Petty, Mellencamp tributes play LaPorte Civic Auditorium

LAPORTE — The Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers tribute act The Wildflowers performs at 6:30 p.m. CDT Oct. 2 at the LaPorte Civic Auditorium, 1001 Ridge St.

The John Mellencamp tribute act Small Town opens.

The Wildflowers formed in 2012 in Alabama and regularly tours the country performing such Petty songs as “American Girl,” “Don’t Come Around Here No More” and “Wildflowers.”

Small Town hails from Indiana and performs more than four decades of the Mellencamp catalog, featuring violin, mandolin, accordion, melodica, keyboards, guitars and drums.

The Social Que food truck will be onsite before the concert, serving a variety of barbecue, and food and beverages, including a full bar, and will be available for purchase inside the auditorium, too.

General admission tickets are $25-$20.

VIP Tables for eight cost $500 and reserved tables for eight cost $300.

For more information, call 219-362-2325 or visit laportecivicauditoriumevents.eventbrite.com.