EAST LANSING, Mich. — The 2021 Michigan State University (MSU) Homecoming Parade will take place this Friday, Oct.1, beginning at 6 p.m.
The 2021 MSU Homecoming Parade will begin at the Abbot-Burcham intersection (staging at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center) and travel south on Abbot Road, east on Grand River Avenue, south at Farm Lane onto the MSU campus and end at the intersection of Farm and Shaw lanes.
Community members are advised that several East Lansing streets and intersections will be closed Friday, Oct. 1 to accommodate the parade. Please note that some of the roadway re-opening times are approximate. Roadways will re-open once the last parade unit has passed through:
- Abbot Road, from Burcham Drive and Grand River Avenue, from 5:30-7:15 p.m.
- Grand River Avenue, between Abbot Road and Farm Lane, from 5:30-7:15 p.m.
These streets near the East Lansing Hannah Community Center (ELHCC) will also be closed Friday, Oct. 1 for parade staging:
- Abbot Road, between Oxford Road/Whitehills Drive and Burcham Drive, from 2:30-7 p.m.
- Centerlawn Avenue, from Abbot Road to Forest Street, from 2:30-7 p.m.
- Northlawn Avenue, from Abbot Road to Forest Street, from 2:30-7 p.m.
- Evergreen Avenue, from Centerlawn Avenue to Northlawn Avenue, from 2:30-7 p.m.
- Forest Street, from Centerlawn Avenue to Northlawn Avenue, from 2:30-7 p.m.
- Fern Street, from Abbot Road to Evergreen Avenue, from 2:30-7 p.m.
- Burcham Drive (westbound), between Old Hickory Lane and Abbot Road, from 2:30-7:15 p.m.
- Please note that additional streets may be blocked temporarily leading to the parade route.
