Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Music. The gala opening weeks at the Hollywood Bowl continue. The Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular will be heard and seen three times, July 2-4, all at 7:30 p.m. in the 18,000-seat showplace. Peter, Paul and Mary appear at those performances, along with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The classical season begins July 6, when Adam Fischer conducts the L.A. Philharmonic and Sarah Chang is violin soloist. (323) 850-2000.

* World Music. Singer, songwriter and tropicalismo pioneer Caetano Veloso explores the range of Brazilian moods and rhythms with his band Saturday and Sunday, July 3-4, 8 p.m. at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. (323) 461-3673.

* Movies. “Summer of Sam,” Spike Lee’s film on the notorious Son of Sam serial killer who stalked New York, opens July 2.

* Theater. George Bernard Shaw’s drama “Saint Joan” opens July 4 at Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, playing Sundays at 7:30 p.m. through Sept. 19 as well as Saturdays at 8 p.m. from July 11-25. $12-$17; (310) 455-3723.