[3] Longstanding Tandem traditions include Morning Meeting, Meeting for Worship, Spring Day, Blue Ridge Day, Speaker Series, Emphasis Week, Open Mic, Sophomore Seminars, and Senior Projects.

A notable past act to play on the quad at Tandem Friends School for the Mother's Day Music Festival was Dave Matthews on May 12, 1991 and May 10, 1992 which included bassist Stefan Lessard who was a student at Tandem at the time.

Tandem Friends School fields up to eighteen sports teams and maintains a no-cut policy.

The school's JV and varsity teams compete in the Greater Piedmont Athletic Conference (GPAC).

Tandem sports two fully equipped music rooms, with guitars, basses, and a drum kit, as well as many other instruments for performing and recording.