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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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.
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The Macungie family has other notable works around the Lehigh Valley and tri-state area, including the artwork for the most recent Musikfest.
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The 29 arrests Bethlehem Police made during Musikfest were a slight increase from last year's event, the department reported on Tuesday.
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Organizers had hinted that this year's crowds were expected to break records. On Tuesday, ArtsQuest confirmed it. More than 1.3 million visited Bethlehem during the 11 nights of Musikfest 2023.
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The time-lapse was shot from the weather camera atop the Univest Public Media Center on the SteelStacks campus.