Firefighters, police officers and EMTs perform heroic actions across our nation every day, and this September Embassy Bank is honoring our local “heroes” by recognizing them in the “Our Hometown Heroes – First Responders” display at SteelStacks. From now through Aug. 5, Embassy Bank invites the community to submit photos of family members, neighbors and [...]
Photo By Jesse Faatz It’s a tribute to two of rock’s most iconic and influential artists as Musikfest celebrates the lives and legacies of the late David Bowie and Prince during a double bill at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage Aug. 8. The show, which is free to attend, features David Bowie tribute [...]
'Festers Night is Thursday, August 4th at Coca-Cola Park! (Mitman DPI) Two of the Lehigh Valley's most recognizable and iconic brands - the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and Musikfest - have joined forces for the first time ever as the IronPigs will change their name to the 'Festers in anticipation of Musikfest 2016 for [...]
THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AMERICAN RED CROSS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY, Allentown is looking for an Events Partner to coordinate events and be the single point of contact for all event requests within the chapter. This volunteer will gather information for requests, obtain approval, train and schedule volunteers, maintain records [...]
Where can you go to see the first piece of steel rolled at the Bethlehem Iron Company or the longest commercially operated portable steam engine? America’s newest museum and the Lehigh Valley’s latest attraction, the National Museum of Industrial History (NMIH) will be opening its doors for the first time on Tuesday, August 2nd. Museum [...]
As the mercury starts to soar, ArtsQuest’s hottest deals of the year are set to kick in with the ArtsQuest One Day Sale at SteelStacks July 8th. The event, which takes place at the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, features special offers on all Musikfest and Yuengling Summer Concert Series shows, as well as select [...]
Chart-topping folk-rock group The Avett Brothers will send Musikfest out with a bang when they perform Aug. 14, 8 p.m., on the Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. The North Carolina-based Avett brothers have been described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the "heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop [...]
Chart-topping, six-time GRAMMY winners Lady Antebellum will headline Musikfest 2016 when the group performs Sat., Aug. 13, 7 p.m., at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Formed in Nashville in 2006, Lady Antebellum quickly rose to stardom on the strength of hits like “I Run to You” and “Love [...]
The Lehigh Valley’s own Disney darling, Sabrina Carpenter, will headline Musikfest Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m., when she performs at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. A native of Lower Milford Township, Carpenter is best known for her role as Maya Hart in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, a sequel [...]
It’s an electrifying night at Musikfest as BUSH & Chevelle perform Aug. 11 at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets for the concert, which gets underway at 6 p.m., are $44-$69. They’ll be available at musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Following the success of their multiplatinum debut album Sixteen Stone in 1994, British rock band BUSH went on [...]
