Four live bands and a sketch comedy group will perform Saturday to save the rainforest or at least a part of it.

The Epsilon Sigma Alpha service sorority will sponsor the concert to raise money for the Adopt an Acre program provided by the Nature Conservancy.

The program allows individuals and organizations to “save” or adopt one acre of rainforest for every $50 they donate.

The rainforest is located on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica.

According to the Nature Conservancy web site, “Expanding urban areas, improved transportation and development are threatening the Osa’s precious natural resources. Farmers, hunters, developers, gold miners and tourists are flocking to this once isolated land, and the Osa’s majestic forests are being cut down.”

Local band The Fuz will play at the concert around 9 p.m.

Band member Brian Adams said he enjoys playing at Eastern, but clubs and bars have more of a loose vibe. The band usually plays at the Canopy Club and the Highdive in Champaign, along with the Panther Paw Bar and Grill and Friends & Co. in Charleston.

Adams said the band plays psychedelic progressive rock music and are heavier than a jam band.

Other local bands planning to perform at the event are Upon the Eight Night and Friday Night Villain, which both started out in Charleston.

Missing the Point, a band out of Champaign will also perform.

Hello Dali, Eastern’s student founded improvisational comedy group, will perform between the bands.

The group, which started in 1992, allows students to develop their comedic improvisation skills in front of an audience.

Hello Dali builds their routines from a list of pre-selected games but lets audience members make suggestions for the subject or characters of each scene.

Jessica Scheibling, a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, said as members of a service sorority, Epsilon Sigma Alpha is involved in many organizations around campus and Charleston, along with fundraising events for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The concert will take place Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Admission for the show is $4 and all proceeds will go to The Nature Conservancy.

Campus Editor Katie Anderson also contributed to this report