# Event Details

- **Event Name**: NIU Homecoming Block Party: Down Home in Downtown DeKalb
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 pm – Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: NIU students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community are invited to join the Huskies for a free down home celebration in Downtown DeKalb on Lincoln Highway (between 1st and 4th Streets) on Thurs., Oct. 2 from 4-8 p.m. 

The Huskie Homecoming Block Party has something for everyone—kidzone, classic car show, March of the Huskies, pep rally, food trucks, live music, discounts at local businesses and much more!

Schedule: TBA

Celebrate NIU Homecoming not only during the Block Party, but all week! Visit niu.edu/homecoming for a full calendar of NIU Homecoming activities.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dekalb/niu-homecoming-block-party-down-home-in-downtown-dekalb/200028421194920
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, parties, music, car-shows, live-music, food-drinks, calendar
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 844

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200028421194920?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=dekalb-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Dekalb
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Downtown Dekalb
- **lat**: 41.929779522573
- **long**: -88.753196989073
- **full address**: Downtown Dekalb, 165 S 2nd St, Dekalb, IL 60115, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Northern Illinois University (https://allevents.in/org/northern-illinois-university/26062579)

## Event gallery

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/026e13671c8355022ab40403df44ff00652d5f5af2645793460dafe1f9d21af9-rimg-w300-h300-dcf1eff1-gmir?v=1759112498

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Downtown Dekalb, 165 S 2nd St, Dekalb, IL 60115, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Northern Illinois University
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, parties, music, car-shows, live-music, food-drinks, calendar
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about NIU Homecoming Block Party: Down Home in Downtown DeKalb ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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