BEST BETS Saturday 5/27

COSTA MESA

9am-5pm

Festival

Those of Scottish descent can celebrate their heritage at the 68th Annual Scottish Festival at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. If you know little or nothing about your Scottish roots, the more than 60 clans at the two-day event can help. The festival will feature more than 250 bagpipe musicians and 100 Highland dancers. As if bagpipes weren’t enough, you can also listen to world fiddling champion Alasdair Fraser. You can shop for British goods, savor ethnic Scottish foods or sip some British beer. You’ll also have a chance to win a free trip to Scotland.

* 68th annual Scottish Festival, Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Also Sunday. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. One-day admission: adults $14, seniors (65 and over) and students $12, children 12 and younger $2. Two-day admission: adults $20, seniors and students $17, children $4. (714) 708-3247 or (310) 370-9887.

COSTA MESA

8pm

Dance

This “Celebration of Middle Eastern Dance” is a tribute to master teacher and award-winning choreographer Ibrahim Farrah, who died in 1998 at the age of 58. Born in Pennsylvania of Lebanese immigrants, Farrah helped lift Middle Eastern dance to a higher level. Dancing will be Phaedra, who studied with Farrah, and a number of other guest artists. The Ibrahim Farrah Near East Dance Group from New York City will perform during the program’s second half.

* Middle Eastern Dance, Robert B. Moore Theatre, Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. $24 in advance, $32 at the door. (714) 432-5880.

HUNTINGTON BEACH

1pm

Dance

Soniquete Flamenco is a young, eight-member flamenco dance troupe that includes Asian American, Japanese, Latino and Spanish performers. Guitarist Jose Tanaka is the artistic director. All the dancers have studied in Spain and bring a range of technical training--from ballet to jazz and modern dance--to this great Spanish art form. After the performance, there will be a question-and-answer session.

* Soniquete Flamenco, Huntington Beach Playhouse Theater, 7111 Talbert Ave. 1 p.m. $7.50-$15. (714) 374-1655.

IRVINE

7pm

Film

Seeing a cave painting from centuries ago is like touching a fading remnant from another world. The 1998 documentary “Bajo California, el limite del tiempo (Under California, the Limit of Time)” was inspired by just this sense of wonder, as director Carlos Bolado sought out the stories behind several ancient artworks on the Baja California peninsula. This film, which won seven Mexican Arieles, is preceded by two car-themed short subjects: Jose Angel Garcia Moreno’s “Cocktail Molotov” and Alejo Flah’s “Taxi.”

* “Bajo California, el limite del tiempo (Under California, the Limit of Time),” “Cocktail Molotov,” “Taxi,” UC Irvine Film and Video Center, Humanities Instructional Building 100. 7 p.m. $5. (949) 824-7418.

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA

7pm

Storytellers Festival

It has been said there’s no story that hasn’t been told before, but those who want to be sure can find out at the South Coast Storytellers Guild’s “Storytelling Around the Campfire.” During this two-night festival, guild members and other local spielers will tell tales and sing songs the old-fashioned way: around the fire, with free marshmallows and coat hangers.

* South Coast Storytellers Guild’s “Storytelling Around the Campfire,” O’Neill Regional Park, 30892 Trabuco Canyon Road, Rancho Santa Margarita. Saturday and Sunday, 7-9:30 p.m. Free, $4 for parking. (949) 858-9365.