7 pm: Pop Music
For fans of the extended instrumental jams that have earned Phish its loyal following, there’s no more mind-bending a way to wrap up the summer’s final weekend than with a dose of Phish under the Orange County stars.
* Phish, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. 7 p.m. $23. (949) 855-2863.
noon: Festival
Everybody samba! It’s Brazil’s independence day, and that means it’s time for a Brazilian Street Carnaval. Samba groups will perform all day at the Promenade Amphitheater in Long Beach--except for the break they’ll take for a Rio-style parade. Performers include Super Sonic Samba School, Swing Brazil, Forro^ for All and Lula Almeida.
* Brazilian Street Carnaval, Promenade Amphitheater, 100 Promenade (at 1st Street), downtown Long Beach, noon-8 p.m. Parade at 2 p.m. Free admission. (562) 438-3669.
all day: Festival
Renaissance performers, traditional music and folk dancing will help highlight the Scandinavian Autumn Festival at Vasa Park in Agoura. The celebration will also feature skilled artisans exhibiting and selling traditional Scandinavian arts and crafts, plus weaving, spinning and needlework demonstrations.
* Scandinavian Autumn Festival, Vasa Park, 2854 Triunfo Canyon Road, Agoura, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Breakfast will be offered beginning at 8 a.m.) $3 donation; kids under 12, free. (818) 360-6414.
7:15 am: Triathlon
Celebrities--they seem so cool. But Sunday at Zuma Beach, you can see them sweat at the Nautica Malibu Triathlon. The race includes a half-mile swim, 18-mile bike ride and four-mile run for individual competition in age/sex categories, or in three-person relays. Keep an eye out for the celebrity relay teams. Last year, Team Nautica, led by “Baywatch” actor Jose Solano, edged out Team Goo-Goo Dolls by only 38 seconds.
* Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Zuma Beach, 3/4 mile north of Kanan Road on Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. Registration begins at 5:45 a.m.; race begins at 7:15 a.m. Awards ceremony, 10:20 a.m. $65 registration. Viewing, free. (818) 707-8867.
all day: Movies
If any film should be seen on the big screen it’s David Lean’s 1962 Oscar-laden epic “Lawrence of Arabia,” and for three days the New Beverly is giving you that chance. Peter O’Toole stars as the enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence, with Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Arthur Kennedy lending impeccable support. The beautiful photography is by Freddie Young and Nicolas Roeg. The film is literate, serious and full of sweep and action.
* “Lawrence of Arabia,” New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd. Sunday: 3:30 and 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday: 8 p.m. $3 to $5. (323) 938-4038.
2 pm: Theater
Harold Gould headlines in the West Coast premiere of “Visiting Mr. Green,” Jeff Baron’s play about an irascible old widower whose life collides with the 29-year-old corporate executive who is assigned to assist him as part of a court-ordered community service.
* “Visiting Mr. Green,” Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave. Sunday, 2 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Ends Oct. 24. $13.50 to $42.50. (800) 233-3123.
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FREEBIES: This month’s walk along the L.A. River tours Sherman Oaks Village Gardens. Meet on the northwest corner of Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Valley Heart Drive, 4:30 p.m. (213) 381-3570.
Open house of a Victorian home, George Anderson House, 215 E. Lime Ave., Monrovia. 1-4 p.m. (626) 358-0803.