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Campus Life works closely with the University Programming Board, Student Organiations and the [ Student Association ] to organize and sponsor large events on campus.

Annual Events
  • University Fest/Welcome Back Weekend - (Last weekend in August) Large outdoor campus/community festival with live entertainment, vendors, poster sales, carival rides, and food
  • [ Homecoming ] - (October) Weekend gathering of students and alumni celebrating the university and the accomplishments of its graduates
  • [ CSA Carnival ] - (November) Major cultural exchange showcases the music, food and revelry of the rich Caribbean heritage
  • Purim Carnival - (March) Evening of great fun, food, friends, games, attractions, music plus costumes, Battle of the Bands and Hot dog and Cream Pie eating contest
  • Shabbatt Dinner - (April) Binghamton holds the record for the largest Shabbat dinner to be held on any campus anywhere
  • PAL Barrio Fiesta - (April) Dances and skits that spread the Filipino culture within the college community and strive to create unity among the different organizations on campus
  • Spring Fling - (April - May) Outdoor festival, live music, student organization information booths


Past events have included:
    Concerts
    • Dashboard Confessional
    • Green Day
    • Incubus
    • 50 Cent
    • Shaggy
    • Rusted Root
    • Garbage
    • Nickleback
    • Starsailor
    • Busta Rhymes
    • Dave Matthews
    • Brand New
    • 112
    • Less Than Jake

    Comedians
    • Lewis Black
    • Stephen Lynch
    • Dave Chapelle
    • Tommy Davidson
    • Jim Breuer
    • Bobcat Goldwaith

    Speakers
    • Cornell West
    • Michael Dyson
    • Hermann Boone
    • Tsiddi Le Loca
    • MTV's Real World/Road Rules Cast Members

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Contact: campact@binghamton.edu