Wednesday: Legendary Buckwheat Zydeco at Musikfest

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The Weather: Less than ideal. Cloudy, with a high of 77 degrees. A chance of showers during the day, then showers and a thunderstorm become likely after 4 p.m., according to The National Weather Service. Storms could produce heavy rainfall. Temperatures fall to the high 60s at night.

The Headliners: A night of classic rock with Styx and Foreigner. But if you don’t have tickets, you are probably out of luck. The show, scheduled to start at 7 p.m. has been sold out.

An Alternative (non-Musikfest) Headliner: Alt-heavy metal rockers Godsmack play the only concert of the week at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center at 8 p.m. Tickets are $69.50 and $49.50.

The Highlight: Buckwheat Zydeco, a musical legend and Grammy award winner who has been playing the Louisiana blend of blues and Cajun known as zydeco for three decades, hits the Volksplatz stage at 9:30 p.m.

For the Little Ones: The kids can have unlimited fun on all nine rides at Banana Island with a $15 pass from noon to 5 p.m. Rock stars are the craft theme. Bari Korale play family friendly music at neighboring Plaza Tropical from noon to 2 p.m. Stick around for the William Allen High School Chorale from 2:30 to 3:30.

The Classical Musikfest: Filipino classical pianist Charisse Baldoria plays at 5 p.m. at Central Moravian Church. Kim & Reggie Harris are gospel/folk singers from Philadelphia who will perform at the Moravian Church Old Chapel at 7:30.

The Best of the Free Platzes: We’ve already mentioned the legendary Buckwheat Zydeco at Volksplatz at 9:30. Holly Williams is a scion of the legendary country music singing family that first made its mark with Hank Williams Sr. The singer-songwriter who has received critical acclaim from The New York Times, USA Today, Rolling Stone performs at Americaplatz at 5 p.m. Allentown-based Tavern Tan owes its sound to the early rock n’ roll that was once the standard sound of every tavern, pub, bar and local dive in every American city before the karaoke machine. Hear them on Main Street between 5 and 8 p.m. We’d be remiss if we did not mention that Don Cunningham—the former mayor and former Lehigh County executive—and his Associates play rock n’ roll covers at the Musikfest Café at 8 p.m.

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