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06/12/2026

06/11/2026

Give it up for the Omaha Community Foundation👏🌈

Thanks to their support, First Friday Pride was our loudest and proudest First Friday EVER. More than 6,000 visitors came OUT to celebrate q***r joy, community, art, music, drag, and all the colors of Benson. 🏳️‍🌈✨

Come out next First Friday and every First Friday in the Benson Creative District.

We’re proud all year long. 💖🌈

In 2026, the Omaha Community Foundation’s LGBTQIA2S+ Equality Fund received $355,712 in funding requests and awarded $190,000 to organizations serving LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and families across the metro. The Equality Fund […]

06/05/2026

We’re holding space for Chelsey Petersen, also known as 2neuro, an artist and community member whose creativity left a lasting mark on Benson.

Chelsey was an artist at Trudy’s, where she helped transform the loading dock into a gallery and performance space. She also shared her work through immersive installations, live art, and body painting during Pride. Her presence brought color, imagination, and care into the spaces she touched.

This First Friday, we invite the community to honor Chelsey’s memory at the North Artist Market. Stop by to share a memory, celebrate her creativity, and hold space with others who knew and loved her work.

Thank you, Chelsey, for sharing your art with us 🩷

06/04/2026

FIRST FRIDAY PRIDE ✨🌈
🗓️ Friday, June 5 | 📍 Benson Creative District

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! 🏳️‍🌈✨

🌈 Start your Pride month in Benson.
Plan your night at bensoncreativedistrict.org/firstfriday

🎨 June First Friday poster by CJ Elliott ()
🖼️ Posters sponsored by

🌈✨ Thank You to Our June First Friday Sponsors ✨🌈
❤️ Mutual of Omaha
🧡 Ted & Wally’s Ultra-Premium Ice Cream
💛 FiberFirst Internet
💚 Fiedler Law Firm

🌈✨ This project is made possible thanks to the Omaha Community Foundation’s Equality Fund ✨🌈

🌈✨ With gratitude to our Friends of BFF Business Members ✨🌈
❤️ Access Period
🧡 Alley Cat Vintage
💛 ASL Interpreting Services / Pamela Duncan
💚 Benson Brewery
💙 Blueline Coffee
💜 Central Skate Shop
❤️ Dahlia House
🧡 Edge of the Universe
💛 FiberFirst Internet
💚 Gregg Grossman, Inc.
💙 Heather Tedesco, Realtor
💜 Jake’s Ci**rs
❤️ Legend Comics & Coffee
🧡 Maple St. Construct
💛 Maven Social
💚 Metropolitan Community College
💙 Ming Toy Gallery
💜 Nebraska AIDS Project
❤️ Omaha Roller Derby
🧡 Removery
💛 SET the Bar
💚 Shipment Vintage / Floors, Floors, Floors
💙 Shop Five Nine + Ceremony
💜 Slowdown
❤️ Snowy Sundaes
🧡 Star Deli
💛 Taco Co.
💚 The Bay
💙 The Sydney

🌈 Supported by the Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment

🏳️‍🌈 Produced by in the Benson Creative District

06/04/2026

Shake 'N Go this First Friday PRIDE! 🌈✨

We’re welcoming back some of our favorite drag performers to help kick off the Summer of PETFEST. SHAKE with our queens at the PETFEST stage before each band, then GO with them as they pop up throughout the neighborhood!

❤️ 6:00 PM — Dee Dee Monic opens for SWAMPD!
🧡 6:45 PM — Dee Dee Monic at BFF Gallery

💛 7:00 PM — Alana Viviana opens for Quilt!
💚 7:45 PM — Alana Viviana at Central Skate Shop

💙 8:00 PM — Juanna Vi Mii opens for Birthday Girl!
💜 8:45 PM — Juanna Vi Mii at Benson Theatre

❤️ 9:00 PM — Lola Valentino opens for Sweat FM!
🧡 9:45 PM — Lola Valentino at Star Deli

Shake 'N Get to PRIDE in the Benson Creative District! 💖

📍PETFEST Backlot at Petshop
Friday, June 5 | 6–10 PM
Benson First Friday Pride

06/03/2026

🗺️ New map, same Benson.

Download the new district-wide Benson First Friday map and plan your full First Friday experience, from galleries and shops to food, drinks, markets, music, and outdoor activations.

Not on the list? Inquire at [email protected] to be added to the map.

Download the map and explore First Friday in the Benson Creative District
bensoncreativedistrict.org/firstfriday

06/01/2026

Keep the PRIDE alive all month! Check out this awesome event supporting Omaha ForUs at Pageturner's Lounge the night after First Friday PRIDE!

🍓🍹 FRUIT COCKTAIL: A Q***r Cabaret 🍹🍓
COME OUT June 6th to Pageturner’s Lounge for a juicy, campy, and fruitful benefit show for Omaha ForUs LGBTQ+ Community Center 🌈✨

Featuring burlesque, drag, comedy, magic, singing, spoken word, and much more!
🚪 Doors: 7PM
🎭 Show: 8PM
🔞 Ages 21+
💸 No cover — suggested $10 donation to Omaha ForUs at the door

🎟️ RAFFLE begins at 7:30pm, prizes begin to be announced around 8:45pm. You must be present to claim your prize. $2 = 1 raffle ticket

Come celebrate q***r talent and community and make Omaha home for all of us!! 🍌💖