Entertainment News

Peter Frampton, best known for his 1976 album “Frampton Comes Alive,” which was the biggest-selling live album for more than 20 years, will play Thursday, April 3.

A.J. Brown, an All-Pro wide receiver with The Philadelphia Eagles, will be hosting a youth football camp at the J. Birney Crum Stadium on May 4, 2025.

Marilyn Manson, the heavy-makeup-wearing alternative rocker whose 1996 album “Antichrist Superstar” branded him a negative influence on young people but sold double platinum, will perform at 8 p.m. May 7, it was announced.

The Allentown Art Museum took the opportunity to shine a light on local talent, who echoed Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of equity, during several MLK Day activities on Monday.

Live Nation, the huge entertainment company that will run the Archer Music Hall, will hold a job fair Thursday and Friday, Jan. 23-24. It has said it expects to fill more than 200 permanent jobs at the venue in nearly 20 categories.

Three men with ties to the Lehigh Valley are set to appear on "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" Wednesday, Jan. 22. They talk about their experience applying, interviewing and competing on the trivia show.

The fourth annual DeVonta Smith Celebrity Softball Game will be held on Saturday, June 28 at Coca-Cola Park.

Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks for the past 15 years has presented a free summer concerts series that offers more than 50 concerts a year that include artists who normally perform paid-ticket shows.

The sport, which has a relatively low barrier to entry, soon will come to Whitehall with the opening of the Gravity Vault Lehigh Valley.

Perhaps the biggest revelation is the price of tickets. For the 20 announced shows, the average price for a standing, general admission ticket will be $46.30.

Gin Blossoms, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Vertical Horizon are on the bill for Aug. 15 at Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem. The show unites three acts that from 1991 to 2001 collectively produced 17 Top 20 alternative hits and five gold and platinum albums.

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem is the oldest American Bach Choir. As it closes its 125th anniversary celebration, it's about to do something it's never done before — release a live CD. The choir also has released details of its upcoming 116th Bethlehem Bach Festival.

Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox, which reinterprets contemporary hit songs as jazz, ragtime and swing music, will perform at the theater at 7 p.m. July 21.

As Dorney Park begins testing and inches closer to the opening of Iron Menace, fans are heaping praise on Thunderhawk — a classic wooden coaster that turns 100 this year.

Slash, the guitarist for Guns 'N Roses, will bring his S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival, to the massive downtown and South Side Bethlehem music festival’s main Steel Stage on Aug. 5, it was announced Tuesday.

Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan's Grits and Glamour stories and songs stops at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Mount Airy Casino. Tickets, at $55 and $65, remain available at the Mount Airy website.

The Living Room Big Band held its first of what will be monthly performances at the Civic Theatre.

The 2024 Lehigh Valley Flower and Garden Show returned on Friday, with vendors, flower displays, educational speakers, baby goat snuggling and, for the first time, a butterfly exhibit from Folk’s Butterfly Farm.

While Philadelphians lament the end of Dollar Dogs at Citizens Bank Park, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms are keeping the tradition alive at the PPL Center, setting a new sales record at Friday night's game.

Piano-pop rock icon Ben Folds will make an appearance at Wind Creek Event Center this April, drawing from his most recent album "What Matters Most" in addition to decades of hits.

The Christmas City’s very own George Hrab and The Expanded George HraBand — featuring familiar faces from around town and previous performers from the Philadelphia Funk Authority — will be jamming live at the Ice House, 56 River St., at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Sangriafest, which includes food, vendors, lawn games, live music and — of course — that namesake wine-and-fruit beverage, will be 4-7 p.m. June 15 at Grange Park in Upper Macungie Township.