BEST BETS: Saturday 8/3

7pm Pop Music

El Tri has been pounding out raw, raucous rock en espanol with such attitude and longevity that it’s referred to as the Rolling Stones of Mexico. In fact, Keith Richards has been spotted on stage wearing his own El Tri T-shirt. Veteran lead singer Alex Lora and his bandmates have more than two dozen albums to draw from, including the new “No Te Olvides De La Banda” (Don’t Forget the Fans) when they arrive Saturday in Irvine on a bill that includes comparative upstarts, L.A.’s world-salsa-hip-hop collective Ozomatli.

El Tri, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. With Ozomatli, others. 7 p.m. $30 to $45. (949) 855-8096.

3pm Family

“Griot: A Tisket, A Tasket, A Child’s Rhythm Basket,” a collection of children’s tales from around the world, will be presented by the All About Kids Performing Arts Conservatory, with young actors ages 4 to 22.

“Griot: A Tisket, A Tasket, A Child’s Rhythm Basket,” Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St., L.A., 3 p.m. Also Sunday, 6 p.m. and Aug. 10, 3 p.m. $12 to $15. (213) 473-0660.

all day Festival

The music of Ireland, Scotland and Wales--with sounds ranging from the Welch Choir of Southern California to the Orange County-based Irish rock band American Wake--will be featured this weekend at the Long Beach Celtic Music Festival by the Sea. More than a dozen acts are slated to perform. The festival also features children’s activities, a Celtic marketplace, food and, last but not least, sheepherding exhibitions.

Long Beach Celtic Music Festival by the Sea, Queen Mary, 1126 Queen’s Highway, Long Beach, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. $20 to $35; 12 and younger, free. (310) 712-7085.

8pm Dance

In its third annual edition, Cal State L.A.’s two-night BalletFest scores a real coup with the appearance of Alonzo King’s exciting and innovative LINES Contemporary Ballet in a full, four-part Saturday program. Based in the Bay Area, King’s virtuoso chamber ensemble heads south for this exclusive local performance, dancing “The Heart’s Natural Inclination,” “Tarab,” “Koto” and an excerpt from “Klang.” BalletFest gets underway on Friday with a rare visit by Oakland Ballet in Reginald Ray-Savage’s “Faux Pas” and Val Caniparoli’s “Djangology,” plus Orange County’s familiar Ballet Pacifica in the late Choo-San Goh’s “Double Contrasts” and Ann Marie DeAngelo’s “Blackberry Winter.”

“BalletFest 2002,” Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Drive, L.A. Friday (Oakland Ballet and Ballet Pacifica) and Saturday (Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet), 8 p.m. $25 to $35. (323) 343-6600.

5pm Pop Music

With Wango Tango, Weenie Roast and Reventon Super Estrella out of the way, you might have thought the season of the radio-sponsored all-star summer concert had passed. Well don’t look now, but here comes Veranazo 2002 el Concierto. The Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. bills the show at Dodger Stadium--featuring Juan Gabriel, Joan Sebastian, Los Temerarios, Thalia and more--as the biggest Latin concert event in L.A. history.

Veranazo 2002 el Concierto, Dodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Ave., L.A., 5 p.m. $30 to $125. (323) 244-1459.

Midnight Movies

The 1973 film “Enter the Dragon” was Bruce Lee’s debut as an English-language action movie star. He made only one more film before dying that year, at 32. Robert Clouse directs this, the classiest and shiniest of all of Lee’s vehicles, which features some of the best martial arts fight scenes ever filmed. And it is these sequences, along with Lee’s intense, glaring presence, that have made “Dragon” a cult favorite. John Saxon and Jim Kelly co-star, with Kien Shih and Ahna Capri.

“Enter the Dragon,” rated R for martial arts violence and brief nudity. Landmark’s Rialto Theatre, 1023 Fair Oaks Ave., South Pasadena, midnight. (626) 799-9567.