{"id":231829,"date":"2026-06-30T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/231829\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:56:10","slug":"the-energys-been-unbelievable-artsquest-celebrating-world-cup-independence-day-with-festivities-this-week-bethlehem-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/231829\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The energy&#8217;s been unbelievable&#8217;: ArtsQuest celebrating World Cup, Independence Day with festivities this week | Bethlehem Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; It&#8217;s shaping up to be a busy and festive week in Northampton County between the World Cup watch parties and Independence Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>69 News Reporter Sydney Kay was in Bethlehem with how you can cheer on your team and get ready for fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>Curt Mosel, Chief Operating Officer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ArtsQuest<\/a>, said the crowds have been great for every World Cup match shown at SteelStacks, especially the U.S. matches. ArtsQuest&#8217;s Soccerfest,\u00a0which kicked off June 11, has been drawing in thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p>Three screens near Levitt Pavilion will show all the World Cup games.<\/p>\n<p>Mosel said people from many different countries have come to SteelStacks to take in the\u00a0World Cup games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The energy&#8217;s been unbelievable,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mosel said the excitement really starts now, with the World Cup knockout stages beginning. &#8220;It&#8217;s win or go home,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. will play Bosnia and Herzegovina Wednesday at 8 p.m.\u00a0Mosel recommends coming to SteelStacks early ahead of the match, to guarantee a seat. By 7 p.m. the venue will really start filling in, he said.<\/p>\n<p>A merchandise vendor sells jerseys from every team that&#8217;s in the tournament. ArtsQuest is selling &#8220;America 250&#8221; shirts and other gear, as well as Bethlehem Steel merch.<\/p>\n<p>Cory Stevens, Executive Director of the Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks, said\u00a0ArtsQuest has been trying to pair its programming with\u00a0Soccerfest. When Mexico was in a\u00a0World Cup match, a Selena tribute band played. When Germany was in a soccer game, the Pittsburgh band The Polkamaniacs took the stage.<\/p>\n<p>ArtsQuest will kick off its 4th of July celebration on Friday with the U.S. Field Army Band and Soldiers Chorus at the Musikfest Cafe at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, July 4\u00a0ArtsQuest has a double header: The Allentown Band plays at 5:30 pm., and a Bruce Springsteen show will take place outside at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>He said events that happen during periods where it&#8217;s very hot outside will take place in climate-controlled rooms inside.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on World Cup matches and July 4 festivities, you can head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ArtsQuest&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; It&#8217;s shaping up to be a busy and festive week in Northampton County between the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-231829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231829","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=231829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}