VALDOSTA — The King of Rock and Roll will be in Valdosta Aug. 24 at the Valdosta Performing Arts Center. This will be the 13th year that Alzheimer’s Caregiver Time Out (ACTO), a Greater Valdosta United Way Agency, has hosted an Elvis tribute show. 

Showtime is 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 

Austin Irby will return playing tribute to Elvis Presley. Irby just won 3rd place at the Las Vegas Elvis Festival.

The show will also include the multi-talented, award-winning ventriloquist, Cole Tucker.

There will be cakes and candies available for purchase in the lobby area. Tickets for raffle items will be on sale as well.

The Moody Color Guard will start the program by presenting the colors. This is to honor military members, past or present, suffering with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

The proceeds of this event enable ACTO to continue and improve its services.

“Our clients at ACTO pass away, go into permanent care facilities and more come,” the organization said in a press release. “With Alzheimer’s on the rise our program here is so very important. Every 66 seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Eighty percent of those are cared for by family and friends. Therefore it is important that we offer our services as much as possible.”

ACTO is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations to it are tax deductible.

Advance Tickets are $25 and $30 at the event. For tickets please call (229) 563-2435, 251-4361 or (229) 305-5066. In the Valdosta area you can pick up tickets at Jordan’s Salon and Day Spa, 111 W. Gordon St., or Southern Self Storage at either location, Inner Perimeter across from Daylight Donuts and 3819 N. Valdosta Road.

For tickets in the Lanier County area please pick up at Next Level Weight Loss and Wellness at 69 West Main Street.