BEST BETS Sunday 5/6

IRVINE

1pm

Pop Music

Consort with Counting Crows, dish with the Go-Go’s, cop some chords from Third Eye Blind, hang with Uncle Kracker and the Wallflowers. The Fan Nation tour is designed to add some intimacy and interaction to the festival experience, bringing its headliners into the cozy confines of autograph tents, acoustic lounges and Q-and-A sessions.

* Fan Nation at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. 1 p.m. $28.50 to $53.50. (949) 855-2863.

NEWPORT BEACH

4pm

Music

As a preview to its tour of Italy this summer to sing concerts in Rome, Florence and Venice, the William Hall Master Chorale will sing Verdi’s “Quattro Pezzi Sacri” (“Four Sacred Pieces”), which concludes with the last work the master wrote: “Stabat Mater.” Led by Hall, the chorale also will sing music by Palestrina, Byrd, Thompson and Lauridsen. On tap is Verdi’s “Manzoni” Requiem to be sung June 27 at St. Paul’s Ouside-the-Walls Basilica in Rome.

* William Hall Master Chorale, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 600 St. Andrews Drive, Newport Beach. 4 p.m. $20. (714) 997-6504.

IRVINE

7pm

Pop Music

Plus One is the hot new boy band that’s rated G (for general audiences) and also CC (for contemporary Christian). The five members, living in Nashville, possess the requisite good looks and supply the necessary shimmering vocal harmonies and lock-step dance moves to woo fans of ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys, but they skip any hint of sexual provocation that sometimes slips into the works of secular teen pop acts. They’re on tour with two other Christian teen acts, Stacie Orrico and Rachael Lampa.

* Plus One, Bren Events Center, UC Irvine. With Stacie Orrico, Rachael Lampa. 7 p.m. $21.50 to $25.50. (949) 824-5000.

ORANGE

4pm

Music

John Koshak closes his 30th year as music director and conductor of the Orange County Youth Symphony with a varied program, ranging from the music of Malcolm Arnold to that of Maurice Ravel. On tap are Arnold’s “First Set of English Dances,” the Fanfare to Dukas’ “La Peri,” Kalinnikov’s Symphony No. 1 and Ravel’s “Tzigane,” with violin soloist Mabel Chan. As a bonus, Justin Grossman will guest conduct the Southern California premiere of his “Essay for String Orchestra.”

* Orange County Youth Symphony, Memorial Hall, Chapman University, 1 University Drive, Orange. 4 p.m. $6. (Students and seniors, $4.) (714) 997-6914.