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Monday, May 9, 2011

The 2011 Living Traditions Festival (SLC: May 20 - 22)

For Immediate Release

The 2011 Living Traditions Festival

Celebrates Diversity:

Food, Music, Dance and Crafts at the Salt Lake City & County Building

Free and Open to the Public

The Salt Lake City Arts Council presents the twenty-sixth annual Living Traditions Festival on May 20, 21 & 22, on the grounds of the Salt Lake City & County Building (450 South 200 East). The festival is the kick-off of the city’s outdoor event season, heralding the beginning of summer and celebrating the diversity of our ethnic community through the arts.

In addition to dozens of performances, crafts demonstrations, games and activities, the 2011 Living Traditions Festival will present special guest artists Bomba Estéreo (from Bogota, Colombia) at 7:00 p.m., and Vieux Farka Touré at 8:30 p.m. (from Mali, Africa) on Friday night; and Boukman Eksperyans (from Port-au-Prince, Haiti) at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday night. The Living Traditions Food Market offers an array of traditionally prepared foods by twenty local ethnic groups. The bocce ball courts are packed throughout the event.

Admission is free and festival hours are: Friday, May 20, 5 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, May 21, noon to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, May 22, noon to 7 p.m.

For more information on the 2011 Living Traditions Festival, call 801-596-5000 or visit www.livingtraditionsfestival.com

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FOR THE MEDIA:

A complete press kit with photographs, schedules, music and descriptions is available on-line at www.livingtraditionsfestival.com/press



TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS AND FOR SPECIAL REQUESTS PLEASE CONTACT:

Eugenie Hero Jaffe
Bombshell Music & Media
801.599.2040
eugenie@getbombshell.com
"How do I pronounce her name," you ask? Say: U•je•knee

Teri Mumm
Bombshell Music & Media
801.806.7687
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