Two new artists have been announced to headline the Musikfest 2025 concert series.

Megan Moroney will perform on July 31, 2025, for a special Musikfest preview night; while Nelly, will heat up the Wind Creek Steel Stage on Aug. 6, 2025.

Tickets for both shows are available at Musikfest.org.

Megan Moroney

A country phenomenon with major star power and massive talent to match, Moroney is the rare artist to earn icon status soon after breaking onto the scene. With over 1.5 billion total global streams to date, the Georgia-bred singer/songwriter kicked off the latest era of her career with her critically acclaimed sophomore album Am I Okay?, a July 2024 release that debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.

Featuring the Emo Cowgirl’s post-breakup ballad “No Caller ID” — a track that shattered the record for the biggest country female song debut in streams in the U.S. — Am I Okay? continues the meteoric rise first set in motion with “Tennessee Orange,” a 2-time platinum #1 hit included on her 2023 debut Lucky.

Moroney was named Breakthrough Female Video of the Year at the 2023 CMT Music Awards, MusicRow’s Breakout Artist of the Year at the 2024 Country Breakout Awards and New Female Artist of the Year at the 59th ACM Awards.

Nelly

For 24 years, Nelly has been connecting generations with his exuberant anthems, fusing musical genres and engaging in multiple entertainment mediums including music, television and film.

The diamond-selling, multiplatinum, 3-time Grammy award-winning rap superstar, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor, Nelly, has continuously raised the bar for the entertainment industry since stepping on the scene in 2000 with his distinctive vocals and larger-than-life personality.

Nelly strives to be a trailblazer and to be the first to make his mark in every category, such as being the first hip-hop artist to blur the musical genres of Hip-hop and Country with the chart-topping hit “Over and Over” with Tim McGraw.

Nelly’s music history is lengthy beginning with his solo career in the year 2000, with his commercial debut album Country Grammar, of which the featured title track and the single “Ride wit Me” were Top 10 hits.

His following album Nellyville produced the number-one hits “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma” (featuring Kelly Rowland). The performer’s Country Grammar album, Nellyville album and his song “Cruise” with FGL have both achieved Diamond status.

Nelly’s fifth studio album, Brass Knuckles, was released in 2008 producing the singles “Party People” (featuring Fergie), “Stepped on My J’z” (featuring Jermaine Dupri and Ciara) and “Body on Me” (featuring Akon and Ashanti).

In 2010, Nelly released the album 5.0. The lead single, “Just a Dream,” was certified triple platinum by RIAA.

The music mogul’s newest album HEARTLAND made it to Billboard’s Top 10 Country Album Charts, double platinum certification for “Lil Bit” featuring Florida Georgia Line, “Cruise” being the best-selling country digital song of 2014, while “Dilemma” marked 1 billion views on YouTube.

For more information on either of these shows or other headliners coming to the Bethlehem stages from Aug. 1 to 10, 2025, visit musikfest.org.