

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The 10th Annual Friends Gala
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 am
- **Event Description**: This elegant, black-tie event features a cocktail reception with hors d'ouevres, full-service bar, gourmet plated dinner with fabulous desserts, live entertainment, dancing, live auction and much more.

Proceeds benefit Saint Francis Foundation’s CancerCare and CardiacCare patient assistance funds.

Although the Gala is now SOLD out, the Silent Auction is open to all, and winners need not be present at the event. Accepting bids until Saturday, March 7 at 10 pm.
Bid Now: https://e.givesmart.com/events/MmB/

Gala Schedule
5:30 pm – Champagne Entrance, Cocktail and Hors d’oeuvres Reception and Formal Photography Opens
6:30 pm – Welcome and Invocation
6:45 pm – Dinner
7:45 pm – Sponsor Hope Presentation
8 pm – Live Auction
9 pm – Photobooth Opens and Headline Entertainment starts (until midnight)
10 pm - Late Night Snacks Open and Silent Auction Closes

 thefriendsgala.org
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cape-girardeau/the-10th-annual-friends-gala/200029160598431
- **Event Categories**: food-drinks, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 206

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://www.thefriendsgala.org/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=cape+girardeau-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cape Girardeau
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center
- **lat**: 37.30528
- **long**: -89.57964
- **full address**: Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center, 104 Vantage Dr, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-4957, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Saint Francis Foundation (https://allevents.in/org/saint-francis-foundation/18752424)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/54e06999f314e3a736af8adc40ba1ddbc0e78ff1928eba125ebc2fae4dbfdd07-rimg-w1200-h628-dc010101-gmir?v=1772436718
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/4878b55447289d3b7c9d2c5d6299fd182f1af32abe13e7f7fa7ab0ed9b5f7d44-rimg-w300-h300-dc010101-gmir?v=1772436719

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center, 104 Vantage Dr, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-4957, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Saint Francis Foundation
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** food-drinks, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The 10th Annual Friends Gala ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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