Chicks rock out for a good cause at Battle of the Babe Bands

Rather than raising dough through pinup calendars, fantasy-date auctions and bikini carwashes, our local chapter of the Human Rights Campaign raises dollars for women in the most rockin’ way possible: by putting babes behind guitars. This is the second year that event chairwoman Christene Main has organized the battle of the bands for Her HRC Kansas City. We asked Main for the lowdown on this year’s chick-rock face-off.

The Pitch: Last year’s battle had a huge turnout. What’s changing this year?

Christene Main: Last year, Kansas City was the only community that hosted a battle of the bands. [Other cities did burlesque shows and chocolate festivals.] This year, quite a few are following [the trend] because of the tremendous success and insane amount of fun we had.