8pm: Music

The 20th anniversary of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles begins with “Let’s Hear It for the Boys!” at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. This gala performance, to benefit the chorus’ Eastern European tour in 1999, will honor Angela Lansbury as the first recipient of the Martin J. Holmes Humanitarian Award, for her work supporting the AIDS community of Los Angeles.

* “Let’s Hear It for the Boys!,” Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. $75-$500. (323) 650-0751.

9pm: Country Music

The phrase “George Jones on the jukebox” is about all you need to set the scene of a classic honky-tonk. One of the great, original vocal stylists in country music history, old-school survivor George Jones makes a rare Southland appearance at the House of Blues--the same club where his former wife and singing partner, the late Tammy Wynette, made her final L.A. appearance.

* George Jones, House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. $42.50. (323) 848-5100.

11am: Photography

More than 100 photographs from 1927-97 look at beach fashion, style and life in “Fashion at the Beach,” opening at the Orange County Museum of Art. From 1920s photographs of the French Riviera by Jacques-Henri Lartigue to recent images of Miami’s South Beach by Bruce Weber, “Fashion at the Beach” demonstrates the impact of the ocean and beach culture as both a setting and inspiration for fashion photography.

* “Fashion at the Beach,” Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. Ends Jan. 3. Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults, $5; seniors and students, $4; visitors under 16, free. (949) 759-1122.

1:30pm / Theater

Familiar names from stage and screen, including David Warner, Rene Auberjonois, Samantha Eggar, Dan O’Herlihy, John Saxon, Roger Perry, Cornelia O’Herlihy and Marty Maguire, will perform “Edwin Booth,” Milton Geiger’s Broadway play about the legendary Shakespearean actor and brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Staged by California Artists Radio Theatre.

* “Edwin Booth,” Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Cinegrill, 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Saturday-Sunday, 1:30 p.m. $20. (213) 683-3422.

11am: Family

Round up the family and giddyap to the 52nd annual Farmers Fair and Expo at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds. This year’s event is a salute to horses. Anyone riding a horse to the fair gets free admission and parking, and anyone driving a vehicle with a horse name (such as Bronco, Pinto or Mustang) can park free on opening day. Rock ‘n’ roller Pat Benatar and country band Sawyer Brown are among the performers scheduled to entertain during the nine-day event of monster trucks, stock-car races, rodeos and demolition derbies.

* 52nd annual Farmers Fair and Expo, Lake Perris Fairgrounds, 18700 Lake Perris Drive. Saturday-Oct 18. Hours: Saturdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-midnight; Monday and Friday, noon-midnight; Tuesday through Thursday, 4 p.m.-midnight. Adults, $6; seniors, $5 weekdays and $6 weekends; children ages 6-11, $3; children 5 and under, free. (909) 657-4221.

10am: Festival

Antiquarian booksellers from North America and Great Britain will offer for sale rare books, illuminated manuscripts, historical documents, antique maps and prints and first editions at the Los Angeles International Antiquarian Book Fair Saturday and Sunday in Santa Monica.

* Los Angeles International Antiquarian Book Fair, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St. $5; parking $5.50. (310) 393-9961.

FREEBIE: Echo Park Artists’ Festival, Lemoyne Street and Sunset Boulevard, 1 p.m. (213) 250-4155.