{"id":498721,"date":"2026-10-17T01:50:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/498721\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T01:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:50:36","slug":"sacramento-state-kicks-off-homecoming-concerts-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/498721\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento State kicks off Homecoming concerts\u00a0this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento State is kicking off one of its busiest weekends of the year. Not only are students and the community at large gearing up for this year\u2019s Homecoming game, but also for the music. <\/p>\n

For the first time, the university has partnered with NPU Live<\/a> to provide this year\u2019s homecoming entertainment and venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cPartnering with a professional music company who does this day in and day out is a great opportunity to make sure that everyone has the best experience possible,\u201d said Michelle Willard, Sac State Chief External Relations and Economic Development Officer.<\/p>\n

Ian Molloy, an organizer with NPU Live, says they\u2019ll be transforming an empty lot off Ramona Avenue a little over a mile away from campus into a music venue for the weekend. Headliners include DJs Diplo and Deorro.<\/p>\n

Previously, NPU Live has produced several notable concerts in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Super Bowl 60 series that we did in San Francisco, where we did three days in a huge 200,000 square-foot warehouse,\u201d Molloy said. \u201cWe did about 22,000 people a day with artists like Calvin Harris, \u00a0Sean Paul, and T-Pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organizers anticipate Sac State\u2019s homecoming concerts will draw about 20,000 attendees, with about 10,000 fans a day, and they\u2019ve been preparing for months.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Sac State Homecoming<\/a> performance was cut short by university officials after fans trampled barricades and rushed the football field.<\/p>\n

NPU Live organizers anticipate this year\u2019s homecoming concert series will draw not only students, but fans from beyond the Greater Sacramento region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing is that we work with our public safety partners and our authorities that have jurisdiction over these events,\u201d Molloy said. \u201cAll guests will have a weapons screening before they\u2019re able to enter site, and there will be a perimeter fence and then a medical team on site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those partners include the city\u2019s Department of Traffic, Sacramento Police Department, Sacramento Fire Department, the State Fire Marshall and Sacramento State Campus Police.<\/p>\n

As for who is paying for these concerts, university officials confirm the budget is not coming from students\u2019 tuition.<\/p>\n

Instead, NPU Live, who is currently in the process of building a permanent entertainment venue off Ramona Avenue, is producing the concert at no cost to the university.<\/p>\n

Meaning that NPU Live sells the tickets, produces the concert, and provides the entertainment with some of those funds benefitting the university.<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s first concert takes place Friday with \u2018Blazin\u2019 Saddles, Diplo presents Thomas Wesley.\u2019<\/p>\n

The second concert is on Sunday with Deorro presenting \u2018Botas Rave\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento State is kicking off one of its busiest weekends of the year. Not only are students and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-498721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}