What would a festival be without top-notch entertainment?

Festival attendees will get the chance to experience the best and the brightest of music at this year’s Palmerton Community Festival.

Dustin Rehrig, entertainment co-chair, said this year’s entertainment offers “something for everyone.”

“We have a nice mixture of local and national entertainment lined up for the whole weekend,” Rehrig said. “Festival goers get to hear oldies, country, classic rock and dance music.”

Rehrig said the process by which the bands are picked is because of “the many decades spent in the music industry that helps to make these decisions.”

“What I try to do at our festival is bring in entertainment that’s new to our area,” Rehrig said. “We of course mix in a nice flavor of local acts, but when it comes to our headliners, it’s always nice for it to be fresh for the community, and something they can’t see anywhere else without a lot of driving.”

And, as Rehrig pointed out, it’s free.

“We are fortunate to have a large amount of local businesses that choose an advertising package that best suits their needs, vendors and the rides company,” he said. “All of these entities contribute toward the costs of operating our festival. We are a nonprofit organization, so our sponsors make all of this possible.”

Rehrig pinpointed what makes the entertainment such a huge part of the festival.

“Over the years, we have prided ourselves with providing the best entertainment our festival can support,” he said. “Having a professional stage, audio and lighting system adds to the visual experience that most places cannot provide. The entertainment has always been a benchmark with us, and we plan on making it bigger and better.”

This year’s entertainment lineup is as follows:

• Friday: South Penn Dixie (5:15-7:30 p.m.); Changes in Latitudes (8:30-10:30 p.m.) all on the main stage.

• Saturday: Palmerton Community Band (noon-1:30 p.m.) in the bandstand; The Rehrig Brothers (2-3:30 p.m.); Main Street Cruisers (5-7 p.m.); M80 Band (8:30-10:30 p.m.) all on the main stage.

• Sunday: Time Whys (1-3 p.m.); Nowhere Slow (4-6 p.m.); Triple Rail Turn (7-9 p.m.) all on the main stage.