BETHLEHEM, Pa. — As anticipation grows for Musikfest 2026 you may wonder what goes into getting Bethlehem ready for more than one million people?<\/p>\n
One week out from preview night, progress is being made.<\/p>\n
A sea of tents are popping up around Bethlehem, and stages are being built.<\/p>\n
All of the work being done is a telltale sign that Musikfest is right around the corner.<\/p>\n
“Setup is a highly coordinated dance across the festival grounds,” said Patrick Brogan, the chief programming officer for ArtsQuest.<\/p>\n
That highly coordinated effort goes beyond tents and stages. It includes everything from lighting to sound systems to the seats you watch your favorite artist from.<\/p>\n
How about the hundreds of volunteers that make Musikfest happen?<\/p>\n
With one week to go, Bethlehem is a busy place and it’s only getting busier.<\/p>\n
“With almost 1.5 million people, Musikfest continues to grow, so with a little assist from Mother Nature we hope to top that this year,” said Brogan.<\/p>\n
Helping more than a million people get around will be a little easier this year, all thanks to a new partnership.<\/p>\n
“We have an expanded LANTA service across the festival this year where guests can ride for free across the festival grounds,” he said.<\/p>\n
The work is worth it when the gates open next Thursday for preview night, followed by 10 festival days.<\/p>\n
“11 days of great music, food and most importantly community. What a time to come together for the family reunion that is Musikfest,” said Brogan.<\/p>\n
Organizers say many shows are about to sell out.<\/p>\n
Musikfest information is readily available on the Musikfest app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. — As anticipation grows for Musikfest 2026 you may wonder what goes into getting Bethlehem ready…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,1391,22777],"class_list":["post-250624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-bethlehem-area","tag-musikfest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250624","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=250624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}