Aaron Dressner, Matt Berninger of The National Play Benefit in Toronto

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Aaron Dressner and Matt Berninger, frontmen of the indie rock band The National, are playing a benefit concert in Toronto at the end of October.

Planning a fall road trip? Keep this one-night fest on your radar.

Dream Serenade is a benefit show to raise awareness and funds for children with developmental disabilities, and all proceeds will benefit Toronto's Beverly Street School.

Also performing are Feist, Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies, and the concert presenter and curator himself, Hayden Desser.

Aaron Dressner and Matt Berninger collaborate as lead singer songwriters for The National. Dressner writes the music for the popular American band, whose music can be described as melodic and melancholic, while singer Berninger contributes the poetic lyrics.

The National recently kicked off the Boston Calling Musical Festival as the Friday night headliners, September 5. The Boston Globe reporter Maura K. Johnston said, "While much of their music has a persistent mopiness, the dynamics underneath captivate, with release provided in pieces; a bit of pealing brass, a yawp from lead singer Matt Beringer. Near the end [of their set], Beringer jumped into the crowd..."

The National is coming off their sixth studio album "Trouble Will Find Me", released May 2013 and nominated for a Grammy Award for the Best Alternative Music Album. Catch the Dream Serenade performance by the duo at Massey Hall on October 25.