{"id":111057,"date":"2022-02-11T20:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T01:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111057"},"modified":"2022-02-11T20:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T01:04:24","slug":"musikfest-announcement-girl-named-tom-to-open-for-kelsea-ballerini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111057","title":{"rendered":"MUSIKFEST ANNOUNCEMENT – \u2018GIRL NAMED TOM\u2019 TO OPEN FOR KELSEA BALLERINI"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Voice 2021 winner will open Kelsea Ballerini\u2019s Musikfest headlining show on Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

BETHLEHEM, Pa.\u2014\u00a0Girl Named Tom<\/a>\u00a0will open for country music superstar\u00a0Kelsea Ballerini<\/a>\u00a0during\u00a0ArtsQuest<\/a>\u2019s flagship festival,\u00a0Musikfest<\/a>\u00a0in 2022. The ACM and iHeartRadio Music award-winning country artist will headline the Wind Creek Steel Stage on\u00a0Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022<\/strong>. This show, sponsored by media partner\u00a0Cat Country 96<\/a>, was originally scheduled for Musikfest in 2020. All previously sold tickets will be honored. For more exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, become an\u00a0ArtsQuest member<\/a>\u00a0or\u202fCircle donor<\/a>\u202ftoday.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n

The sibling trio band, Girl Named Tom, will bring their modern twist on classic country to fans before Ballerini takes the stage. In 2019, the Ohio- based Girl Named Tom, brothers Caleb and Joshua and sister Bekah, began driving their old minivan across country playing more than 67 shows in 27 cities. The trio built its sound on vocal harmonies with acoustic guitar accompaniment. Their style combines the classics such as Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills & Nash with artists of today such as Taylor Swift, The Wailin’ Jennys and Adrianne Lenker.<\/p>\n

\u200bOverall, an estimated 1,127,000 people attended Musikfest in 2021 and the 11-day festival had an estimated $67 million impact on the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. This year\u2019s lineup includes\u00a0Willie Nelson & Family<\/a>,\u00a0ALABAMA<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Poison<\/a>. Additional details will be shared throughout the year. Visit\u00a0musikfest.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information. ArtsQuest will continue to follow the latest CDC, state and local health and safety guidelines. Visit\u00a0artsquest.org\/safety\u202f<\/a>\u00a0for the latest updates.<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
\nNicole Harrell
\nArtsQuest Director of Communications
\nhttp:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Voice 2021 winner will open Kelsea Ballerini\u2019s Musikfest headlining show on Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022 BETHLEHEM, Pa.\u2014\u00a0Girl Named Tom\u00a0will open for country music superstar\u00a0Kelsea Ballerini\u00a0during\u00a0ArtsQuest\u2019s flagship festival,\u00a0Musikfest\u00a0in 2022. The … Continue reading MUSIKFEST ANNOUNCEMENT – \u2018GIRL NAMED TOM\u2019 TO OPEN FOR KELSEA BALLERINI<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/girl-named-tom.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}