Oberlin Celebrates Homecoming Weekend with Cluster Reunions and Title IX 50th Anniversary Tribute

Oberlin College and Conservatory will celebrate Homecoming Weekend October 7 through 9 with a variety of athletics events, performances, and public events for the campus community. The weekend coincides with special reunion activities welcoming back Oberlin’s 60th cluster classes of 1961, 1962, and 1963, and 10th cluster classes of 2011, 2012, and 2013.

The festivities kick off Friday, October 7, with performances by jazz studies majors in Cat in the Cream, a Homecoming TGIF in Wilder Bowl, a program recognizing donors Todd & Thomasina Houston Philips for upgrades to Philips Physical Education Center, and a concert by Jeffrey Lewis at the ‘Sco.   

On Saturday, the final round of the 2021-22 Senior Concerto Competition happens at 9:30 a.m. in Finney Chapel. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the community is invited to a Heisman Club tailgate at Knowlton Athletics Complex, with food provided by five local vendors and live entertainment by conservatory musicians, followed by Oberlin Football vs. Kenyon College at Bailey Field. Later in the day, the Heisman Club hosts a Title IX 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Knowlton Complex (registration required). In the evening, Oberlin Women’s Soccer faces off with Denison University at 7 p.m. on Shults Field, followed by a public fireworks display beginning at 9 p.m. Capping off the night is music by Puerto Rican-Panamanian DJ Bembona at the ’Sco.

  View the complete Homecoming Weekend 2022 calendar of events here.