The Roost Lounge is bringing back its Pretty in Pink dinner show on Oct. 18, pairing a three-course meal with custom bra and jockstrap auctions to benefit a Coachella Valley cancer center. The Cathedral City venue has built the event into a reliable local draw, and this year's lineup adds a dessert auction and a performance from a local singer to the mix.
According to the event listing on The Roost's website, the night is billed as a “Custom Bra & Jockstrap Auction and Content (+ Dessert Auction),” with proceeds benefiting the Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center Foundation for Breast and Prostate Cancer. Dinner seating begins at 5 p.m., with the show following at 6:30 p.m. The Roost Lounge sits at 68-718 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 203, in Cathedral City, as previously reported by the Palm Springs Desert Sun.
This year's dinner includes a three-course meal from Trilussa, plus the custom bra auction, a jockstrap auction, and a dessert auction, with entertainment provided by local chanteuse Keisha D, per the Desert Sun's reporting. It's a lineup that builds on what's become a signature night out for the venue, blending a sit-down meal with a lively, for-a-cause auction format.
A Track Record of Sold-Out Nights and Strong Fundraising
Pretty in Pink has a history of drawing a crowd. The 2023 edition of the event at The Roost Lounge sold out, the station's report notes, and the following year's gathering raised more than $15,000 for its beneficiary. That 2024 event auctioned off roughly 20 decorated and donated bras, with individual items fetching $75 or more apiece.
What Past Events Looked Like
The 2024 Pretty in Pink event paired its bra auction with a three-course dinner sponsored by Trilussa and dessert from Capizzi's, with the meal served at 5 p.m. followed by a 6 p.m. show. Tickets that year ran $99, and entertainment came courtesy of Las Vegas-based drag illusionist Miss Uchawi, Queen of Magic.
Those details describe the 2024 iteration of the event rather than this year's program, and specifics like ticket pricing and showtime particulars for the Oct. 18 night have not been independently confirmed beyond the listed dinner and show times. Still, with a sold-out history and tens of thousands of dollars raised for local causes, Pretty in Pink has carved out a place on the Cathedral City social calendar — one more excuse to dress in pink, bid on a bra, and support the Lucy Curci Cancer Center along the way.
