MUSIKFEST 2014 KICKS OFF AUG. 1 IN BETHLEHEM

More Than 500 Music Performances Will Take Place During 31st Edition of Nation’s Largest Free Music Festival, Aug. 1-10 Musikfest, the nation’s largest free music festival, celebrates its 31st year starting Friday, Aug. 1, 5 p.m., with live music on 14 stages throughout the City of Bethlehem. This year’s festival, set for Aug. 1-10, features [...]

BLAKE SHUTTLE TO MAKE IT’S FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT MUSIKFEST

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority announced that “FLYLVIA Plaza Tropical” is now their new home for the Musikfest season.  Visit FLYLVIA Plaza Tropical and share your Musikfest photos using #flylviaplazatrop for a chance to win a ride in a B-25 World War II Bomber during the airshow!  Also new to Plaza Tropical this year, is the addition of [...]

ZZ Top Replaced!

Craig Thatcher Band & Coordinated Health Partner to Present Free Concert at Musikfest’s Main Stage Aug. 1 Just when it seemed dark - as in the first dark night ever at Musikfest’s main stage - local blues icons The Craig Thatcher Band and Musikfest partner Coordinated Health have come together to shine the spotlight on [...]

From Brasilia, Brazil to Bethlehem

An evening of Gypsy Jazz and Brazilian Music at Ambre Studio Internationally acclaimed musicians, Ted and Marvin Falcon, will reunite for a father and son musical celebration of Brazilian Music and Gypsy Jazz at Ambre Studio, Tuesday, August 19, 7:30 pm.  The concert will feature Ted on the violin and mandolin, his father, Marvin, on [...]

Sea Harrier Coming To The Lehigh Valley Airshow

THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER CIVILIAN AIRSHOW PERFORMER IN THE WORLD IS COMING TO THE LEHIGH VALLEY AIRSHOW. Joining the lineup for the 2014 Lehigh Valley Airshow, is the one-of-a-kind Sea Harrier. The former US Marine Corps officer, Art Nalls, is the only person in the world to privately own, and pilot, an air-worthy Harrier. Receiving an [...]

Badfinger Joins Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks Summer Concert Series Lineup

Dr. K’s Motown Revue Performance Rescheduled for Sept. 12 Badfinger will rock the Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks when it performs as part of the 2014 Summer Concert Series presented by Highmark Blue Shield Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m. The band’s show replaces the Fox Street performance originally scheduled for the date. Originally signed to The Beatles’ Apple [...]

ZZ Top Cancels August 1 Musikfest Concert

ZZ Top, which was scheduled to perform at Musikfest Aug. 1, has cancelled several tour dates over the next two weeks due to a surgery for one of the band’s members. ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill is slated to undergo surgery to remove two kidney stones this week, necessitating a delay in the start of [...]

What’s New at Musikfest This Year

In just a few weeks, Musikfest will celebrate three decades of presenting amazing, live music with 500-plus concerts on 14 stages Aug. 1-10.              Here's what's new this year: “Saurus” presented by Close Act Theatre Aug. 8-10, 4, 6 & 8 p.m. Enjoy three days of performances by this dynamic theater group from [...]

3 Day Allentown ArtsFest at Cedar Beach Park

The Alternative Gallery is launching a new 3-day mixed media arts festival this September, titled ‘Allentown ArtsFest.’ This festival, held in Cedar Beach Park from September 12-14th, returns to the grassroots concept of an artist-run festival. ArtsFest is a FREE, all ages community event, which celebrates the arts & culture of Allentown & the Lehigh [...]

REKNOWNED REGIONAL ARTISTS FEATURED AT SIGAL MUSEUM

 “This world is but a canvas to our imagination” (Henry David Thoreau)  The Sigal Museum announces a special art exhibition, Landscapes and Stills, showcasing the work of four regional masters.  All sales benefit the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society (NCHGS) and its Sigal Museum.  The exhibit runs through August 10, is free with regular [...]