Get ready for Mason Day 2025…

APRIL 25, 2025 | 3:00 PM

Experience Mason Day

Get ready for an exciting time at
Mason Day with our headliner, MAX!

Featuring a HUGE carnival with rides, games, delicious treats, food trucks, inflatables, novelties, student performances all day, of course, our lovely Mason Day T-shirts and goodies (while supplies last)! All events are FREE* to Mason faculty, staff, and students.

*food trucks are not included in free activities

Shop Mason Guide To Mason Day

Amusements and Games

Ready for a day of fun? Check out all the available rides and amusement games we will have at Mason Day!

Rides

Ride height restrictions apply. (Please see the ride list for this event on colerides.com for specific height and size requirements). Not recommended for children under 36″ tall

Himalaya

RIDER REQUIREMENTS: 42" with an adult and 52" alone

Sizzler

RIDER REQUIREMENTS: 42" with an adult and 52" alone

Saturn 16

Rider Requirements: 48" Unless accompanied, Fly high on the sky on the Saturn 16! This high-flying swing tower swings riders 60ft above the midway in free swinging chairs.

Rockstar

Rider Requirements: 48" unless accompanied

Rainforest Expo Wheel

RIDER REQUIREMENTS: 48" unless accompanied

Cliff Hanger

Rider Requirements: 46" minimum

SCAT

Rider Requirements: 48" unless accompanied

Bungee Jump

Activities + DIYs
- DIY Ring & Friendship Bracelet Stamping
- Tactile Make & Takes
- Ooblek, kinetic sand, and slime
- Gem Mining
- Pucker Powder
- Aromatherapy Inhalers
- Trick Your Tee
- Laser Tag
Midway Mania:
- Games:
  - 9-hole Mini Golf
  - Bust One case game
  - Candy Wheel case game
  - Coin Toss case game
  - Fish Bowl case game
  - Hit the Bucket case game
  - Slam Dunk case game
  - Bingo Ball case game
  - Chicken Flight School
  - Duck Pond
  - Ring the Bottle case game
  - Giant Jenga
  - Giant Connect 4
  - PhotoBoxx Photo Booth

Low Sensory Zone:

Activities:
- Coloring sheets
- Cyanotype (UV reactive “shadow” paper)
- Card games
- & More

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Artist Alley: 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Balloon Twisters
Face Painting
Airbrush Tattoos
Speed Sketcher Caricature Artists

Novelty Nook: Timed Release Schedule (while supplies last)

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Stuff-a-Plush Round 1: Black Bear & Squirrel Skins

DIY License Plates with 3 session exclusive sticker choices

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm

Stuff-a-Plush Round 2: Axolotl & Stingray Skins

DIY License Plates with 3 session exclusive sticker choices

6:30 pm – 7:45 pm

Stuff-a-Plush Round 3: Sasquatch & Alien Skins

DIY License Plates with 3 session exclusive sticker choices

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Mason Day 2025 Headliner: MAX

Our Mason Day headliner performance starts at 7:00 pm.

Student Stage Performances:

3:25 pm – 3:50 pm: Anderson White – hip hop – student
3:50 pm – 4:15 pm: Flower Moon – Band – main
4:15 pm – 4:40 pm: Adrenalina – Dance – student
4:40 pm – 5:05 pm: Elijah Cyler – hip hop – main
5:05 pm – 5:30 pm: MSN – a cappella – student
5:30 pm – 5:55 pm: Leananshi – Band – main
5:55 pm – 6:20 pm: Urbanknowlogy – Dance – student

CARNIVAL FOOD TRAILERS:

Popcorn, cotton candy, candy and caramel apples, snow cones, caramel corn, and sodas
Lemonade, frozen lemonade, corn dogs
Funnel cake, elephant ears, fried Oreos, soda

Savory

Yummie Thai Kitchen – https://www.instagram.com/yummietk/
Fosters Grille of Vienna – https://www.fostersgrille.com/
Fireside Kabobs on Wheels – https://www.instagram.com/firesidekabobonwheels/
Mission BBQ – https://mission-bbq.com/
Good Day Crepe – https://www.gooddaycrepe.com/
Roaming Coyote – https://theroamingcoyote.com/

Sweet

King of Pops – https://www.instagram.com/kop_chantilly/
Rita’s Italian Ice – https://www.instagram.com/ritasoffairfax
Vivi Bubble Tea – https://www.vivibubbleteava.com/
My Alfajor – https://myalfajor.com/
Ben & Jerry’s – https://www.benjerry.com/nova-catering
Nothing Bundt Cakes – https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/find-a-bakery/va/fairfax/bakery-305.html

Ticketing and Admissions

**Students/Faculty/Staff – FREE admission* with valid Mason ID**

FREE with Mason ID: Visit https://masoncard.gmu.edu/ for more information about ID cards.
Guest tickets sold only at EagleBank Arena Box Office- In person only & No online sales! For more information on EBA payment methods please visit: https://www.eaglebankarena.com/events/box-office
- Guest tickets for Mason Day go on sale at 12pm on Wednesday, April 9th!
  - EBA Box Office Ticket sales will close at 9:30pm Friday, April 25th
- $35 Non-students (purchased through box office at EBA, all guests must enter with a Mason ID holder, limit one non-student guest per ID Holder)
  - Alumni can attend Mason Day as a guest of an active Mason ID holder.
- Guests over 36″ must pay for a ticket. Individuals under 36″ are free as they cannot ride the carnival rides due to height restrictions.
- Payment options at the box office include all major credit cards (Visa, MC, Amex, and Discover). Credit card machines have NFC technology and can also use contactless payment with Apple Pay, Google Pay and any major credit card with updated Tap-to-Pay technology.

RAIN OR SHINE NO REFUNDS

VISA & Mastercard Payments ONLY

NO Apple Pay

Free admission includes unlimited rides on carnival attractions, games, activities and novelties, and the full day of stage performances and concerts. Food trucks, carnival food, and vendors are not included in the free admission.

Frequently asked questions

Mason Day takes place rain or shine. That being said, we may choose to shut down or delay Mason Day in the case of lightning, major national weather warnings, or natural disasters. Please follow @masonpatriots to get updates and information about Mason Day.

Here is a link to Mason’s policies regarding pets on campus: https://universitypolicy.gmu.edu/policies/animal-control/

Mason Day, like most other events produced by Student Involvement, is intended for an audience that is 18 or over. Minors must be accompanied by an adult at all times. This is an event intended for college-aged students and above and may not be suitable for young children.

All bags will be searched upon entry into the event. No outside beverages are permitted. You may bring an empty water bottle into the venue and fill it with one of our water filling stations. If you have a full drink container, you will be asked to empty it prior to entering the space or dispose of it in a trash receptable.

Skateboards, bikes, mini bikes, motorized scooters, any outside drink containers

Thank you to our generous sponsors for Mason Day 2025!

Check out this year’s Sponsor Prospectus to learn more about all of the ways your business or organization be a part of Mason Day 2025!