Via SMC press release.

Santa Monica College will host a Family Tailgate & Harvest Festival on Saturday, November 4. The free community event leading up to the SMC Corsairs 2017 Homecoming Game offers activities for all ages and features a DJ, Cornhole boards and other carnival games, balloon artists, face painting, and more. Kids are encouraged to explore the booths of a vibrant selection of SMC student clubs.

Held on Corsair Field at SMC’s main campus (1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica), the event will have food carts with beverages and snacks – and sliders from Tortuga Bay – available for purchase.

Picnicking and blankets to sit on are welcome, but alcoholic beverages, glass containers, and barbecues are prohibited, as are chairs with pointed legs. Please note that SMC is a smoke free campus and all smoking is prohibited.

In this year’s action-packed football game, the SMC Corsairs will challenge the College of the Canyons Cougars. Halftime activities include a parade of all the SMC athletic teams to show SMC school spirit, a raffle for three iPad Minis, and a field-goal kicking contest that will give five students the chance to win up to a $1,000 in SMC Campus Store gift cards.

Tailgate & Harvest Carnival festivities start at 11 a.m., with the Homecoming Game kick-off at 1 p.m. at Corsair Field. Admission is free for the game and all pre-game activities. Ample free parking is available on the premises

The Family Picnic Tailgate is sponsored by the Santa Monica College Associated Students in coordination with Corsair Athletics, the SMC Office of Public Programs, and the SMC Alumni Association.

For more information about the Family Picnic Tailgate, please see alumni.smc.edu (click on the Homecoming link) or call (310) 434-4100.

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