The HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall will be filled with excitement Saturday night as punk-rock veteran group The Bouncing Souls performs with openers The Casualties, Roger Miret & the Disasters, and Caught Like Fire.

The Asylum, an on-campus organization that sponsors underground shows, put together the event with the help of Late Night Penn State and the Association of Residence Hall Students. The Asylum raised a portion of the money from a benefit show last semester, and the other two organizations provided the rest, said Lisa Marusak, president of the Asylum.

"We haven't been able to have as many big shows as we'd like because of funding," said Marusak (sophomore-education).

Andrew White, the Asylum secretary, said the University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC) changed their rules last summer, making it harder to book shows. The rule used to allow organizations to request money as often as they wanted, but now they are limited to six requests per year. Because UPAC considers each band a request and not the show as a whole, the Asylum unknowingly used up most of their requests with their first few shows last semester.

With their remaining requests, Marusak petitioned UPAC for money going toward Saturday's show, only to find out UPAC was completely out of funds. She then had to assure the bands that the Asylum could come up with the money.

"Lisa was on the phone with booking agents every day trying to straighten things out," said White (sophomore-education). "We almost lost the show several times." With the help of Late Night Penn State and ARHS, the show was able to come together.

The Bouncing Souls, which hails from New Jersey and has been together for 15 years, is headlining the show. It is touring in support of a recently released DVD titled, Do You Remember? Fifteen Years of The Bouncing Souls, which won Best Documentary Feature in February at the DIY Film Festival in Los Angeles.

The Bouncing Souls is working on its seventh studio album, the follow-up to 2001's release How I Spent My Summer Vacation on Epitaph Records. They are joined on tour with fellow Epitaph punks, Roger Miret & the Disasters. Miret was the lead singer for seminal '80s hardcore band Agnostic Front, which helped create the genre by fusing the emotion of punk with a heavy-metal edge. Miret & the Disasters released its self-titled debut last year.

The Casualties is another well-established punk band, having formed in 1990. The band was recently in State College, when its members opened for Avail at the State College VFW in January.

White's band, Caught Like Fire, will kick off the show at 10 p.m. with its brand of emotional hardcore. "This is definitely the biggest show since I joined the band last fall," said White.

"The Bouncing Souls are a huge act," Marusak said. "They played Warped Tour. With all these bands together, it will be a high quality punk-rock concert."

White is excited to open for all the bands, but especially the Bouncing Souls, a group he can remember listening to as far back as seventh grade.

"They are really good at what they do," said White, who also mentioned that ticket prices are upwards of $15 at other venues. This show is free for Penn State students.

"And how often are you going to get to see the Bouncing Souls for free?" White said.