ArtsQuest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nZimmerman, who is from Louisville, Illinois, is a multi-platinum singer-songwriter, ArtsQuest says.<\/p>\n
ArtsQuest says Zimmerman became the fastest debut country artist in over a decade to reach No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Country Airplay chart after his song, \u201cFall in Love,\u201d saw viral success.<\/p>\n
His 2023 debut album Religiously. The Album. had the biggest streaming debut for a country album ever, featuring four consecutive No. 1 singles, including the 4x-Platinum \u201cFall in Love\u201d and the 5x-Platinum six-week No. 1 \u201cRock And A Hard Place,\u201d debuting at #3 on Top Country Albums and #7 on the Billboard 200, according to the ArtsQuest news release.<\/p>\n
ArtsQuest says Zimmerman\u2019s 2024 singles include \u201cHoly Smokes,\u201d \u201cHolding On\u201d and \u201cNew To Country.\u201d<\/p>\n
In August 2025 he released his sophomore album Different Night Same Rodeo, which includes the Luke Combs collaboration \u201cBackup Plan\u201d and several hit singles., ArtsQuest said.<\/p>\n
The 43rd Musikfest is scheduled for July 31 \u2013 August 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
ArtsQuest says 1,449,000 people attended Musikfest in 2025. The 11-day festival featured over 500 free performances across 16 stages located throughout both the north and south-sides of Bethlehem, according to the news release.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Musikfest 2026 poster artist is painter and illustrator Doug Boehm, ArtsQuest says.<\/p>\n
ArtsQuest says the 2026 design holds added significance as the nation prepares to celebrate America 250, the semi quincentennial of the United States.<\/p>\n
To see the poster, along with information about the festival, people can visit artsquest.org\/musikfest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A country music star will take the stage at Musikfest next year. ArtsQuest announced its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[225,22778,153,155,154,6891,22779,22777],"class_list":["post-36974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-artsquest","tag-bailey-zimmerman","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-country-music","tag-music-festival","tag-musikfest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36974","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=36974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}