ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A festival-style concert that will offer six of the Lehigh Valley's most popular music groups has been announced as an Allentown Fair headline grandstand show.
Local Legends Live, a celebration of local music, will take the grandstand show at 2 p.m. Sept. 6, the fair announced Thursday.
It will feature sets by The Aardvarks, Scott Marshall & The Highway Souls, Strange Culture, Common Bond, Stereotype and Social Call.
Tickets, the prices of which were not immediately released, will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 10 on the fair website or at the box office or at the box office at 302 N. 17th St., Allentown.Allentown Fair release
Tickets, the prices of which were not immediately released, will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 10 on the fair website or at the box office or at the box office at 302 N. 17th St., Allentown.
Special box office hours will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 10.
All show tickets include admission to the fair. The fair also offers discount ride tickets, half price fair admission, and prepaid premium parking.
Local Legends Live is the third grandstand headline show to be announced for this year's fair, which will run Sept. 2-7.
Previously announced was platinum country singer Warren Zeiders, who will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 4, and Stars, Stripes & Slams wrestling at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3.
Tickets for those shows also go on sale at 10 a.m. April 10.
All show tickets include admission to the fair.
The fair is also offering discount ride tickets, half price fair admission, and prepaid premium parking.
'Giving local artists a stage to shine'
"Local music and its passionate fanbase have long been a cornerstone of the Lehigh Valley community, shaping the region’s culture and bringing people together through shared experiences," the fair said in a release.
The fair grandstand has previously had festival-style headline shows.
"Local Legends Live is more than a concert, It’s a celebration of the region’s rich musical talent, giving local artists a stage to shine and fans a chance to experience the sounds that define the Lehigh Valley."Allentown Fair release
In 2000, Nickelodeon’s All That Music & More Festival brought eight pop acts — LFO, B*Witched, mytown, Blaque, A*Teens, Boyz n Girlz United Canon and R Angels — to the stage.
And American Idols Live in 2007 offered 10 performers from the popular TV singing contest show to the fair grandstand — including Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis, Melinda Doolittle and Sanjaya Malakar.
And in 2017, the fair offered the Mega/99 Bash — a festival-style show of Latin music featuring “The Pavarotti of Salsa” Tito Nieves, the “Queen of Reggaeton” Ivy Queen and Salsa superstar José Alberto “El Canario.”
But the fair said Local Legends Live "marks the first event of its kind at the fairgrounds."
"Local Legends Live is more than a concert," the release said.
"It’s a celebration of the region’s rich musical talent, giving local artists a stage to shine and fans a chance to experience the sounds that define the Lehigh Valley."
Lineup with Lehigh Valley roots
Official set times will be announced on the fair social media platforms.
The Aardvarks are a longtime Lehigh Valley favorite party band that is a mainstay of Bethlehem's Musikfest festival and has closed the season at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks with a “Local Party." In 2024, the group celebrated 20 years as one of the Lehigh Valley's premiere cover bands.
Scott Marshall & The Highway Souls. Lehigh Valley favorite Americana/country performer Scott Marshall, a veteran of more than 30 years in the area music scene, won more than 30 Lehigh Valley Music Awards and was nominated for more than 70. His bands Marshalls Highway and Hillbilly Souls are among the busiest in the Valley.
Social Call also is a veteran Lehigh Valley cover band with more than 15 years together and which has played previous shows during the fair and been a frequent Lehigh Valley Music Awards nominee.
Strange Culture is a Quakertown-based hard rock and heavy metal band.
Common Bond is a classic rock band based in the Lehigh Valley with more than 20 years of playing music from the 1960s to the '90s.
Stereotype is a popular Lehigh Valley cover band that specializes in classic hard rock and hair metal. The band has performed for more than 10 years and often participates in community events.
