SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025 | 6:00pm

Tickets & Sponsorships

Gala: $400  |  Afterparty Only—Boogie in the Bumper Car: $150  |  Sponsorships: $1,500-$30,000

Purchase Tickets & Sponsorships 

Silent Auction

Mobile Bidding Coming Soon! 
 

2025 Friend of the Park Honorees

ADVOCACY Award |  Ilana Trachtman, Director, Ain't No Back To A Merry-Go-Round

INNOVATION Award  |  Jay Sunny Bajaj, Founder & CEO, Digital Capital Partners

ARTIST Award  | Karen Keating, Former Director, Photoworks

Emcee

Lesli Foster, WUSA9

Join us on Saturday, May 17, 2025 for A Midsummer Night's Dream Gala in the Park, an enchanted evening fundraiser at Glen Echo Park!

The night begins with festive cocktails and a silent auction in the Park’s iconic Bumper Car Pavilion, followed by dinner and honors in the historic Spanish Ballroom, the return of the after-dinner disco party, and—of course—rides on the 104-year-old Dentzel Carousel. 🎠

Join Gala Co-Chairs Marsha Ashley & Dhani Jones and Barbara & John Martin for the most fun gala in Washington! 
 

Gala Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor ||  Friends of Sunny Bajaj

Gold Carousel Sponsor ||  The Brand Guild

Crystal Pool Sponsors

Jason & Michelle Belinkie  ||  Lafe Solomon & Cam Crockett  ||  Georgetown Cupcake  ||  Marsha Ashley & Dhani Jones  ||  Knight & Ann Kiplinger  ||  Anthony M. Natelli Foundation  ||  Edward and Susan O'Connell ||  Ridgewells Catering  ||  Jess Corbett & Doug Stafford  ||  Jim & Carol Trawick Foundation  ||  Mary-Frances Wain  ||  Daniel & Savy Welch  ||  Anonymous

Community Sponsors

Tisha and Blair Anderson  ||  Bannockburn Civic Association  ||  Cathy Bernard  ||  Matthew & Nicole Byrd Donizetti  ||  Heather Hanson-Rivas & William Rivas  ||  Mona & Iyan Kishore  ||  Catherine & Ike Leggett  ||  David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc.  ||  Robin & Sarah Salomon  ||  Tiny Jewel Box  ||  United Bank

Host Committee

Tisha & Blair Anderson • Katherine & Benjamin Berman • Jayne Sandman & Jeff Dufour • Sarah Gordon & Sheila Fain • Lindsay & Fletcher Gill • Bart Hawe • Joe Himali • Sophie & Stephen LaMontagne • Laura & Mike Manatos • Erin & Greg McCahill • Arlena Pordoy • Andrea & Peter Rinaldi • Jeffrey Z. Slavin • Jess Corbett & Doug Stafford • Mary-Frances Wain • Heather Golde & Bram Weinstein

Questions? Contact Steve Longley, Interim Director of Development, slongley@glenechopark.org or 301-634-2230.

Each ticket is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. All proceeds benefit the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture.