As UC Davis’ annual open house event, Picnic Day has been prominently featured in the press. Now in its 99th year, this traditional event has been voted “Best Davis Event” by the California Aggie for the past four years.
Picnic Day has an expected attendance of 125,000 visitors and is believed to be the largest student-run event in the nation. In 2007–2008 an estimated 100,000 people attended and reports for the UC Davis Centennial (2008–2009) place attendance anywhere between 125,000 and 150,000. Current and prospective students, alumni, staff, faculty, and people from everywhere are invited to attend this festive day that showcases the talents, achievements and history of the university. With more than 150 free events throughout campus, Picnic Day provides fun and education for all ages.
The above information is as per the Davis wiki and the university website. I have been living in Davis from past 5 years, every year I visit the UC Davis campus for picnic day. Main thing I like about this event is dogs. I have seen most beautiful breeds on this day , I should not forget cats. If people are interested they can adopt dogs and cats. In the morning there will be a parade , people from different countries walk in the parade carrying their country's flags followed by number of other activities like music, dog shows where dogs will participate in some competitions it's really fun to watch those dogs and many other activities.
Davis is a very small town with a population of 75,000 people but this is one time of the year where I see many people thronging this place. All the restaurants will be full , you will only see crowd every where....since this might be my last picnic day at UC Davis since my husband will be graduating soon I thought I should write a blog about picnic day... On this occasion why not some fun for my dolls, let the girls have some fun :)
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