UVA reveals dates for Meet the Team, ‘Paint the Town Orange’

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

Virginia football will host its 2025 Meet the Team Day event, presented by UVA Orthopedics, on Sunday, Aug. 10, inside UVA’s Welsh Indoor Practice Facility from 4-6 p.m. The annual Paint the Town Orange pep rally, presented by the UVA Community Credit Union, will take place Friday, Aug. 29, at the Ting Pavilion on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall beginning at 8 p.m. Both events are free to the public.

MEET THE TEAM
UVA Fralin Family Head Football Coach Tony Elliott and the Cavalier football team will be available for autographs beginning at 4 p.m. in the IPF. Fans can pick up a copy of the team’s 2025 official season poster at the event. In addition to autographs, Meet The Team features inflatable games, balloon artists and face painters for kids. 

Entry for the event is located at the northwest entrance of the IPF. Attendees should use the promenade located between the McCue Center and the outdoor practice grass fields to access the IPF. Parking is free in the lots immediately surrounding the McCue Center and John Paul Jones Arena. Accessibility shuttles will transport fans in need of accommodations from the designated accessible parking area to the outdoor grass practice fields, only steps away from the IPF entrance.

PAINT THE TOWN ORANGE
The UVA marching band and spirit squads will depart the Omni Hotel to march the Downtown Mall at approximately 7:40 p.m. Both groups will enter the Pavilion at 8 p.m. and the pep rally will feature appearances by Elliott and the Virginia football team. 

The Fridays After Five concert series begins at 5 p.m. at Charlottesville’s Ting Pavilion. UVA cheerleaders and spirit squad members will be present to distribute the 2025 Virginia Football poster as well as other giveaways. 

Fans are encouraged to wear orange to Scott Stadium for the Cavaliers’ season opener against Coastal Carolina on Saturday, Aug. 30. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.