Friday, November 20th, 2026 at Water's Edge Event Centre

Dinner will take place from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM.

The Red Carpet will open to all guests at 7:00 PM, and will run until Midnight.

The Jester’s Ball is a gala celebration of Windsor’s 5th Clown Night-aversary! A working class Met Gala of sorts.

Come help us celebrate the jesters of the world! The performers, entertainers, the living working artists, making our dim world a little brighter each day. 

If you want to join for dinner, a Koolini catered meal will be provided with live music to entertain you!

The night will officially start to all guests with a red carpet photo-op. Then, a lively choreographed opening ceremony will get the show on the road! Next a fashion show hosted by Designs By Sav will walk.

Clowns will entertain, musicians will play, and dancing will of course ensue.

The Clown Gallery this year is hosted by heArt From The Streets. We are honoured to welcome heArt, an artist collective designed to provide the space to create, display, and sell original art works made by artists experiencing homelessness and inequity. The Gallery will be on display throughout the entirety of the event on the balcony overlooking the ballroom. The art on display will be available for purchase and all purchases will go directly to the artists who created them.

We will enjoy performances from Skunk, a Michigan based professional Clown whilst accompanied by Windsor's acclaimed post-classical guitarist, Bilal Nasser. Following, 0ur gracious host will give a lively performance with their band, Willy and the Weepers. Hence on, the band performances will ensue beginning with Willy's best friend and his band, Compliments, who is coincidentally also a member of their own! After we are satisfiably Complimented, The Indiana Drones will wow us all with their refined and arguably perfected performance, at which point it is expected for us ALL to be busy on the dance floor. If at this point you have failed yet to dance, Lo and the High Road of Ottawa will surely pull even the clumsiest double-left-footer out onto the floor!

The night will end with a closing ceremony at the break of midnight, upon which my dearest guests shall return to their homes with hopefully a new sense of whimsy and restored hope for a better world.

The Jester's Ball is a celebration of Queer liberation that has been continuously and tirelessly fought for generations. This event falls on a solemn day that must be respected, the day of Trans Remembrance. A day to remember the special trans lives we have lost due to the violence and hatred perpetrated against our trans siblings. This event would not have taken place on such an important date if it was known during the booking, but alas it is too late to change. Instead, we will celebrate and uplift our trans siblings while we can. 

The Jester's Ball will be heavily enforced as a safe space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ guests and any misconduct or disrespect will amount to an immediate removal.  We have a zero tolerance policy for any bigotry against any and all protected groups. Love, the host, a disabled, transgender, advocate of all.

As this event is to celebrate the jesters of society, if you are a working artist of any artistic discipline, send an email to [email protected] with proof of your works to get $10 off your GA ticket. 

19+

COSTUMES MANDITORY

Drinks available to purchase at on-site bar. Please drink responsibly.

Theme: Medieval Ball, members of the Royal Court, Renaissance, Queer New York Ballroom, Working Class Met Gala

This is a gala and a costume party. Please try to maintain black-tie formality within your own artistic expression.

NO BLACK SUITS/TUXEDOS

If you show up in a standard black suit or tux, you will receive a dunce cap and must pay a $10 fine in order to enter. 

GIVE ME SPICE, GIVE ME FASHION