{"id":444770,"date":"2026-08-27T04:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/444770\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T04:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:42:13","slug":"ritchie-valens-tribute-performance-coming-to-uc-san-diego-on-sept-2-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/444770\/","title":{"rendered":"Ritchie Valens Tribute Performance Coming to UC San Diego on Sept. 2 \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the music and legacy of Ritchie Valens during a one-night performance at UC San Diego this September. Ritchie Forever: An Ode to an American Dreamer reimagines the influential artist&#8217;s story through live music, archival footage and storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Event details:<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 2 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein Family Amphitheater  &#8211;  9500 Gilman Dr MC 0029, La Jolla, CA 92093<\/p>\n<p>The performance explores themes of migration, bicultural identity, youth rebellion and cultural exchange through contemporary interpretations of Valens&#8217; music.<\/p>\n<p>Line-up:<\/p>\n<p>Led by Hector Flores and Denise Carlos of Las Cafeteras<\/p>\n<p>Angie Monroy (The McCharmlys)<\/p>\n<p>Irene Diaz<\/p>\n<p>Jose Varela (Cutty Farm)<\/p>\n<p>and more special guests<\/p>\n<p>Tickets range from $35 to $70, including fees. A limited number of free tickets are available to UC San Diego students via SSO.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and available tickets, click <a href=\"https:\/\/artpower.ucsd.edu\/event\/ritchie-forever\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrate the music and legacy of Ritchie Valens during a one-night performance at UC San Diego this September.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9974,179,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-444770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-chula-vista","tag-community","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}