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ZZ Top, John Fogerty to kick off star-studded concerts at Chastain Park Amphitheatre

Credit: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP/Getty Images
Texan band ZZ Top perform on the Pyramid stage on day three of the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England on June 24, 2016.

ATLANTA -- Major renovations at Chastain Amphitheatre will soon be giving way to a star-studded summer concert series, organizers confirmed Monday.

The Chastain Amphitheatre will once again play host to big names beginning with John Fogerty and ZZ Top as part of their Blues and Bayous Tour.

It's the first show of the 2018 Delta Live Nation Concert Series, but they're far from the only top performers that will be taking to the stage at one of Atlanta's most well-known concert venues.

The full list includes:

  • John Fogerty / ZZ Top: Blues and Bayous Tour - Wednesday, June 6 • 7 p.m.
  • Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters - Friday, June 8 • 8 p.m.
  • Harry Connick, Jr. - Saturday, June 9 • 8 p.m.
  • Brandi Carlile - Sunday, June 24 • 6:30 p.m.
  • 3 Doors Down / Collective Soul - Friday, July 6 • 7 p.m.
  • Barenaked Ladies - Saturday, July 7 • 7 p.m.
  • Retro Futura - Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Modern English, Nick Heyward, KajaGooGoo's LiMahl, BowWow Wow's Annabella - Wednesday, July 11 • 7 p.m.
  • Indigo Girls - Thursday, July 19 • 8 p.m.
  • Culture Club, The B-52s, and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey - Sunday, July 22 • 7 p.m.
  • Trombone Shorty's Voodoo Threauxdown Galactic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Breed Brass Band With special guests Cyril Neville, Walter Wolfman Washington - Sunday, Aug. 19 • 7 p.m.

The shows immediately follow the major renovation which added new restroom facilities, concession stands, an expanded VIP area a new courtyard and a higher stage. Those changes began in November and are scheduled for completion in June - the same month as the first concert.

Tickets go on sale March 23 at 10 a.m. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets can call 404-233-2227.

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