After months of planning by Mayfest organizers, seven bands are standing by to rock Northwestern on Saturday with an eclectic mix of rock, punk, blues and hip-hop.

The bands — The Crystal Method, Blackalicious, Idlewild, Steel Train, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Troubled Hubble and The Capability — will rush the Dillo Day stage throughout the day, beginning at 12:30 p.m. with a performance by Battle of the Bands champ The Capability.

The finale, headliners The Crystal Method at 9:30 p.m., will be followed by fireworks.

Dillo Day, the daylong celebration of spring, will provide a “wide spectrum of music,” said Doug Singer, a Mayfest concert chairman who helped bring the bands to campus.

“It’s nearly impossible to find bands to please all 8,000 people on this campus,” Singer said. “(Mayfest organizers) agreed it would probably be more successful to get bands from specific genres who are good at what they do.”

The techno- and bass-fortified electronic band The Crystal Method will contribute to the sense of a “massive, campuswide party,” said Singer, a Weinberg freshman.

“Dillo Day is the ultimate party of the year,” he said. “(The Crystal Method) is a band that’s going to suit the party atmosphere.”

After winning the Battle of the Bands competition last Wednesday, local band The Capability, with its edgy, soulful sounds, solidified its position as the opening band. The five-person ensemble — including two NU students — said they hope to get the crowd jumping.

“I hope (the audience members) dance to the (songs) that are danceable and are moved by the ones that are moveable,” said Tim Dickinson, the band’s lead vocalist. “I hope they just jump about, really. That’s all one expects from the festival crowd.”

Ben Scheuer, the band’s guitarist and a student at Harvard University, said The Capability has played at large venues comparable to Dillo Day, so they won’t be surprised by the expected crowd of about 3,000 students.

Other NU students said they are looking forward to hearing specific groups.

Barrett Griffith, a McCormick junior, said he admires the bluesy sound of Robert Randolph and the Family Band.

“(Randolph) is really innovative and he likes to put on a show that everybody would like regardless of their music tastes,” he said. “He just wants people to have a good time out there.”

Griffith also said he supports Blackalicious, a Los Angeles-based hip-hop duo that promotes political activism and cultural unity in its music.

Chicago band Troubled Hubble, scheduled to play after The Capability, will bring their “classic independent rock” flavor to the stage, said Kyle Buchanan, a Weinberg sophomore.

“They’re easy to listen to,” Buchanan said. “Their songs are about a variety of things and they have a tendency to tell a story through their lyrics.”