Bethlehem is kicking off Walnut Week and the start of the Christmas season with a free parking promotion at the city’s new Walnut Street Garage.
On select days from Thursday, November 20 through Saturday, November 22, 2025, visitors will receive their first four hours of parking free at the garage as part of its grand opening celebration.
The Bethlehem Parking Authority, together with Larken Associates and Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, is sponsoring the promotion.
Each day features a different community partner: the Parking Authority on Thursday, Larken Associates on Friday, and Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, on Saturday.
Yung Esau’s Vintage Shop is setting up at 97 East Broad Street in Bethlehem, bringing years of collecting and selling into a brick and mortar home. Owner Aaron Stutz began with Grateful Dead shirts and grew his work through pop ups and a booth at Belleville Market before building a full shop of his own.
“Rooted,” a 75-minute documentary about Bethlehem’s arts community, will make its broadcast debut on WLVT-TV PBS39 on Friday, November 21, 2025, at 7 p.m.
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is celebrating the region’s brightest young performers with The Muse of Fire Project, a new educational theatre initiative featuring a cast and crew made up entirely of high school students from across the Lehigh Valley.
Welcome to the Lehigh Valley Small Business White Elephant. This community giveaway brings together dozens of local shops, restaurants, makers, and independent businesses for a fun, citywide gift exchange. Once we put out the call, more than fifty small businesses stepped up with gift cards, products, and experiences worth at least twenty dollars, and we are incredibly grateful for every one of them for joining in.
How it works
Look through the full list of prizes on this page.
Fill out the form below (or at this link) and rank every prize from first choice to last. Your entry must include a ranking for every prize.
After sign ups close, all participants will be randomized.
We will select all winners on Sunday, December 21. Starting from the top of that randomized list, each person will receive the highest ranked prize on their list that has not already been claimed.
We continue down the list until all prizes are assigned.
Winners will be connected directly with the business that donated their prize to arrange pickup, mailing, or digital delivery.
Disclaimer Lehigh Valley with Love Media hosts the event, manages the sign ups and prize matching, and connects winners with participating businesses. We do not provide the prizes and are not responsible for fulfillment, shipping, or delivery. NO purchase necessary.
It is the question everyone asks this time of year. Is Bethlehem really like a Hallmark movie?
Come find out. The holidays are here and there is so much to see and do in the Christmas City. From tree lightings to shopping, dining, trails, and shows, Bethlehem shines bright all season long.
The Coalition for Appropriate Transportation (CAT) in Bethlehem is refurbishing 100 youth bicycles to give to children ages 5–12 from families in financial hardship across Lehigh and Northampton Counties. Each child will receive a renewed bike, a new helmet, and a CAT Bike Smart certificate, along with an invitation to youth bike education events in 2026.
The Allentown School District Foundation has joined forces with the District to launch an Emergency Fund and Non-Perishable Food-Raiser to assist students and families affected by the ongoing government shutdown and disruptions to federal nutrition assistance programs.
Lightly-Salted Productions will launch Route 22 Rampage for the Atari 2600 on November 15, 2025. Built with a mix of 6502 assembly and Batari Basic in a tight 16 KB footprint, the retro-modern racer challenges players to survive the chaos of Pennsylvania’s Route 22 while chasing the fastest time.
The Gap Theatre will host its first-ever live musical performance on Saturday, November 29, as The Fellowship of Love takes the stage for a matinee show blending music and visual art. Doors open at 12 p.m., and the performance begins promptly at 1 p.m.
IceHouse Punk & DIY will close out 2025 with a community-focused show on Thursday, November 6, combining live music and a food drive to support Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania.
The Unity Bank Classic Car Show is proof that the only thing more powerful than a vintage V8 is a good story.
The annual show was recently held at Unity Bank headquarters in Clinton, NJ. This year’s event raised a record-setting $9,000 for Family Promise of Hunterdon and Warren Counties. The weather was crisp and clear, the lot was packed with cars and spectators, and the stories were just as colorful as the paint jobs.
