BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A popular retro stylist band that was among the bigger-named acts to play an early show at Allentown's new Archer Music Hall will return to the area to play Wind Creek Event Center.
So will a top comedian who has been a favorite of the Lehigh Valley.
And so will a hard rock band founded and fronted by the son of an iconic rock guitarist.
Tickets are at $39.50 for general admission standing and $69.50 for seated wings for Mommoth, $56 for general admission seated and $86 for assigned-seat wings for Lake Street Dive and $49-$79 for assigned seats for Iglesias.Wind Creek Event Center
Lake Street Dive, whose retro-jazz music gave the group a No. 1 Rock Albums chart success with "Side Pony" in 2010 and three Top 20 discs on that chart since, will perform at 8 p.m. April 12.
Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, best known for his Comedy Central channel specials “I’m Not Fat … I’m Fluffy,” will perform at 6:30 and 10 p.m. Sept. 4.
And the band Mommoth, led by the late Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang — a Grammy Award-nominated songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer on his own — will perform at 7 p.m. March 14.
Tickets are at $39.50 for general admission standing and $69.50 for seated wings for Mommoth, $56 for general admission seated and $86 for assigned-seat wings for Lake Street Dive and $49-$79 for assigned seats for Iglesias.
All went on sale today, Friday, Dec 5, at the Wind Creek website and the box office at 77 Wind Creek Blvd., Bethlehem.
Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive first gained broad notice with its 2014 album "Bad Self Portraits," which rose to No. 2 on the Indie Albums chart.
But "Fun Machine,” the group’s album of covers that same year, included a cover of became its first disc to hit Billboard’s albums chart.
Lake Street Dive's album "Good Together" was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.Wind Creek Event Center
A YouTube video of the group covering The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” from that disc received more than 8 million views.
Its follow-up "Side Pony" in 2016 went to No. 1 on the Alternative, Folk and Rock charts, and gave the band two Top 30 hits on the Adult Alternative singles chart — "Call Off Your Dogs" and "I Don't Care About You."
It since hit the Top 10 on the Alternative Albums chart with 2018's "Free Yourself Up," 2021's "Obviously" — which had the and last year's "Good Together."
The album was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
The band was among the first 20 acts announced for Archer Music Hall, where it performed July 18.
Comedian and hard-rockers
Iglesias, who has been a comedian for more than 25 years, has more than 2 billion views on YouTube and was the world's third-highest-grossing comedian in 2023, according to Billboard.
Iglesias has played the Lehigh Valley frequently. He headlined Allentown Fair on Sept. 1, and drew 4,000 people to a performance at the fair in 2018.
Iglesias also played Bethlehem's Musikfest festival in 2023, and has performed frequently in recent years at Wind Creek, where he has sold out nearly every show.
Mommoth started as a side project for Wolfgang Van Halen when he played in Van Halen, and became his full-time band after that group disbanded in 2020 after Eddie Van Halen's death.
The band has released three albums. "Mammoth WVH" in 2021 topped the Rock Albums chart and included two No. 1 Mainstream Rock hits: "Distance" and "Don't Back Down."
"Mammoth II" in 2023 also hit No. 1 on the Rok Albums chart. Its most recent disc, "The End," this year peaked at No. 3 on the Hard Rock chart and with the title track produced a No. 1 Mainstream Rock hit.
Mammoth also played Wind Creek Event Center in May 2024.
