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Here are the Musikfest acts and more you should see today, Saturday, Aug. 12.

The final weekend of Musikfest is upon us, and while the festival is perhaps its best-know attractions, its "spectacles" — as Musikfest calls them — and street performers have become important to the environment of the ‘Fest.

Recently retired Parkland art teacher Linda La Due said her students were her greatest masterpieces.

Alt-rock band Wheatus, known for its 2000 hit "Teenage Dirtbag, will play Musikfest's Americaplatz stage at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 11

Participants can learn to hand-blow a glow-in-the-dark jellyfish orb or paperweight.

As the third comedian to headline Musikfest, the Mexican-American jokester didn't disappoint.

Here are the Musikfest acts and more you should see today, Friday, Aug. 11. One of them is "probably the best free-stage show at Musikfest this year," says John J. Moser.

Musikfest is operating under a new code of conduct this year after an antisemitic incident at Christkindlmarkt in December. The nonprofit organization's CEO said it wants to create a welcoming environment but can't outright ban hate speech.

The ArtsQuest annual fête has an estimated 900 volunteers in 2023.

Musikfest, which claims to be the largest free concert festival in the country, is set to return this summer.

One of The Lehigh Valley’s largest and longest running events is returning. The Great Allentown Fair is slated to come back in September. 

The 105th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show is going virtual this year.

Lehigh County will now officially recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday for workers. But the move to give employees the day off to honor African American independence from slavery was met with some opposition

The Allentown Art Museum announced that Max Weintraub is to be the museum's next President and CEO.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey will hold a rally organized by the Northampton County Republican Committee.

Bethlehem’s Touchstone Theatre is kicking off this year’s Festival UnBound Tonight with a Latinx Block Party on the city’s south side.

Gov. Tom Wolf says he wants to spend $1.3 billion in CARES Act money on things ranging from small business assistance to paid parental leave.

ArtsQuest officials in Bethlehem say they’ve lost nearly $19 million dollars in revenue since mid-March. With Musikfest being mostly virtual this year because of the pandemic, the nonprofit is now working to make next year’s festival possible.

One of the largest annual events in the Lehigh Valley - Musikfest - is going virtual and cancelling live shows this summer.