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Lotus Festival Schedule at a Glance • September 24-27, 2009

Note: Festival Schedule is subect to change. Check this website for current info.

For ticketed events, buy early. Get your tickets before the day of show and you'll save a few bucks. For example, if you plan to go on a Friday night, buy your ticket by end of day on Thursday. Full ticket info.

• Having trouble downloading a schedule? Check the Friday / Saturday snapshot

Thursday • September 24
 
Image of Swedish trio Väsen

Väsen (from Sweden)

Our favorite Swedes return to kick-off the 2009 Lotus Festival — and they're on tour with a new CD, Väsen Street. Sponsored by Team Väsen, IU West European Studies, and IU Germanic Studies

> 7:30pm (doors open 7pm)
> Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood
> $15 advance / $20 day of show

> Ticket information

> More on Väsen

 

Hungarian band LIttle Cow

Hungarian Gypsy band Parno Graszt

Little Cow & Parno Graszt (from Hungary)

Last year, LIttle Cow earned a lot of fans at their Lotus debut. In 2009, they return for a club show after the Väsen concert. And they've brought some friends with them: Hungarian Gypsy band Parno Graszt. Sponsored by IU Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, IU Russian & East European Institute, and Women of Lotus

> 9:30pm (doors open 9pm)
> The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut; over 21 only
> $10 (no difference between advance and day of show)

> Ticket information

> More on Little Cow and Parno Graszt

   
Friday-Saturday • Sept. 25-26
 

Evening Showcases

Performing artists from around the world, at seven downtown Bloomington venues

> 7pm-Midnight (approx.)
> Various venues

> Ticket information
> Buy Tickets
> Performing Artists
> Showcase Information
> Festival Map

 

Arts Village

Chalk art (you're the artist), festival parade gear, interactive textile installations, and more stuff to stimulate the senses.

> 6pm-11pm, Friday
> 11am-11pm, Saturday
> 6th St., between Walnut & Washington
> Free

> All about Lotus Visual Arts

   
Jefferson Street Parade Band

Visual Arts Village performance and mini-procession— Jefferson Street Parade Band

> Arts Village (6th St., betw Walnut & Washington)
> 8:30pm
> Free

> More on the Jefferson Street Parade Band

Lotus Festival visual arts provided with support from Bell Trace Health & Living Center; IU school of Health, Physical Education, & Recreation; IU Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs & Government Relations; Strategic Development Group; Village Deli / Soma / Laughing Planet

   
Saturday, September 26
 
 
Deborah Asante

Storytelling with Deborah Asante:
"Rolling down the Avenue"

The founder of the Asante Children's Theatre in Indianapolis tells stories of Ruby Walker and growing up in Indianapolis in the 1940s, during Indy's jazz heyday. With the music of jazz saxophonist Pookie Johnson. Sponsored by the Monroe County Public Library and made possible by Young Audiences of Indiana, the JAZZ INdiana PROJECT Fund, and Women of Lotus.

> 11am-Noon
> Monroe County Public Library Auditorium
> Free; appropriate for children aged 4th-grade and older

 

 
 
Image of performers at Lotus in the Park

Lotus in the Park
Presented by BEAD, the Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District

> Noon-5:30pm
> Third Street Park (331 S. Washington)
> Free

> Lotus In the Park Schedule & Details
> Hooping Workshop
> Festival Map

   
Lotus stage

Evening Showcases

Performing artists from around the world, at seven downtown Bloomington venues

> 7pm-Midnight (approx.)
> Various venues

> Ticket information
> Performing Artists
> Showcase Information
> Festival Map

   
EE: Magic Circus Marching Band

Lotus Festival Parade Finale

Chicago’s EE: Magic Circus Marching Band takes everyone on a parade adventure on Kirkwood Avenue and 4th Street. The parade also has some special guests from the local scene:

IU’s Brazilian Percussion Ensemble will join the parade, escorted by a troupe of samba dancers. Organized by Anita DeCastro and directed by Michael Spiro, the collective focuses on music of the large “bateria” percussion ensembles of Brazil, especially Samba Batucada from Rio de Janeiro, Candomble and Axe music from Bahia, and Maracatu from Recife. 

And keep an eye out for the Bloomington Quarry Morris Dancers and members of the Hudsuckers hooping group and the Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls

> 8:15pm
> Free
> Festival map with parade route

> More on EE: Magic Circus Marching Band

 

   
Sunday, September 27
 
Indian dancer World Spirit Concert

End your Lotus weekend on a high note with music from India, China, and Prince Edward Island, Canada. Srinivas Krishnan & Madras Broadcast lead off (2pm), followed by the Beijing-based group Hanggai (3pm), with Vishtèn (4pm) bringing the 2009 Festival to a close with an inspiring set of Acadian traditional music, song, and dance. Sponsored by Dr. David Lawler—Center for Sound Sleep

> 2-5pm (doors open 1:30)
> Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood
> 2009 Lotus pin is your admission ($5, available at the door)

> More on Srinivas Krishnan, Hanggai, and Vishtèn

   

 

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