Get in Touch With Us: 352-392-8396 | new-students@ufl.edu
Family Weekend is a highlight of a student college experience, giving families the opportunity to experience the Gator Nation! From lectures to student performances to athletic events, the campus is lively this time of year and we can’t wait to have you join your student on campus to see the place they call home.
Please explore our page and let us know if you have any questions by contacting us here.
*If event sales out or reaches capacity, registration will close!
*More Details Coming Soon!*
$20: UF Students
$45: Non-UF Student Guests/Families
$Prices May Vary: Baseball Tickets (TICKETS SOLD SEPARATELY. *You do not need to purchase game tickets in order to attend family weekend*)
*You do NOT need to purchase baseball tickets to attend the weekend.
You have 2 options:
1. Go Through Us
2. Purchase Through Athletics
1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.| Check-In | Reitz Union Room TBD
To start the weekend off, we will have our family weekend check-in. So, send your student or anyone else in your party, to pick up your package of materials, which will be filled with all the items needed for the weekend. This includes the printed schedule, a clear stadium approved tote, shirts, wristbands, and other Family Weekend related swag items!
TBD | Teaching Kitchen Studio with Florida Fresh Dining (Additional Registration Required)
The first 30 people pre-registered per class, please join Florida Fresh Dining for a unique cooking class. The dining team is featuring local, fresh from Florida produce, and an array of seasonal selections. Eat and greet with the campus dietitian, executive chefs and hear a presentation about the future of dining at the University of Florida. #LoveWhereYouChomp
TBD | Craft-A-Gator (Additional Registration Required)
Create a lasting memory with your Gator! Join the Arts & Craft Center who is hosting “Craft-A-Gator”, a time to relax and paint a family keepsake with your student. Each registered guest may paint their own custom wood gator or choose to paint as a family.
TBD | Tradition Keeper Trail with UF Cicerones
TBD | Resource Fair
DINNER (Own Your Own) | TBD
TBD | Family Weekend Fun Night
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
On Campus Events
Off-Campus Events (Additional RSVP or Charges may apply)
*More details coming soon! *
TBD | Later Gator Check-In | TBD
Family members will be able to check into Fall Family Weekend again. All families will receive a Fall Family Weekend bag with the appropriate number of wristbands, swag items, vouchers, and schedules. There will be a Help Desk for questions about missing items, registration needs, and any other concerns.
TBD | Gator Baseball: Florida Gators V. Dayton Flyers | Condron Family Ballpark
Let us take you out to the old ball game! Sport your Gator Spirit and family weekend attire, with pride as our Florida Gators play the Dayton Flyers in the newly renovated Condron Family Ballpark! Doors open 90 minutes before 1st pitch.
TBD | Trivia: Family Weekend Edition | TBD
How well do you think you know UF? Come join us for an afternoon of fun and friendly competition. This event will include custom-made trivia, wings & things, music, grand prizes, and fun for the whole family. This event is first come, first serve. So, come on over and test your logic with the center of New Student and Family Programs!
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND GAINESVILLE (None of these events are associated with Spring Family Weekend)
Various events taking place in Gainesville during the February 21st - 23rd weekend that you can decide to attend on your own to amplify your visiting experience.
On Campus Events
Off-Campus Events (Additional RSVP or Charges may apply)
*More details coming soon!*
TBD | Breakfast
Before saying goodbye to your Gator, wrap up your Fall Family Weekend experience with an all you can eat breakfast buffet at one of our on-campus dinning locations. Please use Meal Vouchers located in your check-in packet for free entry.
Tips to help you to plan your Family Weekend trip!
Fall Family Weekend: Late July to Early August!
Spring Family Weekend: Early to Mid-January!
Housing is completely up to you! There are no specific hotels reserved for Family Weekend, so plan accordingly. Whether you get a hotel, motel, or Airbnb, you may want to book early to ensure you get you a place to stay for the most bang for your buck!
P.S. Don't be afraid to book outside of Gainesville, Ocala and Waldo are great too!
Parking is difficult on campus and so we try to ensure that you have a place to park when you are on campus while parking restrictions are in place.
When parking on Thursday (during Fall FW only) and Friday before 4:30 p.m., we will have parking passes at check-in upon request.
Parking passes are only needed between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Thursday (during Fall FW only) and Friday.
After 4:30 p.m. and over the weekend, most parking restrictions are lifted! So, no parking passes will be offered or required.
Fall Family Weekend: Gameday parking rules apply! Please use the Parking - Football - Florida Gators website to plan your Saturday parking accordingly.
Spring Family Weekend: Please use the Parking - All-Sports - Florida Gators website to plan your Game Day Transportation.
If you need to remove any registered guests from your registration (before registration closes or) before the weekend starts, you are able to go back into the registration system and delete guests on your end.
If you need to cancel a registration (at least a week) before the weekend starts, feel free to give our office an email or call (email: new-students@ufl.edu or 352-392-8396) and we can perform any action needed on our end and initiate that refund process.
If adding to a registration, you will pay the total of added guests/events at check-in.
If you need to subtract from or cancel any registered guests or registration the week or day of the weekend, please give our office an email or call (email: new-students@ufl.edu or 352-392-8396) OR see us at the FW Help Desk, located outside of Check-in, and we can discuss the possibility of a refund.
If adding to a registration the day of, please do so at the FW Help Desk.
Refunds initiated by the registration close date, will be given a full refund.
Refunds asked for after the registration close day, the week of or day of the weekend, will be provided on a case-by-case basis.
All refunds will be initiated AFTER the weekend concludes.