Musikfest
Musikfest arrives on July 31. You’ll find all the color, local flavor, reviews and more right here on LehighValleyNews.com.

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Musikfest arrives on July 31!
Catch the action all over town but you’ll find all the color, local flavor, reviews and more right here Test your 'fest knowledge with our Musikfest quiz or take a trip down memory lane to see the history of Musikfest with the videos below. The full documentary can be watched on PBS's website here.
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Musikfest Stories
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Bethlehem Area School District students involved in the innovative Marketing MusikFest class announced the bands they booked for the big Lehigh Valley festival on Friday, May 3.
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Sugar Ray, which had the chart-topping hits "Fly" in 1997 and "Every Morning" in 1999, will take Musikfest's Steel Stage on Aug. 2, the first full night of the festival.
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Starting at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 25, ArtsQuest will have a 48-hour online Spring Cleaning sale for seven of this year’s 10 announced Musikfest headline shows on the main Steel Stage.
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Greta Van Fleet, who have been widely compared to Zeppelin with its his rock hit "Highway Tune," "Safari Song" and "You're the One," will headline the festival’s main Steel Stage on a preview night Aug. 1, the festival announced.
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Boogie-rocking band ZZ Top will return to Bethlehem’s Musikfest, it was just announced Monday.
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Top reggaeton Jowell and Randy will perform on Musikfest's main Steel Stage at 7 p.m. Aug. 4.
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Big Time Rush will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 9, the festival announced.
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Shinedown, best known for its 2000s songs "Second Chance," "Sound of Madness" and "If You Only Knew," will headline Musikfest's Steel Stage on Aug. 3, it was announced.
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Musikfest will have a Southern rock band as a headliner next year.
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Rapper Ludacris, best known for the hits "Stand Up" (featuring Shawnna)" and "Money Maker" (featuring Pharrell), is the first headliner announced for next year's Musikfest.