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Musikfest is an American music festival that has been held annually since 1984 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the nation's largest non-gated free music festival. The festival begins on the first Friday in August, though it has been preceded since 2015 with a Thursday preview night involving the premium stage and adjacent areas. The festival ends the second Sunday thereafter. Musikfest draws thousands of visitors to Bethlehem from around the nation and world in a celebration that weaves through a Moravian community that dates back to 1741. Festival visitors are treated to hundreds of free shows with great genre variety over the course of the event. Each night, the festival's premium stage, Steel Stage, formerly known as RiverPlace and Kunstplatz, hosts a nationally known recording artist. These premium concerts, along with select shows at other stages, require paid tickets to gain admission. Musikfest is rooted in the Bethlehem area's German roots, and most of the festival's venues use Platz, the German word for place or square, at the end of their names. A popular place for eating and listening to music, for example, is the large "Festplatz", which includes 300 dining tables, and usually features a polka band each night. Beyond that, however, Musikfest's music, food, and other attractions represent a broad range of cultures. Musikfest is presented by ArtsQuest, a nonprofit arts organization founded to celebrate arts and culture in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. Proceeds from the event benefit ArtsQuest ventures such as the Banana Factory community arts center in South Bethlehem, and other nonprofit groups throughout the region. Musikfest served as the inspiration for major plot elements of the music film, Killian & the Comeback Kids. Musikfest 2024 Musikfest 41 is scheduled for August 1 to August 11, 2024. 2024 performers August 1, 2024 – TBA August 2, 2024 – TBA August 3, 2024 – TBA August 4, 2024 - TBA August 5, 2024 – TBA August 6, 2024 – Old Dominion August 7, 2024 – Lynyrd Skynyrd: Celebrating 50 Years August 8, 2024 – TBA August 9, 2024 – TBA August 10, 2024 - Ludacris August 11, 2024 - TBA Musikfest 2023 Musikfest 40 took place from August 3 to August 13. Musikfest 2023 poster Representing the Spanish heritage of a carnival, the colorful 2023 Musikfest poster mural not only commemorates the festival’s 40th anniversary, but also embodies the spirit and liveliness of the Lehigh Valley’s richly diverse culture. Celebrating around the mural’s center image, called a Vejigante, people happily dance among a rainbow burst of color and musical notes, against a colorfully rich backdrop that features the iconic SteelStacks nestled among hills and trees representing the City of Bethlehem. 2023 performers August 3, 2023 – AJR August 4, 2023 – Walk the Moon August 5, 2023 – G-Eazy August 6, 2023 - Dan + Shay August 7, 2023 – Walker Hayes August 8, 2023 – Keith Sweat & Monica August 9, 2023 – Goo Goo Dolls August 10, 2023 – Gabriel Iglesias & Faux Friends August 11, 2023 – El Gran Combo August 12, 2023 - Maren Morris August 13, 2023 - Train Musikfest 2022 Musikfest 39 took place from August 4 to the 14th, celebrating music and the arts within the community of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Musikfest 2022 poster Fine artist Bart Cooper came up with a detailed poster, incorporating hidden imagery within his colorful vision. Capturing a joyful image of a father with his daughter hoisted onto his shoulders at Musikfest, Cooper wanted to bring warmth to his painting as the two share the same experience from different perspectives. 2022 performers August 4, 2022 – Boyz II Men August 5, 2022 – Kip Moore August 6, 2022 – Willie Nelson & Family August 7, 2022 - Poison August 8, 2022 – Counting Crows August 9, 2022 – Ziggy Marley August 10, 2022 – Disturbed August 11, 2022 – Kelsea Ballerini August 12, 2022 – Ja Rule & Ashanti August 13, 2022 - Alabama August 14, 2022 - Olga Tañón Musikfest 2021 After going virtual for 2020, Musikfest returned from August 5 to August 15, 2021, with another community celebration to mark its 38th year. Poppies of Remembrance, Lanterns of Hope Musikfest 2021 differentiated from previous years, honoring the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic through the symbol of the Poppy flower in all operations of the event. Poppies of Remembrance, Lanterns of Hope was created through partnership with New Bethany Ministries to give the community a way to honor those lost, affected and to highlight the first responders of the pandemic. Through the illumination of votive candles inside paper bags, attendees paid respect to the lives lost. Those performing and in attendance were asked to #pausethemusik to take a moment of silence, remembering those who passed. Musikfest 2021 poster The event poster was painted by fine artist Mandy Martin, drawing inspiration from the revival of Bethlehem through the years. Poppies serve as the focal point of the poster, to represent the growth of the city of Bethlehem and the fest. As the painting began Spring of 2020, Mandy's symbolism took on different meanings as the pandemic progressed. Musikfest Preview Night In preparation for the festivities, equipment and the fest grounds were examined before welcoming Darius Rucker on August 5 to mark the start of the festivities. 2021 performers August 5, 2021 – Darius Rucker August 6, 2021 – Phillip Phillips August 7, 2021 – Preservation Hall Jazz Band August 8, 2021 – Sam Hunt August 9, 2021 – Shinedown August 10, 2021 – Jimmie Allen August 11, 2021 – Colin Hay Band August 12, 2021 – KT Tunstall August 13, 2021 – Zedd August 14, 2021 – The Wood Brothers Musikfest 2020 Impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Musikfest 2020 was substantially scaled back from its traditional schedule of several hundred shows over the 10-day festival to only five live shows (along with live streaming of these shows). The festival took place July 31 to August 9. 2020 performers July 31, 2020 – The Uptown Band August 1, 2020 – The BRUCE Show, a Bruce Springsteen cover band August 7, 2020 – Craig Thatcher Band August 8, 2020 – Hector Rosado Orchestra August 9, 2020 – Danielle Ponder and fireworks Musikfest 2019 2019 marks the 36th year of the annual music festival, which ran from August 2 to 11. Wind Creek Bethlehem Steel Stage at PNC Plaza August 1, 2019 – Earth, Wind & Fire August 2, 2019 – The Chainsmokers August 3, 2019 – Steve Miller Band with Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives August 4, 2019 – Lady A August 5, 2019 – Weezer August 6, 2019 – Train and Goo Goo Dolls August 7, 2019 – Incubus August 8, 2019 – The Revivalists August 9, 2019 – Godsmack August 10, 2019 – Phillip Phillips August 11, 2019 – Brad Paisley Musikfest 2018 2018 marks the 35th Anniversary of the annual festival, which ran from August 3 to 12. 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