Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Pop Music. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival features performances by Beck, Chemical Brothers, Morrissey, Perry Farrell, John Spencer Blues Explosion and Spiritualized on Oct. 9 and Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Ben Harper, Pavement, Cibo Matto and Money Mark on Oct. 10. Empire Polo Field, 81-800 Avenue 51, Indio. $50 per day. (213) 365-6300, (714) 703-2525.

* Theater. The new, critically acclaimed London production of “Amadeus” opens Oct. 10 at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., playing Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m., with additional performances Oct. 17, 24, Nov. 7, 21, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 22, 8 p.m.; Oct. 28, Nov. 11, Nov. 26, 2 p.m. Dark Thanksgiving. Ends Nov. 28. $25 to $55. (213) 628-2772.

* Dance. San Francisco Ballet fields five casts in its new staging of “Giselle” from Oct. 6-9 at 8 p.m., and on Oct. 9 and 10 at 2 p.m., in the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $10 to $68. (714) 556-ARTS.

* Theater. Rob Becker’s long-running solo Broadway play, “Defending the Caveman,” opens Oct. 12 at the Pantages Theatre, 7233 Hollywood Blvd., playing Tuesdays-Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 5 and 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 3 and 7 p.m. through Oct. 24. $27.50 to $44.50. (213) 365-3500.