Emory University’s Student Programming Council (SPC) has hosted a Homecoming concert every fall since 2021 — this year, that will not be the case. On Oct. 23, SPC announced in an Instagram post that there would be no fall concert this year due to changes in funding.
SPC is an executive agency that plans undergraduate-wide events such as First Week Fest, Homecoming Week and Dooley’s Week using designated funds from the Student Activity Fee (SAF). Last year, NLE Choppa headlined the fall Homecoming concert.
In March 2024, undergraduate students voted to increase the SAF by 12.9% from $116 to $131, which Emory’s Board of Trustees later approved.
“As you may have noticed, SPC will not be hosting its own fall concert this year,” SPC’s statement reads. “Hosting concerts during Homecoming week and Dooley’s week has been a staple of our organization, and we are truly saddened it won’t be happening this year.”
According to the statement, “broader university funding changes and challenges” impacted SPC, preventing the organization from hosting a concert performer.
SPC started its Homecoming Week on Oct. 20 with “Swoop’s Day in the City,” which featured a Vintage Thrift Market on McDonough Field. Festivities will conclude with “Men’s and Women’s Soccer Tailgate” on Oct. 24. Additionally, on Oct. 25, student organizations will host floats in the annual Homecoming Parade from the Emory Student Center promenade to the University Quadrangle.
SPC confirmed it will maintain the tradition of having a Dooley’s Week concert in the spring. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie headlined the Dooley’s Week concert in Spring 2025.
“For Homecoming, SPC is focusing on events all week long to engage our community and felt it was more appropriate to have one cohesive concert in the spring, ending Dooley’s week, that the entire student body will enjoy,” the statement reads.
Jacob Muscolino (he/him) (28C) is a News Editor at The Emory Wheel. He is from Long Island and plans to major in History and Psychology. Outside of the Wheel, he is involved in Emory Reads and Emory Economics Review. You can often find Jacob watching the newest blockbuster for his Letterboxd, dissecting The New York Times and traveling to the next destination on his bucket list.
