KC and the Sunshine Band to Play at Musikfest

It will be time to “Get Down Tonight” when KC and the Sunshine Band bring their infectious brand of dance music to Musikfest Aug. 8 at 7 p.m.

KC and the Sunshine Band is the last of the main stage acts to be announced for the 30th annual Musikfest, which will take place on the streets of Bethlehem from Aug. 2 to 11.

Tickets for the concert, which will take place at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage, are $32 and $42. They’ll go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday to ArtsQuest Members and 10 a.m. Friday to the public and be available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378.

Founded in 1973 by Harry Wayne Casey, KC and the Sunshine Band produced a string of No. 1 hits in the ’70s including “Get Down Tonight,” “That’s the Way (I Like It),” “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty,” “I’m Your Boogie Man” and “Keep It Comin’ Love.”

In 1978, KC earned two Grammy Awards—Album of the Year and Producer of the Year—for his work on the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever.

Over the past four decades, KC and the Sunshine Band have sold more than 100 million records and their music has appeared in more than 200 motion picture films. In 2001 KC was honored with a National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Governor’s Award and the following year the band received a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Here now is the full schedule of Sands Steel Stage acts for Musikfest 2013:

• Carly Rae Jepsen—Aug. 2

• OneRepublic with Mayer Hawthorne and Churchill—Aug. 3

• Styx & Foreigner—Aug. 7

• KC and the Sunshine Band—Aug. 8

• Darius Rucker—Aug. 9

• Ke$ha—Aug. 10

• Avenged Sevenfold—Aug. 11