US Open Fan Week

Yes — I found the official 2026 US Open Fan Week schedule, and this year is particularly interesting because Kids’ Day has moved to Sunday, and there are several opportunities to see major players practicing before the actual tournament begins.

Fan Week is Sunday, August 23 through Saturday, August 29, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing. Grounds admission is free, but you now need a free Fan Access Pass to enter.

🎾 Fan Week day by day

Day

Main things happening

Hours

Sun Aug 23

🧒 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day + player practices + Wildcard Challenge

9:30 AM–6 PM

Mon Aug 24

🎾 Qualifying + Mixed Doubles qualifying + 🍺 Happy Hour + Silent Disco

Daytime; disco 7–9 PM

Tue Aug 25

⭐ Star-studded Mixed Doubles + Roger Federer exhibition

Tennis from 10/11 AM; Federer 7:30 PM

Wed Aug 26

⭐ Mixed Doubles semifinals & final

7 PM

Thu Aug 27

⭐ Stars of the Open exhibition

6 PM

Fri Aug 28

🎤 Media Day + 🎉 US Open Block Party

Media 1–4 PM; party 7 PM

Sat Aug 29

🎾 Final Fan Week day / qualifying & practices

Daytime

The official schedule is here: Official 2026 Fan Week Schedule⁠

🧒 Sunday, Aug. 23 —

KIDS’ DAY

This is actually a very good day for you even without kids, because it has unusually broad access to the grounds.

9:30 AM–6 PM — entire grounds

• Top-player practices

• Family activities

• Entertainment

• Savannah Bananas + US Open stars

• Arthur Ashe Stadium show: 11 AM–12:30 PM

• Fountain Plaza concert: 1–3:30 PM

• Savannah Bananas meet-and-greet: 1–3 PM

• Qualifying Wildcard Challenge: 10 AM–4 PM

So if your goal is walking around and seeing players practicing, Sunday looks excellent.

🕺 Monday, Aug. 24 —

SILENT DISCO NIGHT

This is the unusual one you were remembering:

10 AM–5 PM — Arthur Ashe Stadium Experience / player practices

11 AM — Mixed Doubles qualifying

5–7 PM — Heineken Happy Hour

7–9 PM — SILENT DISCO

The Silent Disco is at Fountain Plaza. Everyone gets wireless headphones and can switch among DJs/music channels—Top 40, ’80s, ’90s, 2000s and Latin. You need to RSVP, and headphones are subject to availability.

⭐ Tuesday, Aug. 25 —

THE BIG PLAYER DAY

This may be the best day of the entire Fan Week for you.

10 AM — Mixed Doubles at Louis Armstrong

11 AM — Mixed Doubles at Arthur Ashe

This is not ordinary qualifying: it’s the new 16-team star-studded Mixed Doubles Championship, with top men and women playing together.

Then:

7:30 PM — Roger Federer exhibition in Arthur Ashe

Federer will play with Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe. This requires a separate ticket.

So Tuesday gives you the combination of current stars during the day + four enormous tennis names at night.

🏆 Wednesday, Aug. 26 —

MIXED DOUBLES FINALS

7 PM — Arthur Ashe Stadium

Semifinals and final of the new Mixed Doubles Championship.

This is ticketed, but it should be a very high-level evening of tennis.

⭐ Thursday, Aug. 27 —

STARS OF THE OPEN

6 PM — Arthur Ashe Stadium

The exhibition features:

• Alexandra Eala

• João Fonseca

• Iva Jovic

• Learner Tien

These are four of the particularly interesting young stars of the next generation. Separate ticket required.

🎤 Friday, Aug. 28 —

MEDIA DAY + BLOCK PARTY

1–4 PM — Media Day

Players are interviewed live by Andy Roddick for his Served podcast.

Then:

7 PM — US Open Block Party

D-Nice headlines the party, with Natasha Diggs. It’s at Fountain Plaza and is free with RSVP/Fan Access Pass.

My ranking for you

Given that you’re interested in actual tennis and seeing the players up close, rather than primarily the family entertainment:

🥇 Tuesday Aug. 25 — probably the most spectacular

🥈 Sunday Aug. 23 — excellent for wandering, practices and seeing the grounds

🥉 Monday Aug. 24 — excellent tennis + Silent Disco

4. Friday Aug. 28 — player interviews + Block Party

5. Wednesday Aug. 26 — excellent ticketed mixed doubles evening

6. Thursday Aug. 27 — young-star exhibition

One particularly interesting thing: player practices are deliberately part of Fan Week, and the official schedule lists featured practices in Louis Armstrong and Grandstand.

If you’d like, I can also  dig into the actual player-practice schedule for Sunday/Monday/Tuesday — e.g. when Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Sabalenka, Osaka, etc. are scheduled to practice and where. That would probably be the most useful way to decide which day you should actually go.