an event management & fundraising firm
We receive many questions asking when St. Louis organizations are planning their annual galas. See the list below to help streamline your planning process and let us know of any edits by emailing susan@carltonwerremeyer.com.
Bold events are CW clients.
2012 EVENTS
January 14 Oh, What A Beautiful Evening - Featuring Andrew Hammerstein, The J
February 4 Contemporary Art Museum Annual Gala, Four Seasons
February 11 Laumeier Winter Party
February 25 The Ballet Ball to benefit Dance St. Louis, Palladium
March 3 Orange Carpet Ball to benefit WYMAN, Four Seasons
March 3 Lydia's House Gala, Coronado
March 10 Heart Ball to benefit the American Heart Association, Ritz Carlton
April 1 Saul Mirowitz Day School - Reform Jewish Academy Gala, Ritz Carlton
April 11 Choose your Shoes 2 benefitting Breast Healthcare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Frontenac Hilton
April 13 The ARTrageous Baubles Ball to benefit Craft Alliance, Palladium
April 13 Springboard Gala
April 14 illumination12 to benefit Siteman Cancer Center, Ritz-Carlton
April 15 A Tasteful Affair 24 to benefit Food Outreach, Chase Park Plaza
April 21 The Costas Benefit for Cardinal Glennon
April 21 Toast of the Town - featuring the Liverpool Legends to benefit The J, The Pageant
April 21 Ultimate Picnic to benefit Central Institute for the Deaf, Four Seasons
April 27 COCAcabana
April 28 Costas to the Max, A Benefit for the Starkloff Disability Institute, The Pageant
May 5 Opera Theatre's Spring Gala
May 12 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Gala, Kemp Auto Museum
May 25 FloraDora to benefit Circus Flora
June 15 A Zoo Ado to benefit the St. Louis Zoo
September 15 Tempest Ball, Shakespeare Festival - The Pageant
October St. Louis Symphony Gala
October 13 Laumeier's Fall Gala
October Grand Center Gala
October 15 Children's Hospital Gala
October 15 Cancer Support Community Gala (Formerly known as the Wellness Center)
October 20 Signature Chefs Auction to benefit March of Dimes, Ritz-Carlton
November Gateway Pet Guardians, “Soirees for Strays”
November 17 Central Library Grand Reopening Gala, Central Library
November TouchPoint Autism Services Gala
December St. Louis Art Museum Gala (not the re-opening, that is 2013)
2013 EVENTS
Re-opening of the St.
Louis Art Museum
March 2 Contemporary Art
Museum Annual Gala
April 27 Ultimate
Picnic to benefit Central Institute for the Deaf, Four Seasons
June 21 ZOOFARI
2013
2011 EVENTS
January 24 St. Louis Arts Awards to benefit the Arts and Education Council, Chase Park Plaza
January 29 Ranken Jordan Crystal Ball, Kemp Auto Museum
February 4 Epworth Pillar of Strength Award Dinner, Chase Park Plaza
February 5 RED 2011 to benefit Doorways, Ritz Carlton
February 5 Mardi Gras Masquerade to benefit St. John's Mercy, Chase Park Plaza
February 12 Have a Heart, Build a Future Gala to benefit Child Center - Marygrove, Ritz Carlton
February 25 Musical Mayhem to benefit the Center for Hearing and Speech
February 26 Ballet Ball: Noche Caliente to benefit Dance St. Louis, Palladium
February 26 Art Dash to benefit City Academy, Soulard Preservation Hall
February 26 Justice for All Ball to benefit Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Chase Park Plaza
March 4 Mayor's Ball, Mardi Gras Masquerade, City Hall
March 5 NIght for Hope and Healing: The Gala to Benefit Lydia's House
March 6 Ain't Misbehavin' Jazz St. Louis Gala, Ballpark Hilton
March 6 St. Louis Cathedral Concerts Gala, Chase Park Plaza
March 19 Youth in Need's Annual Gala, Ameristar Casino
March 24 Archbishop's Gala, Missouri Athletic Club - Downtown
April 2 Central Institute for the Deaf 17th Annual Ultimate Picnic - CID be the Sea,
April 3 Samba! Samba! to benefit the Saul Mirowitz Day School - Reform Jewish Academy, Ritz Carlton
April 7 Luminosity to benefit Aim HIgh, Kemoll's Top of the Met
April 8 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Luncheon
April 8 ARTrageous Costume Ball to benefit Craft Alliance, Palladium
April 9 illumination11 with special guest Kristin Chenoweth to benefit Siteman Cancer Center, Ritz Carlton
April 9 Sheldon Gala 2011 with John Pizzarelli, Sheldon Concert Hall
April 10 A Tasteful Affair 23 to benefit Food Outreach, Chase Park Plaza
April 11 Edgewood Children's Center, Chef's Night Out, Meadowbrook Country Club
April 15 Open Your Heart for the Homeless Celebration to benefit Gateway 180:: Homelessness Reversed, Palladium
April 17 A Night of Newborns Auction to benefit Nurses for Newborns, Frontenac Hilton
April 21 St. Louis Children's Hospital Table Tops Spring Event, Ritz Carlton, 10:00 AM
April 29 COCAcabana Color Ball, featuring Andy Cohen
April 30 Dancing in the Loop to benefit the J, The Pageant
May 7 ArtsDesire: The Night of Mysteries to benefit the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
May 11 St. Louis Dining in the Dark to benefit Foundation Fighting Blindness, Frontenac Hilton
May 13 Viva la Masters: A Celebration of Contemporary Masters to benefit the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Ritz Carlton
May 14 The Giovanni Gala: An Evening of Surprise, Seduction and Song to benefit Opera Theatre St. Louis, Sally S. Levy Opera Center
May 14 Celebrating 30 Years...Where Hunger Meets Hope Gala to benefit Operation Food Search
May 17 Visionary Awards to benefit Grand Center, Inc., Sheldon Concert Hall
June 5 Party on Art Hill to benefit Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, St. Louis Statue Plaza
June 11 Cap & Gown Ball to benefit College Bound, Ballpark Hilton
June 17 ZOOFARI 2011 featuring the O'Jays, Saint Louis Zoo
June 23 Legacy Awards to benefit St. Louis Planned Giving Council, Palladium
August 6 Cele-ba-roo Gala to benefit American Cancer Society, Kemp Auto Museum
August 18 St. Louis Crisis Nursery Celebrity Waiters, Cardwells and Canyon Cafe at Plaza Frontenac
August 26 Boogie for Babies to benefit Nurses for Newborns, Chandler Hill Winery
Fall TBD Peabody Opera House Grand Opening to benefit Operation Food Search
October 1 An Evening with Itzhak to benefit the St. Louis Symphony
October 15 Carousel Gala to benefit St. Louis Children's Hospital, Fox Theatre
October 27 NiteBrite to benefit St. Louis Artworks, LUMEN
November 5 Move and Shake to benefit Focus St. Louis
November 11 STAGES St. Louis APPLAUSE! 2011 Gala
November 12 Images of Grace to benefit Grace Hill, Palladium
November 19 HOPEus Pocus to benefit Gateway to Hope, Palladium
November 19 Texts and the City to benefit the St. Louis Public Library Foundation, City Hall
December 2 Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments, Sheldon Concert Hall