Arts & Culture

Keith Sweat, a leading force in the New Jack Swing movement, will headline the main Steel Stage at the massive music festival in downtown and South Side Bethlehem at 7 p.m. Aug. 8.

ArtsQuest is using the Bethlehem Visitor Center to present comedy shows. And it plans on a new dedicated comedy club at the new Banana Factory.

The three-day festival features a fiddle competition, Irish dancing, whiskey tastings and Guinness pours.

The YMCA hosts its 15th annual rite-of-spring event for partiers on a budget.

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The free expo set for Saturday will showcase music, dance, martial arts and more from young artists living in the Lehigh Valley.

Grammy Award-winning soft rock group Train, known for the hits "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)," "Hey Soul Sister" and "Drive By," will headline the main stage on the final night of Bethlehem's Musikfest festival in August, it was announced Monday.

Boz Scaggs, whose 1976 album “Silk Degrees” went five times platinum with the blues-rock hits “Lowdown” and “Lido Shuffle,” will play Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 21.

The art show is hosted by Lehigh University Art Galleries and features pieces of Buddhist art from thousands of years ago.

Broadway actors Orfeh and Andy Karl came to William Allen High to conduct a workshop for the school's upcoming performance of Little Shop of Horrors

Easton Farmers' Market will celebrate its 272nd season on Saturday, May 4, with dozens of locally oriented vendors offering food, drinks, entertainment, specialty crafts and more.

Almost Queen, which performs the music of bombastic 1970s and '80s rockers Queen, will perform July 13 at Univest Performance Center in Quakertown. And Get The Led Out, which performs the music of 1970s heavy metal band Led Zeppelin, will close out the season with a show Aug. 24.

Nashville artist-songwriter George Birge, whose song "Beer Beer, Truck Truck" went viral on social media in 2021, then who hit No. 1 with the song "Mind On You" in 2022, will be Brad Paisley's "special guest" at the Aug. 30 concert at Allentown Fair grandstand.

The shop, Dear Santa, is at 458 Main St. across from Historic Hotel Bethlehem. Owner Tom Dubreuil has a close connection to Santa Claus — He's portrayed him for several years as part of Christmas season festivities organized by the Downtown Bethlehem Association.

The series of 10 Wednesday night movies will feature new and classic Disney fare, recent blockbusters and some films with important anniversaries.

Sugar Ray, which had the chart-topping hits "Fly" in 1997 and "Every Morning" in 1999, will take Musikfest's Steel Stage on Aug. 2, the first full night of the festival.

Sounds of the Underground, at 7:30 p.m. June 21, will showcase eight Lehigh Valley-connected music acts.

C.F. Martin & Company has unveiled a vivid new museum display focused on sustainable manufacturing practices, highlighting years of innovations which focus on quality instruments with an environmentally-friendly orientation.

Forty-six concerts (the same as last year) are scheduled for Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks' 14th year, announced Sunday at a season reveal event at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks.

With Orthodox Easter just around the corner, we spoke with artists about the rich history of pysanky, passed down through generations and a product of detailed, ornate handiwork.

Meet staff and learn about the studio's art and music classes at the open house on Sunday, April 28.

The free Blast Furnace Blues will be from 5-11 p.m. July 19 and from 2-11 p.m. July 20 on two stages, both outdoors: Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks and ArtsQuest Center’s Town Square.