{"id":222274,"date":"2026-06-18T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222274\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:19:10","slug":"crowd-turns-out-for-lower-macungie-summer-concert-series-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222274\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd turns out for Lower Macungie Summer Concert Series \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published June 18. 2026 09:56AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Lower Macungie Township\u2019s Summer Concert Series continued Saturday, June 13, with Elijah Smith and Los Padres Band performing at the bandshell at Hills at Lockridge off Scenic View Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Favorable weather helped draw a large crowd for the show, which featured a mix of country rock classics and original songs. Singer-songwriter Elijah Smith, often joined by a rotating group of local musicians from the Lehigh Valley, performed alongside the band. Their set included acoustic, country, folk and classic rock influences, with covers such as \u201cWerewolves of London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Audience members relaxed on the lawn and in chairs, enjoying the music and weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">At the end of the performance, the crowd called for an encore. Smith, joking with attendees, told them the band would \u201cperform two more songs and then the encore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Residents are encouraged to check the Lower Macungie Township website for the full summer lineup. Guests should bring chairs or blankets, as no additional seating is provided. The venue offers a large grassy area for families and groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The next concert is scheduled for June 26 at 6:30 p.m., featuring The Large Flowerheads.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Smith and Los Padres\u2019 Jim perform \u201cWerewolves of London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of Los Padres entertain.<\/p>\n<p>Press photo by Lisa DraperAudience members get to their feet while the music plays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published June 18. 2026 09:56AM Lower Macungie Township\u2019s Summer Concert Series continued Saturday, June 13, with Elijah Smith&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-222274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222274","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=222274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}