One hundred local bands. Twenty stages. Five bucks. Enough said.

Yes folks, the biggest local music showcase in Tucson is coming back this weekend.

Club Crawl, the bigger of the two semi-annual Crawl events (Fall Crawl is a bit smaller), is expected to attract more than 10,000 people out to the bars and clubs on North Fourth Avenue Saturday night.

Many of the attendees may not be familiar with the local bands, but it doesn't stop them from going out and being part of the bar-hopping, band-watching extravaganza.

"I think (Club Crawl) is great because it brings out lots of people who normally don't go to shows," said Josh Levine, guitarist and lead singer of indie-rock band Red Switch. "We could play to hundreds of people at Club Crawl rather than being lucky to get 100 or 75 at a regular show."

Starting at 8 p.m., bands will be playing nonstop at every bar from North Fourth Avenue all the way south to Club Congress and the Rialto Theatre on West Congress Street.

And while it's only possible to see about five bands, concert-goers will see five very different bands, with every type of music represented at the event.

"Club Crawl brings together all genres of local music. It just makes it really exciting because you can go from hardcore to punk to an ambient band," said event organizer Jon D'Auria, who is also a member of Camp Courageous.

While variety has always been a part of Club Crawl, good music

hasn't historically been an aspect of Tucson. However, D'Auria believes that the scene in Tucson continues to improve, and Club Crawl showcases all the talented musicians in Tucson, no matter what type of music they play.

Levine, who has been a part of the Tucson music scene for a few years and has played at least five Crawl events, agreed that the music in Tucson is getting better.

"I think it's definitely better than it has been in years. It's better than I've ever seen it, since I started playing," Levine said.

While the event gets bigger each year and could attract more than 13,000 this year, a problem bands face is that many attendees don't continue to go to shows between the fall and spring Crawls.

"It seems like it takes an event like this with a lot of press behind it to get people to come out and hear music. I mean, it would be really cool if people came out on a regular basis," said media arts senior Todd Alexander, also lead singer and guitarist of Manifold.

While Club Crawlers may be the most people many of the bands will play for all year, neither Red Switch nor Manifold is going to do anything different. Both will try to give Tucsonans a tight set while performing some new material that is coming out on EPs later this year.

With both bands holding headlining spots at midnight, members of the bands said they will be running around the clubs before they perform just like everybody else, trying to hear as much music as they can.

"We'll be going out and checking out our friends' bands. But we'll have to not drink as much, so we don't suck at (midnight)," Alexander said.

While riots and terrorist concerns limited past concerts to audiences of about 7,500 people, the war in Iraq will not cause any part of this year's event to be toned down.

"We always have a full security staff at all the venues and police officers patrolling all over. We're not worried about anything this year. We're not taking any extra precautions," D'Auria said.

Beer and food vendors on the streets will be added this year to reduce the amount of time it will take concert goers to get drunk and allowing them to avoid long lines at various bars. Advance wristbands are available at all Zia Record Stores, Hotel Congress, Rialto Theatre and Hippie Gypsy for $5. Wristbands will be $7 at all venues the night of the Crawl. Wristbands will get you into all the bars and every venue, but you must be 21 to attend.

Bands start playing at 8 p.m. and the last bands will wrap up their sets around 1 a.m.

Zia Main Stage
Chango Malo ÷ midnight
Sunday Afternoon ÷ 11 p.m.
The Jon's ÷ 10 p.m.
Hipster Daddy ÷ 9 p.m.
Luminarios ÷ 8 p.m.

AVA Soundstage
Leanne Savage ÷ midnight
Tongue Dried Sun ÷ 11 p.m.
Greyhound Soul ÷ 10 p.m.
Tickle ÷ 9 p.m.
Jane Crowe ÷ 8 p.m.

Blue Stage
Tom Walbank
Stefan George

Funk Stage
Gottschalk,Friedl, and Fields
Cum & Go

Bluegrass/Country
Greg Morton
Mark Insley

Jazz
Kings of Pleasure Trio
Plus special guests

Rialto Theatre
Good Talk Russ ÷ midnight
Camp Courageous ÷ 11 p.m.
Is To Feel ÷ 10 p.m.
7 Days of May ÷ 9 p.m.
Sun Zoom Spark ÷ 8 p.m.

Hotel Congress (outside)
Al Foul ÷ midnight
Deludes ÷ 11 p.m.
West Cool ÷ 7-10 p.m.
Lloyd Dobbler ÷ 9 p.m.
Jason Steed ÷ 8 p.m.

Hotel Congress (Club Congress)
The Red Switch ÷ midnight
The Therapists ÷ 11 p.m.
Great American Tragedy ÷ 10 p.m.
Sub Rosa ÷ 9 p.m.
Ladies and Gentlemen ÷ 8 p.m.

Hotel Congress Acoustic/Songwriter Show (inside Banquet Room)
Morgan City General ÷ midnight
Crystal Dawn Bryant ÷ 11:30 p.m.
Chris Holiman ÷ 11 p.m.
Maggie Golston ÷ 10:30 p.m.
Henry McGuinn ÷ 10 p.m.
Christine Moussa ÷ 9:30 p.m.
Hopeless Acoustics ÷ 9 p.m.
Margo Jean ÷ 8:30 p.m.

Plush
Lovemound ÷ midnight
Truck ÷ 11 p.m.
Shoebomb ÷ 10 p.m.
Prana ÷ 9 p.m.
The Stellas ÷ 8 p.m.

The Hut
Mankind ÷ midnight
Funky Bonz ÷ 11 p.m.
Naked Prey ÷ 10 p.m.
Your Own Invention ÷ 9 p.m.
Lazy J ÷ 8 p.m.

Guidos
Stop Tyler ÷ midnight
Innisfail ÷ 11 p.m.
Easy-co ÷ 10 p.m.
Solstice ÷ 9 p.m.
Good Like Pain-8 p.m.

Red Room at the Grill
Nick Luca Trio ÷ 11 p.m.
Liberty School ÷ 10 p.m.
Musica Obscura ÷ 9 p.m.

Traxx
Manifold ÷ midnight
Scratching the surface ÷ 11 p.m.
Nevershine ÷ 10 p.m.
Year of acceleration ÷ 9 p.m.
Gorilla Behind Bars ÷ 8 p.m.

Vaudville
The knockout pills ÷ midnight
The Last Call Brawlers ÷ 11 p.m.
Hillwilliams ÷ 10 p.m.
Okmoniks ÷ 9 p.m.
Cocaine Pinata ÷ 8 p.m.

Sharks
El Ultima Tren ÷ midnight
Fayuca ÷ 11 p.m.
Daze After ÷ 10 p.m.
Jimmy After Dark ÷ 9 p.m.
Worm ÷ 8 p.m.

North
Average Monkey ÷ midnight
Left ÷ 11 p.m.
Star Scream ÷ 10 p.m.
Troy's Bucket ÷ 9 p.m.
Audio Star ÷ 8 p.m.

Irene's
Mestizo ÷ 9 p.m. ÷ midnight

Iguana
ATM Band ÷ 9 p.m. ÷ midnight