The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation is delighted to announce that this year's ticket sales to the annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival will be matched, dollar for dollar and up to $100,000, by a generous donor. The donor comes from the local Bloomington...
In an effort to create the safest possible environment for the 2021 Lotus Festival, the following protocols are required to attend all TICKETED events during the Festival weekend: FOR ALL PATRONS 12 YEARS AND OLDER: • A COVID-19 vaccination. Patrons must provide proof...
Find the 2021 Lotus Festival Playlists on YouTube and Spotify!Click here for the playlist on YouTube.Click here for the playlist on Spotify.
Cicada Song - Mathers Museum (416 N Indiana Ave) Frontera Bugalú - FAR Center (4th and Rogers) Songwriting Workshop - MCPL (303 E Kirkwood) The Lotus Festival schedule is packed! From performances with artists to interactive art exhibits. There’s something for every...
Maracatu: Celebration from Brazil to Bloomington Be part of bringing Brazil to Bloomington! Our 2018 visual arts project focuses on Maracatu, a 400-year old Afro-Brazilian parading tradition with origins in the northeastern city of Recife. Highlighting different...
The final sneak peek is one that I have a special attachment to. I've been a fan of the English quartet Spiro for many years (they've been around for as long as Lotus), but have been frustrated that they have never toured the U.S. So one of my goals in working with...
Named after the river that flows between Colombia and Ecuador, this Afro-Pacific ensemble starts with the marimba at its center, and flows with centuries of musical influence, like its namesake. Much has been made of Afro-Colombian music the past few years... now...
As soon as the trio Haas Kowert Tice announced that they had expanded into a quartet and were calling themselves Hawktail, we asked if they were available for Lotus. Now they've released a debut album, and, just last weekend, appeared on Chris Thile's national live...
About 10 years ago, someone tipped me to a great music documentary about the roots music movement in Istanbul called "Crossing the Bridge." I found the DVD and screened it one summer night with my family. The film is a fantastic musical journey, and the standout scene...
Where to start? How about by fulfilling an essential requirement for any world music festival with an outdoor stage: a high-energy dance band, ideally from one of the music capitals of the African continent. Kinshasa has always been a melting pot of great music, known...