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LHF's GREAT LABOR ARTS EXCHANGE

Participants At The 2024 Great Labor Arts Exchangeis returning to Labor Notes!

June 12-14, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago, IL

9300 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Rosemont, IL 60018


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The Great Labor Arts Exchange is an annual arts festival which celebrates the labor history of the United States and preserves, advances and promotes the culture of the American labor movement.

Labor arts are “part of how we come together, how we find our unity, how we remind ourselves of our values, how we sustain ourselves through the hard times.”

– Al Bradbury, Labor Notes editor

Music…poetry…film/video…theater…art…history…Labor Arts Workshops and Sessions...Friday night Song & Spoken Word Contest...Saturday night concert


 Housing/Hotel Information is is coming soon.

A limited number of scholarships (covering registration fees ONLY) are available: CLICK HERE to apply for a LHF GLAE John Handcox scholarship.

 

PLUS: Presentation of the JOE HILL AWARDS!!

We plan on livestreaming selected GLAE programs on the LHF Facebook page; subscribe to our email newsletter for details (click on “Subscribe” at upper left).