Tonight there’s a benefit for Cinema Nolita featuring The Virgins and The Beets as well as DJing from Animal Collective at Santos Party House, 100 Lafayette St. (betw. Walker & White Sts.), 212-584-5492; 8, $20 Liturgy and Bastard Sapling bring the metal to Lit Lounge, 92 2nd Ave. (betw. E. 5th & E. 6th Sts.), 212-777-7987; 8:30, $6
If you can handle the heat, Yolanda Adams, Israel Houghton and the New Breed are at Wingate Field, Brooklyn Avenue between Rutland Road and Winthrop Street; 7:30, FREE
Elsewhere in Brooklyn, Ambulance Ltd. and Savoir Adore hit Union Hall, 702 Union St. (at 5th Ave.), Brooklyn, 718-638-4400; 8, $15
Brendan Benson and Sean Bones play Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (betw. Bowery & Chrystie St.), 212-533-2111; 8, $15
