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This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including Southside Bethlehem Restaurant Week, Lehigh Valley Phantoms Hockey and the Robert Fulton exhibit.

Tyler Hubbard, who with partner Brian Kelly as Florida Georgia Line had more than 20 No. 1 hits, will perform on Aug. 31.

Styx and REO Speedwagon will perform on the fair's first night Aug. 30.

The nonprofit Allentown Film Festival will screen dozens of short and feature films at Nineteenth Street Theatre, the boutique Theatre514, Allentown Art Museum and Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center.

Before ESPN, before social media, before the 24-hour news cycle, Muhammad Ali paid a surprise visit to Easton on Jan. 23, 1973, to appease a young, up-and-coming fighter named Larry Holmes.

Employees of a Lehigh Valley company recall the devotion to their guitars by music icon David Crosby, who died Wednesday at age 81.

Jerry Blavat was known as “The Geator” during an eight-decade career as one of the Philadelphia-area’s best known disc jockeys and who had strong ties to the Lehigh Valley.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including Disney On Ice, Drive-In Double Feature and Hellertown - Lower Saucon Restaurant Week.

Country music star Walker Hayes will perform at Musikfest on Aug. 7, it was announced.

Trails are still up and skiers are still coming, just not at full capacity

For an organization that strives to elevate its standard every year, VP of Marketing & Entertainment Matt Bari hopes that a new director of promotions and entertainment will be the "missing puzzle piece"

Jeff Dunham will headline the Allentown Fair's grandstand stage at 7 p.m. Sept. 1. The comic ventriloquist has sold more tickets at the fair than any other comedy artist.

Pentatonix, the five-member group whose self-titled album in 2015 and the follow up “A Pentatonix Christmas” in 2016 both hit No. 1, will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 31.

Upper Macungie Township will host its first annual Winter Festival at Grange Park 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10.

An Arab-American comedy exploring the breakdown of a marriage and the its ripple effect on a family will play at the Zoellner Arts Center.

Brad Paisley will headline Allentown Fair for the third time. He performed there in 2009, and in 2007 had Taylor Swift as his opening act.

.38 Special, best known for the 1981 hit “Hold on Loosely” and 1982’s “Caught Up in You,” will perform Aug. 16 as part of the series at Univest Performance Center.

The Black Crowes, best known for its No. 1 hits "Hard to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels" will perform at 8 p.m. on May 3 at Wind Creek.

Brooks and Dunn, the country music Hall of Fame duo that had a dozen gold and platinum albums and more than 40 Top 10 Country chart hits before retiring in 2010, will reform for another tour, it was announced Monday.

Days away from its grand opening celebration, Bethlehem's Twisted Tees has something else to celebrate — a planned expansion that will bring mini golf and more.

Orgy, known best for its 1998 hit cover of the New Order song “Blue Monday,” will perform at 5:30 p.m. May 17 at MainGate Night Club as part of a tour to mark the anniversary of its album “Candyass,” which included “Blue Monday.”

IronPigs Charities/Phillies Winter Caravan was held at ArtsQuest on Thursday night. This year’s total of $71,500 increases the overall total to more than $1.3 million since 2007. Combined with the IronPigs’ Baseball contributions, $2.4 million in cash has been raised since its inception.