Next Weekend

* Movies. The 4th Annual Los Angeles Independent Film Festival will kick off April 26 with a gala screening of Susanna Styron’s “Shadrach” at the Directors Guild of America. Twenty-four features, two documentaries and 31 short films will screen at four venues during the five-day festival. Opening-night gala, $45; individual screenings, $7.50; closing-night gala, $45. (888) ETM-TIXS.

* Theater. The 20th-anniversary touring production of “Annie” plays April 21-25, 8 p.m.; April 26, 7:30 p.m.; April 25-26, 2 p.m. at Long Beach Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd. $15.50-$46. (213) 365-3500. At the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa April 28-May 1, 8 p.m.; May 2, 2 and 8 p.m.; May 3, 1 and 6 p.m. $21-$52.50. (213) 365-3500, (714) 740-7878.

* Family. The 110th Anniversary L.A. Shrine Circus, Shrine Auditorium, 665 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, with guest star Bozo the Clown, April 23-26 (Spanish-language shows April 25, 2 p.m.; April 26, 3 p.m.). April 23-24, 2 and 8 p.m.; April 25, 10:30 a.m., 2:30 and 7 p.m.; April 26, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. $6-$10. (213) 748-0173.

* Sports. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Summer Baseball Clinic will open the South Gate Junior Athletic Assn. Spring Baseball Season April 25 at South Gate Park, 4900 Southern Ave. Festivities start at 9 a.m.; clinic, 10 a.m.; autograph signing, 11 a.m. Free. (213) 563-5445.