Your favorite Bearcat family traditions are back for 2026!
...but wait, there's more!
This year, we are excited to offer you two exciting event opportunities to visit campus, hang out with your Bearcat, and experience all that UC and Cincinnati have to offer! We heard your feedback and excitement around having multiple options to meet your family’s interests and schedules. In addition to Family Weekend, we are offering Bearcat Family Football Days! As a family, you can decide to attend Family Weekend, Bearcat Family Football Days, or BOTH!
Family Weekend
Family Weekend is held each fall to give you the opportunity to spend time with your student, experience life at UC, and explore our city of Cincinnati. We have activities for all ages from 0 to 100! This year, Family Weekend will be held October 9-11, 2026 during BLINK Festival of Light & Art – the nation’s largest immersive arts event. Families can look forward to a dynamic, action-packed schedule that includes many of your favorite traditional Family Weekend events on campus. With Blink Cincinnati in town, we also look forward to this incredibly unique opportunity to showcase Cincinnati in a new light. Whether you engage with Family Weekend on-campus, off-campus, or both, we know you will have a memorable experience celebrating the UC journey with your student and building your family connections. Registration will open this summer! We can’t wait for you to experience UC and the city of Cincinnati at its brightest!
During Family Weekend, don't miss the chance to check out BLINK! Exploring BLINK's interactive art installations across the city is completely free! We will have an optional add-on evening event on Saturday, October 10 at the Roebling Event Center in the heart of BLINK's Banks neighborhood installations for families who want to join us for fun and festivities before heading out to experience all that BLINK offers!
Bearcat Family Football Days
Bearcat Family Football Days will be held September 5, 12, and 26. Discount football tickets will be available for families later this summer. Registration will open this summer! Your registration includes a football day family pack of all the swag and goodies you need to cheer on the Bearcats and make memories with your student. We hope you will join us!
