2025 Mad Hatter Ball

Start:

October 17, 2025 5:00 pm

End:

October 17, 2025 9:00 pm

Location:

Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs

2025: A Space Oddity

Tickets for the Mad Hatter Ball are sold out! If you would like to be added to a waiting list for possible tickets, please call our office at 479-253-5384.

🌌🚀 Buckle up, space travelers — the countdown is over! 🚀🌌

The mothership has landed and it’s calling your name: on Friday, October 17, the historic 1886 Crescent Hotel will transform into a glittering galaxy of outrageous hats, interstellar music, cosmic cocktails, and a dance floor that’s light-years ahead of the rest.

ESSA’s Mad Hatter Ball returns for its 23rd orbit around the sun; this time, we’re heading to the stars! Join us at the Historic 1886 Crescent Hotel for 2025: A Space Oddity, a cosmic celebration of creativity and community, where outrageous hats meet outer space. Dress to impress the aliens (and your fellow Earthlings) as we blast off into an unforgettable night of intergalactic fun.

The Mad Hatter Ball Auction: Join from Anywhere in the Universe!

The Mad Hatter Ball, “2025: A Space Oddity,” has officially sold out, but don’t worry, you can still join the mission! Our Mad Hatter Ball Auction is packed with over 120 dazzling items, and you don’t need a ticket to bid. Whether you’re on Earth or light-years away, you can take part in this cosmic adventure.

The event may be sold out, but the auction is open to all travelers of time and space, and step one is simple: register now!

Once you’re signed up, you’ll be cleared for launch into a universe of 120+ dazzling items. You won’t be able to peek at them until the preview portal opens on Friday, October 3 at 12 PM, but registering now ensures you’re on the flight deck when bidding begins.

✨ Auction Timeline ✨

Preview Opens: Friday, October 3 at 12 PM

Bidding Begins: Wednesday, October 15 at 12 PM

Auction Ends: Friday, October 17 at 8 PM

Slip on your cosmic gloves, stir your tea with a comet’s tail, and chart your flight path; the treasures awaiting you are quirky, curious, and absolutely out of this universe!

Prepare for Launch

Expect a night that’s truly out of this world: a pasta buffet that’s as infinite as the cosmos, celestial cocktails, and galactic grooves by TESTUBE. Show off your stellar style in the famous hat contest (hats required for entry into this space station), bid on art during the orbit-worthy auction, and dance among the stars: all while supporting the Eureka Springs School of the Arts.

Mission Timeline

4:30 PM Event check-in begins in the Crescent Hotel lobby

5 – 6 PM Cocktail party in the Crescent Hotel Conservatory

6 PM Seating in the Crescent Hotel Crystal Dining Room

6:15 PM Dinner Buffet is open

7:15 PM Hat Contest Parade

7:30 PM People’s Choice Hat Contest voting ends

8 PM Auction closes & Hat Contest voting ends

8:30 PM Auction pickup begins

9 PM Event ends

Click here to view the official Mad Hatter Ball poster

Join the Galactic Gala

This isn’t just any orbit around the sun — it’s the fundraising event of the year for the Eureka Springs School of the Arts, and every ticket helps keep creativity alive and thriving in our community. Whether you arrive in galactic glam, alien regalia, or a shiny tinfoil hat to keep the extraterrestrials guessing 👽, you’ll be part of an unforgettable night that’s truly out of this world.

Come for the cause, stay for the cosmic chaos, and help ESSA keep creativity boldly going where no art school has gone before.