INDIAN TUNES

Tabla player Samir Chatterjee performs a concert of traditional Indian music. He is joined by vocalist Sanghamitra Chatterjee and a player of the sarangi,a bowed lute, Ramesh Misra. Friday, 7-9 p.m., Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Ave. at 70th Street, 212-517-2742, free.

UNCANNY

The Trashcan Sinatras is a Scottish band, neither trashy nor Sinatra-smooth, that has been playing its catchy, literate tunes since the early 1990s. In the eight years between the release of their last two albums – the latest is “Weightlifting” – the band declared bankruptcy and seemed to disappear. They’ve stuck around, however, and perform twice this weekend. Friday, 8 p.m. doors open, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave., between St. Johns and Sterling places, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-230-0236, $15. Also: Saturday, 10:30 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St., between Essex and Ludlow streets, 212-260-4700, $17. Note: 21 and older.

PLUGGED IN

Juilliard’s Music Technology Center presents “Beyond the Machine 3,” a concert of electronic and interactive music. Friday, 8 p.m., Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Allen Room, Time Warner Center, Broadway and 60th Street, fifth floor, free.

GET SET FOR SUMMER

Tickets to the seven summer benefit concerts for Central Park SummerStage go on sale this weekend. The lineup includes Modest Mouse (June 20, 5:30 p.m. doors open, $30), David Byrne (June 29, 4:30 p.m., $37), Lyle Lovett (July 18, 6:30 p.m., $39.50), and Elvis Costello (July 19, 6 p.m., $57.50). SummerStage also produces a series of free concerts, which will be announced on May 18. Tickets: Saturday, noon, in person at the Irving Plaza box office, 17 Irving Place at 15th Street, and 212-307-7171. Concerts take place at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield, enter at 69th Street and Fifth Avenue. Please go towww.summerstage.orgfor the complete schedule of benefit concerts and a full list of phone numbers to call for tickets.

SOUTH ASIAN SOUNDS

A South Asian music festival features regional tunes from classical to avant-garde. Saturday, 6-10 p.m., Sunday, 3-6 p.m., Queens Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, 718-592-9700, free.

FORRO FRENZY

Brazilian beats take center stage at a weekend concert by two local bands. The Nation Beat, which combines Brazilian rhythms with New Orleans music, is joined by Forro for All, which specializes in an accordion-based style of dance music from Northeastern Brazil. Saturday, 10 p.m., Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., between Church Street and Broadway, 212-219-3132, $10.

NEW TUNES

The New York Art Ensemble’s “Tribeca New Music Festival” includes “Ten Children,” a 10-song concert by bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern, blended with computer elements and electronics (Sunday, 3 p.m.). Also upcoming in the festival: a workshop performance of Michael Sahl and Margaret Yard’s new opera “Sally Anne,” about an injured child who escapes into an absurdist fantasy (Sunday, 7 p.m.). All performances: Flea Theater, 41 White St., between Broadway and Church Street, 212-352-3101, $15.

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