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Hal Holbrook will perform his Tony Award-winning one-man show “Mark Twain Tonight” Saturday in Thousand Oaks. Holbrook first performed as Twain in 1954. After five years of honing his performance in front of small-town audiences, “Mark Twain Tonight” opened off-Broadway in New York in 1959 and was an instant success. Over the ensuing 40 years, Holbrook has accumulated about 12 hours of “Twain” stage material, and each performance is different. These days Holbrook limits the performances to 20 a year.

* “Mark Twain Tonight” starring Hal Holbrook, Saturday, 8 p.m., Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. $20-$35. (805) 449-2787.

Irish Music

The band Luck Money will perform its brand of traditional Irish folk music Sunday afternoon in NoHo. The four-man group boasts of more than 100 years of collective musical experience in performing jigs, reels, hornpipes and other tunes. The instrumentation consists of fiddle, mandolin, guitar, tenor banjo, bodhran and whistles. The band’s name comes from the old custom of Irish merchants giving back a coin or two to paying customers in the hope of continuing prosperity and good luck.

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* Luck Money traditional Irish music, Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Raven Playhouse, 5233 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. $10. (323) 462-6844.

Jazz

Bassist Larry Muradian and drummer Jeff Donavan lead their ensemble, the Nairobi Trio Plus 2, in a special performance Sunday afternoon in Glendale. Muradian and Donavan have been performing together for more than 20 years and are known for their energy and hard-hitting style. Performing with them will be trumpeter Kye Palmer, saxophonist Robert Kyle and pianist Curtis Brengle.

* The Nairobi Trio Plus 2, Sunday, 5 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 1300 E. Colorado St., Glendale. Free. (323) 245-4000.

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