2022 SCHEDULE

Please see below for confirmed 2022 Family Weekend events. Check back for the most up-to-date schedule as Family Weekend approaches!

Saturday Schedule

FAMILY WEEKEND CARDIO BOOTCAMP @ THE PARK

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
The Park (600 Massie Road)

Our bootcamp class will incorporate interval training that includes both cardio and strength elements, including both bodyweight and weighted exercises. We can accommodate up to 50 people for this event. For registration and more information, please visit the IM-Rec website.

 

FAMILY WEEKEND PICKLEBALL CLUB TOURNAMENT

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Snyder Courts

UVA Pickleball Club will be hosting both free play and tournament style matches for students and parents to join. Anyone is welcome, and the event is completely free. We will also have raffle tickets that can be purchased to win select prizes. Hope to see you there!

 

EDUCATION ABROAD MEET AND GREET

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hotel A, West Range

Join us to learn about education abroad at UVA, how to support your student with their plans to go abroad, and speak with Education Abroad Advisors. Information sessions will be offered each half hour, beginning at 9:00am. If you can’t make it to one of the info sessions, stop by to speak with an Education Abroad Advisor! Families and students are welcome.

 

SCHOOL OF NURSING: RECOGNITION CEREMONY

9:30 AM Ceremony
Old Cabell Hall Auditorium

 

FOOTBALL WEEKENDS AT ALUMNI HALL

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Alumni Hall (211 Emmet Street)

The tailgate will feature live entertainment, face painting, a complimentary shuttle to the game, on-site parking for Alumni Association Contributing Members, food and drink for purchase, and more! Please see the Alumni Association website for more details.

 

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES ANNUAL FAMILY WEEKEND FACULTY TALK, BY PROF. NOMI DAVE, DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Newcomb Hall Theater
Audio Justice: Sound, Listening, & the Law

UVA Music Professor Nomi Dave is the author of The Revolution’s Echoes: Music, Politics, and Pleasure in Guinea, Co-Director of the Sound Justice Lab, and a former lawyer working on women’s rights, refugee rights, and immigration law in Guinea and the US. She will talk about her work on the role of sound, voice, and listening, in politics and the law.

 

UNIVERSITY GUIDE HISTORICAL TOUR

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Lawn Side of the Rotunda

Historical Tours are about an hour long and cover the history of the University of Virginia from its founding to the present day, but each tour is slightly different; feel free to ask your guide to cover specific information. Tourists are taken through the Rotunda and the Academical Village to gain insight to Thomas Jefferson's vision of an institution of higher education and what the University has become since. 

 

FAMILY WEEKEND BRUNCH

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Observatory Hill (O'Hill) Dining Room & Runk Dining Hall

Join us for brunch at O'Hill and Runk!

 

FIRST-YEAR COUNCIL FOOTBALL TAILGATE

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
O'Hill 

Looking for a spot to tailgate before the big game? Swing by the O’Hill! Grab a gameday-themed meal from O’Hill Dining Hall, then join other first-year families outdoors for some lawn games and fun before heading off to Scott Stadium.

 

FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE INFORMATION SESSION

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room

Join the office of FSL to learn about Greek life at UVA.

 

HEREFORD COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lower Vaughan House, Ground Floor

Interested in living at Hereford, or learning more about it? Hereford student leaders will be on-hand to provide interested families a tour of our facilities. 

 

NO UNITY WITHOUT JUSTICE: STUDENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING DURING THE 2017 SUMMER OF HATE

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, First Floor

This exhibit was largely curated by UVA alumni who took part in the anti-fascist counter-protests in the summer of 2017 when they were students.

The events of August 11 & 12, 2017 in Charlottesville saw loss of life, physical violence, and community turmoil significant enough to merit international media coverage. Our community will be recovering, assessing, and attempting to move forward for a long time to come.

 

VISIONS OF PROGRESS: PORTRAITS OF DIGNITY, STYLE, AND RACIAL UPLIFT - CENTRAL VIRGINIA, 1900-1925

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, Main Gallery

This is a self-guided opportunity.

 

PRESSWORK: THE HISTORY OF PRINTING TECHNOLOGY

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, South Gallery

This is a self-guided opportunity.

 

FOOTBALL VS. MIAMI

12:30 PM
Scott Stadium

Cheer on the Virginia Cavaliers for the Family Weekend game as they take on their fellow ACC Coastal division opponent, the Miami Hurricanes, at Scott Stadium! Limited discounted tickets are available at this link.

 

TAP CLUB PRACTICE

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
O'Hill Forum

Tap club is open to all, regardless of dance experience! We provide tap shoes for class. 

 

CULTUREFEST

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Amphitheater 
Newcomb Hall Ballroom (Rain Location)

Get ready for CultureFest 2022! We are SO excited to celebrate the many cultures, traditions, and heritages that make up UVA! Catering will include Little Manila, Pearl Island Café, Pineapples Thai Kitchen, Got Dumplings, and more!

 

MUSEUM TOUR WITH STUDENT DOCENTS

2:00 PM
Fralin Museum of Art (155 Rugby Road)

Explore the art of the Fralin with extra context provided by our Student Docents!

 

THE WHETHERMEN FAMILY WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Newcomb Hall Theater

The Whethermen, an improv comedy group at UVA, will be performing at Family Weekend! Bring the family for some laughs!

 

DRAG SHOW

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Newcomb Hall Theater

Please join oSTEM in partnership with Pikasso Swig for our Drag Show! Drag Your Parents: A Parents Weekend Drag Show is on Saturday, October 29th. Tickets are $5 per person at the door. All ages are welcome! All proceeds and tips will benefit Side by Side VA!

 

DOME ROOM DINNERS

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The Rotunda

Now in its 19th year, the Dome Room Dinner is a luxury Family Weekend event. Families are invited to dine on Grounds in the University's original library while listening to a lecture from one of our premier faculty members. This UNESCO World Heritage Site, for two nights only, will host faculty and staff, families, musical groups, and share the history within its walls. Saturday night's speaker will be Njelle Hamilton from the Departments of English and Africana Studies. Lottery entry for the Dome Room Dinners has closed. 

 

THE GREAT ROTUMPKIN

7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
University Avenue Side of the Rotunda

Vignettes accompanied by haunting music will cycle over the outside of the centerpiece of the University, transforming the iconic building into a massive movie screen. UPC will be partnering with UVA Arts to put on small events surrounding the Great Rotumpkin projections (free food, games, merch, etc). More information about the display can be found at https://arts.virginia.edu/greatrotumpkin

 

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

8:00 PM
Ruth Caplin Theatre

This boldly playful adaptation of Jane Austen’s first novel follows the Dashwood sisters after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. In this comic debate between prudence and passion, Elinor and Marianne must publicly manage their love affairs amid a gossip-obsessed 19th-century England. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart? Tickets and more information available here.

 

THE VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Old Cabell Hall Auditorium

Enjoy listening to the oldest of UVA's a cappella groups, the Virginia Gentlemen, as they perform from 8:00-10:00 P.M. at Old Cabell Hall. Tickets available now online at the UVA Arts Box Office.

 

NAVY ROTC FAMILY WEEKEND TAILGATE

TIME TBD
NROTC Wardroom (Warner Hall)

Tailgate for NROTC Families and UVA Veterans!