Family Weekend Schedule

Kenyon families are invited to join us for a weekend full of festivities on the Hill from Friday, Oct. 16 - Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026.

Confirmed Family Weekend events are below. Additional events will be added to the schedule as they are finalized. Please contact Associate Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement Events Emily Earnest with questions. Information will also be available at the registration center located at the Alumni and Parent Welcome Center, 101 Scott Lane. Please note that many buildings and activities are available daily.

Friday, Oct. 16

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration Center Open

Stop by to receive your name badge, parking pass and additional information about the weekend, including information about our event app. Alumni and Parent Welcome Center, 101 Scott Lane

8:40 a.m. - 4 p.m. Open Classrooms

A list of open classrooms will be shared here prior to Family Weekend. 

4:30 Women’s Field Hockey vs. Sewanee

Benson Bowl

Saturday, Oct. 17

9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Registration Center Open

Stop by to receive your name badge, parking pass and additional information about the weekend, including information about our event app. Alumni and Parent Welcome Center, 101 Scott Lane

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. A Reading and Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Mitchell S. Jackson

Please join The Kenyon Review for a reading with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and journalist Mitchell S. Jackson. A Q&A with the audience will follow and books will be available for purchase and signing. Brandi Recital Hall, Storer Hall

12 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Wittenberg University

Senior Day. Mavec Field

12 - 4 p.m. Fall Harvest Festival  

Come to the Brown Family Environmental Center for our annual Fall Harvest Festival!
This FREE family event includes horse-drawn hayrides, live farm animals, live music, food trucks, pumpkin decorating, a campfire, children’s activities and more! Brown Family Environmental Center

1 p.m. Kenyon Football vs. Washington University

McBride Field

3 p.m. Kenyon Men’s Soccer vs. University of Mount Union

Mavec Field

5 - 7 p.m. Campfire & Pumpkin Patch at the Kenyon Farm

C'mon on down to the Farm for tours, marshmallow roasting at the campfire and the pumpkin harvest. Be sure to pick your own pumpkin and take it home. 20245 Zion Road, Gambier

Sunday, Oct. 18

12 p.m. Women’s Field Hockey vs. DePauw University

Benson Bowl