Students will have the chance to spice up their Saturday night with live bluegrass music -- equipped with banjos and fiddles.

The Hillbilly Gypsies, a West Virginia native string band will play 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the WPSU studios, according to a press release from the Acoustic Brew Concert Series.

"They are really top-notch musicians," said Mel DeYoung, who books the main acts for Acoustic Brew.

DeYoung said members of Acoustic Brew gather together each year to pick acts for the concert series.

"We have a rule that we don't book anyone unless someone has seen them live," he said.

DeYoung has seen the Hillbilly Gypsies perform live twice. After watching the band live at Hickory Fest in Wellsboro, Pa., with other Acoustic Brew members in 2006, the entire group immediately liked them, DeYoung said.

DeYoung added that the ensemble performs its own form of bluegrass music mixed with country and old time Appalachian-style music.

"It's like barn dance music," he said.

Jim Colbert, a publicist for Acoustic Brew, said he was struck immediately after seeing the group perform.

"They are a very dynamic, energetic and visual band," Colbert said.

He added that the group incorporates many traditional bluegrass styles into its own fun approach.

According to the press release, the band uses "vintage style large diaphragm microphones."

DeYoung said the band incorporates a lot of choreography into its act since the band members usually all perform around a single microphone.

They move to and from the microphone, transitioning from solo to solo, Colbert said.

"They all dress up in overalls and they are over the top with the hillbilly look," DeYoung said.

The young and energetic group uses this kind of humor to enhance its performance, he said.

The band plays fiddle, upright bass, acoustic guitar, banjo and mandolin. At times, members will switch instruments mid-performance, Colbert said.

DeYoung said the concert will be engaging because the WPSU studios are "an intimate, unusual space."

DeYoung said everything is black, and there are lights set up everywhere, making for a great venue space.

Colbert said the concert provides a chance to see the impressive facility that is just a year-and-a-half old.

"We can do tours of the studio during the breaks as well," he said.