Calling all members of the Durham College (DC) family! DC wants you to join the party as we celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2017 with Homecoming Weekend this September.

On September 8, 9 and 10, our college community will come together for three fun-filled days of music, meals and memories, as we celebrate DC’s past while looking ahead to the future.

The theme of DC’s 50th anniversary is The Start of Something Amazing, and Homecoming Weekend will get its own amazing start on Friday, September 8 when the Colleges Ontario Amazing 50 mobile exhibit rolls onto campus. Enjoy a pizza party, hear from guest speaker Steve Paikin, author and host of TV’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, and round out the day with a movie on the lawn.

Next, spend Saturday, September 9 with the whole family as DC hosts a kid-friendly festival of BBQ and food trucks, free activities, live music by The Tiki Collective and varsity alumni games in volleyball, baseball and softball. Then join your fellow DC alumni and friends for a Party Through the Decades, a nostalgia-filled dance party featuring performances by Juno award-winning singer-songwriter Colin James, and Fred Schneider of The B-52s!

Finally, wrap up your Homecoming Weekend experience on Sunday, September 10 with a delicious brunch at Bistro ’67, DC’s full-service, teaching restaurant, which was recently named one of Canada’s 150 Neighbourhood Gems.

Entrance into all of the weekend events are free with the exception of dining at Bistro ’67 and the Party Through the Decades, which is a 19+ event that requires purchased tickets ($50 each and $25 for students).

You can register for each of the events and purchase tickets for the party online.

Homecoming Weekend is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with old friends, and make some new ones, while commemorating 50 amazing years of DC.

See you there!