diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3e0a06..6ce6f26 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ next-env.d.ts
 
 # Nix
 flake.lock
+.env*.local
diff --git a/app/events/page.tsx b/app/events/page.tsx
index 33466f7..225eade 100644
--- a/app/events/page.tsx
+++ b/app/events/page.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import styles from './Events.module.css'
 type CompleteEventDetails = EventDetails & { end: number, link: string | null }
 export type EventFrontmatter = Omit<Frontmatter, 'event_details'> & { event_details: CompleteEventDetails }
 
-async function getEvents() {
+export async function getEvents() {
   const markdownFiles = await generateUnmodifiedSlugsFromMarkdownFiles('app/events')
   const events: Frontmatter[] = []
   for (const { slug } of markdownFiles) {
diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index b15fb3d..039792f 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-import { NavItems } from "@/components/NavItems"
-import { HomeLoop } from "@/components/HomeLoop"
+import { NavItems } from "@/components/NavItems";
+import { HomeLoop } from "@/components/HomeLoop";
+import { HomepageBanner } from "@/components/HomepageBanner";
+import { getEvents } from "./events/page";
 
-import styles from "./Home.module.css"
+import styles from "./Home.module.css";
+
+export default async function Home() {
+  const events = await getEvents();
 
-export default function Home() {
   return (
     <>
       <div id={styles.content}>
+        <HomepageBanner events={events} />
         <h1 id={styles.title}>compsigh</h1>
         <p id={styles.description}>
           compsigh is the social computer science club at USFCA for meeting cool
@@ -21,5 +26,5 @@ export default function Home() {
         <HomeLoop />
       </div>
     </>
-  )
+  );
 }
diff --git a/components/HomepageBanner/HomepageBanner.tsx b/components/HomepageBanner/HomepageBanner.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..975b3bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/HomepageBanner/HomepageBanner.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { EventFrontmatter } from "@/app/events/page";
+import Link from "next/link";
+
+function isValidURL(url: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    new URL(url);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export function HomepageBanner({ events }: { events: EventFrontmatter[] }) {
+  const currentTime = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
+  if (events.length === 0) return <></>;
+
+  const updatedEvents: EventFrontmatter[] = [
+    ...events,
+    {
+      title: "DAVE",
+      description: "register!",
+      event_details: {
+        start: 17665518600,
+        end: 9999999999999,
+        location: "The Hive",
+        cover_image: "/events/2025-11-07/deploy25.png",
+        pictures: [],
+        link: "/",
+      },
+      slug: "events/2025-11-07/deploy25",
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const upcomingEvents: EventFrontmatter[] = [];
+  for (const event of updatedEvents)
+    if (currentTime < event.event_details.start) upcomingEvents.push(event);
+
+  if (upcomingEvents.length === 0) return <></>;
+  const nearestUpcomingEvent = upcomingEvents[0];
+  const title = nearestUpcomingEvent.title;
+  const eventLink = nearestUpcomingEvent.event_details.link!;
+
+  if (!isValidURL(eventLink)) return <></>;
+
+  return (
+    <Link href={eventLink}>
+      <h1>&quot;{title}&quot; is coming up.</h1>
+    </Link>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/components/HomepageBanner/index.ts b/components/HomepageBanner/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..086986a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/HomepageBanner/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { HomepageBanner } from './HomepageBanner'
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