Punk Rock Bowling 2012 weekend kicked off on Friday night with a pre-party at Yayo Taco on the Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas. Free and all-ages, the show packed five bands into four deafening hours. Burning Agrestic, Nothing With Numbers, and Sic Waiting warmed up the crowd, and were followed by Southern California’s Hit the Switch and Las Vegas’s own Holding Onto Sound, who play the main stage at this year’s PRB festival.
Though free, the show served as a benefit for Nevada Homeless Alliance and Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth. HOTS, who accept donations for the Homeless Alliance at all of their shows, created a limited edition PRB Pre-Party t-shirt. All proceeds from the sales of the shirts were donated to the non-profit organizations.