Musikfest is officially underway.
This year’s free stages lineup is stacked from start to finish, with the Lehigh Valley’s rich and diverse music scene well represented.
There are so many must-see acts spread over the next nine days that choosing just a few to see is nearly impossible.
Instead, here are 22 local(ish) acts you definitely do not want to miss:
Acoustic Kitty Project
When: 9 p.m. Sunday, Liederplatz
Hometown: Easton
The Beautiful Distortion
When: 7:45 p.m. Aug. 11, Main Street; 2 and 3:30 p.m. Aug. 15, Zinzenplatz
Hometown: Greater Lehigh Valley
Catbite
When: 5 p.m. Sunday, Zinzenplatz
Hometown: Philadelphia
Kendal Conrad
When: Noon and 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10, Main Street
Hometown: Pottstown
Dear Anna (Photo Courtesy ArtsQuest)
Dear Anna
When: 11 tonight, Town Square at SteelStacks; 8 p.m. Saturday, Lagerplatz; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12, Festplatz
Hometown: Easton
Neil Grover
When: 9 p.m. Aug. 11, Main Street; 7 p.m. Aug. 14, Lagerplatz; 5 p.m. Aug. 15, Main Street
Hometown: Allentown
Pentley Holmes
When: 2 p.m. Saturday, Lagerplatz; 7 p.m. Aug. 9, Plaza Tropical; 9 p.m. Aug. 12, Liederplatz
Hometown: Phillipsburg
Ed McKendry (Photo Courtesy ArtsQuest)
Ed McKendry
When: 2 p.m. Aug. 13, Lagerplatz
Hometown: Bethlehem
(Photo Courtesy ArtsQuest)
The Moondogs
When: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15, Musikfest Cafe
Hometown: Nazareth
Mosey Beat
When: Noon Aug. 13, Lagerplatz; 8:30 p.m. Aug. 13, Main Street
Hometown: Phillipsburg
Mystik Fool (formerly Ito and the Moonlight Hippies)
When: 5 p.m. Aug. 15, Zinzenplatz
Hometown: Easton
Roi and the Secret People
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Liederplatz; 5 p.m. Aug. 14, Lagerplatz
Hometown: Easton
Ruby Dear
When: 5 p.m. Sunday, Levitt Pavilion
Hometown: Bethlehem
Slingshot Dakota
When: 7 p.m. Aug. 13, Zinzenplatz
Hometown: Bethlehem
Smooth Retsina Glow (Photo Courtesy ArtsQuest)
Smooth Retsina Glow
When: Noon Aug. 9, Main Street
Hometown: Bethlehem
Start Making Sense
When: 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Levitt Pavilion
Hometown: Bethlehem
Summer Scouts
When: 8 p.m. Aug. 14, Lagerplatz
Hometown: Allentown
This Way to the Egress (Photo Courtesy ArtsQuest)
This Way to the Egress
When: 11 p.m. Aug. 9, Town Square at SteelStacks
Hometown: Bethlehem
Trouble City All-Stars (Photo Courtesy ArtsQuest)
When: 8:30 tonight, Main Street; 2 p.m. Aug. 15, Lagerplatz
Hometown: Allentown
VoirVoir
When: 11 p.m. Sunday, Town Square at SteelStacks; 7 p.m. Aug. 9, Zinzenplatz
Hometown: Bethlehem
Seth Witcher
When: 5:15 today, Levitt Pavilion; 6:30 Aug. 113, Main Street; 9 p.m. Aug. 13, Lagerplatz; Noon Aug. 14, Liederplatz; 1:30 p.m. Aug. 14, Liederplatz
Hometown: Allentown