{"id":256554,"date":"2026-07-31T18:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256554\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:51:10","slug":"musikfest-2026-set-to-kick-off-in-bethlehem-as-crews-put-finishing-touches-on-venues-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256554\/","title":{"rendered":"Musikfest 2026 set to kick off in Bethlehem as crews put finishing touches on venues | Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; We&#8217;re just hours away from the official start of Musikfest in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>Crews have been working nonstop to prepare for the 10-day event, hosting hundreds of performers throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>69 News Reporter Sydney Kay reports from SteelStacks with a preview of whats to come.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s opening ceremonies begin at 5:30 p.m. to officially kick off Musikfest 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Did we see you at Preview Night? Check out our gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/entertainment\/festival\/musikfest\/photos-did-we-see-you-or-your-friends-at-musikfest-on-thursday-july-30th\/collection_e690481d-7cec-490a-ae91-c5b400cae172.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> to see if we spotted you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re at Musikfest, stop by the 69 Newsplatz tent on Spring Street to try out being a TV news anchor!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/entertainment\/festival\/musikfest\/try-your-hand-at-news-anchoring-with-69-news-at-musikfest-for-a-chance-to\/article_9f8b60f1-a3c1-471c-89b9-d6dc41752115.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Try your hand at news anchoring with 69 News at Musikfest for a chance to win Kalahari passes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            Try your hand at news anchoring with 69 News at Musikfest for a chance to win Kalahari passes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; We&#8217;re just hours away from the official start of Musikfest in Bethlehem. Crews have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,805,22777],"class_list":["post-256554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-lehighvalley","tag-musikfest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256554","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=256554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}