Enjoy an afternoon filled with free outdoor performances by Lotus Festival artists, and family fun including interactive visual arts activities and local food truck offerings.
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Lotus Dance Workshops at the Waldron Auditorium
The Lotus Dance Hall will feature bands who play culturally specific dance music, this year featuring bachata from the Dominican Republic and salsa.
Friday and Saturday Evening Showcases
Experience dynamic live performances by global musicians in an inviting atmosphere in downtown Bloomington.
Lotus Opening Concert
Doors Open at 6:30 pm Location: Buskirk Chumley Theater Lotus is excited to start the festival out with a bang! Our opener, CoolMule, is the latest and greatest Midwest old-time band to emerge, like Brood X cicada - inevitable, unstoppable, often buzzing in the key...
2024 Lotus World Music & Arts Festival
Visit the Lotus Festival page for details. Four-day-long musical extravaganza from October 3 – 6, 2024, in downtown Bloomington.
Bread and Puppet Presented by Lotus
Free Event Doors open at 4:30 pm 2687 N Loesch Rd., Bloomington, IN Bread and Puppet Theater is a politically radical puppet theater company founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side. In 1974 Bread and Puppet moved to a farm in Glover in the...
Lotus at the Cinema
Tickets Required Location: IU Cinema 1213 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN Doors open at 6:30 pm "Around the World in 4 Days" (Merrill Hatlen) is a portrait of the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, produced for the 25th Anniversary of the...
Summer Night of Lotus
Doors open at 5:30 pmWhere: Deer Park Manor, 1501 E Hillside Dr #300, Bloomington, IN 4740 Join us for an evening of fun and fundraising at our annual Summer Night of Lotus event. Expect to dance to live music, laugh, hear stories from the thirty-year Lotus legacy,...
Share Memories for Lotus@30 Project
One of the aims of Lotus@30 is to prompt memories and thoughts about the long arc of Lotus’ 30 years – whether about Lotus the organization or Lotus the festival. We’d love for you to answer the following questions. Questions:1. How did you first hear about Lotus? If...
Lotus Welcomes New Staff
We are happy to welcome one new member to the Lotus team and to welcome back a returning member to the Lotus team!