Viejas Concerts in the Park will feature Jeff Foxworthy, Los Tigres Del Norte, Peter Cetera, more

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 12, 2018 8 AM PT

Viejas Concerts in the Park has announced the initial lineup for its 2018 season at Viejas Casino & Resort.

It includes such veteran acts as comedian Jeff Foxworthy, former Chicago singer Peter Cetera and multiple-Grammy Award-winning Norteño group Los Tigres Del Norte. The lineup also features the latest editions of Little River Band, Loverboy, Three Dog Night and Creedence Clearwater Revisited, which will open the series on June 15.

Tickets for each show go on sale March 23. All dates and ticket prices appears below. Attendees must be 21 or older to attend and will be required to show valid picture ID to gain admittance.

Viejas Concerts in the Park was launched in 2000, on a stage in the middle of Viejas Outlet Center, and continued through 2009. After being dormant for seven years, the series resumed last year at a new, larger location next to the Viejas hotel towers. The outdoor venue has a capacity of 1,721 per concert.

Tickets for the 2018 series go on sale March 23 at 10 a.m. at axs.com and the Viejas gift shop, and by phone at (888) 929-7849.

Viejas Concerts in the Park 2018 season

All shows are at 8 p.m.

Friday, June 15: Creedence Clearwater Revisited, $45-$55

Saturday, June 30: Peter Cetera, $55-$75

Friday, July 20: Little River Band, $35-$50

Saturday, July 28: Loverboy, $40-$50

Friday, Aug. 10: Eddie Money, $35-$50

Friday, Aug. 17: Jeff Foxworthy, $60-$85

Saturday, Aug. 18: Three Dog Night, $35-$45

Sunday, Sept. 2: Los Tigres Del Norte, $55-$105

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George Varga

San Diego Union-Tribune music critic George Varga began drumming in rock bands at 12 and writing professionally about music at 15. A Louisiana native who grew up mostly in Germany, Varga has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his writing at the U-T and is a voting member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to providing live coverage of the Grammy Awards and festivals from Coachella and KAABOO to the 1994 edition of Woodstock, he has interviewed everyone from Miles Davis, Britney Spears and (over a game of chess) Ray Charles to Willie Nelson, Kanye West and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis. A triple first prize-winner for criticism and arts writing at the 2022 San Diego Press Club awards and a double first prize-winner at the 2022 San Diego Society of Professional Journalists awards, Varga is also a contributing writer for Jazz Times magazine and has written for Billboard, Spin and other publications. After attending San Diego City College and San Diego State University, he created and taught the 2002 UC San Diego Extension course, “Jazz in a Post-Ken-Burns World.” Varga has written liner notes for more than a dozen albums, including by jazz sax greats James Moody and Michael Brecker, and contributed two chapters to the book, “Dylan: Disc By Disc.”