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Pennsylvania’s most popular festivals, found
Festival season is well underway, with events like Coachella drawing in crowds looking for a jolly good time.
Pennsylvania is no stranger to festivals itself, although some are more popular than others, of course.
Betway USA — an online gambling platform which “partnered with the best software providers in the industry to offer a long list of slot titles” as well as a bunch of other games — sent a study via press release which looked at the search volume of festivals which take place within the Keystone State over a 12-month period.
Keyword.io was also used for the purposes of the study, a SEO tool which helps one find “highly relevant keyword suggestions” to dive deeper into audience data.
The festival which topped the list was the annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia followed by Applefest in Franklin in second and Bethlehem’s Musikfest in third.
For those unfamiliar, Visit Philadelphia explains how the jaunty, colorful Mummers Parade “struts down Broad Street” every New Year’s Day in keeping with a 124-year-tradition.
“For many Philadelphia-area families, Mummery is a tradition that spans generations,” explains Visit Philadelphia. “Mummery traces its roots to ancient Roman laborers who ushered in the festival of Saturnalia by marching in masks while exchanging gifts and satirizing the issues of the day.
“In the 1600s, Swedish settlers to Philadelphia’s outskirts honored Christmas by beseeching their neighbors for dessert and liquor by dressing up, chanting and shooting firearms.”
Other popular festivals included in the Betway USA study include the Kutztown Folk Festival in Kutztown (fourth); The Firebird Festival in Phoenixville (fifth); the Hamburg-er Festival in Hamburg (sixth); and, last but not least, the Odunde Festival, also in Philadelphia, in seventh.
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President Trump to visit Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, next week
President Trump is visiting the Lehigh Valley next week.
Mr. Trump will speak at Mack Trucks in Macungie, Pennsylvania, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Macungie is roughly 10 miles from Allentown.
Mack Trucks is a 1.7 million square-foot facility in Macungie that assembles heavy-duty trucks for North American and export markets, according to its website.
“Mack Trucks are a symbol of America’s manufacturing strength,” Rep. Dan Meuser said in a Facebook post about Mr. Trump’s upcoming visit to Pennsylvania. “Their Lehigh Valley operations are a pillar of the local economy, employing Pennsylvania workers and driving the nation’s trucking industry.”
In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Mr. Trump visited Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state, multiple times. He’s also visitied during his second term.
In December 2025, Mr. Trump said in a speech in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, that he was “crushing” inflation and called affordability concerns a “Democratic hoax.”
One week later, Vice President JD Vance aimed to calm the affordability concerns at a Uline facility in Alburtis, about 13 miles southwest of Allentown.
Tickets are available for Mr. Trump’s visit to Macungie next week on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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