Thank you for your interest in the 2025 UYYC contest. Please take a moment to review all the options for registering for this year’s event at the Missouri History Museum. Now that you are here it is time to register online and upload your music from the link below; so the only thing you have to do when you arrive at the contest is check-in!
*registration link goes live at 12:00am April Fools Day!
*on-line registration active from April 1 – June 1
*To register follow the link and sign up for free as a complimentary member of the National YoYo League!
COMPETITOR EVENT PASS
$60 YOYO 2-day competition pass includes 1A division , X division, Sport Division, and all Kendama events
$40 KENDAMA 2-day competition pass includes Kendama Freestyles and Ladders
$20 LADDER PASS 2-day competition pass includes all Kendama Ladders
$20 ADULT PASS general admission
$10 CHILD PASS 8 yrs old and under
FRIDAY, June 6 6pm-10pm NATIONAL YOYO DAY @City Foundry STL
Early check-in Friday night at the STL City Foundry; 6pm-9pm.
We would like to suggest all of our attendees that when they arrive in St. Louis to go to the City Foundry after checking in at their hotel or Airbnb. City Foundry is centrally located and perfect for families to meet-up the night before from 6-10pm and grab drinks, food, shop, and meet players and judges before the championships on Saturday!
We will have Kendama ladder cards to pass out for those wanting to win Kendama prizes; all UYYC judges will be on hand for Kendama ladders from 6-9pm.
Explore all the different food options at the City Foundry Food Hall and the newest addition EXPAT; for some of the best St. Louis BBQ in their new 3-story restaurant with a rooftop terrace patio!
SATURDAY, June 7 9:30am-3:30pm UYYC YoYo & Kendama Contest @Missouri History Museum
UYYC 25 hosted this year at the Missouri History Museum inside Forest Park! Contests to include 1A and X Divisions, Sport Division, and Kendama freestyles and ladders.
MUSIC
The length of music for each freestyle for the 2025 UYYC contest is 1 minute for amateur sport division, 2 minutes for Kendama and 2 minutes for the 1A and X divisions. If you do not have your music edited to length, that is OK…..but your song will end abruptly at the 1:00 or 2:00 minute mark. There will be no fade down of the music. Music should not contain any profanities or event may automatically disqualify the competitor and cut off the music if deemed inappropriate. Please check the standards set for selecting your music on the National YoYo Contest website or feel free to ask us to review your music. For all kendama and yoyo players performing a freestyle on stage please register and upload your music online from April 1st – June 1st. Keep in mind you will not be able to upload music or give us music in person at the venue.
Instead for all who miss the online registration deadline of June 1, we have a pre-selected playlist that we will give the production team of the museum that the sound engineers will randomly select from. In addition for all who wait to register day of the contest please be here promptly at 9:30am so we can get your name added to the contest order quickly; allowing you a little extra time to get through the line so our staff will get you signed up!
If you registered online we still need you to check in at the registration table when you arrive to get your contest badge and so that we know that you are on-site and ready to compete.
If you miss the on-line deadline you may still register In person at the event on Friday night June 6 from 6pm-9pm at the City Foundry or Saturday morning at the Missouri History Museum from 9:30am – 10:30am.