BETHLEHEM, Pa. – ArtsQuest has announced its sixth Musikfest 2026 headliner.
Indie band AJR will be coming to the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza on August 9, 2026, according to a news release from ArtsQuest.
Presented with media partner B104, tickets are available for ArtsQuest Members on Monday, December 15 at 10 a.m. and for the general public on Friday, December 19 at 10 a.m. at ArtsQuest.org., according to the news release.
For more exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, people can become an ArtsQuest Circle Donor.
ArtsQuest says AJR is one of the biggest indie bands in the world.
Since 2012, the multi-platinum indie pop trio—Adam (bass, vocals), Jack (vocals, guitar) and Ryan (ukulele, piano, vocals)—have generated billions of streams and earned one triple-platinum single, one double-platinum single, four platinum singles and one platinum album, ArtsQuest says.
2019’s Neotheater marked their biggest first-week debut, bowing at #8 on the Billboard Top 200, #1 on the Top Alternative Albums Chart and #1 on the Top Rock Albums Chart, according to the news release.
ArtsQuest says Spotify ranked “Sober Up” (feat. Rivers Cuomo) among the “Best Rock Songs of the 2010s,” while Apple Music included “Weak” on its “Best Alt Songs of the 2010s.”
After Neotheater, they released the 2020 platinum blockbuster “BANG!”, which cracked the Top 10 at three radio formats, peaking at No. 6 on the Top 40 chart, No. 2 on Alternative radio and No. 1 on Adult Pop and marked their first Top 10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, ArtsQuest says.
Their latest album, The Maybe Man (AJR Productions/Republic Records), was released in 2023.