BEST BETS Saturday 9/23

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

8pm

Pop Music

Speaking of this year’s Hootenanny, while many of the acts had the pomaded crowd cheering, only one had them in awe: Scotty Moore, the seminal guitarist who helped create the sound of rock ‘n’ roll in the astounding Sun Records sessions he did in the 1950s with Elvis Presley and bassist Bill Black. Moore returns, sitting in again with latter-day rockabilly bassist Lee Rocker, for this show in San Juan Capistrano.

* Lee Rocker & Scotty Moore, Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano. With Redneck Role Models. 8 p.m. $17.50 to $19.50. (949) 496-8930.

ANAHEIM

8pm

Pop Music

One of the big dramatic moments expected at the upcoming Country Music Assn. Awards show is whether the George Strait-Alan Jackson duet “Murder on Music Row,” a song that bemoans the vanishing sense of respect for country music tradition, will win either as vocal event or song of the year. Alan Jackson fans also will be waiting to hear whether he includes it at his concert Saturday at the Pond.

* Alan Jackson, Arrowhead Pond, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim. With Clay Walker. 8 p.m. $29.50 to $35. (714) 704-2500.

IRVINE

7:30pm

Pop Music

Creed’s crunch-rock is as fundamental as it gets, and the Florida foursome has tapped a large and loyal audience with its grass-roots stance and no-nonsense attitude. Its current album, “Human Clay,” is seemingly permanently lodged in the Top 10, with sales of more than 5 million copies.

* Creed, with Collective Soul and Full Devil Jacket, Saturday at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. 7:30 p.m. $21.50 and $33. (714) 740-2000.

SANTA ANA

7-10pm

Art

The opening reception of “East of the River: Post Grafitt” features artwork by Frank Miller and the Los Angeles Assemblage Group. The show is a series of new sculptures by Miller, who collected 650 discarded materials such as spray cans, paint rollers and syringes scattered along the east side of the Los Angeles River. Miller also will collaborate with 17 other artists on a single, mosaic installation.

* “East of the River: Post Grafitt,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana. 7-10 p.m. Regular schedule: Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Oct. 14. Free. (714) 667-1517.

IRVINE

11am

Art

“Along El Camino Real” is a new Irvine Museum exhibition that features many of California’s 21 missions in art. Most of the works are by noted Impressionist painters who worked in the state, including Alexander Harmer. The earliest views of the missions include a set of etchings by Henry Chapman Ford. The painters were active from the 1890s to the mid-1930s.

* “Along El Camino Real,” Irvine Museum, 12th floor, Tower 17 Building, 18881 Von Karman Ave., Irvine. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 20. Free. (949) 476-2565.