Join us at Homecoming 2023 to celebrate the 57th Alumni Band the 150th Birthday of the Minuteman Band!
Everyone is invited to tailgate with us. Please bring your favorite dish to share. Tables and grills will be provided!
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3
- Join us at Homecoming Fest from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. to buy some UMass Band Alumni merch and celebrate 150 years with friends and other alumni at the Student Union! Food from Blue Wall and drinks from on-site beer garden will be available for purchase. (DETAILS)
- 49th Annual Multiband Pops (BUY TICKETS)
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4
- 9:00 a.m. — Check-in and Instrument/Music Distribution
Light breakfast (apples, granola bar, water) will be provided
PARK in Lot 25 (next to Mullins Center); accessible-only parking in Lot 67 (behind Mullins Center) - 9:30-10:30 a.m. — Rehearsal
Alumni Band Practice, Joint Rehearsal with Baby Band
Band Rehearsal Fields
PARK in Lot 25 (next to Mullins Center); accessible-only parking in Lot 67 (behind Mullins Center) - 11:30 a.m. — Potluck Tailgate
POTLUCK. Please bring your favorite tailgate snacks! Tables will be provided.
Lot 11 outside Football Performance Center - 3:00 p.m. — Pregame Show
UMass Football vs. Merrimack College (BUY TICKETS & PARKING PASSES)
57th Alumni Band at Halftime
My Way sing at postgame
MUSIC PDFs
- Somewhere (2023 Homecoming version)
- My Way
- Fight Mass
- Twilight Shadows
Hall of Fame
We’ll induct the 2023 class of the Minuteman Band Hall of Fame at Multibands on Friday.
Scholarships
The Band Alumni, George Parks, and Thom Hannum scholarships will be awarded at Band Banquet in December.