O.C. Alternatives to Lollapalooza’s Alternatives : On the same weekend that the show stops in Irvine are Pigfest and two free concerts--Notapalooza and Hokapauloogie III.

The summer’s hottest rock concert ticket is the Lollapalooza ’92 tour, in town for three sold-out shows this weekend at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

Figuring that you don’t have to be a heavy hitter in the world of alternative rock to put on a festive rock event, some local rockers are coming up with Lollapalooza weekend alternatives of their own.

Notapalooza, showcasing grass-roots Fullerton bands, will take place in the grassy surroundings of Hillcrest Park in Fullerton on Sunday.

The free concert runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the park at Harbor and Brea boulevards.

The bands, in order of appearance, are: What’s Shakin’, Mad Dog, Derailed, Fat Shadow, Moonwash Symphony, Moe’s Art, Room to Roam, Plato’s Stepchildren and Trip the Spring.

“It’s a celebration of the diversity of music in Fullerton,” said Steven Lamprinos, the Plato’s Stepchildren singer who, as organizer of Notapalooza, can now lay claim to being the Not-Perry Farrell of North County. “There’s a really strong scene gathering here, and we wanted a celebration of that.”

Not to be outdone on the creative concert-naming front, Jeff Beals, the former singer-guitarist of Eggplant, has organized something called the Hokapauloogie Festival III, scheduled for Saturday at Caffe Nove in Anaheim.

“It’s sort of a made-up word. We wanted it to sound Hawaiian,” said Beals. The “III” was added as a bit of one-upmanship on Lollapalooza, a second-year event--even though this is actually Hokapauloogie’s first run.

“The Lollapalooza thing seemed like a really neat idea, and it would be nice to have our own (festival) for our friends that’s kind of low-key and silly,” Beals said.

The bill includes Joth Little of the Clints, playing a solo show; Memories of Days Gone By, a Vaudeville parody band featuring former Don’t Mean Maybe member Jeff Fairbanks; Bumpyhead, a new band fronted by Beals; Mark Soden of the Trouble Dolls, who Beals says will make not music, but “the politically correct omelet” in a solo piece of culinary performance art, and Lovingkindness, a parody band given to lampooning assorted rock and pop hits.

The free concert starts at 7 p.m. at Caffe Nove, 3474 E. Orangethorpe Ave. (at the corner of Chapman Avenue) in Anaheim. Information: (714) 996-2120.

Claiming seniority over Lollapalooza, Notapalooza and Hokapauloogie III combined is the sixth annual Somewhere Over the Rainbow Pigfest, which takes place Saturday, at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

The Pigfest, which features rock bands on stage and whole pigs in the barbecue pit, began seven years ago as an annual back-yard summer get-together for a circle of rock- and pork-loving friends, according to George Sandkamp, one of the event’s organizers. Now the Pigfest (which missed a season last year due to siting problems) is going public.

“It became so much fun, we felt like we wanted to share it with other people,” Sandkamp said.

A bill heavy on ‘60s-style psychedelic rock by local bands is headlined by one well-known name: former Elton John guitarist Caleb Quaye, who will cap the day with a blues show. Also appearing, in order of performance, are folk singer John Joseph, Broken Arrow, Rod Harris & the Psychedelic Cowboys, J.K. Sutherland, Eastgate, Denny Correll (former singer of the Blues Image, of “Ride Captain Ride” fame), NC-17 (local alternative rockers formerly known as Exude) and Rob-L-Train.

The Pigfest, which runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., will take place on the Arlington Avenue side of the fairgrounds, adjacent to the Pacific Amphitheatre. Tickets, available in limited supply at the gate, are $20 for families and $10 for individuals. The price includes pig meat. Information: (714) 542-1742 or (714) 850-0327.

Traditional folk music has never been far from the local music scene’s endangered species list, and things looked gloomy a few months ago when the Anaheim Cultural Arts Center closed, leaving “The Living Tradition” series of monthly folk concerts homeless.

Organizer Carolyn Russell credits the Anaheim Parks and Recreation Department with helping the folkies find a new concert space at the Ball Junior High School Gymnasium, 1500 Ball Road. The first show in the resumed series will feature cowboy music by the duo of Tom Sauber and Walden Dahl, who will play Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8. Information: (714) 638-1466 or (310) 835-4554.

Russell said the search for a new venue was complicated by the fact that the Occasional String Band, the musical ensemble that sponsors “The Living Tradition” concerts, also needed a site suitable for its own monthly old-time folk dances. Serious folk dancers, like athletes, can develop ankle and knee problems if they dance on a hard surface, Russell said, so it was necessary to find a building with a suspended wood floor (as well as an affordable rental fee). The first dance at Ball Junior High will be Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m., with admission $5. The dances take place the third Saturday of each month.

Russell said the school gym lacks a stage and chairs--amenities available at the concert series’ old location. For the Sauber & Dahl show, she said, the musicians will set up on the gym floor, and concert-goers will sit in the bleachers. Some sort of staging may be available at future shows, she said. But Russell isn’t complaining. “For now, it’s just kind of a miracle that we’ve got a spot,” she said. “We’re desperately pleased to have something that’s workable.”

The gym will be available for folk performances at least until January. Then, Russell said, school officials will “review” how the rentals are working out. One of their requirements is that the gym floor not be scuffed--hence the no-chairs setup, and a rule requiring folk dancers to wear dancing shoes or else hoof it in their stocking feet.