MUSICFEST 2011 PREVIEW

FROM http://www.musikfest.org/lineup/

The lineup

We're in the process of confirming artists right now! Check back to this page compulsively to find out who's been added to this year's lineup!
Sands Steel Stage

Musikfest's new main stage, the Sands Steel Stage is located on PNC Plaza, on the SteelStacks campus in SouthSide Bethlehem.
Just Announced! The new Party Deck!

What is it?

* Available for all Musikfest Sands Steel Stage concerts
* Seating is General Admission
* Bar available for Party Deck patrons only serving beer, wine & soda
* Food can be brought up from vendors inside the Sands Steel Stage grounds
* See individual concerts for ticket prices

View the party deck here!
8.5

Stone Temple Pilots
Opening Act: Rose Hill Drive

sponsored by WZZO, PenTeleData, Cooper Electric Supply
buy tickets
$47/$35
Party Deck - $35
8.6

Maroon 5
Opening Act: PJ Morton

sponsored by Harold S. Campbell Foundation, The Express-Times, B104, Lafayette Ambassador Bank
buy tickets $49/39
Party Deck - $39
8.7

Miranda Cosgrove

sponsored by B104

$35/$25
Party Deck - $25
8.8

Steve Miller Band

sponsored by B. Braun Medical/Aesculap, Edwards Business Systems99.9 The Hawk
$49/$39
Party Deck - $39
8.9 Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Opening Act: Dawes

sponsored by Highmark Blue Shield, Cat Country
$44/$34
Party Deck - $34
8.10

Steely Dan

sponsored by WFMZ, Bank of America, IndependenceIT, 99.9 The Hawk
$69/$49
Party Deck - $49
8.11 Straight No Chaser

sponsored by WFMZ, 100.7 WLEV, A D Computer
$37/$29
Party Deck - $29
8.12 Buckcherry with FUEL
Opening Act: Art of Dying

sponsored by WZZO

$34/$22
Party Deck - $22
8.13 Nick Jonas

sponsored by Bethlehem Orthodontics

$39/$29
Party Deck - $29
8.14

Train with Gavin DeGraw
Opening Act: Nikki Jean

sponsored by The Morning Call, The Pottstown Mercury

$44/$34
Party Deck - $34

View a map of the Sands Steel Stage here.

Click here for ticket on sale information.
PNC Bank Performing Arts Series
Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling
at the ArtsQuest™ Center at SteelStacks™

Our new year-round concert venue, the Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling is located on the 3rd & 4th floors of the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks.

The café will featuring a concert each night during the 'fest. Check out the Musikfest lineup below, and visit www.artsquest.org/venues/musikfestcafe.php to find out more about the venue and year round shows!
8.5 NEEDTOBREATHE
$20 Balcony & SRO
8.6 Ravi Coltrane

sponsored by WFMZ, WDIY

$54 Musikfest Café Balcony / $44 Cabaret
8.7 Al Di Meola World Sinfonia Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody Tour 2011

sponsored by WFMZ, WDIY, Concannon Miller

$49 Musikfest Café Balcony / $39 Cabaret
8.8 Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
$30 Balcony/$24 Cabaret/$24 SRO
8.9 7 Walkers
$40 Balcony / $30 Cabaret / $30 SRO
8.10 Nikka Costa
$28 Balcony/$24 Cabaret/$24 SRO
8.11 John Oates presented by WLEV and Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley

sponsored by Lutron Electronics, WFMZ, Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley

$49 Musikfest Café Balcony / $39 Cabaret
8.12 The Red Horse Project: Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky

sponsored by WFMZ, WDIY

$44 Musikfest Café Balcony / $34 Cabaret
8.13 The Verve Pipe

sponsored by WFMZ, lehighvalleylive.com

2pm (kids show) $5 SRO | 7pm $40 Musikfest Café Balcony / $30 Cabaret
8.14 Ed Kowalczyk of LIVE

sponsored by WFMZ

$39 Musikfest Café Balcony / $32 SRO
The Platzes (free stages)

If you're like us, you get ridiculously excited thinking about the lineup on the 'fest's free stages.

Even though it is still a work in progress, we thought we'd share the acts that we already have confirmed for this year's 'fest. Keep in mind that we'll be adding and tweeking this list in the coming months, so make sure you check back often!
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Volksplatz

* Gaelic Storm - 8.10
* Scythian – 8.8
* Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra - 8.12
* Igor & Red Elvises - 8.6 & 8.7
* Los Straitjackets - 8.8
* Float Parade - 8.12
* MarchFourth Marching Band - 8.12 & 8.13
* Red Baraat - 8.9
* Diego's Umbrella - 8.5
* Fishtank Ensemble - 8.12
* Terrence Simien & the Zydeco Experience – 8.11
* Start Making Sense - 8.13
* Gagarin Brothers - 8.6 & 8.7
* Trailer Park Troubadours - 8.11
* The Alex Meixner Band - 8.14
* Kagero - 8.14
* The Mike Montrey Band – 8.13
* Rosie Burgess Trio - 8.11
* Zen For Primates - 8.14
* Seamus Kennedy – 8.9
* Barleyjuice - 8.10
* The Headers - 8.7
* The Large Flowerheads – 8.13
* Balla Koyute – 8.13
* Satabdi Express – 8.12
* Sweetback Sisters - 8.9
* Daisy Jug Band - 8.6 & 8.11
* Layali El Andalus - 8.10
* MATUTO – 8.10
* Mankana – 8.8
* Lu Mitchell - 8.8
* Tieweb - 8.8
* The Abrams Brothers - 8.13
* African Benga Stars – 8.5 & 8.7
* Zion Judah -8/6
* Brownpenny – 8.7
* Jackie Tice Ensemble - 8.10
* Sharon Plessl Excel Dance - 8.6
* Blue Ribbon Cloggers - 8.7
* Allegro Dance Company - 8.9
* O'Grady Quinlan - 8.11
* Lehigh Valley Cloggers - 8.13
* Irish Stars Parker School of Dance 8.14

Americaplatz
at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks

* The Low Anthem – 8.8
* Entrain - 8.14
* Float Parade - 8.13
* Ana Popovic – 8.10
* Tampled Under Foot - 8.11
* Los Straitjackets - 8.7
* Panic Years – 8.7
* Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun - 8.5
* Mingo Fishtrap - 8.10
* MarchFourth Marching Band - 8.14
* Philly Bloco - 8.14
* Trailer Park Troubadours - 8.12
* The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra - 8.6
* CC Coletti - 8.12
* Christine Ohlman – 8.7
* Craig Thatcher Band - 8.13
* Love in Stockholm - 8.6
* The Congregation – 8.13
* Sarah Ayers Band - 8.11
* James Supra Band - 8.11
* Scott Marshall and Marshall's Highway - 8.5
* The Blues Brotherhood - 8.6
* Little Buddy - 8.8
* Frair's Point - 8.8
* Hogmaw - 8.12
* Don Cunningham & His Cabinet - 8.10
* Peripheral Vision - 8.9
* FortyGrand - 8.9
* The Difference - 8.9

The Morning Call
Plaza Tropical

* Jimmy Thackery – 8.12
* The Dirty Guv'nahs - 8.13
* Brantley Gilbert – 8.10
* Bronze Radio Return - 8.13
* Albert Cummings - 8.13
* Todd Wolfe - 8.12
* Groovitude - 8.13
* The Arrogant Worms - 8.7
* Cheers Elephant – 8.9
* Great White Caps - 8.6
* MarchFourth Marching Band - 8.6
* Life & Limb – 8.9
* Sandlot Heroes - 8.5
* Karen Rodgriguez Latin Jazz Ensemble – 8.7
* Tyler Grady & Wailing Waters - 8.5
* Eric Steckel - 8.7
* Geoff Davin - 8.10
* Burning Bridget Cleary - 8.9
* The Morrison Brothers Band – 8.6
* Moonshine Society - 8.6
* Hector Rosado y su Orchestra Ache – 8.7
* Steve Brosky & His Lil' Big Band - 8.6
* George Wesley – 8.11
* Saleros - 8.6
* SUYA - 8.13
* Sabroso Video Showcase - 8.14
* AMLA - 8.14
* The Mango Men - 8.11
* Brian & The Coconuts - 8.11
* Jimmy & The Parrots - 8.11
* School of Rock - 8.9 & 8.12
* The Lesson Center 8.12
* She Said Sunday - 8.7
* Lehigh Valley Charter School for Performing Arts - 8.8
* LV Piano Teachers - 8.9
* Born Into the Arts - 8.10
* Vocal Variations – 8.8
* Monarch Dance Company – 8.10

Air Products Town Square

* Three Legged Fox – 8.13
* Exter vs Kimock – 8.8
* Panic Years – 8.7
* Trouble City All-stars – 8.10
* The Big Dirty – 8.11
* Mishal Moore – 8.13
* Chelsea Automatic – 8.6
* Nate Meyers & The Aces – 8.5
* The StereoFidelics – 8.6
* Yellowcake – 8.12
* Tim Butler – 8.14
* One Cat Left – 8.9
* Marnee – 8.8
* Chasing June – 8.7
* Hey Mavis – 8.8
* Real West – 8.10
* Scott McKenna – 8.13
* Lunic – 8.12
* Cello Fury – 8.11
* Eva Katherine – 8.9
* Gillian Grassie – 8.9
* The Frank DiBussolo Group – 8.12
* Sarah Donner – 8.5
* Tim & Jules – 8.5
* Dan Mills – 8.11
* Audio Dynamikz presentes Sundaze – 8.7 & 8.14

Festplatz

Polka performers

* Jimmy Sturr - 8.6
* Walt Groller Orchestra - 8.7
* Eddie Forman Orchestra - 8.6
* John Stanky & the Coalminers - 8.8
* Pola Family Band – 8.9
* Josef Kroboth – 8.12
* Die Fahrenbacher - 8.10 & 8.11
* Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push - 8.10
* J&J Quartet - 8.8
* The Adlers - 8.9
* Kickin Polkas - 8.11
* John Stevens' Doubleshot - 8.12
* Polka COuntry Musicians - 8.13
* Henny & The Versa J's - 8.14
* Jolly Joe Timmer - 8.5

Evening performances

* Here Come The Mummies - 8.7
* The Aardvarks – 8.6
* The Diplomats of Solid Sound featuring the Diplometters -8.12
* The Fabulous Greaseband - 8.11
* Philadelphia Funk Authority - 8.13
* New York Funk Exchange - 8.13
* Funk Fontana – 8.7
* Sensational Soul Cruisers - 8.10
* Main Street Cruisers - 8.9
* Rob Stonebeck - 8.14
* Lucky 7 - 8.5
* M-80 - 8.8
* Alex Meixner Band - 8.14

Liederplatz

* Cabinet - 8.7
* Fishtank Ensemble - 8.12
* The Arrogant Worms - 8.8
* Vance Gilbert - 8.14
* Blackwater – 8.6
* Peter Karp & Sue Foley – 8.5
* Yarn - 8.14
* Eric Steckel - 8.6
* Alexis P. Suter Band - 8.14
* Mustard's Retreat - 8.10
* Jann Klose - 8.11
* RUNA - 8.13
* Amarach - 8.5
* Sweetback Sisters - 8.9
* The Headers - 8.7
* Billy Bauer Band – 8.9
* Dave Fry - 8.14
* Rosie Burgess Trio - 8.12 & 8.13
* Donovan Roberts - 8.10
* BC Combo - 8.11
* Parkington Sisters - 8.7
* Connie Edinger Trio - 8.12
* Dina Hall - 8.6
* The Hillbilly Souls - 8.13
* Joshua Popejoy - 8.10
* Barnaby Bright - 8.9
* Matt Zeiner - 8.11
* Lou Franco Project - 8.8
* Acoustic Roadshow - 8.6
* Synergy Brass - 8.8
* Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society - 8.13
* Bucks County Folk Song Society – 8.7
* Godfrey's Best of Open Mike - 8.14

Banana Island

Daytime family performances by

* Steve Pullara & His Cool Beans Band - 8.6
* Erin Lee & The Up Past Bedtime Band - 8.7
* Uncle Rock - 8.12
* Miss Amy & Her Big Kids Band - 8.12
* Kira Willey - 8.11
* Yosi & The Superdads - 8.13
* Alex & the Kaliedescope Band - 8.13
* Key Wilde & Mr. Clark – 8.9
* The Suzi Shelton Band – 8.10
* Shelly Clark & Friends - 8.13
* Starfish – 8.11
* The Cat's Pajamas - 8.7
* 2 + 1 = Math Rocks - 8.9
* The Fuzzy Lemons – 8.8
* Miss Maggie Sings – 8.8
* Nina Music - 8.8
* Robbi K - 8.14
* We Kids Rock - 8.14
* BASD Guitar Camp - 8.11

Evening performances

* Mingo Fishtrap - 8.11
* Mike Dugan & The Blues Mission - 8.12
* Chris Bergson Band - 8.13
* Craig Kastelnik - 8.9
* New Tricks - 8.6
* BD Lenz - 8.9
* Zen For Primates - 8.6
* Ben Rudnick & Friends - 8.10
* Mustard's Retreat - 8.10
* Bill Warfield Octet - 8.10
* Butterjive – 8.10
* Fusion Jazz Trio - 8.11
* Ten Foot Fall - 8.12
* sunnydaze – 8.14
* Eric Mintel Quintet - 8.5
* Alastair Monk - 8.6
* Dan Wilkins Quartet - 8.7
* Lu Mitchell - 8.7
* Ricky Smith & The Crush - 8.14
* Roaring 20s Jazz Orchestra - 8.5
* Tommy Zito - 8.8
* Triple Play - 8.8
* Synergy Brass - 8.9

Main Street

* Float Parade - 8.13
* Quincy Mumford - 8.12
* The Culprits - 8.12
* Exter vs Kimock – 8.12
* Kagero – 8.14
* Scoop The Freak – 8.11
* The Dang-it Bobbys – 8.14
* Tavern Tan - 8.10
* Stasis – 8.6
* gangstagrass - 8.6
* Freak Owls - 8.7
* The Abrams Brothers - 8.13
* Frankenpine – 8.5
* blueVenus – 8.6
* Maggie Spike – 8.11
* Zaire - 8.14
* mamarazzi - 8.9
* Rosie Burgess Trio - 8.13
* Vintage Dixieland Jazz Band - 8.13
* Parkington Sisters - 8.7
* Massy Ferguson – 8.10
* The Wallace Brothers - 8.7
* Syncopatin' Six – 8.6
* 3AM – 8.7
* Nicole Donatone – 8.7
* The Burrows Four – 8.5
* Synergy Brass - 8.8 & 8.9
* Audio Dynamkiz – 8.14

Lyrikplatz

* Jennie Arnau - 8.12
* Kagero - 8.13
* Quincy Mumford - 8.12
* Mike Dugan - 8.5
* Maura Jensen - 8.5
* Erin Fox – 8.12
* Jon Fadem & Paul Theissen - 8.10
* Carlos Barata – 8.10
* Mark Newman – 8.10
* BC Combo - 8.7
* Brosky N Meyer - 8.9
* Donovan Roberts - 8.6
* Brittany Ann - 8.12
* Dina Hall - 8.12
* Connie Edinger & Tom Marchak 8.9
* Avi Wisnia – 8.9
* Gillian Grassie – 8.9
* Billy Bauer - 8.13
* Russel Howard – 8.10
* Amanda Duncan – 8.11
* Maggie Spike – 8.11
* Roger Latzgo – 8.9
* Freak Owls - 8.7
* Joshua P. James and the Paper Planes – 8.13
* Lizanne Knott - 8.5
* Suzy Husner – 8.6
* Jacob Vanags – 8.6
* Alastair Moock - 8.6
* Tyler Rothrock & Steve Sury – 8.8
* Toxic Sunshine – 8.8
* The4Walls – 8.8
* Rob Angeltis – 8.8
* Neptune's Car - 8.6
* Lu Mitchell - 8.7
* Robbi K - 8.7
* Shane Cooley - 8.7
* Mree / Marie - 8.10
* Brenda Kahn - 8.11
* Barbara Reese – 8.8
* Larry Muarante - 8.13
* Lehigh Valley Idols - 8.5
* Philly Songwriter's Project - 8.14

Handwerkplatz

Cast in Bronze – daily
Chamber Concert Series

* Phoenix4 – 8.8
* Tres Compadres – 8.10
* Seanna Davies – 8.11
* South Side Brass – 8.12

Vesper Concert Series

* Robin Spielberg - 8.8
* Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - 8.9
* Synergy Brass - 8.10
* The Altino Brothers - 8.11
* The Mendelssohn Trio - 8.12


http://www.musikfest.org/lineup/