As we celebrate our 150th anniversary of Belmont Abbey College, we embrace our roots from 1876 when one monk and two students traveled from St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe, PA to establish a Benedictine monastery and Catholic college on property located in Garibaldi, NC (now Belmont). The former St. Mary’s College became Belmont Abbey College in 1913 and has grown from a men only junior college to a co-educational liberal art’s senior college with over 1700 undergraduate and graduate level students. Please join us for our sesquicentennial celebration… it’s going to be a BLAST!
Individual Ticket: $50 Family Ticket: $100 (2 or more)
This year, tickets are all-inclusive for food, beer, wine, and soft drinks including coffee/tea at all events.
Come join us for this year's Family Day. A day full of fun at the Abbey - Schedule to Include:
Saturday, October 3
Color Run: 7:00am (Location: Perimeter Road)
- $10/person – Separate charge/sponsored by Student Life
- 5k for runners
- 1 lap around Perimeter Road for walkers
Mass in the Basilica: 11:00am
President’s Breakfast & College Update
Join President Jeffrey Talley and Abbot Placid Solari, O.S.B., for a hot buffet breakfast, college updates and more! Dress is casual
Field Activities and Athletic Events 12:00pm - 5:00pm
- Free Activity for all
- Business Fair
- Children's Activities - such as pumpkin patch, face painting and fairy hair
- Food Trucks and Beverage Trucks will be available for purchases
Celebrating 150 Years of Impact: Oktoberfest Brats and Biergarten Festival
- Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
- Location: Lawn between the library and science building
- Special Guests to be recognized
- Bavarian-themed food (veggie options available)
- Oktoberfest games and prizes
- Music
- Kid-friendly play area
- Celebrating with the Abbey community to mark 150 years of Benedictine tradition
Alumni House will remain open until 10:00pm for all to enjoy