'Lowriders,' War and Cheech & Chong at Sands Sunday

Icons of counterculture comedy, Cheech & Chong, come to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center at 7 p.m. Sunday.

The opening act is the 70’s classic funk band War, which scored hits with records like “Low Rider,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” and “The Cisco Kid.”

The Sands has built a daylong event around the musical/comedy concert as a “Lowrider” car show in the parking lot outside the event center will begin at 10 a.m. and continues until showtime. 

More than 60 of these customized cars with hydraulic suspension systems are expected to participate. The car show is free. Tickets for Cheech & Chong start at $39.50.

Also happening Sunday:

• The Pennsylvania Blues Festival continues into its last day from noon to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Blue Mountain Ski Area. Among the performers scheduled are Ruthie Foster, Ivan Neville and Bobby Rush.
• The Lehigh Valley Wine Trail will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Wine on the Mountain festival on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe. The festival will include arts & crafts, light food, live music and of course, wine sampling.