{"id":138051,"date":"2024-12-02T16:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=138051"},"modified":"2024-12-02T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:17:16","slug":"high-steppin-artsquest-to-welcome-the-avett-brothers-to-the-wind-creek-steel-stage-for-musikfest-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=138051","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHigh Steppin\u201d! ArtsQuest to Welcome The Avett Brothers to the Wind Creek Steel Stage for Musikfest 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., December 2,2024 \u2013\u00a0ArtsQuest<\/a>\u00a0is thrilled to announce the third Musikfest 2025 headliner;\u00a0The Avett Brothers<\/strong>, who will be rockin\u2019 the Wind Creek Steel Stage on\u00a0Saturday,<\/strong>\u00a0August 2, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ticket access begins tomorrow, Tuesday, December 3 for ArtsQuest Members and Friday, December 6 for the general public at\u00a0Musikfest.org.<\/a>\u00a0Ticket prices run from $45 to $119, ($244 for Steel Terrace which includes dinner, drinks and dessert at private tables under a tent). \u00a0For more exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, become an\u00a0ArtsQuest Circle Donor<\/a>\u00a0today. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the show kicks off at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

This American folk-rock band originated in Concord, North Carolina and is one of the top acts in Americana music with their blend of acoustic, country, bluegrass, pop, punk, folk, jazz and rock and roll music.\u00a0The Avett Brothers<\/a>\u00a0are four-time GRAMMY Award nominees who made mainstream waves with their critically acclaimed 2009 major label debut\u00a0I and Love and You.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2012,\u00a0The Carpenter\u00a0<\/em>hit #4 on the Billboard 200, followed by\u00a0Magpie and the Dandelion\u00a0<\/em>in 2013, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200. The 2017 documentary\u00a0May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers\u00a0<\/em>chronicles the process of writing 2016\u2019s\u00a0True Sadness,\u00a0<\/em>which debuted at #1 on Billboard\u2019s Top Albums, #1 on Rock Albums, #3 on the Billboard 200 and scored two GRAMMY nominations. In 2019, the band released their tenth studio album\u00a0Closer Than Together\u00a0<\/em>featuring the single \u201cHigh Steppin\u201d which reached #1 on the Americana Radio Singles Chart.\u00a0The Third Gleam\u00a0<\/em>came out amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and debuted at #1 on Billboard\u2019s Americana\/Folk Albums, #1 Rock Albums, #1 Vinyl Albums and the single \u201cVictory\u201d hit #1 on the American Radio Singles Chart.<\/p>\n

This year saw the release of\u00a0The Avett Brothers,\u00a0<\/em>an album that is as much untitled as it is self-titled: a collection of songs that revealed themselves naturally over time. The Avett Brothers have been inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame and recently earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association. They are currently on tour throughout the U.S. and will wrap up 2024 with their annual hometown NYE show, this year at Charlotte\u2019s Bojangles Coliseum.<\/p>\n

About Musikfest<\/strong><\/p>\n

A total of 1,029,417 people attended Musikfest in 2024. The 10-day festival featured over 500 free performances, across 16 stages located throughout both the north and south-sides of Bethlehem. The 42nd<\/sup>\u00a0Musikfest is scheduled for August 1 – 10, 2025. This year\u2019s Musikfest 2025 poster artist is\u00a0Banana Factory Teaching Artist\u00a0Mallory Zondag. To see the poster and learn more about Zondag\u2019s vision for it, along with information about the festival, visit\u00a0musikfest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About ArtsQuest<\/strong>
\nArtsQuest\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events. Through festivals such as its flagship event,\u00a0Musikfest<\/a>; the\u00a0Banana Factory Arts Center<\/a>; and the ArtsQuest Center at\u00a0SteelStacks<\/a>\u00a0arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, of which nearly 50% are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
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