Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., January 13, 2025 – ArtsQuest is thrilled to announce the seventh Musikfest 2025 headliner, Chicago will be coming to the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
This concert is presented with media partner 99.9 The Hawk. Ticket access begins Wednesday, January 15 for ArtsQuest Members and Friday, January 17 for the general public at Musikfest.org. Ticket prices run from $35 to $109 ($239 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 7:15 p.m.
Hailed as one of the “most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era,” the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in as the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s Top 125 Artists of All Time. Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades.
In 2024 Chicago released Chicago at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/16/1971), a 26-track live collection recorded at the historic venue. The show covers all three studio albums from their 1969 debut to 1971 and more than two hours of live music by Robert Lamm, Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, Jame Pankow and Walt Parazaider.
Chicago released Chicago Greatest Christmas Hits, a new collection combining songs from all three of its beloved Christmas albums, in 2023 via Warner Music Group/Rhino.
Chicago released their 38th studio album Born for This Moment in 2022, which included the hit single “If This is Goodbye.” Featuring the signature sounds Chicago fans have come to love; Born for This Moment captures the true heart of this legendary band. Over the entire course of 14 vibrant new songs, Born for This Moment encapsulates the unique blend of award-winning and personal songwriting, multilayered harmonic vocalizational and world-class arrangements that have been electrifying audiences across the globe for decades.
Chicago have toured every year since the beginning – they’ve never missed a year. The original three band members are Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals and James Pankow on trombone. The band line-up also includes Wally Reyes, Jr. on drums, Tony Obrohta on guitar, Loren Gold on keyboards and vocals, Ray Herrmann on sax and flute, Neil Donell on vocals, Eric Baines on bass and Ramon “Ray” Yslas on percussion.
From the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic Vocalists, and a few dozen of ever-Classic Songs, this band’s concerts are celebrations. 2025 marks the band’s 58th consecutive year of touring!
Chicago continues to be true ambassadors for their beloved hometown, carrying the city’s name with pride and dignity around the world.
About Musikfest
A total of 1,029,417 people attended Musikfest in 2024. The 11-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, with a special preview night on July 31. 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.
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Bryn Keeney
