Ballet Austin’s Fête10

presented by W Austin Friday 09.10.10 W Austin, slated to open later this year, with developer Stratus Properties and the Canyon Johnson Urban Funds, today announced a collaborative sponsorship that will make Ballet Austin’s Fête10 the special event of the decade. As Title Sponsor of Fête10 presented by W Austin, the hotel will interject its unique style and contemporary elegance with Ballet Austin’s signature approach to innovation. The annual event has been recognized as the beginning of the Austin social season by The Wall Street Journal. The $50,000 collaborative sponsorship is the first arts sponsorship for the eagerly awaited Austin destination hotel, which will boast 251 guestrooms—including one Extreme WOW Suite (W’s Presidential Suite), four WOW Suites and 27 W Suites—as well as more than 10,500 square feet of event space to accommodate a small gathering or a large group. Notably, the adjacent Austin City Limits venue, in addition to studio-audience tapings of the iconic television series, will also be available for other music and entertainment events accommodating up to 3000 guests as well as seated dinners on the main floor for up to 600, fashion shows, awards programs and other stylish soirees. W Austin is in the final stages of construction just one block from Ballet Austin’s Butler Dance Education Center in downtown Austin.   read more An esteemed brand in its own right, Ballet Austin’s Fête, named one of Austin’s “Best Black Tie Events” year after year, has become one of the most anticipated fundraiser galas in Austin, synonymous with elegance, excitement and innovation. Each fall, Ballet Austin opens both our performance season and the Austin gala season with Fête, where Austin’s most notorious and respected business leaders, social royalty and arts patrons gather to mix, mingle, dine, dance and celebrate the magic of the arts in Austin. The electricity of Fête10 presented by W Austin will first spark at Ballet Austin and then move over to the Seaholm Power Plant offering something for everyone! ACT I - A Dinner to Dazzle ACT II - A Decade of Dance ACT III - The Party of the Decade Click here for our past Fêtes Photo Gallery Click here for Fête10 presented by W Austin sponsorship opportunities.