5 ACTS TO SEE AT MARVEST

Marvest is back this year to fill businesses in the Glebe with free live music. An offshoot of the CityFolk festival, the “musical harvest” lets you hopscotch down Bank Street, bopping from gig to gig to check out the city’s hottest acts, sometimes in pla

1 Kaija

Singer-songwriter-pianist Kaija Thaggard grew up in Ottawa, but found her groove in New Zealand, returning home with a grab-bag full of confessional R&B numbers sharpened by an electro edge that places her somewhere between Alanis and Rihanna. She warms up the Glebe’s olive oil store for the soulful Ottawa hiphop collective Training Season, featuring Gp/Tempest, King Caexar and Queen. 9:30 p.m. Friday, The Unrefined Olive, 151A Second Ave.

2 Artichoke Hearts

The Ottawa folk trio of singersongwriter-guitarist Caitlin Dolan, pianist Kim Jackson and violinist Jessie Lyon blend their warm voices and acoustic instruments into melodic songs that evoke a wide range of emotions. They’re the appetizer for a tasty Marvest bill that also includes the energetic old-time bluegrass of the Pie Plates and the indierock balladry of Graven. 9 p.m. Friday, Farmteam Cookhouse, 683 Bank St.

3 Sarah Scriver

A survivor of bullying and mental illness, 17-year-old Sarah Scriver chronicles her journey on her second EP, Mind Over Matter, a concept album about the five stages of grief that follow trauma. She holds nothing back in crisp, unapologetic songs that are full of both hope and anguish. See her in two Saturday-afternoon shows with singer-songwriter Templeton Gray. 1 p.m. Saturday, Capital Barber Shop, 590 Bank St.; and 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Metro Music, 695 Bank St.

4 Scary Bear Soundtrack

The most recent tune released by the Ottawa dream-pop band is Asian Fetishist, a deceptively upbeat track that seethes against the casual racism of entitled men with an infectious new-wave spirit. The fast-rising popsters are led by singer-songwriter Gloria Guns, who formed the band while living in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, relocating to Ottawa and adding Dannik Curley on bass, Tiffanie Tri on keys, and drummer Kevin Ledlow. They play a triple bill with Aylmer’s Okies and the sci-folk pop of Fire Antlers. 9 p.m. Friday, Arrow and Loon Pub, 99 Bank St.

5 Expanda Fuzz

Veteran Ottawa musician Chris Page, of Camp Radio and The Stand GT fame, has a new outlet to exercise his fondness for fuzzed-out garage rock. The band is called Expanda Fuzz, which he describes as a “dark cuisine of droney hooks, garage spunk and muddy pop, crushed with a Velvet Underground spirit.” Check them out on a triple header with fellow Ottawa noisemakers Heavy Medicine Band and Potential Red. 9 p.m. Saturday, Clocktower Brew Pub, 575 Bank St.