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Late Check-in

Sep 21, 2024, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Send your student to check in your family for Family Weekend using their BBNvolved Event Pass. Get your Family Weekend event entry buttons, swag bags, and any apparel you purchased. Family members wishing to check in without their student present will need their student's name and UKY email address.

UK Football vs. Ohio University

Sep 21, 2024

Cheer on our Cats as they play the Ohio Bobcats in Kroger Field! More information about football tickets will be available in mid-July.   Accessibility:

MacAdam Student Observatory

Sep 20, 2024, 8:30 – 10:30 PM

Take a tour of the $1 million MacAdam Student Observatory. Families will have a chance to gaze at stars and planets through the observatory’s robotic 20” telescope (weather permitting). Images of galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae (taken from the center of a city of 200,000+), along with information about our outreach programs can be found at www.pa.uky.edu/observatory. Free for all students and guests. Family Weekend registration NOT required. 

Tour of UK's James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits

Sep 20, 2024, 5:00 – 8:00 PM

Join the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits staff for a tour of their new educational distilling facility on campus. Tastings will not be available. Tour capacity is limited based on the size of the facility, and sign-ups are first-come, first-served on the Family Weekend registration form.

Tour Mary Todd Lincoln House

Sep 20, 2024, 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Book admission today through the Family Weekend registration form! The Mary Todd Lincoln House, located on West Main Street in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, was the family home of the future wife of the sixteenth President of the United States. In 1977, the girlhood home opened to the public and became the first house museum in the country to honor a First Lady.

Distillery District Walking Food & History Tour

Sep 20, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 PM

Book your tickets on the Family Weekend registration form!

Downtown Walking Food & History Tour

Sep 20, 2024, 4:00 – 8:00 PM

Book your tickets on the Family Weekend registration form!

Dogs with the Dean

Sep 20, 2024, 3:30 – 5:00 PM

It's Family Weekend! Bring your family and CI friends! Grab a hotdog in front of Lucille Little Library, then join us on the third floor for some swag and treats at the CI Student Success Center (310 LCLI). Family Weekend registration not required.  

Visit Horse Country

Sep 20, 2024, 2:00 – 3:30 PM

Book a tour of a local horse farm or equine facility on the Family Weekend registration form! Thanks to our partners at Horse Country, Family Weekend guests have the opportunity to spend Friday afternoon touring one of the many fine equine facilities and horse farms around the Lexington area, including:

Check-in

Sep 20, 2024, 1:00 – 8:00 PM

Send your student to check in your family for Family Weekend using their BBNvolved Event Pass. Get your Family Weekend event entry buttons, swag bags, and any apparel you purchased. Family members wishing to check in without their student present will need their student's name and UKY email address.

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