“High Steppin”! ArtsQuest to Welcome The Avett Brothers to the Wind Creek Steel Stage for Musikfest 2025
Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., December 2,2024 – ArtsQuest is thrilled to announce the third Musikfest 2025 headliner; The Avett Brothers, who will be rockin’ the Wind Creek Steel Stage on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
Ticket access begins tomorrow, Tuesday, December 3 for ArtsQuest Members and Friday, December 6 for the general public at Musikfest.org. Ticket prices run from $45 to $119, ($244 for Steel Terrace which includes dinner, drinks and dessert at private tables under a tent). For more exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, become an ArtsQuest Circle Donor today. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the show kicks off at 7 p.m.
This American folk-rock band originated in Concord, North Carolina and is one of the top acts in Americana music with their blend of acoustic, country, bluegrass, pop, punk, folk, jazz and rock and roll music. The Avett Brothers are four-time GRAMMY Award nominees who made mainstream waves with their critically acclaimed 2009 major label debut I and Love and You.
In 2012, The Carpenter hit #4 on the Billboard 200, followed by Magpie and the Dandelion in 2013, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200. The 2017 documentary May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers chronicles the process of writing 2016’s True Sadness, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Albums, #1 on Rock Albums, #3 on the Billboard 200 and scored two GRAMMY nominations. In 2019, the band released their tenth studio album Closer Than Together featuring the single “High Steppin” which reached #1 on the Americana Radio Singles Chart. The Third Gleam came out amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums, #1 Rock Albums, #1 Vinyl Albums and the single “Victory” hit #1 on the American Radio Singles Chart.
This year saw the release of The Avett Brothers, an album that is as much untitled as it is self-titled: a collection of songs that revealed themselves naturally over time. The Avett Brothers have been inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame and recently earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association. They are currently on tour throughout the U.S. and will wrap up 2024 with their annual hometown NYE show, this year at Charlotte’s Bojangles Coliseum.
About Musikfest
A total of 1,029,417 people attended Musikfest in 2024. The 10-day festival featured over 500 free performances, across 16 stages located throughout both the north and south-sides of Bethlehem. The 42nd Musikfest is scheduled for August 1 – 10, 2025. This year’s Musikfest 2025 poster artist is Banana Factory Teaching Artist Mallory Zondag. To see the poster and learn more about Zondag’s vision for it, along with information about the festival, visit musikfest.org.
About ArtsQuest
ArtsQuest’s mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest™ supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events. Through festivals such as its flagship event, Musikfest; the Banana Factory Arts Center; and the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest’s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization’s programs and events, of which nearly 50% are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.
