UNIQUE AND ALWAYS A SELL-OUT, WE ARE OVER THE MOON TO BRING LIGHT IN THE GROVE BACK AFTER TWO YEARS OF CREATIVE RE-ENVISIONING!

Light in the Grove returns on the evening of November 30, as a tented, indoor magical celebration of Reunion, Remembrance, and Renewal in the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Held annually on the eve of World AIDS Day, it is our largest annual fundraising event, with all proceeds directly supporting the mission and programs of the National AIDS Memorial.

Please join us as a Host of this unique and inspiring experience, recognized, twice, as one of the Bay Area’s best LGBTQ+ community events since 2011!

Our annual Light in the Grove Gala returned on November 30, 2021 completely outdoors, as a re-imagined, magical celebration of Reunion, Remembrance, and Renewal in the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Light in the Grove, held annually on the eve of World AIDS Day, is our largest annual fundraising event, with all proceeds directly supporting the mission and programs of the National AIDS Memorial.

Although not held in our traditional tent, it was an absolutely stunning outdoor event as we mark the 30th anniversary of the National AIDS Memorial Grove.

The magical nighttime, outdoor ‘journey’ under the evening sky, included the magnificence of the magically lit Grove with beautifully illuminated pathways, brilliant, colorful light displays, imaginative artistic features, and enchanting dance and musical performances. Our traditional, moving candlelight reflection at the Circle of Friends was so moving as was a stunning, night-time outdoor display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Your support of Light in the Grove ensured our mission and programs of the National AIDS Memorial, which include the care of our beloved Grove and the 50,000 panels of the AIDS Quilt.

What was especially meaningful is that – for the first time ever – your support helped us to extend this magical outdoor evening light display, free to the public, on World AIDS Day, as a gesture of hope and goodwill.