Homecoming Weekend
Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime Homecoming celebration!
We're kicking off Virginia Tech's Sesquicentennial Celebration at Homecoming. Hokie Nation is gearing up to mark 150 years of Virginia Tech. We're starting the weekend with a Friday parade and continuing the fun with a tailgate Saturday.
Weekend Schedule
- 3:30 p.m. Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Pass In Review
- 7 p.m. Homecoming Parade (Down Main Street)
- 8:15 p.m. Spirit Rally on the Drillfield
- 8:45 p.m. Fireworks on the Drillfield
- 9 a.m. Sesquicentennial HokieTalk: Expanding Knowledge
- 9 a.m. Highty-Tighties Alumni Rehearsal on the Drillfield
- 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Homecoming Tailgate at the Holtzman Alumni Center Lawn
- 3:30 p.m. Football Game Virginia Tech vs. Pitt
Tailgate details
Kick off game day right at the Holtzman Alumni Center with the Homecoming Tailgate. We'll have food, drinks, games, music, and colleges and groups from across campus
Plus, you can even get the scoop on Reunion Weekend 2022 and start making plans to visit Blacksburg in the summer and hear from the Virginia Tech team behind Fightin' Hokies Lager from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Here are the groups who will be there:
- Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi Network
- Black Athlete Alumni Network
- Black Alumni Society
- College Architecture and Urban Studies
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Food Science and Technology
- College of Engineering
- College of Natural Resources and Environment
- College of Science
- Cornerstone Alumni
- Ex Lapide Society for LGBTQIA+ Alumni and their Allies
- Latinx and Hispanic Alumni Society
- Native and Indigenous Alumni Society
- Student Affairs
- The Global Education Office
- The Graduate School
- University Libraries
Cost
- Tailgate: $10 in advance and $15 day-of
Tailgate admission for children 12 and younger is free.
Contact
For questions, contact Jessie Richards at jessie@vt.edu.
Hokie Spirit Contest
Think you bleed orange and maroon? Prove it! Enter our Hokie Spirit Contest. We've got four categories to show your Hokie pride and are picking two winners for each: a Hokie student and Hokie friend or alum.