A New Year’s Eve celebration will mark the transition from 2012 and the start of a new page in Allentown’s history. On December 31, the 800 block of Hamilton Street will be filled with jubilee during a free and family-friendly outdoor celebration. An array of local performers include: She Said Sunday, Dave Fry, the Gilbert [...]
The Downtown Bethlehem Association is proud to announce the inaugural Main St New Year’s Eve Celebration to take place on Monday, December 31st 2012! from 930pm-1230am. We will ring in the new year with a star rising at midnight, live entertainment all evening, a cash bar and a free champagne toast at midnight! Celebrate in [...]
Join us for a pre-New Year’s Eve celebration by participating in our Holiday Cocktail Trail December 29th in Bethlehem's SouthSide Shopping District to welcome the New Year. With the Christmas Open House, Christkindlmarkt and the holiday season behind us – the Downtown Bethlehem Association would like to present a fun day filled with great drinks [...]
New this year, on Saturday, December 22, the Coca Cola Holiday Caravan will be coming to Bethlehem! Main St will be closed from 12 noon to 9pm to welcome in the Coca Cola semi truck, polar bears, Santa Claus and live performances all day, including the Bach Choir and many others! Bring the family to [...]
This is a special year for Charles Dickens enthusiasts worldwide as 2012 marks the bicentennial of his birthday. In celebration of his life and work, Byers’ Choice is excited to announce that Gerald Charles Dickens will be returning to tour the United States and perform the beloved story "A Christmas Carol." Dickens’ Bethlehem, PA, engagement [...]
Christmas City Village is an open-air Christmas market that houses 30 vendors in German-style wooden huts from Friday - Sunday and the entire week after Christmas every day, nestled in the heart of the Historic Shopping District in Bethlehem. Fashioned after the traditional German Weihnachtsmarkt (pronounced vy-naukts-markt), the Christmas City Village will feature 20 wooden [...]
The only one of its kind in the country! Visitors to Historic Downtown Bethlehem will enjoy the 5thAnnual one-of-a-kind tradition in 2012! Beginning on December 1st at 5:30 p.m., the “Live Advent Calendar” will open at the 1810 Goundie House at 505 Main Street. The merchants of the Downtown Bethlehem Association (DBA), a council of the [...]
The theme this year is "White Christmas" in commemoration of the 75 year anniversary of being the Christmas City. Take a self-guided tour of Bethlehem's two great shopping districts and visit all the magical doors and windows in Bethlehem. Vote for your Favorite Door or Window with a chance to win a $1,000 Downtown Bethlehem [...]
Frank DiBussolo Group Master guitarist Frank DiBussolo, an eight-time Grammy nominee, leads a dynamic quintet through a program of his own compositions this Friday, 7:30 PM at the Allentown Symphony Hall. Frank uses both acoustic and electric guitars as he hits a rocking Latin groove on Blue Heron, Ha! Gringo and Una Samba [...]
ADVOCACY ALERT ! Lehigh County Quality of Life grants at risk Contact your elected Lehigh County Commissioners now! The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners is preparing to vote on the 2013 budget. The 2013 Quality of Life grants, which fund many Lehigh County arts and cultural nonprofits, are in jeopardy of elimination. I call on [...]
