According to HuffPo Chicago's outdoor festival season will have a new, politically-oriented offering this spring: the Occupy Festival. The inaugural, Occupy Chicago-endorsed festival, scheduled for May 12-13 in the city's Union Park, aims to "highlight the struggle of social and economic inequality through artistic performance" according to an event announcement. Organizers are anticipating more than 25 yet-unnamed "top international, national and local musicians" to play the festival's two main stages, in addition to "special musical guests and visual performing artists" who will grace a third stage.
According to the release, 50 percent of the proceeds from the festival will benefit Occupy Chicago actions. A portion of the festival proceeds will also benefit Chicago's 8th Day Center for Justice. The event's timing is deliberate -- it will take place shortly before what are expected to be widespread protests outside the NATO summit, set to culminate May 20-21 at Chicago's McCormick Place. Groups including hacking group Anonymous and Adbusters called on activists hoping to protest the summit to arrive as early as May 1 to voice their displeasure.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/occupy-festival-chicago_n_1341504.html?ref=topbar
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