Who: Artistic director Philip Glass, Basia Bulat, Dechen Shak Dagsay, FKA twigs, Foday Musa Suso, Gogol Bordello, Iggy Pop, Lavinia Meijer, Sharon Jones, the Patti Smith Band, Scorchio String Quartet, and more performers to be announced, with honorary chairs Chuck Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Arden Wohl
What: Twenty-sixth annual concert raising funds for the nonprofit Tibet House US, celebrating the Year of the Monkey and Tibetan New Year
Where: Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, 881 Seventh Ave. at 57th St., 212-247-7800
When: Monday, February 22, $35-$200 (special packages with meet-and-greets and dinner reception start at $500), 7:30
Why: Tibet House US was founded in 1987 at the request of the Dalai Lama, “dedicated to preserving Tibet’s unique culture at a time when it is confronted with extinction on its own soil”; the annual benefit concert is always one of the cultural highlights of the year in New York City.