Over 50 Vendors and Live Music: Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market Returning to Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA – Tape Swap Radio is excited to announce the return of the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market, the twice-annual market dedicated to music, original art, vintage pieces, offbeat items, and other weird curiosities. The market has been growing in popularity since debuting in 2018, with the event surpassing 1,000 attendees last year for the first time.
The 2026 Lehigh Valley Summer’s End Punk Rock Flea Market will take place on Saturday, September 5 at the Ice House in Bethlehem. Vendor sales will happen from 10 AM to 4 PM, with live music taking place from 4:30 to 7 PM. The event will be free to the public, open to all ages, and pet-friendly.
Vendors and Types of Items Being Sold
Over 50 vendors will be participating with spaces located both inside and outside of the Ice House. Vendors will be coming from all around the Lehigh Valley as well as New York, New Jersey, and other areas in Pennsylvania.
Types of items being sold include vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, original art of all kinds, vintage clothing, vintage toys, jewelry, plants, zines, comics, books, home decor items made from bones, handmade rugs, taxidermy, witchy items, wood carvings, cottagecore kitchen accessories, chainmaille designs, music instruments, movie memorabilia, and more.
Some of the vendors for the event will include black.lotus.horror.labs, Ettatorials, Friend of Mine Vintage, Keystone Crypt, Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, The Possum Curiosities, The Savage Beat Records, Thymes Zup, Rats Stash, Vitamin Vintage Vinyl, and Wax Wizard Vintage Thrift.
Humpty’s Dumplings will have a food truck in the Ice House parking lot.
DJ Mix
The event will feature music from Lehigh Valley-based DJ Alison Leigh, who will be spinning a mix of punk and punk-adjacent music while the vendor sales are happening from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Live Bands Performing
At 4:30 PM, there will be live music in partnership with the IceHouse DIY Committee. Three bands will play. The show is also free to attend:
- Rumple Stilskinz & The Dumpster Full O’ Sound (Lehigh Valley; “trash rock”)
- Side Over (NEPA; “reunited early ‘90s melodic hardcore”)
- L.M.I. (Lansdale; “hardcore punk, sledge metal”)
Food Donation Drive for Second Harvest Food Bank
During the event, Tape Swap Radio will be collecting food donations for Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania. Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable, non-expired products that are in boxes, cans, or plastic. The food item drop off will be located in the front lobby by the front entrance.
–Quick Info –
What: 2026 Lehigh Valley Summer’s End Punk Rock Flea Market Presented By: Tape Swap Radio
Where: The Charles A. Brown Ice House, 56 River St., Bethlehem, PA 18018
When: Saturday, September 5, 2026 | Vendor sales: 10 AM–4 PM; Live music: 4:30–7 PM Admission: Free, all ages, pets welcome
More Info: tapeswapradio.com/lvprfm
– About Tape Swap Radio –
Tape Swap Radio is an original live music series dedicated to punk, independent, and DIY music in the Lehigh Valley. The series produces live performance videos, podcasts, and a monthly radio show on WDIY 88.1 FM. Started in 2013, Tape Swap Radio also hosts live events throughout the area like the twice-annual Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market.
Information provided to TVL by:
Shamus McGroggan
