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Become a 2025 Folly Frolic sponsor today!

 

About Folly Frolic

Sponsors will join us for a festive party with fellow Folly fanatics! Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, craft cocktails, and a gourmet chocolate & bubbly bar while supporting our iconic, 125-year-old jewel box theater and the show-stopping artists presented inside it. However, the celebration of 125 years is too big for our intimage venue so we’re moving the party down 12th street to the equally historic Oliver Building! Originally constructed in 1889 for The Oliver Plow Company, the Oliver building has been lovingly restored over the past decade to preserve the history of the building while also creating a unique and beautiful event space. Instead of squeezing everything into one night, the party will take place on November 13, and the stunning performance by Samara Joy will be held (at the Folly) on November 22nd at 7:30pm.

About Samara Joy

Samara Joy is returning to Kansas City for the first time since her 2023 sold-out concert at the Folly Theater. Critics are already comparing this 25-year-old, 5-time GRAMMY® winning, once-in-a-generation vocalist to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Billie Holiday. She gained recognition at age 19 after winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and became known for her rich, velvety yet precociously refined and masterful interpretation of jazz standards.

In 2023, she won her first two GRAMMY® awards for “Best New Artist” and “Best Jazz Vocal Album.” Her concerts sell-out around the world as she continues to demonstrate that she is a rightful heiress of the sound, technique, and charisma that defined her jazz heroines – including Vaughan, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln, and Carmen McRae. In 2025, she won additional GRAMMYS® for A Joyful Holiday. Her latest album, Portrait, co-produced with Brian Lynch, highlights her lyrical talents and earned her an NAACP Image Award.

Sponsorships

Without the generous support of our sponsors, not only would we be unable to put together the Folly Frolic with such amazing talent, but we wouldn’t be able to sustain the Kansas City legacy that is the Folly Theater. Sponsors help us maintain the historic building, provide programming featuring diverse performers, and sustain the longest-running Jazz series in Kansas City. Most significantly, sponsor support allows the Folly to provide free tickets and subsidized bus transportation for area Title-I schools and underserved students to attend Folly Kids’ Series performances.

*All sponsors receive playbill recognition, and all sponsors at the $2,500 level and above receive recognition in pre-Concert remarks from the stage.

Become a 2025 Folly Frolic sponsor today!

For event sponsors*, we invite you to join us at this year’s Patron’s Party and enjoy our festive celebration while you mingle with other Folly supporters.

For more information, please contact Folly Development Director Brian Williams.

Sponsorship Levels

Executive Producing Sponsor - $20,000

  • 20 Patron Party tickets
  • 20 “Best In House” Concert tickets
  • “Executive Producer” recognition in Concert marketing and advertising

Presenting Sponsor - $10,000

  • 10 Patron Party tickets
  • 10 “Best In House” Concert tickets
  • “Presenting Sponsor” recognition in Concert marketing and advertising

Patron Party Sponsor - $7,500

  • 8 Patron Party tickets
  • 8 “Best In House” Concert tickets
  • “Patron Party Sponsor” recognition in Concert marketing and advertising

Platinum Sponsor - $5,000

  • 8 Patron Party tickets
  • 8 Premium Concert tickets

Photo Booth Sponsor - $4,000

  • 6 Patron Party tickets
  • 6 Premium Concert tickets
  • Name or logo on all digital and print photo booth photos

Gold Sponsor - $2,500

  • 6 Patron Party tickets
  • 6 Premium Concert tickets

Bubbly Bar Sponsor - $1,750

  • 4 Patron Party tickets
  • 4 Premium Concert tickets
  • Premium signage next to gourmet bubbly bar

Silver Sponsor - $1,200

  • 4 Patron Party tickets
  • 4 Premium Concert tickets

Patron Sponsor - $600

  • 2 Patron Party tickets
  • 2 Premium Concert tickets