Since the Virginia Supreme Court heard final arguments in the Blacksburg big-box battle last week, it's all over but the waiting.

And the bill paying.

Oh, and the partying.

As the state's seven highest judges weigh the legal arguments, members of Blacksburg United for Responsible Growth on Friday will throw another in a string of fundraising parties they've held to help a group of 21 landowners cover $70,000 in legal bills.

The group early on joined Blacksburg Town Council in its effort to regulate the big box and now has about $10,000 left to raise to cover its expenses, steering committee chairman Daniel Breslau said.

All the group's legal costs have been paid with private donations, Breslau said.

Friday's concert is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. at Cabo Fish Taco at 117 S. Main St. and will feature Kat Mills, Woodcock Johnson Jr. and Lee Street Riots. Admission is $5. Donations to BURG are not tax deductible, according to the group's Web site.

BURG, a grassroots residents group made up of neighborhood advocates and anti-Wal-Mart activists, was organized in 2007 following a sign-wielding demonstration against a 186,000-square-foot retail store proposed by Fairmount Properties of Ohio.

Fairmount hopes to build the store -- widely thought to be a Wal-Mart Supercenter -- on several acres along Country Club Drive.

Blacksburg Town Council has to date spent about $170,000 fighting for the right to regulate the big box, Town Attorney Larry Spencer said.

The council lost its argument before its own board of zoning appeals and in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Last week's state Supreme Court hearing in Richmond was an appeal of the circuit court's ruling that Fairmount has what's called a "vested right" to build the big box. Two appeals -- one filed by the 21 landowners and another by the town -- were consolidated into one case.

Fairmount principal Adam Fishman did not return a call Wednesday seeking comment on his company's big-box legal costs.

The court could rule as early as Feb. 27, Spencer said.

But if the justices split on the decision, the ruling -- normally issued in writing on a Friday -- could come sometime in March.