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Playing with Fire's 10th Anniversary Concerts July 12-13

The hottest ticket this summer will be the Playing with Fire Concert Series in celebration of it's 10th anniversary of providing free music to area residents and visitors of all ages.

The concerts take place at Lewis & Clark Landing on Omaha's Riverfront with gates opening at 5pm Friday and 4pm Saturday.

Admission is free but free will donations will be accepted at the gate,with portions of the proceeds donated to the Food Bank of the Heartland and American Parkinson Disease Foundation/ Nebraska Chapter.

Line-Up:

Friday July 12
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Ben Poole Band
Kim Churchill

Saturday July 13
Otis Taylor Band
Meena & The Chris Fillmore Band
Kris Lager Band
Dilemma (BluesEd youth band)

For more information and updates, you may visit
www.playingwithfireomaha.net

Playing with Fire concerts are made possible with the support of
the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment,
the Douglas County Visitor Improvement Fund, the City of Omaha,
corporate and private sponsorships, in-kind donations and volunteers.

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.