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Event

* The Wilderness Adventure nature fair takes place at Aliso/Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today. Free. $2 for parking. (949) 831-3287.

Music

* Violinist Thi Nguyen and pianist Chizuko Asada play music by Beethoven and others at the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria St., Costa Mesa. 5 p.m. today. $8. (714) 639-9301.

* The Westminster Chorale sings at the Westminster Community Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd. 7:30 tonight. $8-$10. Children under 12 free. (714) 898-8695.

* The Cypress Masterworks Chorale sings at the Cypress College Campus Theater, 9200 Valley View St. 7:30 tonight. $10-$12. Also Sunday at 3 p.m. (714) 995-4832.

* John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 8 and 9 (with the Monteverdi Choir), at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Presented by the Philharmonic Society. 8 tonight. $20-$60. (949) 553-2422.

Pop/Rock

* Tex Twil, the Rattlesnakes and Teen Heroes play at a fashion show and concert benefiting the Orange County Regional Cancer Center at the Lab, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 5 p.m. today. Free. (714) 966-6660.

* Smalltown Poets, Chris Rice, Raze, the Normals, Nikki Leonti, One Eighty and Buck play at Spring Jubilation at Knott’s Berry Farm, 8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park. 9 a.m.-midnight. $24-$29. (714) 220-5211.

* George Thorogood & the Destroyers play at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. 8 tonight. $32.50-$34.50. (949) 496-8930.

* Jonathan Richman & Tommy Larkins and the Busstop Hurricanes play at Linda’s Doll Hut, 107 S. Adams St., Anaheim. 9 tonight. $10. (714) 533-1286.

Jazz/Blues

* Wilson Pickett, Joe Louis Walker & the Bosstalkers, Keb’ Mo’, Little Feat, Angela Strehli, Raging Sun, Bubba & the Big Bad Blues, the Tommy Castro Band, Mama’s Boys, Barrelhouse and Black Kat Mojo play at the Doheny Blues Festival at Doheny State Beach, 25300 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point. 10:30 a.m. today. $10-$50. $38 for a two-day pass. Continues Sunday with Etta James, Bo Diddley, Marcia Ball and others. (949) 262-2662.

* Charles McPherson plays at Steamers Cafe, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton. 8 tonight. Two-item minimum and cover. (714) 871-8800.

* Canned Heat and B.B. Chung King & the Buddaheads play at the La Vida Roadhouse, 6105 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea. 8:30 tonight. $12.50. (714) 996-0720.

Country/Folk

* Khalle Ngewel Chi Keur Ghi performs traditional music, dance, and storytelling of Senegal at the San Juan Capistrano Regional Library, 31495 El Camino Real. 7 and 9 tonight. $3-$6. (949) 248-7469. Story, F2.

* Watermelon Pie plays at Living Tradition’s Old Time Contra Dance at the Downtown Community Center, 250 E. Center St., Anaheim. 7:30 tonight. $6. (949) 559-1419.

Dance

* The Neva Russian Dance Ensemble performs at the Robert B. Moore Theatre, Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. 8 tonight. $19-$25. (714) 432-5880.

Art

* “Peter Alexander: In This Light” opens at the Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today. $4-$5. Children under 16 free. Through Sept. 12. (949) 759-1122.

Comedy

* D.L. Hughley, Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac and others perform at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, 2695 E. Katella Ave. 8 tonight. $35-$45. (714) 704-2500.

--Compiled by Ken Williams