High-energy party band Toolshed Jack will rock the Tamaqua Arts Center beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday to raise funds for the Tamaqua Carbon Unit of the American Cancer Society.

“If you come to the show, I guarantee that you are really going to have a good time,” said Toolshed Jack’s bassist Steve Ulicny.

All proceeds from ticket sales will be turned over to the cancer society - and every cent will stay in the local area, he said.

Ulicny said Toolshed Jack musicians and crew are donating their time for the performance - and plan to deliver a memorable show.

It’s about the sixth time the band has held an ACS benefit at the arts center, but the roots of the ACS fundraiser go back to 2008, when Ulincy’s older brother, Frankie Ulicny, died from brain cancer.

Shortly thereafter, Toolshed Jack organized the “FrankStock” ACS benefits at the Mountain Valley Golf Course in Barnesville. Next came performances at the ACS telethon, held annually at Penn’s Peak, and a fundraising collaboration with the Tamaqua Area High School’s Student Government Association (SGA).

Ulicny, an instructor at the school, said it was a natural fit since the telethon began more than 40 years ago as an SGA project.

“What we’re doing in Toolshed Jack is working in correspondence with the Tamaqua Student Government Association in organizing an event called Kids Helping Kids where we’re raising money for pediatric cancer research,” he said. “The whole thing was to help kids in the area suffering from cancer.”

The school club organizes T-shirt sales, volleyball tournaments, bake sales and dress down days to collect donations. Toolshed Jack does the telethon, arts center benefit and other fundraising.

Since the band and club joined forces, Ulicny said they’ve raised more than $60,000.

“All that money goes into a big pot and is donated to the telethon,” he said.

As for Saturday’s performance, Ulicny said it will be like no other.

“We always try to do something unique for this particular gig. Like if you ever come to see Toolshed Jack, you know we’re going to be fun, we’re going to be energetic, we’re going to play songs that you know,” he said.

For the benefit, the band will do just that - but take it up a notch or two.

“We want it to sell out,” he said.

Last year, the band played a sold-out show, and hammered out an all-80s set; crammed a medley of 30 songs into 30 minutes, and invited former members and guest musicians on stage.

“We play songs that we never normally play and sometimes we learn songs just for the arts center and they’re literally never played again,” Ulicny said. “I don’t want to give away the surprises, but we’ll have a couple of good ones.”

Attendees can expect giveaways from sponsors including the Tamaqua Train Station, Kowalonek’s Kielbasy, and Stoker’s brewery.

“It’s just great to see an event where local people, local businesses, local kids and a local band are raising money for the cancer society - and all that money stays local,” he said.

Tickets are available on the Tamaqua Arts Center website at https://tamaquaarts.thundertix.com/events/223216

“Everybody’s been affected. Everybody knows somebody who’s been affected by cancer, whether it’s a survivor or a neighbor of a loved one,” Ulicny said.