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Copacabana Dinner & Cabaret

A Diversity Recovery Alliance Fundraising Gala

 DRA Proud Presents: Copacabana Cabaret & Dinner 🌴✨
Get ready for a night of vibrant energy, dazzling performances, and unforgettable flavor! 💃🏽 Hosted by the fabulous Kryztal Vaporz, alongside a sensational lineup of entertainers bringing the heat all night long 🔥

🍽️ Chef Mike will be serving up incredible island-inspired cuisine that will transport your taste buds straight to Rio - check out the menu below!

🎉 Expect:
  • Electrifying performances
  • Delicious food
  • Community, celebration, and Pride energy
  • A night you will NOT want to miss
🎟️ Get your tables now - seating chart below!
This event WILL sell out again—don’t wait until it’s too late!


Come celebrate, connect, and dance the night away with DRA

Ticket Options & Sponsorship Opportunities

Join us in bringing this vibrant Pride celebration to life while supporting the mission of the Diversity Recovery Alliance. 

Your support helps create safe, inclusive, and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ individuals in recovery while bringing our community together in joy and celebration.


💎 Platinum Sponsor — $1,250
  • Reserved VIP table for 8 (premiere tier seating)
  • Recognition as a Platinum Sponsor during the event
  • Logo/name featured on event signage
  • Social media shoutout (1 featured post)
  • Verbal acknowledgment from the stage
  • Picture with Kryztal
  • Entry into the Copacabana Cabaret & Island Dinner Experience 
🥇 Gold Sponsor — $1,000
  • Reserved premium table for 8
  • Logo/name featured on event signage
  • Social media shoutout (group post with other sponsors)
  • Verbal acknowledgment during the event
  • Picture with Kryztal
  • Entry into the Copacabana Cabaret & Island Dinner Experience 
🥈 Silver Seat — $75
  • A seat at a premium table
  • Entry into the Copacabana Cabaret & Island Dinner Experience 
🌟 Community Ticket — $35
  • A seat at a community table
  • Entry into the Copacabana Cabaret & Island Dinner Experience 

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📩 Have sponsorship questions?
Contact: Erica Aguirre

📧 erica.aguirre@dracentersa.org


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Here is the Menu for the event: Caribbean Mango Avocado Salad with a Fresh Lime Vinaigrette Island Style Mixed Greens with Mandarin Oranges, Black Beans and a Tamarind Dressing Toasted Coconut Shrimp with a Guajillo Pepper, Mango Salsa Pit Smoked Pork Loin with a Roasted Pineapple Compote Jamaican Jerk Chicken Trinidadian Sweet Potato Stew Cuban Style Black Beans with Serrano Ham Caribbean Style Jasmine Rice Caramelized Plantain Cakes Cuban Torticasde Moro’n Cookies with Guava Jam Jamaican Bread Pudding with a Passion Fruit Glase’

Why This Matters

Recovery is hard enough without having to explain who you are first. Too many LGBTQIA+ people in recovery have walked into a meeting and felt like they had to leave part of themselves at the door, or have left recovery altogether because no room felt safe.

The DRA Center is a safe place for LGBTQIA+ recovery. We are open every day, and we welcome every path to recovery (12-step fellowships, Dharma Recovery, SMART Recovery, Refuge Recovery, and more). We ask nothing of you except that you show up. Since opening in April 2025 we have grown fast, and every meeting, coffee pot, and light bulb here is paid for by people like you.

What Your Gift Does

  • $50 keeps the coffee, creamer, and sugar stocked for a month.
  • $100 covers two months of rent on a meeting room.
  • $250 feeds everyone at a free community lunch.
  • $500 keeps the lights and A/C on for a month.

Minimum gift is $10. There is no maximum. Every gift is tax-deductible; DRA is a 501(c)(3). Gifts made on the Big Give page may be boosted by sponsor-funded matches and prizes, so a gift on Big Give day can go further than it would any other day.

The Big Gay Give

DRA is also in The Big Gay Give, a fundraising competition where local drag queens go head-to-head for their nonprofits. Isis Paris York is representing us. Every dollar raised on her page keeps the DRA Center open, and the queen who raises the most is crowned Queen of the Big Gay Give. Catch Isis on stage September 23 and 24, and give before 6 PM on the 24th.

[ BUTTON: Support Isis → ISIS LINK, once it exists ]

Key Dates

  • Wednesday, September 16: Early giving opens.
  • Wednesday, September 23, 6:00 PM: The Big Give officially begins.
  • September 23 & 24: The Big Gay Give drag shows.
  • Thursday, September 24, 6:00 PM: The Big Give ends.

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