Join Teatro Grattacielo immediately following the final performance of The Tempest for an unforgettable evening on the set itself: a crumbling 1980s film studio overtaken by synthetic jungle, neon light, and the lingering electricity of opening night. This is not a traditional reception. This is an immersive, boundary-crossing celebration where opera meets Broadway, genres collide, and anything can happen.

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Beyond Opera: Law of Desire After Dark

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

Be a part of what’s current, make a splash, and enjoy good tide-ings at HERE. This year's gala invites you to dive into an ocean of ideas, relationships, and artistic expression. Mingle with luminary artists from HERE’s community while enjoying fine food and creative cocktails. Experience performances by genre-breaking artists Machine Dazzle, Heather Christian, Marie Lloyd Paspe, Basil Twist & Joey Arias and more. Celebrate the bedrock of our community and the depths of creativity as we honor Jennifer Suh Whitfield and Heather Christian. And dive into the future of performance with HERE!

DIVE: HERE's 32nd Annual Gala

HERE Arts Center

2026 Gala!

Sony Hall

Gala 2026

Chelsea Factory

The closing party of SPOT Festival, presented by Kaleido festival. 18+ and requires a SPOT wristband. Lineup: Mbizo, Flexitrax, Deb Foam.

SPOT Afterparty – Kaleido Edition

Volume Village

RBAN party at RUST Nightclub celebrating their upcoming collaboration with RUST. DJ lineup: SELMA, Karlitas Way & Fuad. Free entrance until 00:00, 60 DKK 00:00-04:00. 21+.

RBAN – RUST Nightclub

RUST

The Shame Disco. DJ Reform94 throws a youth disco for adults, with the best/worst music from the nineties.

Reform94

Union Scene

A free, family-friendly street dance on the west side of the Stadium of Fire site, featuring a Miner Music DJ spinning tunes from across the decades, held after the fireworks on Independence Day.

Street Dance: Post-Stadium of Fire Celebration

LaVell Edwards Stadium

The José Limón Dance Foundation's 2026 Gala honors eight decades of José Limón’s foundational legacy and ongoing impact on modern dance. 

A cocktail reception inspired by José Limón’s artistic beginnings in the 1930’s will be followed by dinner in a living gallery – charting the Company’s evolution with archival photographs, historic film excerpts, and live performance.

80th Anniversary Gala

Lavan Midtown

Join us in welcoming the arrival of spring with a festive evening conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and featuring acclaimed pianist Evgeny Kissin in his first NY Phil appearance in ten years. Rimsky-Korsakov’s and Scriabin’s rarely performed piano concertos offer folk inspiration and lush lyricism, respectively. Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite rounds out the program with vivid orchestral color and rhythmic vitality.

Spring Gala with Dudamel & Kissin

David Geffen Hall

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) – the world’s largest international youth ballet competition – presents its signature spectacular dance gala performance, “STARS OF TODAY MEET THE STARS OF TOMORROW.” Celebrated ballet stars and the winners of the YAGP international youth ballet competition share the stage in an unforgettable evening of dance. 

Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow

Lincoln Center

Welcome the Year of the Horse with the NY Phil and stellar guest artists conducted by Long Yu.

Lunar New Year Gala

Kick off the cultural season with a celebratory concert featuring the NY Phil and special guest artists.

Opening Gala

Made in New York Jazz Gala

Manhattan School of Music

The 2025 Spring Gala highlights Balanchine’s fondness for the waltz with the monumental five-part Vienna Waltzes, featuring opulent settings, sumptuous costumes, and 50 dancers in dreamlike motion.

Spring Gala

Sutton Foster — the two-time Tony Award–winning actress, singer, and dancer who most recently starred as Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress on Broadway — headlines this celebratory evening with the NY Phil. Foster will perform Broadway favorites, including selections by Cole Porter, as Michael Rafter leads the Orchestra in his NY Phil debut.

Spring Gala with Sutton Foster

More than just a fundraiser, Harmony is a celebration of the power that music has to bring people together, build community, celebrate diversity, and advocate for change. Together, we will enjoy a three-course dinner, open bar, and performances from the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, Youth Pride Chorus, and our friends from Broadway! With live and silent auctions, this will be the event of the season.

Harmony: Annual Gala Fundraiser

The Edison Ballroom

HaZamir Gala Concert

Carnegie Hall

"Breaking Boundaries" is a captivating feature-length documentary that chronicles the journey of Nastasya Generalova, a determined Californian teenager and daughter of an African-American father, raised by her single mother, Olga.

ADIFF Breaking Boundaries Gala Screening

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to New York City Center, December 4 – January 5, for the Company’s 66th season celebrating the lineage and legacy of AILEY that continues to open doors and break new ground. This season’s Opening Night Gala will honor educator and advocate Jody Gottfried Arnhold for her unwavering commitment to accessible dance education for all and her support of AILEY’s mission.

The evening will feature the 25th anniversary return of Ronald K. Brown’s Grace, a beloved piece in the Ailey repertoire, accompanied by a one-night-only performance by Tony® and GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Leslie Odom, Jr. and concluding with Alvin Ailey’s indelible Revelations, accompanied by a live choir.

Opening Night Gala

New York City Center

Join us on Monday, November 18 as we honor host of ON STAGE on Spectrum News NY1 Frank DiLella and Tony Winner and CSC Board Member Nikki M. James. Our Gala, held at City Winery, will be an unmissable evening featuring cocktails, a seated dinner, tributes and exciting performances showcasing Frank and Nikki’s remarkable careers.

CSC Gala 2024

City Winery

You are invited to a marvelous party celebrating the close of another exciting season of United Solo! Awards for outstanding productions will be presented, and our Special Award will be given to a renowned performer from outside the festival who has exemplified the art of solo performance. A wonderful way to mix and mingle with the community of Solo Artists.

United Solo Closing Gala

Theatre Row

Join us for The Joyce Theater Foundation’s beloved annual fall fundraiser, Choreographers & Cocktails. This fantastic event offers guests the chance to mingle with choreographers, dancers and enthusiasts!

The Joyce’s Annual Fall Benefit

Gibney

The elegant evening – hosted by Midge Woolsey of Thirteen/WNET and WQXR Radio - featured recollections and tributes as well as dazzling musical entertainment by well-known Musical Theatre personalities and stars of stage and screen. Natalie Douglas: Internationally acclaimed vocalist and Broadway World Cabaret Best Vocalist Award winner, Joseph Gray: Legendary "Set It Off" man at the Apollo Theater whose electric performances energize the crowd, Moipei: Award-winning Kenyan vocal trio known for their stunning harmonies and dynamic performances, Lee Roy Reams: Hailed by The New York Times as “Broadway’s song and dance man nonpareil”, Craig Rubano: Multiple M.A.C. and Bistro award-winning cabaret artist known for his starring role in Les Misérables.

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