{"id":111408,"date":"2022-03-11T23:14:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T04:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111408"},"modified":"2022-03-11T23:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T04:14:56","slug":"stephen-lynch-brings-the-laughs-to-musikfest-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111408","title":{"rendered":"STEPHEN LYNCH BRINGS THE LAUGHS TO MUSIKFEST CAF\u00c9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Stephen Lynch photo by Dale May<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3><em>The performer, known for his comedic songs, will take the stage on Thursday, April 28, 2022<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa.\u2014\u00a0 ArtsQuest will welcome Stephen Lynch to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/about\/venues-at-steelstacks\/musikfest-cafe-presented-by-yuengling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musikfest Caf\u00e9<\/a>, presented by Yuengling on\u00a0<strong>Thurs., April 28, 2022.<\/strong>\u00a0Tickets will go on sale beginning\u00a0<strong>Thurs., March 10<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/support\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArtsQuest Members<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Mon., March 14<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0general\u00a0public at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">steelstacks.org<\/a>. For more exclusive ticket opportunities, become an\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/member.artsquest.org\/artsquestcircle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArtsQuest Circle donor<\/a>\u202ftoday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusician trapped in the body of a comedian,\u201d Stephen Lynch, moved to New York in 1996 and started performing his songs in clubs and underground music venues around Manhattan. He quickly developed a devoted fan base, catching the attention of Comedy Central. In 2000, he recorded his first cable special which went on to become one of the channel\u2019s highest rated shows. In 2008, Lynch was invited to record his second Comedy Central special which was also highly rated.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 Lynch performed on Broadway in the lead role of\u00a0<em>The Wedding Singer<\/em>, earning several nominations from American Theatre including the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance. Lynch was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.\u00a0 His albums\u00a0<em>A Little Bit Special<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Superhero<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Craig Machine<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>3 Balloons<\/em>\u00a0have sold thousands of copies worldwide. His first DVD\u00a0<em>Live at the El Rey<\/em>, was certified Gold by RIAA. Lynch has toured with some of the biggest names in comedy including Lewis Back and the late Mitch Hedberg, as well as headlining his own sold out shows throughout the United States, Australia and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nNicole Harrell<br \/>\nArtsQuest Director of Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Lynch photo by Dale May The performer, known for his comedic songs, will take the stage on Thursday, April 28, 2022 BETHLEHEM, Pa.\u2014\u00a0 ArtsQuest will welcome Stephen Lynch to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">STEPHEN LYNCH BRINGS THE LAUGHS TO MUSIKFEST CAF\u00c9<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111409,"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":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/STEPHEN-LYNCH.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111408"}],"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=111408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}