CAPE 35th Anniversary Gala

CAPE's 35th Anniversary Gala lands Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Downtown Los Angeles, presented by Lexus. Host and trade coverage frame it as CAPE's first anniversary gala in a decade (the usual five-year cadence skipped the COVID years). Honorees on the live page include Randall Park, Manny Jacinto, Netflix's Jinny Howe, Ben Wang, Kitao Sakurai, Kalikolehua Hurley, and the women of The Pitt, with presenters such as Sherry Cola, Ali Ahn, Lilly Singh, Auli'i Cravalho, Callina Liang, and Nisha Ganatra. Actor Asif Ali hosts; Chanpan performs. Exact door and dinner times and the ballroom name sit on the sponsorship and ticket path rather than a public Eventbrite cart, so email the CAPE path on capeusa.org/gala before you assume a walk-up seat.

CAPE is the long-running nonprofit that builds pathways for Asian and Pacific Islander storytellers, executives, and creatives across film, television, and media. Anniversary galas are rare and high-density: studio partners, East West Bank, Netflix, Disney, and Sony Pictures Entertainment show up in support lists in trade coverage. That franchise is why the night clears Circuit for entertainment Westside and DTLA operators who need introductions that stick past awards season.

This is right for API writers, directors, actors, development executives, and studio partners who already work the LA entertainment graph. Skip it if you need a San Gabriel Valley chamber dinner or a founder pitch conference. Bring one concrete collaboration ask, and treat the Host Committee names on the CAPE page as a map of who else may be in the room. Confirm ballroom, badge, and parking with CAPE rather than relying on aggregator scrapes.

If you also eyed Go For Broke's Evening of Aloha the same Saturday, pick CAPE for entertainment density and leave the Nisei education gala for the civic lane. Start on capeusa.org/gala, ask about remaining individual or sponsorship inventory, and re-check presenter and door timing the week of October 3.