{"id":268344,"date":"2026-08-19T19:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268344\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:33:29","slug":"like-walking-around-the-world-in-one-day-a-look-at-the-upcoming-lehigh-valley-culture-fest-lehigh-valley-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268344\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Like walking around the world in one day&#8217;: A look at the upcoming Lehigh Valley Culture Fest | Lehigh Valley Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALISBURY TWP., Pa. &#8211; This Saturday at Cedar Beach Park what&#8217;s been known as the International Cultural Festival is returning with a new name.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Culture Fest combines music, dance and food in a way that celebrates what the region has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Linda Vega Sirop, Executive Director of the Rilyc, visited 69 News at Sunrise and talked about some of the events the festival offers.<\/p>\n<p>The festival kicks off at noon\u00a0this Saturday at Cedar Beach Park and runs until 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the festival will feature\u00a0live performances by Philadelphia Funk Authority, Space Kamp, Sin Limite with Band, cultural dance groups, poetry, mime, Indian dance, belly dance, youth showcases, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Sirop\u00a0said the event offers a diversity of music, food, arts, and sports. The festival will feature international acts, including Latin bands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is literally like walking around the world in one day,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will be able to enjoy an Adult Field Day, the Average Joe&#8217;s Adult Basketball Tournament, and local food trucks and vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Sirop said the ultimate goal is to bring the community together, to showcase who the community is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALISBURY TWP., Pa. &#8211; This Saturday at Cedar Beach Park what&#8217;s been known as the International Cultural Festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,157,113141],"class_list":["post-268344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-philadelphia-funk-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268344","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=268344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}