Lotus is delighted to be working with accomplished illustrator Katie Vernon for this year's festival artwork and t-shirt design. Katie has created illustrations for Lotus in the past and was thrilled to be asked to design this year's Lotus t-shirt. During this strange...
New-to-Lotus Artists Ak Dan Gwang Chil, South Korea https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7orruilyNnrmIfgSKubhfUkLQux4a6yI Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) is a multi-award winning Korean traditional music group, featuring six Korean traditional musicians and three...
New-to-Lotus Artists Ak Dan Gwang Chil, South Korea https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7orruilyNnrmIfgSKubhfUkLQux4a6yI Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) is a multi-award winning Korean traditional music group, featuring six Korean traditional musicians and three...
DOWNLOAD THE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE HERE: Festival Schedule Thursday, September 24, 2020, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. ● Virtual Local Livestream from the Lotus Firebay - Festival Kick-off ○ Ticketed event - buy pin ($25), get “in” Thursday and Sunday - purchasers will be sent...
How did you first hear about the Lotus organization? When I moved to Bloomington as a graduate student, I was looking for music-oriented events and I immediately found the Lotus Festival. The prospect of volunteering in exchange for a ticket fit my graduate student...
Even though we need to be distant physically, we can still enjoy each other's company, find out the amazing lineup for this year's Lotus Festival, and savor some excellent beer, cider, or non-alcoholic beverages from our event partner, Switchyard Brewing Company. The...
Lotus is happy to announce that it recently received grants from the Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County and from the Bloomington Arts Commission (BAC) and Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association (BUEA). During this time of live-event cancellations...
We are happy to announce that the 2020 Lotus World Music & Arts Festival is on! Yes, you heard that right, the Lotus Festival (Sept 24-27) is going virtual. Audience members will be invited to participate in numerous ways to engage with online performances and...
It is with great pleasure that Lotus announces two stellar additions to the Lotus team: Lydia Campbell-Maher, the new director of community & arts engagement; and Katie Bethel, Lotus’s new development coordinator. With the uncertainty of the pandemic changing the...
If you missed our Lotus Live-Stream Concerts, please find the videos here. We loved seeing Giri and Uma Peters, Cielito Lindo, Aaron Jonah Lewis, and Kardemimmit in action. Kardemimmit May 3, 2020 Aaron Jonah Lewis May 2, 2020 Cielito Lindo April 21, 2020...