The Picnic Day Battle of the Bands is back! A musical battle of epic proportions, come hear your favorite University bands rock out during the 2026 Picnic Day. The UC Davis Marching Band will take on a number of collegiate bands from across the state of California!

Did you know that the UC Davis Horse Barn has been educating people about equine science for over 100 years?! Come learn all about horse production and see how student interns help with every step of the process. The foal is the goal!

Come join us at our pop-up museum outside of Briggs Hall! Learn how to catch bugs and study them. See displays featuring some of the finest insect specimens from the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Come join us at our pop-up museum outside of Briggs Hall! Learn how to catch bugs and study them. See displays featuring some of the finest insect specimens from the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Yolo Basin Foundation's Mobile Visitor Center will be stationed on Hutchison field as an interactive activity for our community to learn about conservation of local wetlands via interactive activities and information displayed from our Mobile Visitor Center.

The Aggie Polo Club presents an arena polo demonstration showcasing the passion, teamwork, and athleticism of the sport.

Senior design teams race small autonomous cars around a track using sensors and control algorithms. Watch the cars navigate turns and compete for fastest time, then talk with students about how the systems detect the line, steer, and recover from errors. Fun for all ages.

A beloved Picnic Day tradition hosted by second year veterinary students, featuring dozens of spirited dachshunds racing before thousands of cheering spectators, all vying to be crowned the fastest dog in town.

Meet the faculty and students of the Middle East/South Asia Studies language programs (Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi/Urdu, Persian, and Punjabi) at UC Davis!

Craft Center studios will show samples of work

Ever wondered what it looks like to strap duffel bags, ice chests, and wheelbarrows to the back of mules as fast as possible? Join us for our speed packing competition to learn more about the equine packing industry and how UC Davis students compete against other colleges in this event.

Tune in to watch the best people in the world solve the Rubik’s cube head-to-head at the Premier Speedcubing League (PSL). Davis Cube Club is excited to bring top speedcubing to a live audience in this second event as part of the 2026 PSL Season.

We will be racing roaches on tiny tracks, all day long!

Join us in the crowning of the third Throwdown champion as we play the best-of-5 VALORANT Grand Final in TLC! 24 teams spent the past 6 weeks fighting their way through the gauntlet to be here, and we'll have giveaways for audience members, so be sure to come!

The UC Davis Fashion and Design Society (FADS) will present “Laced in Reverie,” the 2026 Picnic Day Fashion Show, on April 18. The event will spotlight fashion created and executed by designers in the “Signature Collection” course and the Cohort Program of FADS.