The Global Beat Festival (Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday) Organized by Live Sounds, this festival spotlights musicians from around the world — including Mélanie Pain from France and Mélissa Laveaux from Canada, both playing on Friday; Jivan Gasparyan from Armenia (Saturday); and Poor Rich Boy from Pakistan and DakhaBrakha from Ukraine (both on Monday) — playing pop, folk, soul, punk and electronica. At 7:30 p.m., Brookfield Place, 220 Vesey Street, at West Street, Lower Manhattan, 212-417-7000, brookfieldplaceny.com/GlobalBeat; free.