Capitol Events

  • Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony

    On Sunday December 10, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Governor Jim Pillen and First Lady Suzanne Pillen will be in the 2nd floor rotunda of the Nebraska State Capitol to light the Official State Christmas tree. The…

  • NSP Camp 68 Graduation

    The Nebraska State Patrol will celebrate the graduation of Camp 68 at a 10:00 a.m. ceremony in the 2nd floor rotunda of the Capitol on Friday December, 15.

  • Holiday Horns Concert

    The University of Nebraska Husker Horn Choir will perform holiday music in the 2nd floor rotunda of the  Capitol on Wednesday December 13th at noon. Alan Mattingly, Professor and Chair of Music in the Glenn Korff…

  • Veterans Are Atheists Too Display

    The Lincoln Atheists and Omaha Humanists will have an educational display about the First Amendment freedoms that Veterans have fought and died to protect in the first floor rotunda November 5 - 12, 2023.

  • Christmas Holiday Capitol Closed

    The Nebraska State Capitol will be closed to the public on Monday December 25 to recognize the Christmas holiday.

  • National Guard Birthday Celebration

    On December 15, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. the Nebraska Military Department will celebrate the 387th anniversary of the founding, in 1636, of the first militia regiments in North America organized in Massachusetts. The Nebraska National Guard…

  • 2023 Lincoln Veterans Parade

    The Lincoln Veterans Parade will begin at 21st and K Streets at 2:00 p.m. and follow a route west on K Street to the Nebraska State Capitol.  The parade announcers will be located on a reviewing…

  • Red Ribbon Week Rally

    McPhee Elementary School students will march around the Capitol on October 27 at 2:30 p.m. with a stop on the north steps to recite a drug free pledge before they return to the school.

  • Day of the Dead Exhibit

    The Commission on Latino-Americans will have an educational exhibit in the first floor rotunda of the Capitol in celebration of the November 1 Day of the Dead. The exhibit will be on display from October27 -…

  • Buckle Up Phone Down Week Display

    The Nebraska Department of Transportation is sponsoring an educational display in the first floor rotunda from October 23 - 27 in conjunction with Governor Jim Pillen proclaiming "Buckle Up Phone Down Week".