🌈 Pride & Paddleboards – LGBTQ+ Network Summer Kickoff
📍Bridgehampton Surf & Tennis Club | 🗓️ May 24, 2025
Support the first LGBTQ+ community center on the East End and sip seaside with the chicest crowd west of Fire Island. Auction highlights include spa days, designer swag, and maybe Andy Cohen if you bid hard enough.
🎟️ Tickets: $250+
🔥 Best Reason to Go: Gorgeous cause, ocean view, open bar—need we say more?
🧣 Reason to Skip: Hoping for Speedos? Sorry. It’s more “coastal grandmother” than “Coachella glow-up.”
👉 More info here
🎣 Southampton Fresh Air Home – The Greatest Yard Sale on Earth
📍Barkers Island Road, Southampton | 🗓️ June 7, 2025
This mellow-meets-moneyed affair supports summer fun for kids with physical disabilities. Expect designer home goods, trips, beauty treatments, and a surprising amount of social clout for a yard sale.
🎟️ Tickets: $250+
🔥 Best Reason to Go: That $4,000 coffee table you almost bought in SoHo? It’s here for $1,200.
🧢 Reason to Skip: If you think “casual attire” includes denim—don’t. Think Nantucket red, not Levi’s.
👉 Details here
❤️ Heart of the Hamptons Heart Ball – American Heart Association
📍Bridgehampton Surf and Tennis Club, Bridgehampton | 🗓️ June 27, 2025
Where glam meets goodwill. This legendary gala helps fund life-saving research and gives you a reason to buy that outfit you can’t expense.
🎟️ Tickets: $500+
🔥 Best Reason to Go: You’ll glow, even if it’s just from the anti-aging serum in your gift bag.
🍤 Reason to Skip: Unless you’re auctioning off a Peloton, don’t expect to burn off the passed hors d’oeuvres.
👉 Get tickets here
🍽️ God’s Love We Deliver Midsummer Night Drinks Benefit
📍Private Estate, Water Mill | 🗓️ July 12, 2025
This one’s for the do-gooders who also love a good garden party. Supporting the NYC-based charity that delivers meals to people too sick to shop or cook, this event is equal parts glam and grounded.
🎟️ Tickets: $300+
🔥 Best Reason to Go: Gorgeous estate of Neil Patrick Harris, heartfelt cause, and cocktails that actually justify the Uber surcharge.
🥱 Reason to Skip: If you’re looking for high drama, this one’s a little more hydrangeas and hugs than Bravo brawls. (Although I’ve seen a few bitch fights over the same xoxoxoxo outfit.)
👉 Learn more here
🐶 Unconditional Love Gala – Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation
📍Southampton Arts Center | 🗓️ July 19, 2025
This one’s personal—because it’s where I found Ralph, my screeching, stubborn, sandwich-stealing beagle who also happens to be the coolest dog in the Hamptons (Bella is sweet but she is not cool). The gala supports the lifesaving work of the no-kill shelter that matched us up, and it’s a favorite for animal lovers, local celebs, and anyone who knows a good rescue story when they see one.
🎟️ Tickets: $350+
🔥 Best Reason to Go: You might just meet your own Ralph—hopefully minus the operatic bark.
👠 Reason to Skip: Only if you hate love, puppies, and open bars.
👉 Fetch details here
🌟 30th ANNIVERSARY Gala – The Ellen Hermanson Foundation
📍Bridgehampton Surf and Tennis Club | 🗓️ July 26, 2025
Dancing, drinks, and dedication to breast cancer support. This gala brings the glam and the good vibes with a high-energy crowd and an even higher heel count.
🎟️ Tickets: $400+
🔥 Best Reason to Go: The dance floor is lit. Seriously, bring your flats.
🎻 Reason to Skip: Hoping for a sedate soirée? This is more Beyoncé than Brahms.
👉 Full event info here
🐾 Bow Wow Meow Ball – ARF Hamptons
📍William P. Rayner Training Center, East Hampton | 🗓️ August 16, 2025
This year’s Bow Wow Meow Ball celebrates 51 years of ARF’s tail-wagging heroism. Expect a star-studded evening with heartfelt tributes, gourmet eats, and the Parade of Animals that guarantees more “awws” than a baby goat video.
🎟️ Tickets: $500+
🔥 Best Reason to Go: Glam, decor, cupcakes, cocktails, and adoptable animals. What more do you want—puppy kisses? (Actually, those too.)
🐕 Reason to Skip: If you don’t like dogs, cats, or compassion… maybe try Wall Street that night and seek help.
👉 Snag your ticket here
Mark those calendars, fluff your tulle, and let the benefit bingo begin. And remember—just because it’s for charity doesn’t mean you can’t be just a little competitive in the silent auction.