The Avett Brothers to Close Out Musikfest 2016 on Aug. 14

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 [...]

SIX-TIME GRAMMY WINNERS LADY ANTEBELLUM TO HEADLINE MUSIKFEST AUG. 13

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 [...]

Disney Star Sabrina Carpenter to Headline Hometown Show at Musikfest Aug. 12

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 [...]

BUSH & Chevelle to Rock Musikfest’s Main Stage Aug. 11

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 [...]

GRAMMY Winner Don Henley to Headline Musikfest Aug. 10

Photo by Danny Clinch GRAMMY winner and Eagles founding member Don Henley will headline Musikfest when he performs Aug. 10, 8:30 p.m., at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. As vocalist, drummer and frequent frontman for the Eagles, Henley anchored the group as they made music history [...]

Iconic Rock Band BOSTON Set to Headline Musikfest Aug. 9

Photo credit Kamal Asar BOSTON, the dynamic rock group that took the world by storm with its multi-platinum selling debut album in 1976, will headline Musikfest 2016 when it rocks the festival’s Sands Steel Stage Aug. 9, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Launched by studio technician, producer and musician [...]

Country Superstar Dierks Bentley to Headline Musikfest Aug. 7

Chart-topping country superstar Dierks Bentley wants fans to ‘Come a Little Closer’ when he headlines Musikfest with a Sands Steel Stage performance Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Debuting with two platinum selling records - Dierks Bentley in 2003 and Modern Day Drifter in 2005 - Bentley rose to stardom on [...]

Hip-Hop Legends Run-D.M.C. Set to Headline Musikfest Aug. 6

Iconic hip-hop group and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Run-D.M.C. want you to “Walk This Way” when they headline Musikfest Aug. 6, performing 7:30 p.m. at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Founded in 1981 in Queens, N.Y., Run-D.M.C. is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts [...]

X Ambassadors Set to Kick Off Musikfest 2016 on Aug. 5

Fans will be far from ‘Unconsolable’ when the X Ambassadors, along with special guests Rachel Platten and Jukebox the Ghost, headline Musikfest Aug.  5, with a performance at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Formed in 2009, the X Ambassadors have quickly gained a following as a result of their [...]

‘In the Heights’ Brings Latin Rhythms, Stories to Muhlenberg Summer Stage

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical about life in the Latino community of Washington Heights, plays July 13-31 at Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical "In the Heights" — the precursor to his blockbuster Broadway hit "Hamilton" — runs July 13-31 as the second production of the Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre season.  The [...]