An Annual Affair
Hope starts here, and you’re invited.
Every connection made, moment shared, and story told at Night at the Pier fuels our mission to create a world where everyone can experience love, belonging, and family. Mark your calendars for Night at the Pier 2025: May 12, 2025!
Each year, hundreds of celebrities, activists, Broadway performers, and LGBTQ+ families join Family Equality for Night at the Pier in New York City, a transformative evening that promises to shape new tomorrows for LGBTQ+ families across the country. And this year, 700 guests joined us to raise nearly $1M for LGBTQ+ families!
Help us keep the momentum going from Night at the Pier 2024 by donating today.
Ready to get involved in next year’s festivities? Contact Zac Walker, Director of Strategic Events and Engagement.
Night at the Pier 2024
Honoring
Visibility Award
Ken Ohashi, CEO of Brooks Brothers
Hostetter-Habib Family Award
Roberta Kaplan, Civil Rights Litigator and Founding Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP
Presented by
HONORARY CHAIRS: Neil Patrick Harris & David Burtka • Sarah Paulson
HONORARY COMMITTEE: Nick Scandalios • Daryl Roth • Kristin Caskey • John Gore • Hal Goldberg • Margo and James L. Nederlander • Lauren Reid • Robert E. Wankel
EVENT CHAIRS: Merritt Johnson • Samantha Lippitt • Jeannie Uyanik • Andrew Van Degna • Xavier Van Degna • Jason Weinberg
PRODUCERS: Bruce Cohen • Zac Walker
HOST COMMITTEE: Carolyn Berger • Weston Charles-Gallo • Adair Curtis & Jason Bolden • James & Philip DeCarlo Schnepper • Derek Dorn & Sal Gogliormella • Ruth Ellis • Scott Ellis & Scott Drummond • Beck & Annie Fineman • Scott Gatz & Craig Levine • Alex Habib & Mark Hostetter • Jennifer Hatch & Susanne Smith • Don Hribek & David Antishin • Tony Hynes & Nikardi Jallah • Alexis & Jacqui Kantor • Bess & Leor Landa • Vanessa León & Meghan McManus • Samantha Lippitt & Pam Godwin • Doug & Matt London • Aaron Lustbader & DJ Martin • Nancy Lyons & Laura Niewald • Annie Ma • Alec Mapa & Jamison Hebert • Alvin McCray & Jason Rudman • Angela Mook • Jim Obergefell • Brandon Penn • Adam J. Plotkin & Adam Abrahams • Brooks & Lila Preston • Neal Rubenstein • David Sigal & Brad Hoylman • Bethany Snyder & Kris Maul • Matthew Stevens & Lindsay Silberman • Mark & Andrea Trolice • Brooke Welsch
Get involved
Hope is a family affair — so reach out to our Director of Strategic Events and Engagement to get involved in Night at the Pier 2025 today!
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Family Equality’s Night at the Pier is here, and we need YOU to help us make this event as successful as possible by joining our Host Committee!
As a Host Committee member, you are becoming a part of a group of New York’s most influential leaders who support love, justice, family & equality and want to help us throw a fabulous party to raise money for the protection of all families. Host Committee members pledge to support Family Equality and Night at the Pier by…
Committing to a table and inviting your friends/family to join or pledging to fill a table by inviting guests to purchase their own tickets, joining you at your table of ten.
Spreading the word about the Night at the Pier to your network: social media, email, Linkedin, or texting to family and friends, and more!
Connecting us to new friends to help us reach our goals! Introducing us to supporters is vital to the success of Night at the Pier.
If you’re interested in joining our Host Committee, our Director of Strategic Events and Engagement, Zac Walker, would love to chat with you and get you involved in this momentous year. You can email him or call him at 646-530-2533 to be a part of the foundation that makes this event possible.
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The online auction is a fun way for our community to support Night at the Pier and the work of Family Equality, but we need help procuring products and packages!
You can support the auction by:
Joining the Auction Committee: Be a part of our Auction Committee and help us procure items to build out a fantastic auction and garner the vital support it provides.
Contributing to the auction: Have a totally awesome item or package that you or your company could donate to our auction? Fill out this simple online form. We would be so grateful for your support and would love to feature your item this year!
Throwback
Highlights from previous years
Family Equality’s Night at the Pier is a celebration of LGBTQ+ families and the people and organizations that have made an impact on our families and communities. Our honorees have included Ken Ohashi, Roberta Kaplan, Amrit Kapai and Nicholas Kouchoukos, Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson, Katie Couric, Lisa Cholodenko, Lee Daniels, Chely Wright & Lauren BlitzerWright, Scott Ellis, Sergio Trujillo, and more. We’ve also featured show-stopping performances from top-rated Broadway musicals, including Hell’s Kitchen, The Outsiders, The Wiz, SIX, A Strange Loop, Mr. Saturday Night, Dear Evan Hansen, The Prom, and Ain’t Too Proud—just to name a few.
More than 700 guests joined us for Night at the Pier 2024, and with their support, we raised nearly $1,000,000 thus far for LGBTQ+ families.
Click here to re-live the magical memories from Night at the Pier 2024!
Support
Thank you to our generous partners
Family Equality is grateful to our incredible sponsors who make Night at the Pier 2024 a reality!
Sponsorship packages for Night at the Pier are available in tiers, with benefits including event tickets, Tribute Book ads, logo and brand placements in digital and print materials, red carpet photo opportunities, and more! Click here to learn more.
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Advocate
Friend
Cocktail Sponsor
DJ Sponsor
Photobooth Sponsor
Signature Drink Sponsor
National Corporate Sponsors
Location
Pier Sixty
PIER SIXTY is located within the Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex, 23rd Street and the West Side Highway. Vehicles may enter the complex from the West Side Highway between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Manhattan.
