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KU hosts first homecoming parade in 7 years

by Maya Smith
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times
Baby Jay leads the KU Spirit Squad down Jayhawk Boulevard during the homecoming parade, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. It was KU's first homecoming parade since 2019.
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The University of Kansas held its first homecoming parade in seven years Friday evening, drawing community members, alumni, students and families to Jayhawk Boulevard in celebration of the university’s 114th homecoming weekend. 

Student and community organizations prepared floats inspired by the homecoming theme “Home on the Hill.”

The KU football team is set to play Baylor University on Saturday, Oct. 24 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is at noon, and a flyover is planned a few minutes beforehand. 

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Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Members of the KU Spirit Squad walk in the parade.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Members of the Marching Jayhawks Color Guard perform in the parade.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times A member of the alumni band marches with the KU Marching Jayhawks.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times KU Chancellor Douglas Girod rides in the parade.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. walk in the parade.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Members of the Triangle fraternity carry a banner down Jayhawk Boulevard.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Community members wave to people in the parade.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Students and alumni ride in the Triangle and Alpha Delta Pi float.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Alpha Delta Pi and Triangle’s float
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Students ride in the Women’s Ultimate Frisbee car.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Students ride in the School of Engineering truck.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times Karen Middleton hands out candy with the Indigenous Cultures Festival.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times KU sophomore Aaliyah Hayes walks with Tri Delta, Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi members.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times The KU Dance Alliance team walks in the parade.

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Maya Smith (she/her), reporting intern, has worked with The Lawrence Times since February 2026. She was born and raised in Lawrence and is a journalism student at the University of Kansas. She works at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications as a communications assistant and has been a freelance reporter for the Kansas Reflector since 2024. Read her work for the Times at this link.

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