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Lotus Festival
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The 28th Annual Lotus Fest Has Arrived! Here’s What You Need To Know
The 28th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival begins on Thursday, September 23 in downtown Bloomington, featuring 18 artists performing music from 14…
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Details Announced for 2021 Lotus Festival
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation has announced the details of the 28th annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival that will bring diverse…
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Yaël Ksander, City Communications Director
As a broadcast journalist, Yaël Ksander estimates she has interviewed more than 7,000 people. Now that she’s been appointed communications director for Bloomington Mayor…
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Lotus Festival Celebrates 25 Years of World Music
In October 1994, about 800 people gathered in downtown Bloomington for the city’s first-ever world music festival. Organized by Lee Williams, James Combs, and…
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Lotus World Music & Arts Festival 2016 (Photo Gallery)
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Lotus Festival 2014 (Photo Gallery)
As Lotus World Music & Arts Festival moves into its third decade, Executive Director Sunni Fass is looking forward to its evolution. “We live in…
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Lotus Transforms Downtown Bloomington into a Global Village (Photo Gallery)
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Now in its 20th year, the Lotus Festival is arguably the town’s most cherished event. For one weekend each fall, downtown…
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Lotus 2012 (Photo Gallery)
The 2012 Lotus World Music and Arts Festival has come to an end and it was fabulous as always! Here are some photos from…
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Lotus Festival (Video)
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Ancient Sanskrit texts were not common in turn-of-the-century southern Indiana—certainly not within one-room log cabins housing families with five kids. But…