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 Boogie in the Bumper Car Disco Afterparty, 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.