{"id":27252,"date":"2025-10-30T23:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/27252\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:38:17","slug":"seminoles-kick-off-homecoming-festivities-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/27252\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminoles kick off homecoming festivities Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Garnet and gold are flooding the streets of the capital city as Florida State University celebrates its homecoming week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Thursday kicked off the university\u2019s homecoming festival, with students, parents, friends and alumni gathering at the Student Union repping their Seminole gear and school spirit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More Tallahassee news:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ellie Holton, the homecoming festival chair, said the event featured music, good food and plenty of tradition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis week we have all kinds of different events, but this is the festival, so we have the ride, we have a petting zoo, face painting, free food, merch, face painting, all of it is free to every Florida State University student and staff member and community members can check in as well,\u201d Holton said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Homecoming festivities will carry over into Friday and Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Beginning on Friday at noon, students will gather on FSU\u2019s Legacy Walk to create their traditional chalk designs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">At 2 p.m., the homecoming parade will start at the Civic Center, and on Saturday, FSU will face off against Wake Forest for their homecoming game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2025\/10\/30\/seminoles-kick-off-homecoming-festivities-thursday\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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