After 10 days (and a preview night) of music, comedy, food, art and community celebration, Musikfest 2026 wrapped another memorable year in Bethlehem. From July 31 through August 9, with a preview night on July 30, the nation’s largest music festival featured 400+ performers, 500+ performances and programming across 16 stages, including 15 free stages and the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza.
The nation’s largest free, ungated music festival is back and bigger than ever! Musikfest returns for its 43rd year, transforming 50 acres across Bethlehem’s NorthSide and SouthSide into a celebration of music, food and community.
From country, alternative rock, hip-hop, indie pop and soul to genre-blending artists, this year’s opening acts represent the diverse sounds that define Musikfest and embody the festival tradition of introducing audiences to artists they may discover for the very first time.
The sold-out tournament brings together Musikfest supporters, sponsors and community partners for a day on the course benefiting ArtsQuest’s arts, music and educational programming that make Musikfest, and our year-round programs, possible.
To date, Musikfest will be hosting 300+ musical acts spanning every genre across 15 free stages throughout the city this summer. From rock to reggae, jazz to indie, pop to polka, there’s something for every music lover to discover, all in the country’s largest free music festival.
The event will continue an ArtsQuest tradition since 2014, broadcasting every match live via FOX Sports on large screens across SteelStacks for an immersive viewing experience for thousands of fans of all ages. But with the eyes of the world on the U.S. for the FIFA World Cup 26™, this year’s SoccerFest is bigger, bolder and unique to Bethlehem, whose roots in American soccer date to the early 20th century.
All proceeds directly support Levitt Pavilion’s mission to provide over 45 free concerts each summer for the Lehigh Valley community.
Since 1997, San Francisco’s Third Eye Blind have recorded ten best-selling studio recordings, two live releases and assembled one career retrospective selling 12 million records worldwide. Led by Stephan Jenkins, Third Eye Blind won wide success during a tumultuous group of years when the major-label recording industry was finally losing its grip on an enterprise that for decades it had dominated with steely efficiency. Nothing could have made Third Eye Blind happier!
with special guest St. Lucia. Since 1997, San Francisco’s Third Eye Blind have recorded ten best-selling studio recordings, two live releases and assembled one career retrospective selling 12 million records worldwide. Led by Stephan Jenkins, 3EB won wide success during a tumultuous group of years when the major-label recording industry was finally losing its grip on an enterprise that for decades it had dominated with steely efficiency.
Chart-topping country star Russell Dickerson will take the stage at the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza on Friday, July 31, 2026, as the tenth Musikfest headliner to be revealed – leaving just one more still to be announced.
