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2025 BANDALOOP GALA

Tasting Flight, Performance & Fundraiser
to Amplify Oakland Arts

April 5, 2025

5-9pm

BANDALOOP Studios
1601 18th St
Oakland, CA 94607

Bring your appetite, imagination, and generosity to our biggest fundraising event of the year!

Schedule of Events:

5pm - VIP Entry & Whiskey Tasting
5:30 - Doors Open
6:30 - Welcome Remarks
7pm - FLOCK Excerpt Performance, Fund-A-Dream & Live Auction

8pm - Dessert & Drinks
9pm - Thank You & Good Night!

With MC Autumn King, Senior Director Marketing, Communications & Visitor Experience, OMCA.

Performance from BANDALOOP with special musical guests Destani Wolf and Ben Juodvalkis.

Tasting Flight from Cafe Noir, Pomella, Here & There, and Montperi Catering & Events and Open Bar featuring Brix Factory Brewing.

Fund-a-Dream proceeds directly support BANDALOOP's free community events and artist development programs.

Special Thanks to the 2025 BANDALOOP GALA Host Committee:

Thomas Cavanagh, Laura Dorman, Joe Ernst, Laura Geist, Owen Modica, Jana Pastena, Tara Pillbrow, Brian Ripley, Amelia Rudolph, and Harv Singh

About Us

BANDALOOP honors nature, community, and the human spirit through perspective-bending dance.

A pioneer in vertical performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography and climbing technology to turn the dance floor on its side. Founded in 1991 by Amelia Rudolph and now under the artistic direction of Melecio Estrella, BANDALOOP re-imagines dance, activates public spaces, and inspires wonder and imagination in audiences around the world. The company trains dancers and youth at home and on tour, and has performed for millions of people in over 300 cities in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, and Asia, and on screens in films and digital media.

BANDALOOP is a 501c3 non-profit organization with tax ID 95-4618614.