ArtsQuest announced on Monday that the first Musikfest 2025 headliner will be country star Riley Green.

Green will be coming to the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza with opener John Morgan on Friday, Aug. 1.

The show is sponsored by PenTeleData and Yuengling Lager, with media partner Cat Country 96. Ticket access begins Friday for the general public at Musikfest.org. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the show kicks off at 7 p.m.

Green has been compelling country music fans to raise a drink, shed a tear and, above all, celebrate where they are from, since first releasing his self-titled EP in 2018 with Big Machine Label Group.

Since then, he has had hit songs like “There Was This Girl,” “I Wish Grandpas Never Died,” “Different ‘Round Here (featuring Luke Combs)” and “Half of Me.”

Green has been named the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 New Male Artist of the Year, a former MusicRow Breakout Artist of the Year, a CMT “Listen Up Artist” and one of CRS’s 2020 New Faces.

His third studio album, “Don’t Mind If I Do,” was released Oct. 18.

Opener John Morgan is the perfect complement to Green’s performance. With a style that’s defined by melodic grit and a craftsman’s approach to songwriting, Morgan brings a blue-collar toughness to country that’s pulled straight from a life immersed in bluegrass tradition. He has earned cuts with Jon Pardi, Dustin Lynch, Thomas Rhett and Jason Aldean. Morgan has had his Grand Ole Opry debut and is now logging hours on the road opening for Aldean, ERNEST, Jameson Rodgers and, of course, Riley Green.

A total of 1,029,417 people attended Musikfest in 2024. The 11-day festival featured over 500 free performances, across 16 stages located throughout both the north and south-sides of Bethlehem.

The 42nd Musikfest is scheduled for Aug. 1-10, 2025.