{"id":112007,"date":"2022-05-02T23:09:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T03:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112007"},"modified":"2022-05-02T23:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T03:09:09","slug":"country-artist-kip-moore-to-headline-musikfest-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112007","title":{"rendered":"COUNTRY ARTIST KIP MOORE TO HEADLINE MUSIKFEST 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Double-Platinum singer\/songwriter Kip Moore to perform on the Wind Creek Steel Stage on Fri., August 5, 2022<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">ArtsQuest <\/a>is delighted to welcome country artist Kip Moore to its flagship festival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\">Musikfest<\/a><u>,<\/u> in 2022 with media partner Cat Country 96. Moore, will headline the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza on <strong>Fri., August 5<\/strong>. Tickets will go on sale to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/support\/membership\/\">ArtsQuest members <\/a>beginning 10 a.m., <strong>Tues., May 3 <\/strong>and to the general public at 10 a.m., on <strong>Fri., May 6 <\/strong>on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\">musikfest.org<\/a>. For more exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, become an <a href=\"https:\/\/member.artsquest.org\/artsquestcircle\">ArtsQuest Circle donor <\/a>today.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia-born country singer songwriter made his way into the mainstream with the double-Platinum album <em>Up All Night <\/em>in 2012. The album was considered the most commercially successful debut for a male country artist in both 2012 and 2013, featuring Billboard chart topping recordings \u201cSomethin\u2019 \u2018Bout a Truck,\u201d \u201cHey Pretty Girl,\u201d and \u201cBeer Money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to record <em>Wild Ones<\/em>, featuring single \u201cI\u2019m to Blame,\u201d in 2015. Over the course of the next three years, Moore recorded album <em>Slowheart, <\/em>featuring \u201cMore Girls Like You,\u201d and <em>Room to Spare: The Acoustic Sessions. <\/em>A seven track EP featuring &#8220;Plead the Fifth,&#8221; and &#8220;It Ain&#8217;t California.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moore has toured the world extensively, earning a reputation as an all-in performer.<\/p>\n<p>His newest album, <em>Wild World <\/em>is a 13-track collection written by Moore as he traveled the globe in 2019. The emotional weathered heartland-rock album was recorded live with a full band, aiming to showcase \u201csubstance over the trendy\u201d according to Moore. <em>Wild World <\/em>is full of character and features songs: \u201cRed White Blue Jean American Dream,\u201d the 12-string backed \u201cPayin\u2019 Hard\u201d and \u201cSweet Virginia,\u201d co-written in a Scottish dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>Musikfest will take place Aug. 5 \u2013 14, 2022. This year\u2019s lineup includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/11989\/ziggy-marley--a-live-tribute-to-his-father\/\">Ziggy Marley \u2013 A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/11989\/ziggy-marley--a-live-tribute-to-his-father\/\">Live Tribute to His Father<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/11913\/counting-crows\/\">Counting Crows<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/9722\/willie-nelson--family\/\">Willie Nelson &amp; Family<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/9804\/kelsea-ballerini\/\">Kelsea Ballerini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/11661\/alabama\/\">ALABAMA <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/9762\/poison\/\">Poison<\/a>. Additional announcements will be shared throughout the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/artsquest-unveils-new-musikfest-poster\/\">The<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/artsquest-unveils-new-musikfest-poster\/\">new Musikfest poster<\/a>, by renowned fine artist Bart Cooper, was unveiled in Nov. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\">musikfest.org <\/a>for more information. Overall, 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKelley Andrade, ArtsQuest<br \/>\nPublic Relations Coordinator<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>&nbsp; Double-Platinum singer\/songwriter Kip Moore to perform on the Wind Creek Steel Stage on Fri., August 5, 2022\u00a0 BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 ArtsQuest is delighted to welcome country artist Kip Moore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112007\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">COUNTRY ARTIST KIP MOORE TO HEADLINE MUSIKFEST 2022<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112008,"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-112007","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\/05\/KIP-MOORE.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112007"}],"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=112007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}