2023 Lotus World Music & Arts Festival Highlights

Bloomington filmmaker and documentarian Duane Busick captured the sights and sounds happening in downtown Bloomington, Indiana during the 2023 Lotus World Music & Arts Festival. This highlight video features performance samples of the artists performing on the evenings of the 2023 Lotus Festival.
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Established in 1994, the Lotus Festival is one of the oldest world music festivals in the U.S. and the only festival of its kind in the state of Indiana.

The Lotus Festival is committed to selecting world-class performers who represent the highest standards of musicianship and professionalism. Lotus is distinguished among festivals by not relying on “headliners”, but rather presenting a non-hierarchical mix of performers and prioritizing discovery and inspiring encounters with the new and often unfamiliar. Lotus is also somewhat unique in considering American music as part of the “world” in “world music”– be that American roots and folk music, or music reflecting our tapestry of immigrant experiences.

The award-winning Lotus World Music and Arts Festival is produced by the nonprofit Lotus Education & Arts Foundation. The Lotus mission: To create opportunities to experience, celebrate, and explore the diversity of the world's cultures, through music and the arts.