{"id":243149,"date":"2026-07-14T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243149\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:49:10","slug":"alternative-rock-band-announced-as-part-of-musikfest-2026-free-music-lineup-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243149\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative rock band announced as part of Musikfest 2026 free music lineup | Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – An alternative rock band is joining Musikfest\u2019s free music lineup this year.<\/p>\n

The Verve Pipe<\/a> will take the stage on Friday, July 31 at the Air Products Americaplatz Stage at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks, according to a news release from ArtsQuest.<\/p>\n

ArtsQuest says the band is known for their platinum-selling album \u201cVillains\u201d and hits like \u201cThe Freshmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band is rooted in pop hooks, alt-rock guitars and the sharp songwriting of frontman Brian Vander Ark, ArtsQuest says.<\/p>\n

ArtsQuest says The Verve Pipe continues to create new music as an independent band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – An alternative rock band is joining Musikfest\u2019s free music lineup this year. The Verve Pipe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,50473,225,153,70410,55444,22777,104216],"class_list":["post-243149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-alternative-rock","tag-artsquest","tag-bethlehem","tag-free-concert","tag-levitt-pavilion-steelstacks","tag-musikfest","tag-the-verve-pipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243149","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=243149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}