{"id":172205,"date":"2026-04-21T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172205\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:52:08","slug":"lehigh-valley-staple-mayfair-festival-of-the-arts-returning-to-allentown-will-feature-entertainment-climbing-wall-crayola-table-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172205\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley staple Mayfair Festival of the Arts returning to Allentown, will feature entertainment, climbing wall, Crayola table | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A festival that has been a Lehigh Valley tradition for more than 30 years is coming back to Allentown this year.<\/p>\n

The Mayfair Festival of the Arts returns to Cedar Crest College over Memorial Day weekend, May 22-24, featuring art, crafts, food, music, and live performances, according to a news release from the college.<\/p>\n

The college says admission and on-site parking are free.<\/p>\n

Each day will feature food and beverage vendors, more than 35 artisan craft vendors, and Franki’s Fun Zone-complete with a climbing wall, Crayola table, bounce house and slide, inflatable obstacle course, trampoline, and train ride, the college says.<\/p>\n

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In addition, the college says the following entertainment events are scheduled:<\/p>\n

Friday, May 22<\/p>\n

4 p.m. Rogue Diplomats<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Kristen Morgenstern<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Go Go Gadjet<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 23<\/p>\n

12 p.m. The Large Flowerheads<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Stacy Gabel<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Billy Bauer Band<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m. Erin Kelly<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. The Wonton Soups<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Kendal Conrad<\/p>\n

8 p.m. Steal the Sky<\/p>\n

Sunday, May 24<\/p>\n

12 p.m. Class of ’84<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Adeline Csontos<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m. The Castaway Band<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. Melody Cruz<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Philadelphia Funk Authority<\/p>\n

9 p.m. Drone Show!<\/p>\n

The college says the weekend will culminate in a drone show, with more than 200 illuminated drones lighting up the night sky.<\/p>\n

2026 Festival Hours:<\/p>\n

Friday, May 22, 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 23, Noon – 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

Sunday, May 24, Noon – 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

Since 2018, Cedar Crest College has led Mayfair, with all proceeds supporting students through the Cedar Crest Fund, according to the news release.<\/p>\n

For more information, people can visit mayfair.cedarcrest.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A festival that has been a Lehigh Valley tradition for more than 30 years is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,42057,2975,157,77269,75463],"class_list":["post-172205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-artisans","tag-cedar-crest-college","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-mayfair-festival-of-the-arts","tag-memorial-day-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}