The Student Activities Board is set to host this year’s national parks themed Centralhallapalooza with live music, camping inspired catering, and games across from Broadlawn Saturday, April 29.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. with performances from three student bands before the event headliner, DWLLRS, takes the stage. Sophomore and SAB member John Schaefer said he encourages students to get into the national parks spirit.

“Dress to the theme,” Schaefer said. “Wear national parks attire, be granola, be crunchy. I think that would just make the whole event more fun. The more you participate, the more fun it is.”

Student band The Ambassadors will kick off the live music at 6:30 p.m., followed by performances from Schizmatics, as well as James Bullet and the Dirty Blondes.

“Get there as soon as you can,” sophomore and SAB member John Schaefer said. “All the bands this year are really, really good, I think it’ll be a ton of fun, and I don’t think you want to miss out on all of the hard work that they put in.”

In addition to the live music, students will be able to enjoy things like sweet treats from an ice cream cart or group pictures in a Volkswagen photo booth, according to Schaefer. 

Sophomore and SAB member Josiah Jagoda said this year’s theme has allowed for the SAB crew to be creative with the event.

“We thought National Parks would be a really fresh and unique theme. We saw all the potential to make really cool decorations, and we were all sold on the theme pretty quickly after.” 

SAB members have been working in a warehouse building at Hayden Park on “shop nights” to prepare the themed decorations, Schaefer said. One of their many projects has been a photo wall that will feature national parks postcards and a Smokey the Bear cutout. 

“CHP is a pretty big event, but the bulk of the work is creating the decorations,” Jagoda said. “Luckily, we have an extremely talented group who have worked a lot of hours to make sure everything is stunning.” 

Schaefer said he expects DWLLRS — a band that formed in college — to engage well with the crowd at CHP.

“I think coming back to this college setting will make them really enjoy being back in a collegiate setting and will probably make them want to interact with the audience and connect with the audience,” Schaefer said. “Hopefully they will be willing to meet with people afterwards and stuff like that, like Arlie did last year.”

Jagoda said he encourages all students to come out for the event.

“I mean, it’s CHP,” Jagoda said. “What more is there to say? If you don’t go, everyone will look at you like you’re weird. I know I will.”