Uptown Rhythm Festival
Rhythms for Environmental Justice
Aug 16 - 17, 2024
Festival Guidelines
Bring Your Own Seat / Mat; Food and Water.
We have two food vendors on Friday and One Food Vendor on Sat and Sun
We will also have water available that you can fill your reusable water bottles with
Please take the trash you create with yo. LEAVE NO TRACE.
Schedule
Location
1/4 Miles south of Foster Beach on N Simmonds Drive on Lake Michigan Shore in Chicago
Artists and Speaker
Vision
Set in Uptown, Chicago, Uptown Rhythm Festival is an inclusive and sustainable festival experience that celebrates rhythm while raising awareness about environmental justice.
Mission
To curate a dynamic and eco-friendly festival that promotes environmental responsibility, supports local communities, and empowers attendees to make a positive impact.
Our Values
Community and Diversity
We are all interconnected + stronger together through accountability, collaboration, + inclusion. We celebrate differences + acknowledge richness in cultural awareness, global inclusion, + unique gifts.
Innovation
We envision the world we want to live in; we break away from old, harmful systems + pave a new path forward.
Sustainability
We acknowledge the limited resources on this planet + protect these for future generations.
“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves + flowers.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
Team
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Shiwali Tenner
Concept + Outreach Director
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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
Media Adviser
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E'A Williams
Artistic Advisor
