Creative Alliance’s biggest fundraiser of the year!

Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 5:30pm VIP Dinner | 8pm Dance Party
Featuring: Super City, Beach Creeper, & Special Guests

After 3 long years, the wildest party in town is back at Creative Alliance! The Marquee Ball returns in ALL NEW Techni-color with horrifyingly glamorous costumes, shocking décor, chilling cocktails, and bone-shakin’ bands. This is CREATURE FEATURE! Inspired by kitschy cult monsters of the 1950s, we invite you on a fascinating adventure into the unknown. Get your tickets early!

Dance Party Ticket Includes ($55, $50 Members): Costumed dance party, specialty cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres, live music on 2 stages, pop-up performances, silent art auction of over 100 works of art, resident artist open studios, photo booth, and more!

VIP Dinner Includes ($250): Cocktail hour, full seated dinner and awards presentation, live auction, and entry to the dance party after dinner! Only a limited number of tickets are available. If interested in reserving a full table for 10, please contact Vic Yambao at [email protected].

Costumes Encouraged! Not sure what to wear? Check out our Pinterest board for creep-tastic inspiration! Visit our fabulous friends at Milk & Ice Vintage for glamorously ghoulish costume and styling ideas. You can even contact them to set up a private, personal shopping experience!

The Marquee Ball is Creative Alliance’s annual fundraiser gala that includes a VIP dinner, live and silent auctions, open studios, and a wild dance party that honors The Patterson’s history as a movie palace. The movie theme inspires party decor and costumes with eye-popping results! Baltimore’s wildest party supports the Creative Alliance’s free youth education and community arts programs!

2023 Marquee Ball Honorees

The 2023 Golden Formstone Award for formidable contributions to the Baltimore art scene will be presented to Tyde-Courtney Edwards, Founding Director of Ballet After Dark, a dance therapy program providing trauma-informed care, holistic resources, and somatic interventions to Black youth and women impacted by various levels of trauma and violence in Baltimore City.

The 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Diane Cho and David Benn, prominent architects in Baltimore City, responsible for the creative repurposing of many aging historical buildings in our city and strong believers in the arts as a catalyst for community revitalization. Their architectural firm was responsible for the revitalization of The Patterson theater and the design of the Creativity Center.