Musikfest is an American music festival Social_event that has been held Hold annually in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania since 1984 , and it claims Statement to be the nation 's largest non-gated free music festival .

Each year , thousands of visitors and residents of Pennsylvania make Manufacturing the trip to Bethlehem to participate Participation in a celebration that weaves Creating through a Moravian community that dates Presence back to 1741 .

Proceeds from the event benefit ArtsQuest ventures such as the Banana Factory community arts center in South Bethlehem , as well as other nonprofit groups throughout the region .

In 1947 , these on-going tensions erupted Process_start into civil war following the 29 November 1947 adoption of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine , which planned to divide Creating Palestine into an Arab state , a Jewish state , and the Special International Regime encompassing the cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem .