8:30pmPop MusicOzomatli is back with a new...

8:30pm

Pop Music

Ozomatli is back with a new album, the L.A.-based band’s second, and a new deejay, McKanetic Source, “who does a fine job of replacing Chali 2na, the group’s original rapper,” according to Ernesto Lechner’s review for The Times of the album, “Embrace the Chaos.”

Ozomatli, the Grove of Anaheim (formerly Sun Theatre), 2200 E. Katella Ave. 8:30 p.m. $22.50. (714) 712-2750.

7:30pm

Cabaret

Hal Linden is familiar to rerun watchers for playing the title role in “Barney Miller,” the 1975-82 television sitcom about a New York City police captain and his comrades. But Linden was a veteran singer-actor-dancer on Broadway by the time he took command of the 12th Precinct; he won a Tony award for best actor in a musical in the early ‘70s show “The Rothschilds.” His repertoire includes the clarinet as well--Linden got his show-biz start as a big-band musician. At 70, he has a lot to reminisce about if he chooses in his cabaret act.

Hal Linden, Founders Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Today-Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. $46 to $49. (714) 556-2787 or www.ocpac.org.

7:45pm

Theater

How do you say “Bah! Humbug!” and “God bless us, every one” in Spanish? The answer may be in the offing in “Abuelito’s Mexican Christmas Carol,” which Orange County actor-writer-director Pablo Eduardo Rivera based on Charles Dickens’ chestnut and on his experiences visiting family in Mexico. This is the fourth consecutive year for the show; Rivera is again directing it for his Santa Ana-based grass-roots Latino troupe, Teatro Indigena. The play is in English with Spanish mixed in.

“Abuelito’s Mexican Christmas Carol,” Teatro Indigena at the El Salvador Center, 1825 W. Civic Center Drive, Santa Ana. Preview tonight, 7:45. Regular performances: Friday, 7:45 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3 and 6:30 p.m. $8; free for children 12 and younger. (714) 569-6888.