GOING OUT BEST BETS, SEPT. 20 TO 26

DANCE MUSIC

After a rash of European club and festival gigs this summer, the Souljazz Orchestra has a hometurf gig on Saturday at Babylon (317 Bank St.). The veteran, Juno-nominated worldbeat band is promising to debut some new music along with its hits, and DJ Zattar will be joining the group, too. Doors: 10 p.m., admission $15.

JAZZ

Ottawa pianist John Kofi Dapaah kicks off his 2018-19 studio sessions series at Ottawa Piano and Keyboards (1412 Bank St.) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in a duo concert with vocalist Roxanne Goodman. Dapaah, a Carleton University grad, is a double threat as a classical and jazz pianist who earlier this year released his debut album that featured interpretations of music by Chopin, Schumann and others. In addition to being a singer, Goodman is a worship leader, teacher, author and motivational speaker known as The Confidence Booster. Admission is $25. Tickets available at eventbrite.ca.

CLASSICAL

The NAC Orchestra’s Beethoven festival concludes this weekend. While Saturday night’s concert of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is sold out, there are freeadmission, casual performances of Beethoven’s piano works on Friday and Saturday in the NAC’s Peter A. Herrndorf Place. On Friday, the “Beethoven Marathon” begins at 5 p.m. and picks up the next day at 10 a.m.

FOOD

Caroline Ishii, the chef who launched the lauded vegan restaurant ZenKitchen in Ottawa almost a decade ago, will cook pop-up dinners Sunday and Monday night at the Lord Elgin Hotel’s Grill 41 dining room. Ishii, who has been living recently in Japan, will serve five-course gourmet vegan dinners inspired by her ancestral homeland. Dinner each night is $75, including a canapé reception but excluding taxes and tips, and wine pairings are available for $38. Reserve by calling 613-569-2126 or emailing neil. mater@sodexo.com.