BETHLEHEM, PA—As the sun shines on Musikfest, the City of Bethlehem and ArtsQuest staff are hard at work preparing to reopen the festival’s three venues impacted by flooding as soon as possible. Cleanup of Musikfest’s Familienplatz, Handwerkplatz and Volksplatz venues is well underway. All music stages other than Volksplatz are currently open and the Daughtry concert at the Sands Steel Stage is on as scheduled.
“We thank the City of Bethlehem, its health and emergency services departments and the County of Northampton for their quick and efficient response to this situation,” says ArtsQuest President & CEO Kassie Hilgert. “The strong teamwork between everyone is helping this process go very smoothly. Right now, our main focus is on getting the sites ready so we can get our artists, sponsors and vendors back up and running.
“The City and ArtsQuest are keeping a close eye on flow conditions of the Monocacy Creek and we will provide an update Sunday morning as to when we will be able to reopen the venues.”
In an effort to keep as many Volksplatz performances as possible on the Musikfest schedule, ArtsQuest has juggled its lineups to present the artists impacted by today’s flooding at other venues throughout the festival grounds. The revised schedule for today and tomorrow is:
Saturday
Rob Curto’s Furro For All Volksplatz show – moved to the Jazz Cabaret at the ArtsQuest Center, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Gretchen and the Pickpockets’ show in the Jazz Cabaret is shifted to 6-7 p.m.
Funky Dawgz Brass Band’s Volksplatz show – moved to Lagerplatz at 7:30 p.m. (30 minute set)
Red Baraat’s Volksplatz show – moved to ArtsQuest Center’s Musikfest Café, 10-11:30 p.m.
The Supernaturals, originally scheduled for the Musikfest Café tonight, will play tomorrow in the Musikfest Café from 2-5 p.m.
Sunday
Asbury United Methodist Church Worship Service scheduled for Volksplatz will be held 10 a.m. in the Musikfest Café.
For additional details and updates, visit www.musikfest.org or check out facebook.com/Musikfest and twitter.com/Musikfest.
Information and image provided to TVL by:
Mark Demko, ArtsQuest
http://www.artsquest.org/
