Name: Hats & Heroes Ball
Start: 2025-10-04T17:30:00-04:00
Location: Waldorf Astoria Orlando

Kids Beating Cancer Hats & Heroes Ball on October 4, 2025, presented by Paradise Grills, will be an electrifying Rock of Ages production of the world’s greatest piano icons and showmen with the sounds of Billy Joel, Elton John, Liberace and Stevie Wonder!
Voted Best Charity Gala in Orlando for eight years in a row, this award-winning dynamic Gala evening will feature Grammy and Tony Award nominated Michael Cavanaugh from the original cast of Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out Broadway Musical. Incredible nationally acclaimed talents, along with a 30-piece orchestra under the direction of Michael Andrew, will captivate you with the sounds of the greatest Rock n Roll keyboard legends of our time.
Your evening will include gourmet cuisine with open bar throughout the evening, exquisite silent and live auctions, and the outstanding community and pediatric Healing Heroes of Excellence Awards. Known for an evening that never ends, your night of fun and dancing continues with a unique after party featuring a return of the incredible Georgia Bridgewater Orchestra.
Through your support of this magnificent event, we will move new discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside for children to receive the best treatment available right here in Central Florida and beyond.