Homecoming Comedy Show - Featuring Marlon Wayans on Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. on the Quad. Come to the 2017 Homecoming Comedy Show featuring actor and comedian Marlon Wayans! Outside the Illini Union on Anniversary Plaza. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket! You will not want to miss this awesome show! (free to students with valid UIUC ID) Contact Illini Union Board (iuboard@illinois.edu) for more information
University of Illinois Homecoming BBQ & Showcase on Wednesday, October 25 from 4-6 p.m. at Washington Park: Be part of this annual Homecoming tradition celebrating student life on campus while having free dinner (while supplies last). Special stepping and strolling presentations will be featured. Sponsored by Greeks Support Homecoming and Chancellor’s Committee to Support Homecoming. (Free to student with UIUC ID card)
Courtyard Sessions is Wednesday, 10/25 at 6:00 p.m. in the Courtyard Café: Join us for UIUC’s hottest electronic DJs spinning beats in Courtyard Café. Contact Courtyard Café Programming iucourtyard@illinois.edu for more information.
University of Illinois Homecoming Parade on Friday, 10/27 at 6:00 p.m. – Watch or Register to be Part of the Fun!: Come watch some of the University of Illinois’s biggest and longest running traditions – the Homecoming Parade. Student organization floats, departments, community organizations will be part of this event celebrating Illini Spirt and our Homecoming. Sponsored by Greeks Support Homecoming and Chancellor’s Committee to Support Homecoming. Price to Register: Free. To register (spaces are still available!) or learn more about the Homecoming route: http://homecoming.illinois.edu/participate/parade.html. Questions regarding the parade can be set to: Illinoishomecomingparade@gmail.com
University of Illinois Pep Rally on 10/27: Immediately following the Homecoming Parade, head over the University Quad to celebrate the University of Illinois with friends, alumni, and community members. The celebration will include the introductions of the Homecoming Court, Alumni Award Winners and Special Guests – and fireworks! Sponsored by Student Alumni Ambassadors and Chancellor’s Committee to Support Homecoming (Free). Contact rsalze2@illinois for more information.
University of Illinois Homecoming - Bowling Through the Decades is on Friday, 10/27 from 8-11:30 p.m. in the IU Rec Room: Celebrate the Homecoming of our Alumni with music from past decades. Starting with favorites from the 50’s and 60’s and advancing “Though the Decades” as the night progresses to music of the current day, this is a fun night of Cosmic Bowling for everyone. Come early if you like “oldies” or later if you like more modern music. Either way it will be a “Cosmic” celebration! Price: Regular bowling rates. Contact the Illini Union Rec Room at iurecroom@illinois.edu for more information
African American Homecoming CRCE Party is Saturday, 10/28 from 11:00 p.m. - 1:40 a.m. in Campus Recreation Center East (CRCE): Join us for the 2017 Homecoming CRCE party for a night of dancing featuring DJ Matrix. Price: $10 for students $15 for public (Tickets available at the Illini Union Quad Shop). Contact Illini Union Board (iuboard@illinois.edu) for more information
Thanks to Laurel Reed Rosch for these information items.