb. —

Garden Party Omaha is hosting a Mother’s Day weekend event at Sonny’s in Askarben Village featuring live music and a community-focused atmosphere.

Madeline Reddel founded the event, starting Garden Party Omaha in her backyard. This year marks the fifth annual get-together, celebrating women and nonbinary songwriters through live music, food, and drinks.

Lula, one of this year’s performing artists, and Reddel joined KETV in-studio to share more on the meaning behind Garden Party and the community of women that is building.

Garden Party Omaha is at Sonny’s Askarben on Sunday from 2-11 p.m.

For more information about Garden Party Omaha, viewers can refer to Garden Party Omaha’s Instagram @garden.party.omaha.