{"id":429927,"date":"2026-09-08T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429927\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:02:12","slug":"goo-goo-dolls-bowling-for-soup-to-headline-texas-tech-2026-homecoming-concert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429927\/","title":{"rendered":"Goo Goo Dolls, Bowling for Soup to headline Texas Tech 2026 Homecoming concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Two influential rock bands of the 1990s are coming to West Texas to headline Texas Tech\u2019s 2026 Homecoming concert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The university announced four-time Grammy Award nominees the Goo Goo Dolls and Texas-based rockers Bowling for Soup will perform Friday, Oct. 16. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The free concert is part of the annual homecoming celebration leading up the No. 12 Red Raiders taking on Arizona State Saturday, Oct. 17. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are thrilled to have both these great bands on campus for homecoming for what will be an exciting start to a fun weekend at Texas Tech,\u201d Blayne Beal, senior executive director of campus events, said. <\/p>\n<p>Homecoming Schedule of Events (Friday, Oct. 16)6:00 p.m.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Homecoming Parade: Travels from the First Baptist Church parking lot down Broadway onto campus, ending at the United Supermarkets Arena.6:00 p.m.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Concert Gates Open: Free parking is available west of the United Supermarkets Arena.7:30 p.m.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pep Rally: Starts on the main concert stage in Urbanovsky Park (just east of the arena).Immediately Following Pep Rally\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bonfire &amp; Homecoming Concert: Held at the same main stage area, allowing fans to enjoy both events in one location.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Two influential rock bands of the 1990s are coming to West Texas to headline&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[127068,447,64,149177,319,251,168,170,169,1769,149176,299],"class_list":["post-429927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-bowling-for-soup","tag-community","tag-events","tag-goo-goo-dolls","tag-kcbd","tag-local-news","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-texas-tech","tag-texas-tech-homecoming","tag-ttu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}