Local booking agent Meredith Rebar is happy to have accomplished a goal that not only benefits herself but local punk followers.

As an avid fan of The Briggs, it's a "dream come true" for Rebar to have booked a band to perform tonight on its only tour stop in Pennsylvania.

She said she has been hoping to bring punk rockers The Briggs to Williamsport since she started working with another booking agent.

"From the time we started working together I said, 'If The Briggs ever come around, give me a shot,' " she said.

Jason LaRocca, vocalist and guitarist of The Briggs, said he doesn't know exactly what to expect from tonight's show because they've never played Site B -- 618 Cemetery St., Williamsport -- as a tour stop before.

"We like to explore sometimes," he said. "I think its going to be kind of cool to see what happens."

What is a definite for tonight's show is that the audience will experience full the headlining tour set from a group that has also performed with bands like Bad Religion and Dropkick Murphys. The band is on a tour that includes a month-long run before traveling overseas for multiple shows in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. The tour is in support of its new album, Come All You Madmen.

LaRocca said the new album is a little more "varied" than those in the past and more lyrically focused.

"Overall it's got some songs on the harder side and some songs that showcase the folkier side of the band," he said.

Jason and his brother Joey LaRocca wrote all the songs for the band, and wrote those that appear on the most recent album while they were touring with Dropkick Murphys in 2007. Jason LaRocca said Dropkick Murphys are at the top of the list of "friendly" bands The Briggs have toured with.

"It's definitely an honor to be onstage with bands we've grown up listening to," he said.

Rebar said the new album is comparable to past works because it returns to the band's old style, but it also features more slow, acoustic songs.

"It's very similar, but it's very different," she said. "It's more grown up in a way."

The band also collaborated on the album with Joe Gittleman from The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. LaRocca said the band did this to expose itself to new artistic ideas.

"It's cool to not have as much control over what you're doing and have another element involved in the process," he said. "Overall, I just think it's a fun thing to do."

Despite touring and working with a long line of recognizable bands, LaRocca would still consider The Briggs' music to be somewhat underground.

He added, though, that since the band has influences that spread into the mainstream, The Briggs also have the potential to "spread its wings" into the mainstream world to some degree.

"I like the idea of stretching that line and being considered mainstream despite having punk roots," LaRocca said.

Rebar said The Briggs are slowly moving into the more popular classification and are in the process of building up a solid following.