One of the longest-running live cultural events in New York City, the Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert will make its return to The Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall on March 1, 2020.3 at 7:30PM after the past two concerts were held virtually due to the pandemic.
The benefit concert, now in its 36th year, brings together music, camaraderie, and one-night-only collaborations. Joining composer and artistic director Philip Glass, who once again curated this year’s line-up, will be: Allison Russell, New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Laurie Anderson, Gogol Bordello, Marc Anthony Thompson of Chocolate Genius, Inc., Zsela, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Tenzin Choegyal, Scorchio Quartet, The Patti Smith Band and many more artists to be announced in the new year.
Uma Thurman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Arden Wohl will serve as the evening’s honorary chairs. Tickets are currently on sale for the event, as well as tickets that include a dinner and reception.
All proceeds support the work of Tibet House US, a non-profit educational institution and cultural embassy founded in 1987 at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to ensure the survival of the unique Tibetan civilization.
Throughout its history, The Tibet House US Benefit Concert has had hundreds of artists participate, including Alabama Shakes, Carly Simon, David Bowie, Stephen Colbert, Lou Reed, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Jones, FKA twigs, The Roots, Jim James, Vampire Weekend, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Blood Orange, Sigur Ros, R.E.M, Emmylou Harris, Jon Batiste, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jason Isbell, Iggy Pop, The Flaming Lips, Keanu Reeves, Eddie Vedder, Annie Lennox, Brittany Howard, Black Pumas, Cage The Elephant, Cyndi Lauper, Trey Anastasio and many, many more.
