BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Triple-platinum reggae band Magic!, Allman Brothers' progeny Devon Allman with Donavon Frankenreiter and "Teenage Dirtbag" hitmakers Wheatus will be among the free stage headliners at the 40th anniversary of Musikfest, it was announced Tuesday.
The shows, all of which will perform on AmericaPlatz at the Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks, are among the highlights of the Aug. 3-13 festival.
ArtsQuest, which presents Musikfest each year in downtown Bethlehem and the SteelStacks campus in South Bethlehem, said it will announce more of its free stage lineup in the coming weeks.
- Magic!, Devon Allman and Donavon Frakenreiter and Wheatus are among the free headliners performing at the 40th anniversary of Musikfest
- The groups are taking the stage at the Levitt Pavillion Steelstacks on Aug. 4 - 5 and Aug. 11
- ArtsQuest says it will announce more of its free stage lineup in the coming weeks
“We are excited to introduce these top artists that represent music from across 40 years of Musikfest,” ArtsQuest Chief Programming Director Patrick Brogan said.
“Magic!, Devon Allman and Donavon Frankenreiter and Wheatus perfectly reflect music from the old to the new and are just a sampling of the full free stage lineup that we can’t wait to announce very soon."
Magic!
Canadian reggae fusion band Magic!, founded in 2012, is best known for its 2013 hit single “Rude,” which sold eight times platinum and charted at No. 1 in several countries worldwide.
Magic! will take the stage on Aug. 4.
They’re heavily inspired by the Police and Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Their debut album, "Don’t Kill the Magic," which included "Rude," was released in 2014 and peaked at No. 6 in the United States.
It was followed by "Primary Colours" in 2016 and "Expectations" in 2018.
Allman and Frankenreiter
As part of a Guinness World Record attempt, Devon Allman and Donavon Frankenreiter will rock out during their See It All American Tour on Aug 5.
The duo hopes to make it into Guinness by performing in 50 states in 50 days, with the Musikfest play being their Pennsylvania stop.
With more than a dozen albums under his belt, Frankenreiter has been on a worldwide touring trail for three decades.
Allman, son of Rock legend Gregg Allman, has appeared at the world’s biggest music festivals and co-founded groups Royal Southern Brotherhood and The Allman Betts Band with Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts' son Duane.
Wheatus
Wheatus performs on Friday, Aug 11.
An American rock band from Northport, New York, Wheatus, formed in 1995, and is best known for its 2000 single “Teenage Dirtbag.”
The viral song was featured in the 2000 film, "Loser," with Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari, and has appeared in several Instagram and TikTok mashups and the HBO miniseries "Generation Kill," Netflix original series "Girlboss" and "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and the Hulu original miniseries "The Girl from Plainville."
The band toured coast-to-coast in 2019, followed by Europe and the U.K. They’ve supported bands such as Everclear, Hoobastank and Living Colour on the Summerland Tour.
The shows are the first that ArtsQuest has announced for Musikfest 2023 free stage lineup. The organization will announce hundreds of additional artists later this spring.
