{"id":243905,"date":"2026-07-15T12:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243905\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:26:10","slug":"things-to-do-in-the-lehigh-valley-this-weekend-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243905\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in the Lehigh Valley this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The summer music season is in full swing, and this weekend\u2019s attractions include odes to classic American blues and some Swedish pop stars.<\/p>\n

Plus, if you haven\u2019t visited a local farmers market yet, what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n

Here are The Morning Call\u2019s best bets for this weekend.<\/p>\n

Blues festival returns to Bethlehem with star-spangled flair<\/p>\n

The 15th annual Blast Furnace Blues Festival returns Friday and Saturday to the ArtsQuest Campus at SteelStacks \u2014 and this year, it\u2019ll have a patriotic twist.<\/p>\n

Blast Furnace Blues: Stars, Stripes & Steel will feature the sounds of one of America\u2019s foundational music genres, along with food options from Mon & Mel\u2019s Sweet Scoops Ice Cream Truck, Nick\u2019s BBQ and more.<\/p>\n

Friday night\u2019s headliner, Jontavious Willis, is a Grammy-nominated blues artist blending Delta, Piedmont, Texas and Gospel blues. He gained national attention opening for Taj Mahal and Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019 and winning the 2018 International Blues Challenge for his debut album, \u201cBlue Metamorphosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Powerhouse blues artist Larry McCray headlines Saturday\u2019s lineup. Known for his soulful voice, fiery guitar work and deeply authentic storytelling, his latest album, \u201cHeartbreak City,\u201d was produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith.<\/p>\n

If you go: 5-11 p.m. Friday and 3-11 p.m. Saturday at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. For a complete lineup, go to artsquest.org\/festivals\/more-festivals-and-experiences\/blast-furnace-blues<\/a>. This event is free and open to all ages.<\/p>\n

Check out a farmers market<\/p>\n

What better way to celebrate the sights, sounds and tastes of summer than at a Lehigh Valley farmers market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visit one \u2014 or more! \u2014 of these weekend markets:<\/p>\n

Coopersburg Farmers Market: 5 N. Main St.\u00a010 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Rose Garden: Eighth Avenue and West Union Boulevard.\u00a09 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday<\/p>\n

Easton Farmers Market: Scott Park, 128 Larry Holmes Drive. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday<\/p>\n

Emmaus Farmers Market: Triangle Park (Fourth and Main streets). 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday<\/p>\n

Nazareth Farmers Market: Nazareth Circle, Main and Center streets. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday<\/p>\n

Saucon Valley Farmers Market: Next to the Hellertown Library, 409 Constitution Ave. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday<\/p>\n

Trexlertown Farmers Market: Valley Preferred Cycling Center, 1151 Mosser Road, Breinigsville. 9 a.m.-noon Saturday<\/p>\n

\"SofiaSofia Silantyeva and Hannah Poulos visit the rose gardens Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the 2026 Rose Fest in Bethlehem\u2019s Rose Garden Park. The festival, which was celebrating the garden\u2019s 96th anniversary, featured more than 500 roses and perennials in bloom, a farmers market, old-fashioned spinning, garden tours, food, storytelling, clowns, puppets and puppet making, family games, nature crafts, music and dancing. (Avery Folmar\/The Morning Call)
\nABBA\u2019s hits come to Allentown<\/p>\n

What do you get when you combine the music of ABBA with the talented musicians of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra? A rockin\u2019 good time.<\/p>\n

Jeans \u2018n Classics vocalists Katalin Kiss, Andrea Koziol, Stephanie Martin and Kathryn Rose will sing the supergroup\u2019s hits backed by the symphony, conducted by John Devlin. \u201cDancing Queen\u201d is part of the orchestra\u2019s Pops series.<\/p>\n

If you go: Allentown Symphony performs in Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St. in Allentown. Shows are 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $30-$81; go to millersymphonyhall.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"TheAllentown Symphony will perform the hits of ABBA on Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Marco Calderon)<\/p>\n

Have an event for us to consider? Email us at goguide@mcall.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The summer music season is in full swing, and this weekend\u2019s attractions include odes to classic American blues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,289,432],"class_list":["post-243905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243905","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=243905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}