04/26/2025
The official results are in!
ChantLanta 2025 has set a new donation record for our Grand Finale event! Proceeds from the sales of festival passes, workshop registrations, ChantLanta merch, and vendor booth spaces have resulted in a check for:
$18,000!!!
This money goes directly to our 2025 charity partner, Kaleidoscope Child Foundation, and we are so grateful to everyone who participated: musicians, workshop presenters, vendors, volunteers, the Unity North staff, and especially everyone who attended throughout the weekend! Thank you all for making our last festival one that will be remembered for a long time to come!
David Ault from Kaleidoscope would also like to express his gratitude in the following message:
"We are deeply honored that Kaleidoscope Child Foundation was chosen as the final charity partner of the ChantLanta Sacred Music Festival, Atlanta’s premier gathering of kirtan and sacred music.
This year marked the 15th and final celebration of a beloved community tradition—one that has, year after year, combined the transcendent power of sound with the tangible impact of service.
Founded and stewarded by a devoted committee of visionaries, Chantlanta has long been more than a music festival. It has been a spiritual movement—uniting hearts in rhythm and purpose, and selecting an annual charity partner to receive the event’s proceeds as a gesture of collective compassion.
This final festival reached a historic milestone: $18,000 raised—the largest charitable total in ChantLanta’s history. We are humbled and deeply grateful for this extraordinary generosity.
These proceeds are being directed toward the completion of Kaleidoscope Child, a powerful and visually stunning documentary by filmmaker Michael Patrick McKinley that captures the heart of our mission: the empowerment of children through education, sustainability, and love in action. It is a testament to the everyday miracles that arise when communities come together in service.
In a beautiful full-circle moment, Ian Boccio, the visionary and co-founder of ChantLanta, is composing the score for the film—infusing it with the very soul of the festival, ensuring that the legacy of this sacred gathering lives on in a new, lasting creation.
From our hearts to yours—thank you.
You have helped us carry this vision further than we ever dreamed."
Prema and namaste!
from the ChantLanta 2025 Organizing Committee:
Ian Boccio, Margo Gomes Karen Dorfman, Jai Ram Lentine, Cara Haycak, Sophia Loner, Austin Phillips, Susan Powell Clancy
