BEST BETS Saturday 1/27

ANAHEIM

6:30pm

Pop Music

Couldn’t score a ticket to Social Distortion’s sold-out stint at the new House of Blues in Anaheim? Another veteran band that helped O.C. punk scene get rolling more than two decades ago is playing not far away. TSOL, with original singer Jack Grisham, guitarist Ron Emory and bassist Mike Roche in the current lineup, will make it an old-school punk night in Anaheim with their appearance at Chain Reaction, a benefit for the Surfrider Foundation. It’s not, however, a nostalgia night: The group has been in the studio working on a new album with veteran producer Thom Wilson, who handled its landmark “Dance With Me” album in the early ‘80s.

* TSOL, Chain Reaction, 1652 W. Lincoln Ave., Anaheim. With Channel 3, Boobie Trap and Spider. 6:30 p.m. $12. (714) 635-6067.

MISSION VIEJO

8pm

Dance

In its first North American Tour, the China Dance Theater of Guangzhou will dance “Celestial Phoenix,” a four-act ballet inspired by an ancient Chinese fairy tale. The work combines classical Western ballet and traditional Chinese dance and acrobatics. The work celebrates Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon) in February.

* China Dance Theater of Guangzhou, McKinney Theatre, Saddleback College, 28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo. 8 p.m. Also Sunday, 3 p.m. $15 for children; $25 general admission. (949) 582-4656.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

8pm

Pop Music

Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, the 23-year-old twin sons of ‘50s teen idol Rick Nelson, scored hits in the early ‘90s as long-haired hard-rocking group Nelson. That put them, their father and equally famous grandparents, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, in the Guinness Book of World Records. They became the first family to have three generations with hits on the pop music charts. Now the boys are paying tribute to their dad, who died in a 1985 plane crash, with the Nelsons Garden Party tour, on which they’ll play their versions of many of Rick’s best-loved songs.

* The Nelsons Garden Party, Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. 8 p.m. $29.50 to $31.50. (949) 496-8930.