Live-music venues worth the trip in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

An outdoor lawn amphitheater at the foot of the Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces that stages roughly 50 free concerts a season; the setting alone makes it worth the trip.

A 3,700-capacity flexible casino event center at Wind Creek Bethlehem that books A-list touring acts, comedians and fights in a clean, sightline-friendly room.

A 1,000-capacity year-round club on the upper floors of the ArtsQuest Center whose wall of windows frames the lit blast furnaces of the old Bethlehem Steel plant, a genuinely singular room to see a band in.