Gathered in a corner, six stories above the street below, the Champaign-Urbana punk scene added a new chapter to their history: A parking garage show.

A DIY wet dream, C-U locals Kowabunga! Kid, Gnargoyle and Wolf Luv joined St. Louis’ Lumpy and the Dumpers for the rare outdoor show this past Sunday night on the top floor of a parking complex in Urbana.

Assisted by an apartment fire in Champaign which occupied local police, the unsanctioned show avoided negative attention from them or any other campus officials.

Gnargoyle opened the unique show with an eight minute set that saw Dino Bravo drummer, Jake Mott take on a rare role as frontman, while Ivan Carton (Dino Bravo bassist/vocalist) jumped behind the set to play drums. The crowd, still weary about how the DIY experiment would pan out, spent most of the set sneaking peaks over the side of the parking garage and looking around for police or campus security.

The music could be heard as far as seven blocks away, according to a pair of locals who stumbled upon the show while walking down Gregory Drive. But still, the show continued without interference.

After Gnargoyle successfully completed its set, nerves calmed and the small crowd of around 30 began to realize the show wasn’t going to be shut down.

One of the most exciting Midwest punk bands to see, Lumpy and the Dumpers followed with a quick 10 minute set. Frontman Martin “Lumpy” Meyer put on another wild exhibit of showmanship, flailing around like a spoiled brat throwing a fit after his mother didn’t buy him a piece of candy and wrapping his bandmates up in his microphone cable. The St. Louis natives are always on full-throttle, whether it’s trying to donuts with their van on the parking garage before the show, pogo-ing during their hit “Face the Meat” or asking a girl to spit in their faces after the show, and each time the four-piece comes through Champaign-Urbana, the performance gets better and better.

Kowabunga! Kid returned from a two-week East Coast tour to play a shortened-version of their usual set, drawing the parking garage punks in tight to the corner for an intimate show.

After Kowabunga! Kid decided to shorten their set, guitarist/vocalist Aaron Shults debuted his new band Wolf Luv, featuring both Dino Bravo members and bassist Luke Strom. The hardcore band played their first show earlier this month in Peoria, IL., but had never before played Champaign-Urbana. Playing in a monster mask, Shults continued to run, jump and roll back and forth for the entirety of the set, even crawling atop a ledge of the parking garage, frightening Kowabunga! Kid bassist Kamila Glowacki enough to forcibly pull him down.

After avoiding Shults’ six-story demise, the first ever C-U parking garage show had come to an end, the crowd applauded in appreciation for the fact that it had completed without any threat of being shut down.

Sunday night’s punk show was a monumental moment in the Champaign-Urbana DIY scene’s history. It’s unclear whether or not another one like it will happen again in the future or if more last-minute shows will continue to pop-up around town in other odd locations, but one thing was made clear: With or without a venue, the show will go on.