ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Back in January, months before Allentown's new Archer Music Hall opened in March, LehighValleyNews.com listed acts the venue should get.
No. 3 on the list was Scranton-born, Philadelphia-based melodic punk band The Menzingers, who we said would be a great fit for the venue, with its history and Lehigh Valley history.
Archer operators Live Nation apparently agreed.
Tickets, at $46.05 for general admission standing and rear-balcony seated and $71 for balcony tables and closer seating, are on sale now.Archer Music Hall
The Menzingers will perform at Archer Music Hall at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24.
Tickets, at $46.05 for general admission standing and rear-balcony seated and $71 for balcony tables and closer seating, are on sale at the Archer box office and the venue box office at 939 Hamilton St., Allentown.
The show is the latest offering in The Archer's Pennsylvania’s Own series showcasing acts from the Keystone State.
Success, and Lehigh Valley show
The Menzingers, who in 2026 will observe 20 years as a band, have released seven critically acclaimed albums and more than a dozen EPs and singles.
The group arose from the Scranton ska-punk scene and released its self-titled debut demo tape in 2006. Its first full-length CD, “A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology,” followed in 2007.
The group in 2010 signed with Epitaph Records, for which it has released its past five discs.
The Menzingers last played the Lehigh Valley in 2018, in a show that drew about 800 to Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem.Musikfest Cafe concerts
Its debut on Epitaph, 2012’s “On the Impossible Past,” was chosen by the website AbsolutePunk.com as the best album of the year.
Its 2017 disc “After the Party,” reached No. 67 on Billboard's overall Albums chart and was ranked the 11th best album of the year by Alternative Press magazine.
Its latest disc was 2023's "Some of It Was True."
The Menzingers last played the Lehigh Valley in 2018, in a show that drew about 800 to Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem.
That show not only had the crowd singing loudly along to virtually every word, but brought the first crowd surfing and stage diving in memory to Musikfest Cafe.
The Archer's Pennsylvania's Own series also has brought to the venue Scranton metalcore band Motionless in White, hardcore/hip-hop hybrid band Gridiron, high-charting Lancaster rock band From Ashes to New and Lehigh Valley born-and-bred hardcore punk rockers Pissed Jeans.
