7pm / Pop Music

When Courtney Love and her band Hole bailed out of the Marilyn Manson arena tour in March, they looked forward to a more harmonious environment on their own tour of smaller venues. You can see the results when the band wraps up the first leg in Santa Barbara.

* Hole, with Queens of the Stone Age, Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St., Santa Barbara, 7 p.m. $22 to $29. (805) 962-7411.

8pm / Music

The first program in the peripatetic Mainly Mozart Festival offers the Festival Orchestra conducted by Artistic Director David Atherton. The agenda: two “Brandenburg” Concertos by Bach, plus works of Vivaldi and Mozart. The festival, including a number of chamber music concerts as well as orchestral programs, continues in venues around San Diego and Baja California through June 20.

* The Festival Orchestra plays in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 2728 6th Ave., San Diego, at 8 p.m. $18 to $42. Also, Saturday at 8 p.m. (619) 239-0100.

8pm / Comedy

L.A. Connection returns with its popular movie-dubbing “Improvision” special, “The Woman in Green.” The audience watches the Sherlock Holmes classic film and the comedy troupe, sitting in the front row with microphones, improvises new dialogue.

* “The Woman in Green,” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre, 13442 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Fridays, 8 p.m. Ends June 25. $10. (818) 784-1868.

8pm / Theater

Jeff Murray directs “At This Evening’s Performance,” a comedy by Nagle Jackson about an old married couple, a local theater company, the winds of change and one dead actor. With Paul Eiding, Nicolette Chaffey and Noel Harrison.

* “At This Evening’s Performance,” Theatre/Theater, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends July 18. $15. (323) 871-9433.

all day / Movies

German-born director Wim Wenders is best known for his exquisitely shot, contemplative films--”Wings of Desire,” “Paris, Texas”--but his latest, “Buena Vista Social Club,” is a documentary about a group of septuagenarian Cuban musicians who in 1996 collaborated on a bestselling and Grammy-winning album. The director’s interest in the project was spurred by composer Ry Cooder, who scored several of Wenders’ films and who organized the 1996 project.

* “Buena Vista Social Club” opens Friday in selected theaters.

7:30pm / Movies

American cinema’s first “It” girl, silent film star Clara Bow--she of the shiny bob and heart-shaped lips--is the subject of a new documentary, “Clara Bow: Discovering the ‘It’ Girl,” which will premiere at the county museum’s Bing Theater. The one-hour film was directed by Hugh Munro Neely and Elaina Archer and is narrated by ‘90s “It” girl Courtney Love. A screening of Bow’s 1925 silent romp “The Plastic Age” will follow the documentary.

* “Clara Bow: Discovering the ‘It’ Girl” and “The Plastic Age,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. 7:30 p.m. $5 to $7. (323) 857-6010.

8:15 pm / Pop Music

The last time Van Morrison came through town, he was teamed with fellow legends Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell on a high-profile arena tour. Back in more intimate surroundings, the testy trouper will be choosing material from his vast body of work, including his latest album, “Back on Top.”

* Van Morrison, with Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band, Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, 8:15 p.m. $43 to $83. (818) 622-4440.

Freebies

Saxophonist Michael Session fronts a sextet with trombonist Phil Ranelin at LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. 5:30 p.m. (323) 857-6000.

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The 54th annual Fish Fry & Carnival features music, food and a carnival, Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, 5:30-11 p.m. Also Saturday and Sunday. (714) 593-7200.