Homecoming festivities include Battle of the Bands, festival, parade

This year's University of Nebraska–Lincoln homecoming week runs Sept. 28 to Oct. 5 and will carry the theme “Cornchella.”
This year's University of Nebraska–Lincoln homecoming week runs Sept. 28 to Oct. 5 and will carry the theme “Cornchella.”

This year's University of Nebraska–Lincoln homecoming week runs Sept. 28 to Oct. 5 and will carry the theme “Cornchella.”

The week’s activities open with a Husker football watch party at 11 a.m. Sept. 28 at Memorial Stadium. Students, faculty, staff and their immediate family can sit on the field or in the stands and watch on the stadium’s big screen as the Huskers take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Attendees can enter Gate 24 beginning at 10 a.m. The event will include concessions available for purchase, interactive games and a photo booth.

Showtime at the Coliseum is 8 to 10 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Coliseum, 1350 Vine St. Recognized student organizations will compete for bragging rights with skits and dances. The event is for students.

A yard games competition — featuring cornhole, washers and ladder ball — will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 1 on the Meier Commons. Student teams of two can sign up to compete in the games. In the event of inclement weather, the competition will move to the Nebraska Union’s Ballroom. Free pizza and Pepsi products will be provided.

Read more at https://go.unl.edu/2r7c.

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/2r7c