Balkan Beat Box = AMAZING!

I danced like I have never danced before. When I got home, I absolutely collapsed. Today, I have I am hoarse from screaming and sore from dancing, but wow. What an awesome time. I really liked how they involved the audience in some of their beats and had a very posive message. “Peace in the middle East! Peace in Tel Aviv! Peace all over the F***ing world!”

I am currently working on about 3 stories for tomorrow’s IDS (as is Zack), so be sure to read those and check out all of the great pictures that our photographers caught! Thanks for staying with us throughout our coverage of Lotus, and be sure to buy your tickets for next year if you didn’t make it this time. This is one event you definitely don’t want to miss!

FESTIVAL PROCESSION FROM BLOOMINGTON NEIGHBORHOODS TO COURTHOUSE SQUARE: LEAD BY STILT DANCER SOGBETY DIOMANDE 5-6:30 p.m.

7–7:45 p.m.
Fingal, Irish traditional at FUM (First United Methodist Church)

7–8:30 p.m.
Carpathian Folk Quartet, traditional gypsy music at FC (First Christian Church)

7:15–8:15 p.m.
Free IU Hip-Hop Congress turntable workshop at UB (Union Board Tent - 6th St.)

7:15–8:30 p.m.
Curumin, funky Brazilian samba-tronica at BB (The Bluebird)

7:30–8:45 p.m.
Catherine Russel, blues and jazz at BCT (Buskirk-Chumley Theater)
Uncle Earl, old time at FS (4th St. Stage)
Balkan Beat Box, electronic world fusion at MB (Monroe Bank Tent - 6th St.)

8:30–11 p.m.
Free performance by world DJs at UB

9-10:15 p.m.
Inner Visions, roots Reggae at BB
Mamadou Diabate Ensemble, Malian acoustic at BCT
Rob Curto’s Forro for All, Brazilian dance music at FS
Swap, Nordic and British folk fusion at FUM
Les Yeux Noirs, French gypsy, jazz, klemzer at MB

9:15–10:15 p.m.
Yungchen Lhamo, Tibetan song at FC

10:30–11:15 p.m.
Fingal, Irish traditional at FUM

10:30–11:45 p.m.
Debashish Bhattacharya, Hindustani slide guitar at BCT
Safaafir, Iraqi maqam at FC

10:30–midnight
Bonsoir Catin, cajun traditional at BB
Kal, urban Balkan beats at FS

10:45–midnight
Yerba Buena, Afro-Cuban grooves at MB

Note: All events at BB (Bluebird) are 21+.

Tickets day of show: $35 per night; $60 for Friday and Saturday pass; $30 per night for IU students with valid ID

Tickets in advance: $30 per night; $50 for Friday and Saturday pass; $25 per night for IU students with valid ID

Special discounts for seniors 62+ and children under the age of 12.

Source: lotusfest.org

For a complete list of events, visit lotusfest.org.

A map of this weekend’s events can be found on Friday’s arts page in the IDS.

Get Lotus Fest updates all weekend from Indiana Daily Student reporters Lindsey Landis and Zack Teibloom at their blog, which you can find at www.idsnews.com/lotusblog.