Graduation Celebration 2024 - Student Registration

Welcome to Graduation Celebration! We are non-profit community group in Oak Ridge, TN, dedicated to providing a free, safe, all-night party for graduates in Oak Ridge every year since 1997.  The event is co-sponsored in partnership with the City of Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board.

Details about this COMPLETELY FREE event:

• • 80-85 percent of Oak Ridge High School graduates attend each year. 
  • Students will convene at the Oak Ridge Recreation Center to check in and enjoy food, activities, and fun before being bussed from the Oak Ridge Recreation Center to Main Event Knoxville. Doors open at 10pm. Students must arrive by 11:30pm to ride the bus. 
  • Students must ride the bus to attend.
  • Free food, games, & prizes at Main Event Knoxville 12am-4:30am.
  • Buses will bring students back to the Recreation Center starting at 4:30am. 
  • A safe place (no alcohol or drugs) for graduates, 10pm to 5am. May 17th to May 18th.
  • Oak Ridge seniors must graduate on-time to be eligible to attend. 
  • Visit us at GraduationCelebration.org
  • If you will be under 18 at the time of the event, you will need to have your parent fill out the permission form at GraduationCelebration.org and return it as instructed.

Host or Publisher City of Oak Ridge Recreation & Parks Dept.