Looking for a casual way to start your Ottawa weekend?

Every second Friday of the month local DJs Hobo and Sweet Cheeks host a Kitchen Party.

Featuring the best in disco, soul and hip hop, Kitchen Party harkens back to an old-school rave aesthetic.

Listen to Hobo and Sweet Cheeks' "Ruining the Mondays" below. 

Kitchen Party

Every second Friday of the month

10 pm-2 am

502 Rochester St

$5 

Oshawa quartet Verra City Waves bring their blues-infused sound to the Elmdale Tavern Friday, Nov 2.

The band started as a duo, made up of singer Kiera Amyot and vocalist/guitarist Keith Dean, before recently adding Kiera's bro Conor on bass and drummer Tervor Dewit. The addition of Conor and Tervor has given the band's vibe a harder edge, Conor says. He admits he never expected to be in a band with his sister.

"We always got along," he says. "It's kind of a big surprise that we ended up doing it. I've always been serious about music, while Kiera sings for fun."

There is a definite sense of fun to Verra City Waves' music mixed in with rock and alternative influences.

The band will release a new EP titled Buried in the Sand (listen to the title track below) in the near future.

Kingston readers can catch the band at the Toucan on Saturday, Nov 3.

Verra City Waves

Fri, Nov 2, 10pm 

The Elmdale Tavern

1084 Wellington St W

$5 

Since Ottawa songtress Ana Miura founded Babes for Breasts (B4B) in 2003, the musical collective has raised more than $50,000 for breast cancer charities.

Miura enlisted fellow Ottawa singer/songwriter Amanda Rheaume to join the ranks of B4B in 2007, and the two musical mavens have since staged concerts all over Canada.

"We all have a responsibility to help others whether that is shovelling an elderly person's driveway or putting on a benefit concert," Miura states on B4B's website. "Babes for Breasts has turned into a community in and of itself filled with incredible people and the love and dedication that is unwavering."

Support B4B Saturday, Oct 20 at their sixth annual benefit concert. Miura and Rheaume will be joined by Suzie Vinnick, Ann Virend and Robyn Dell'Unto.

Visit B4B's official site for advance tickets, to purchase a compilation album or to donate.

Babes for Breasts sixth annual benefit concert

Sat, Oct 20, doors at 7:30pm

Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts

310 Saint Patrick St 

$20 advance, $27 door