Lotus World Music & Arts Festival

October 3–6

Discover the Music
Explore the Arts
Celebrate World’s Cultures
Experience Lotus Fest

Collage of Lotus Festival Artists

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See the incredible musical lineup for this year’s Lotus Festival.

Find the 2024 Lotus Festival Schedule.

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Multiple Days Multiple Venues Multiple Events international music diverse cuisine hands-on arts experiences dancing busking pop-up parades and so much more

Experience Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in downtown Bloomington, Indiana

Discover the music of exceptional performing artists and musicians from around the globe.

People of every age, ethnicity, ability, and background come to Lotus Festival each fall to be transformed by music and connect to the world around them.

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2023 Lotus Festival Highlights Video

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Your contributions make our work possible.

When you donate to Lotus, you commit to helping foster the love of the diversity of the world’s cultures in South Central Indiana. There are many ways to donate to Lotus.

Thank you, 2024 Lotus Festival Sponsors

2025 Lotus Festival Sponsors will be added to the site in late October and stay until late October of 2026.

Acrisure
Arts Midwest
Bloom Magazine
Bloomington Brewing Co.
Bloomington Roots
Bloomington Yoga Co.
Brown County Community Foundation
Cardinal Spirits
CFC Properties
The Chocolate Moose
City of Bloomington Arts Commission
Ellis Events
Commercial Service
Constellation Stage and Screen
Crane Credit Union
Lisa J. Baker, DDS
FAR Center for Contemporary Arts
Free Think Apparel & Promos
Fresh Figs Marketing
Graduate Hotels
Grant Street Inn
Grease Monkey Oil Changes and More
Hickory Audiology
Holiday Inn
Indiana Arts Commission
Ivy Tech Community College
Jamie Gans Blossoms Artist Fund
LuAnne Holladay
Monroe County Community School
Meitus Gelbert Rose
Mid Atlantic Arts
Morgenstern's Books, Cafe, Artisan
National Endowment for the Arts
Needmore Coffee Roasters
No Guru Media
Old National Bank
Oliver Winery & Vineyards
One World Enterprises
Organized Living
Pizza X
Psi Iota Xi Thrift Shop
Quest Audio
Raymond Foundation
Rumpke Waste and Recycling
Sandra Counseling and Consulting
Sarah J. Slover Photography
Upland Brewing Co.
Visit Bloomington
WFHB
Write Design Group