Lotus Festival at a Glance • October 2-5, 2008

• Thursday
• Visual Arts
• Festival Processions
• Friday-Saturday Showcases
• Festival Food & Drink
• Lotus in the Park
• Film: The Singing Revolution
• World Spirit Concert
• Festival Store
• Where to Park

Note: The Lotus Festival Schedule is subect to change. Check this website for up-to-date info.

Thursday, Oct. 2

Northern Realms
Sponsored by the IU Auditorium
• Get event details

Friday & Saturday, Oct. 3-4

• Festival Processions (Free) / Friday-Saturday
  Presented by BEAD, the Bloomington Entertainment & Arts District; sponsored by CFC, Inc.; Cairril.com Design & Marketing; Kirkwood Design Studio; tutto benè; and Kren Pitkin & Becky Wann, realtors with CENTURY 21 Realty Group
  
  Friday, 8:30pm (approx.)
  Mucca Pazza (from Chicago) leads a procession on Kirkwood Ave.
  
  Saturday, 5:45pm (approx.)
  Portland, Oregon's March Fourth Marching Band repeats last year's to leads a festival procession from Third Street Park to Kirkwood Avenue.
  
  Saturday, 8:30pm (approx.)
  March Fourth Marching Band leads an expanded festival procession on Kirkwood Avenue.
  
  
• Lotus Arts Village
  6pm-11pm, Friday / 11am-11pm, Saturday
  Lotus Labyrinth, parade banners and masks, inflated sculptures, and Lotus Arts Bikes. Free. More information about Lotus and visual arts ...
  

• Showcases / Friday-Saturday
  Multiple stages in downtown Bloomington, two nights full of great performances. More about Showcases / Friday Schedule PDF / Saturday Schedule PDF
  
  • 7pm-Midnight (approx.)
  • Single-night or Fri-Sat passes available; ticket info here

• Don't miss the Festival Store on Friday and Saturday—
  During festival hours (5:30pm-12:30am) visit merch central to get your 2008 Lotus Festival T-shirt and pin, artists CDs, and other schwag.

• Festival Food & Drink...
  Grab-and-go festival fuel, beer and wine, and non-alcoholic beverages, by Bloomingfoods, a Bloomington institution. At all tent venues, with an expanded food court at the Carey Worldwide Chauffeured Services Tent at 4th & Grant.

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Saturday, Oct. 4

Film: The Singing Revolution (2006)
Sponsored by the Ryder Film Series, IU Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, IU Russian & East European Institute
The story of Estonia's non-violent march toward independence from Soviet rule—through the 100-year-old tradtiion of the Laulupidu, asong festival that brings thousands of people together to celebrate Estonian culture. A film by James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty, narrated by Linda Hunt.

• Buskirk-Chumley Theater / 11:30am
• Your Lotus pin gets you in! Where to get your pin ...

 

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

Workshops, live performances, hands-on art, and a festival procession to finish off the day. PDF Park Schedule / Get the big picture here ...

• Third Street Park / Noon-5:30pm / Park Schedule PDF to come
• Free

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Sunday, Oct. 5

World Spirit Concert
Sponsored by Dr. David Lawler and the Center for Sound Sleep
With Etugen Ensemble (2pm), Gaida Hinnawi (approx. 3pm), Lo Cór de la Plana (approx. 4pm)

• Buskirk-Chumley Theater / 2-5pm
• Your Lotus Pin gets you in; available in advance at these outlets. (Otherwise, $5 at the door.)

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