AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn Athletics and the City of Auburn will together usher in the 2024-25 college basketball season with a new-look Tipoff at Toomer’s built by YellaWood on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 17, at Toomer’s Corner.
This fan-favorite event is back for the third time at Toomer’s Corner and this year will expand to a full evening festival, to include local live music, shopping, vendors, and a headlining concert by multiple award-winning country music superstar Cole Swindell to conclude the night.
Downtown Auburn will be open throughout the entire day for shopping and dining, with the Tipoff Market featuring downtown merchants, presented by Nelson Brothers, officially opening at 5:30 p.m. Local live music will also begin to fill the air at that time, and kids and families will have the opportunity to enjoy the Coca Cola Fan Zone located on Samford Lawn.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. and thanks to the generous support of AuburnBank, the Auburn Family will have the opportunity to surround a basketball court at the historic intersection of Magnolia and South College to get a first look at both the men’s and women’s basketball teams led by head coaches Bruce Pearl and Johnnie Harris respectively.
The basketball portion of the night will conclude with a post-hoops autograph session with coaches and student athletes along South College Street, presented by Momma Goldberg’s Deli and in partnership with On To Victory, Auburn’s official NIL collective.
Then at 8:15 p.m., Swindell will take the Capstone Building Corp. stage at Toomer’s Corner. The multi-Platinum-selling artist and four-time ACM Award winner, best known for his three Platinum-certified, multi-week singles: “Never Say Never” featuring Lainey Wilson, “Single Saturday Night” and 3x Platinum “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” will cap the event with a 75-minute performance.
While the full event is free and open to the public, a variety of enhanced offerings are available through reserved ticket packages, including concert pit access, reserved basketball seating, and more. A limited number of exclusive VIP packages are available, which will provide access to a stage-side VIP space, presented by Adams Beverages and Aramark to include all-inclusive food and beverage, meet and greet access, and more.
VIP and experience packages will be on sale in a priority purchasing window for Tigers Unlimited members beginning today, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. Should availability remain after the TUF priority window, packages may be purchased by the general public here beginning Monday, Sept. 16 at 9 a.m.