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2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

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...

27th Annual Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

27th Annual Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

Festival Schedule 2020

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

Volunteer Profile: Jillian Kinzie

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

2020 Lotus Lineup Release Party, Virtual Edition

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

Lotus Named Recipient of Two Grants

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

Lotus Festival Announcement

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

Meet Our New Staff Members

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

Find Lotus Live-Stream Concerts Here

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...

2020 Lotus Festival Artist Lineup

Kardemimmit to Play Lotus Live-Stream Concert

Lotus is thrilled to announce another Lotus Live-Stream Concert featuring Finland-based band Kardemimmit. The concert will take place on Sunday, May 3 at 12:00 p.m. EDT on our Facebook and YouTube pages. Simply navigate to one of these pages at 12:00 p.m. and you will...