Family Weekend Events

Activate your Parent & Family Weekend FitWell Membership to enjoy a diverse range of fitness and wellness classes at the Bee McLeod Recreation Center, McLeod Tyler Wellness Center, and Briggs Amphitheater.

Want to experience a day in the life of a W&M student? Attend a class! Due to limited seating in some classrooms, not all Friday classes can be open. Class Schedule is available under the "Schedule" tab of the Family Weekend website. 

Purchase exclusive family weekend gear on-site or pickup pre-ordered gear!

Stop by to pick up your Picnic tickets and have your questions answered by the Family Weekend volunteers.

The Muscarelle Museum of Art welcomes families to William & Mary! As your university art museum, the Muscarelle serves as a catalyst for art exploration on campus and throughout the region. 

Stop by the Wren to learn about this special building and its history from trained student volunteer members of the Spotswood Society.

Join us for food, fellowship, and fun on the front lawn of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, as the Tribe prepares to take on Monmouth!

A group of distinguished baseball players and experts will assemble at William & Mary to explore the seminal role the sport has played in shaping US-Japan relations over the past 150+ years. 

The Virginia Beer Company celebrates William & Mary, so visit the brewery and mention that you're in town for Family Weekend (or flash your W&M gear) for a 20% discount on all draft beer all weekend long!

Tours every 30 minutes, starting in the lobby. Join us for a fast, fun tour that highlights why Swem Library is beloved by students and is regularly ranked as one of the best college libraries by Princeton Review.

Rocket Pitch is a pitch competition where entrepreneurial thinkers have four minutes to convince the crowd they've spotted a problem worth solving and a great idea to meet the need. 

Transfer Families and Students are invited to join W&M's #TeamTransfer to hear about the latest campus "tea" over a cup of warm tea or coffee. This is a casual, drop-by event for the transfer community to make connections and staff to serve as a resource.

Come explore the biology Department's rooftop teaching and research greenhouse, home to a diverse plant collection.

Current Monroe Scholars and their families are invited stop by the reception hosted by the Charles Center Friday afternoon. Enjoy light refreshments and mingling with other families and program staff

The boathouse will be open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and family members. Participants will be required to sign a waiver, follow all Lake Matoaka rules and may check out a boat to paddle on Lake Matoaka.

Join us in the Special Collections Research Center for a Family Weekend Open House, featuring rare and unique materials from the archives! 

Please join us for a book talk with Peter Atwater '83, P '17, P '20, adjunct lecturer of economics, Friday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. in the Wren Building, Great Hall. Registration required.

Class led by Sarah Balascio

Explore your creativity and discover how art can facilitate connection, expression, and relaxation.

Please join us for this special event, designed for you to connect with fellow Joint Degree Programme students and families. You will have a chance to meet William & Mary staff members and student leaders with the Joint Degree Programme.

Please join our carousel of open rehearsals with the Brazilian, Indian, and Middle Eastern Music Ensembles at the ground floor, Jamestown Road entrance of the New Music Building. 

Come cheer on W&M Field Hockey as they take on Queens University of Charlotte at Busch Field.

Offering a venue for families to interact, enjoy refreshments and benefit from a private shopping event and a 20% discount on their entire purchase. Raffle for participants to include textbook scholarships, gift cards and W&M swag.

Join William and Mary Hillel for Shabbat Service (6:00) and dinner (7:00)! The Hillel community gathers for Shabbat every week, and we are looking forward to this week of welcoming parents and families.

From solo to group acts, singers to instruments and everything in-between, AMP's Homebrew highlights the talent we have on campus. Come to see your fellow peers, listen to some tunes, and have a great time!

A concert of original works created by William & Mary dance faculty, and performed by faculty, guest artists, and members of the Orchesis Modern Dance Company.

Explore the W&M campus by candlelight as your tour guide shares tales of “Old Campus” and the Historic Wren Yard. Registration required. Registrants should gather at the Lord Botetourt Statue.

Tribe Ice Hockey of the Virginia Division of the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League (ACCHL) takes on Virginia Military Institute in a home game.