8pm Pop MusicThe blazing performance by Australia’s...

8pm Pop Music

The blazing performance by Australia’s the Vines that was a highlight of the recent KROQ Weenie Roast had nothing to do with the quartet’s afternoon performance slot. Singer-guitarist Craig Nicholls has a reputation for cranking up the heat wherever and whenever the band gets on stage. The acclaimed rockers return to the Southland for their first round of shows since their first album, “Highly Evolved,” made a very respectable debut at No. 11 on the nation’s pop album chart.

The Vines, Roxy, 9009 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 8 p.m. $15.50. Also Saturday. (310) 278-9457.

8pm Dance

A performance by Compania Juana Amaya will launch the second annual New World Flamenco Festival. A Gypsy born in Moron de la Frontera, one of the cradles of flamenco, Juana Amaya, 28, was discovered early and became a lead dancer in flamenco spectaculars when she was 14. She has toured extensively and has danced the title role in a 1996 production of “Carmen” and the lead dance role in the opera “El Cid” with Placido Domingo in 1999, both in Seville, Spain. She is known for her strength and theatricality, and her commitment to preserving the heritage of the great dancer, Carmen Amaya, to whom she is not related, despite the name.

Compania Juana Amaya, Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Friday, 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m. $28 to $38. New World Flamenco Festival continues through Aug. 18. (949) 854-4646.

8:30pm Pop Music

With apologies to Fred Flintstone, “ABBA doubles do!” Bjorn Again, the ABBA tribute band, swings through the Southland resurrecting the shimmering pop of the ‘70s Swedish hit machine. This Australian facsimile has given some 2,500 concerts during its 13-year career. That’s longer than the original group, which disbanded in the early ‘80s after both the quartet’s husband-wife couples--Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog, as well as Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad--met their marital Waterloos and divorced.

Bjorn Again, the Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave. 8:30 p.m. $27.50 to $32.50. (714) 712-2700. Also Saturday at 8 p.m. at Marie Kerr Park, 39700 30th St., Palmdale. Free. (661) 267-5611.

all day Movies

The newly installed screen at the Nuart comes alive Friday with “3-D in Your Face,” a weeklong festival of 11 campy, cultish treasures designed to make you duck and cover. Peer through your cool, 3-D glasses as serial killers (“Friday the 13th Part 3: 3-D”), great white sharks (“Jaws 3-D”), iconic monsters (“Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein”) and sexy airline attendants (“The Stewardesses”) greet you up close and personal. Veteran 3-D consultant Chris Condon will supervise all screenings to ensure their optimum effect.

“3-D in Your Face,” Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. Friday, “Friday the 13th Part 3: 3-D,” 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m., plus 12:15 a.m. late show; Saturday, “Jaws 3-D,” noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m., plus 12:15 a.m. late show; Sunday, double feature: “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,” 1:45, 5:35 and 9:25 p.m., and “Parasite,” 3:40 and 7:30 p.m. Festival continues through next Thursday. $6 to $9. (310) 478-6379.

all day Leisure

Born from the ashes of the 1965 riots, the Watts Summer Festival is the oldest African American cultural festival in the United States. It was conceived with the intent of developing community pride, cultural awareness and political consciousness. This year’s festival has something for everyone including carnival rides and games; a children’s village; art exhibits; concerts; a bike, car and van show; live entertainment; a parade; food; and a film festival.

Watts Summer Festival, 10950 S. Central Ave., Watts, Friday, noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free. (323) 789-7304.

8pm Comedy

Comedians Eddie Griffin, Mo’Nique, Jamie Kennedy, Jay Anthony Brown, Michael Colyar, Earthquake and Sheryl Underwood bring on the laughs at Magic’s Comedy Slam, part of the 17th annual Magic’s midsummer night’s weekend, which includes a concert on Saturday and a celebrity basketball game on Sunday. The weekend’s proceeds will benefit the Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program.

Magic’s Comedy Slam, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., 8 p.m. $25 to $125. VIP tickets, $500. (310) 246-4400, (818) 995-6545 or Ticketmaster.

8pm Jazz

In 1990, bassist Christian McBride made the fateful decision to leave Juilliard after only one year of study to tour with trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Smart move. Gigs with Freddie Hubbard, Benny Green and others followed, and McBride went on to become one of the most acclaimed acoustic and electric jazz bassists of the last decade. Today at 30, McBride has worked with a wide range of artists including not only Chick Corea, Diana Krall and Quincy Jones, but also Kathleen Battle, Bruce Hornsby and Sting. This time around, McBride gives two free performances with the Henry Mancini Institute.

Christian McBride andother guests with the Henry Mancini Institute Big Band, Friday, 8 p.m. Royce Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave., UCLA. Also Saturday, with the HMI Orchestra, 8 p.m. Free. (310) 845-1900.