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In October 2019, twenty years after the closing of Bethlehem Steel, Touchstone launched the inaugural ten-day Festival UnBound, using the arts as a vehicle to explore questions of community and identity: Who are we, now that the Steel is gone? What are the challenges ahead, and what are the values that hold us together as we shape our future?

Six years later, Festival UnBound has evolved into an annual five-day celebration full of arts-infused events, performances, and hands-on workshops for all who call the Lehigh Valley home. Featuring visual arts, live music, participatory dance, original theatre, workshops, and more, the Festival is a unique, hyper-local smorgasbord of arts taking place from October 2-6 at venues throughout Bethlehem, with Festival pop-up events occurring throughout the rest of the year and into 2025.

[Image Description, LEFT: Laurel Lawson, a white person with cropped hair, balances above Alice Sheppard with arms spread wide, wheels spinning. Alice, a multiracial Black woman with coffee-colored skin, opens her arms wide to receive her in an embrace. RIGHT: A performer dressed as a fabulous lounge-singing zebra sings into a microphone. Her right hand is spread in front of her in a welcoming gesture. Behind them is a blurred image of community-created art. In the middle are the words “TOUCHSTONE THEATRE – FESTIVAL UNBOUND – DANCE – MUSIC – THEATRE – ART.” Photo on L by Jay Newman/BRITT; Photo on R by Lauren Pash]