FullSet is Michael Harrison (fiddle), Martino Vacca (uillean pipes), Janine Redmond (button accordion), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán), Andy Meaney (guitar), and Katie Else (vocals). The centuries-long tradition of Irish music is alive and well in this young Limerick-based...
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Las Cafeteras
Formed in East Los Angeles to document neighborhood history through music, Las Cafeteras has been praised as a “uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia, and rock” by the LA Times. With the son jarocho tradition of Veracruz at its core – think...
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
This six-piece ensemble performs traditional music from the Salento Peninsula in the Puglia region of southern Italy. Led by violinist and percussionist Mauro Durante, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino returns to the Lotus stage with vibrant pizzica (the traditional...
Lotus Dickey Song Workshop
Grey Larsen, Janne Henshaw, NanMcEntire, Steve Dickey, Nancy Dickey, and Paul Tyler — all of whom knew Hoosier musician and songwriter Lotus Dickey (1911-1989)—will lead a workshop in which you’ll learn some of Lotus’s best songs. The Lotus World Music and Arts...
Vanesa Aibar & Company
Vanesa Aibar is an award-winning choreographer and dancer of flamenco, the classic musical tradition of southern Spain. A native of Villanueva del Arzobispo in Jaén, she has studied and performed with companies across Spain, including the Nuevo Ballet Español and...
Aurelio
Born on Honduras’ Caribbean coast, Aurelio Martinez grew up steeped in the traditions of the Garifuna people, descendants of shipwrecked slaves who intermarried with locals on the island of St. Vincent and were deported to the Central American coast in the late...
Banda Magda
Banda Magda brings chic, lively style to the notion of “world music,” along with playful gestures and a splash of retro humor. Led by Greek-born Magda Giannikou – a singer, accordionist, and award-winning film scorer – the band moves fluidly from samba to Greek dance...
Arga Bileg
The seven-piece group Arga Bileg introduces jazz improvisation into Mongolian folk music traditions. The ensemble includes polished musicians, composers, and choreographers; their sound is elegant and compelling. Traditional Mongolian music is strongly influenced by...
Become a Lotus Sponsor — Help Bring the World to Bloomington
It takes lots of community buy-in to create the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival every year: from volunteers, from fans who buy tickets, from the City of Bloomington, and from the many diverse sponsors who step forward to provide crucial financial support. Large...
Partner Profile: Mathers Museum of World Cultures
At Lotus, we’re lucky to work with many community organizations -- to share resources, to reach larger audiences, to pool creative energy and ideas. One of our longtime community partners is IU’s Mathers Museum of World Cultures, which hosted the very first Lotus...