Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1995 [UPSCALED TO HD]

Recorded on Sunday August 19, 1995 - I grabbed my camcorder and took my 13-year-old nephew to Musikfest. This was my favorite decade for Musikfest. It still felt like a local event, and the free concerts at Kuntzplatz were simply amazing! I saw Tom Jones, Ray Charles, The Fifth Dimension, America...
Musikfest is an American music festival that has been held annually since 1984 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It claims to be the nation's largest non-gated free music festival. Each year, thousands of visitors and residents of Pennsylvania make the trip to Bethlehem to participate in a celebration that weaves through a Moravian community that dates back to 1741. Festival visitors are treated to hundreds of free shows over the course of the event as well as ticketed shows on larger stages. Local German roots are the foundation of the celebration and most of the festival's venues use Platz, the German word for place or square, at the ends of their names. Musikfest's music, food, and attractions represent a broad range of ethnicities. Musikfest is presented by ArtsQuest, a nonprofit arts organization founded to celebrate arts and culture in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. Proceeds from the event benefit ArtsQuest ventures such as the Banana Factory community arts center in South Bethlehem as well as other nonprofit groups throughout the region.

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Wow. Not much has changed. It’s very interesting seeing a Woolworth store which was defunct just two years after this recording was made. Thanks for sharing.

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Classic Penna.