Musikfest
Bethlehem, PA (2008)
We got tickets to see Stone Temple Pilots at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA, so we got to town earlier in the day to walk around, eat some food, and experience the festival.
There was a Celtic store called Donegal Square that wasn't far from where we parked. We stopped in and found a few CDs, some of which were holiday music and had been marked down. There was a very cool little cafe attached to the store called Grandma McCarthy's Tea Room & Bakery where we stopped for refreshments. I had a French press coffee and some scones.
Obama campaign headquarters was not too far away.
The ruins of the 1771 Dye House have been excavated by Yale University. It was once a building where clothes and other fabrics were dyed different colors, and is a part of Bethlehem's Colonial Industrial Quarter, which has been given the distinction of being the country's first industrial park.
There are a lot of peaceful spots between where we were parked and the festival grounds. The building over my shoulder in the first picture in this set is the old Bethlehem Union Station, which was built in 1924.
There's a ton of good food and beverages available at Musikfest. There's not a lot of shade in this section, but they had misting stations set up with fans to help folks cool down, which is what Angie is doing.
There were a few shows that I wanted to check out, but money is a little tight since I went back to college. If money were no object, I definitely would have wanted to see Live, Collective Soul, Kool & The Gang, Boston, Poison, Earth Wind & Fire, Jethro Tull, and John Fogerty.
