As you use your extra time at home to up the ante for future events, look to these past summertime benefits, galas, balls, and luncheons for out-of-the-box event design inspiration to use when (yes, when!) events make their way back onto our calendar.
InterContinental Miami’s 2019 Make-A-Wish Ball Kickoff Party
Photo: Courtesy of InterContinental Miami
The Tanglewood Gala 2019
Photo: Michael Blanchard
Yellow Ball 2018
Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for American Express
The Wolf Trap Ball 2018
Photo: AE Landes Photography
Human Rights Campaign’s 2018 National Dinner
Photo: FotoBriceno
San Francisco Symphony's 106th Opening-Night Gala
Photo: Show Ready Photo
Lincoln Park Zoo's 2017 Zoo Ball
Photo: Alain Milotti
WWF Canada’s 2016 Pandamonium
Photo: Katherine Holland
Watermill Center Summer Benefit 2014
Photo: Nicholas Hunt/PatrickMcMullan.com
The Historic House Trust of New York City's 2013 Founders Award Gala
Photo: Shiran Nicholson
Luminato and Royal Ontario Museum's 2013 Big Bang Bash
Photo: George Pimentel Photography
The Chicago Botanic Garden's 2013 Summer Dinner Dance
Photo: Courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden