FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2026
10am-5pm Visit the St. Louis Arch and ride the tram to the top of the arch for $15. The outside grounds, 1st floor level, and museum at the base of the Arch is free to the public!
10am-5pm Walk the riverfront from the Arch to the Graffiti Mural Wall or drive to the grafitti wall. We highly recommend shooting some yoyo and kendama video with the graffiti wall as the backdrop! The Mural Mile features artwork from over 250+ artists; to find it just type graffiti wall in google maps.
3730 Foundry Way
FRIDAY NIGHT
The St. Louis City Foundry is a 1 stop destination for family friendly games, movies, shopping, and food. Voted in the top 10 food halls in the US; centrally located just 5 minutes from the contest venue on Saturday. Also there is no admission to visit the City Foundry and parking is 100% free!
6pm-10pm meet UYYC judges, grab food, drinks, shop, and learn ladder tricks to earn prizes!
6pm early check-in to pick up UYYC Kendama Ladder cards
7pm – 9pm DJ spinning vinyl with freestyle demos on stage
7pm – 9pm UYYC Kendama Ladders *every trick learned gets a free raffle ticket
9pm Raffle drawing for Kendama Ladder prizes!
10pm The City Foundry closes and we will see everyone Saturday at the History Museum!
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2026 National YoYo Day
MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM
5700 Lindell Blvd
9:30am – Early entry: enter using the South Entrance and take the elevator or the steps to the bottom level
ATRIUM *registration table
9:30am – registration OPEN!
General Admission $20 Adult pass
General Admission $10 Child pass *age 8 and under
Yoyo Freestyle pass $60 *yoyo & kendama
Kendama Freestyle pass $40 *kendama only
10:15am – registration CLOSES for Kendama, Sport, 1A, and X divisions
UYYC VENDOR ROOM – 10am-2pm practice area for yoyo and kendama competitors
10:00am – doors open
Check out the UYYC vendor area to pick up some unique collectible YoYos, Kendamas, or 2026 contest merch!
2:00pm – UYYC vendor room closes
MAIN STAGE – LEE AUDITORIUM
10:00am stage open for a 30 minute sesh! If you are scheduled to compete before lunch please use this time to test the stage out.
10:30am – Sport Division ages 12 and under: Amateur freestyles 1 min
11:00am Sport Division ages 13 and over: Amateur freestyles 1 min
11:15am – X Division: Yoyo freestyles 2 min
12:00pm – 1pm LUNCH BREAK and chance for last round of competitors to test the stage before competing
1pm 1A Division: Championship YoYo freestyles 2min
2:30pm Kendama: Freestyles – 2 min
3:00pm Awards
Stay while the judges pass out awards from our sponsors and the NYYL to the winners of UYYC26!
3:30pm Breakdown
UYYC AFTERPARTY
CITY FOUNDRY
3730 Foundry Way
Join us at the St. Louis City Foundry Food Hall for dinner, yoyo, and the kendama afterparty. The City Foundry is one of the top 10 Food Halls in the country. For dinner consider one of a dozen different food options at the food hall or sample St. Louis bbq at EXPAT BBQ and have a quick sesh on the outside terrace level to some live music!
4pm -10pm After-Party
We will meet on the 1st floor of the main Food Hall; it’s time to relax and grab dinner with everyone from the event and meet all the judges.
6pm – 9pm Live DJ spinning vinyl
10pm We wrap up for the day, the City Foundry STL closes at 10pm. A special thanks again to everyone that traveled out to support UYYC!
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2026
CITY MUSEUM
North 16th St
10am – 4pm If you are still here on Sunday join all the judges and players for your last day in St. Louis at the City Museum for bbq, coffee, and exploring the museum! If you have never been it’s absolutely a magical experience. This is a great backdrop to shoot video to conclude your trip before heading out….see everyone next year!