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Contributed photo/Local Legends Live, a celebration of local music, will take the grandstand show at 2 p.m. Sept. 6, the fair announced Thursday. It will feature sets by The Aardvarks, Scott Marshall & The Highway Souls, Strange Culture, Common Bond, Stereotype and Social Call. -
Distributed/Allentown FairStars, Stripes & Slams wrestling will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3. A special fan meet-and-greet will take place at the Fairgrounds from 6-7 p.m. Tickets, the prices of which were not immediately announced, will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 10 on the fair website or at the box office at 302 N. 17th St., Allentown.
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers tribute band Damn the Torpedoes will perform Friday, Jan. 17, at Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. -
A top-priced $99 ticket for country star Darius Rucker at Musikfest on Aug. 3 normally would come with a $10 service fee, a $8.50 Musikfest venue fee and a $1 ticket vendor fee. So normally, you'd pay $19.50 in fees (a 19.7% upcharge) per ticket. But not today.
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The fledgling cultural center on Church Road in Martins Creek is at the former Good Shepherd Church, built in 1864. The center offers monthly lunches for seniors, free classes for children, monthly movie nights, book clubs and gardening.
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The 109th PA Farm Show is in full swing and continues through Saturday in Harrisburg. Find out how Lehigh Valley competitors placed in the Family Living and Commodities competitions.
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Ahead of the Civic Theatre's staging of "Jesus Christ Superstar," Ted Neeley, star of the 1973 film, will visit Allentown for a special appearance.
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The Lehigh Valley Arts and Culture Alliance is offering grants to individual artists and nonprofits to help revamp parts of downtown Allentown. LVACA also seeks artists to paint a mural on the Spiral parking garage on Linden St.
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ArtsQuest's annual celebration of Three Kings Day brought hundreds of families to SteelStacks Sunday. The festivities celebrate not only the holiday, but the cultures that observe it.
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In the last year and a half, Allentown School District spent more than $1.4 million on new instruments and hired 34 educators to teach the related arts, which include band, choir and orchestra, among others.
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The Three Kings celebration at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks will feature a children's story time, distribution of toys, and an appearance by Einstein the camel.
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Operators of The Archer Music Hall — Live Nation — very soon should be announcing the downtown Allentown venue's first shows, especially with February pegged as the opening month.
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The Allentown Fair kicks off its 171st year on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Allentown Fairgrounds. The fair, which will include entertainment, rides, food, refreshments, exhibits and more, runs through Monday, Sept. 4 at 9 p.m.
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The Allentown Fair is promoting 15 new food options at various vendors throughout the event that will be up for a vote by fair attendees.
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The Labor Day weekend is around the corner. LehighValleyNews.com gathered a list of activities you can participate in during the holiday.
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The annual festival is a way to share Dominican culture, food and music, and to celebrate Allentown's large and growing Dominican community.
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Backed by a four-man band and a back-up singer, Sheena Easton performed 15 songs in precisely 90 minutes at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Saturday.
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The summer spectacle returns with headlining concerts, amusement rides, livestock shows and free family fun.
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Over 1,400 classic cars gathered in Macungie Park, and organizers estimate about 11,000 people came out to see them and reminisce.
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The Hooters performed to a nearly sold-out crowd Friday at Univest Performance Center in Quakertown.
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Free Latin dance lessons, held by Ely Dance Studio, turn Allentown's ArtsWalk Pocket Park into a Meringue and Salsa party for an hour each Tuesday.
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Easton PA VegFest is coming back to Riverside Park for its fifth year on Saturday, featuring vegetarian and vegan vendors alongside eco-friendly, health-conscious brands.
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The festival will feature bachata and merengue music and Latin eats such as empanadas and mofongo.
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WLVR’s Megan Frank had the opportunity to chat with Anthony DeSanctis, who programmed the movies for ArtsQuest's upcoming sci-fi film festival.
