The Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils have combined to establish music event for students that benefits a local retirement community.

The first Greek Music Fest took place Saturday as fraternities and sororities took over the Sports Arena in IM Sports-West to benefit the Burcham Hills Retirement Community, 2700 Burcham Drive.

"I think it was a cool event," Interfraternity Council President Paul Hage said. "The new executive council will vote on events, but I'd like to see them do it again next year."

Hage said he thought all of the bands were really good, and because this is a new event, he'd like to see more people come out.

"With an event like this, sometimes it takes time to get people to come out," he said. "But I think it could easily raise a lot of money."

The Burcham Hills Foundation is a nonprofit organization that lacks the funds to make improvements to the community.

For this reason, the MSU greek community was partnered with foundation directors to create an event to raise funds for these renovations.

Michigan bands and DJs donated more than seven hours of live music to MSU students to help the councils raise money for the retirement community.

Tech Avenue DJs and bands The Flutor's, Eye's Like Damn, Green Street, Pushing 33 and Until Sunday performed.

Donations of $10 were accepted at the door.

People scattered around the gym bobbing their heads to the music.

"This is a great event," Henry Ford Community College student James Perkins said. "It's a lot of good music and plenty of cool people. I'd definitely come back for this if they had another one."

Perkins was visiting some friends who were going to the festival and decided to participate.

Like Hage, he said he thought it could help out the retirement community. He also said it would be great if the event was held on a larger scale because it would help make some careers for local up-and-coming bands.

"This could be kind of like a mini-Woodstock," he said.