Nationally known bands Evangelicals, Wye Oak and Nurses will play for free along with Bloomington-based band Prayer Breakfast at Village Green Records at 6:30 p.m.
Travis Harvey, who runs VGR, said the store has hosted nationally known bands before, but never for acts this well known.
Josh Caldwell, the person who ran VGR before Harvey, booked every band except for Nurses. Harvey said he booked Nurses and has wanted them to play in Muncie for more than a year.
Harvey described the acts in terms of other bands.
For the Muncie band, VGR founder Jared Cheek will play along with other musicians from bands such as Everything, Now! and Rapider Than Horsepower. It has a "straight indie" with a "power-pop band sound," which Harvey said reminds him of Weezer.
As for Nurses, he said, they seem to channel Tom Waits, Mr. Bungle and Modest Mouse. The band uses a combination of instruments from synthesizers and guitars to violins and accordions, he said.
Wye Oak is a band with female vocals. It uses folk instruments, but it also has a rock sound reminiscent of Cat Power and Blonde Redhead.
Evangelicals have an "aggressive, spacey" sound, but they still have an indie rock sound that shows their "foot to the floor side."
"I don't expect people to be familiar with these bands," he said.
Harvey said he hopes students still come because these shows are for them. Without them they can't have the outdoor concerts.
"This town isn't only bars, there's live music out there," he said.
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