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Are you Ready for the second edition of Dîner en Blanc Denver?

Le Diner en Blanc returns for a second edition in Denver on Saturday, June 15, 2024! Of course, the venue will remain secret until the last minute. The festive and community feel urban picnic, Le Diner en Blanc is returning to celebrate the city and its spirit.

To be part of the night under the stars, people can sign up by visiting the official city website at denver.dinerenblanc.com and clicking on the Register tab.

Le Diner en Blanc is getting all dressed up to attend a dinner à la française where conversation and champagne are essential and getting together with long-time friends and meeting new friends in a unique setting.

“After a phenomenal first edition in Denver, we are excited to continue this long-standing tradition in the Mile High City,” says Lauren Ripko, host of Le Diner en Blanc in Denver. “Le Diner en Blanc embodies values like friendship, elegance, sharing, and equality, offering a much-needed antidote to the challenges of today's world. It reminds us of the power of community, shared meals, and our common humanity, making it truly special.”

To maintain the uniqueness of Le Diner en Blanc, every guest has its part to play and observes certain requirements such as:
  • Dress code: head-to-toe in white only. Elegance and Originality are key!
  • Table setting: all white!
  • French-influenced event only wine and/or Champagne are served.
    • As per the City and County of Denver’s alcohol policy, guests cannot bring their own alcohol. Guests wishing to enjoy some wine or Champagne, must reserve online through Le Diner en Blanc’s e-store. However, guests are welcome to bring their own non-alcoholic beverages.
  • To ensure that the location secret is kept undisclosed until the last minute, guests meet at the assigned departure location and are escorted by a Dîner en Blanc volunteer.
  • So, the event location is left as clean as when guests arrived, they are required to leave with all their belongings, leftovers, and litter.
Guests are to bring:
  • A table, two white chairs, white tablecloth.
  • A picnic basket comprising fine food and proper stemware and white dinnerware.
    • A catered picnic basket option, which can be picked up on site, will be available for those who do not wish to pack their own. Guests wishing to do so must reserve online through Le Diner en Blanc’s e-store.

About the Hosts of Le Diner en Blanc – Denver
Hosts of Le Diner en Blanc Denver are Lauren Ripko and Alison King with Studio Q Events and Renee Ortiz with Eventful Productions, Inc. With a combined 50+ years of event planning experience between the three, the 2024 hosts bring their passion for building community through gathering to Le Diner en Blanc in Denver. Their belief in the transformative power of events is a testament to their commitment to not just bringing people together, but in weaving a stronger, more interconnected community.

About Le Diner en Blanc
Le Diner en Blanc is so much more than an event. It’s a unique cultural movement that empowers friends of friends to gather and celebrate their shared passions for life, food, fashion, and community, year after year, with a pinch of mystery and large serving of spontaneity. Elegantly dressed all in white, guests arrive at a secret location for a chic picnic en masse. They bring their own tables, chairs, picnic baskets—all the trimmings—to sit down with friends and make new connections in one of their city’s most beautiful public spaces. The location remains secret up until the very moment of arrival. Over the course of the evening, guests from all backgrounds eat, dance, and reconnect with the finer things in life, as they appreciate the night’s magical experience.

To this day, over 120 cities in 40 countries have joined the ever-growing and international network to celebrate gourmet cuisine, offer extraordinary entertainment, and bring together vibrant individuals and bon vivants around the world. While Diner en Blanc International is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, every event in every city is
hosted by passionate local organizers who fell in love with the original Parisian concept and wanted to bring it home and dress it up with local flair. For more info, photos, and videos of Le Diner en Blanc events from around the world, visit dinerenblanc.com.

About University of Colorado
The University of Colorado (CU) Cancer Center is home to more than 300 scientists and clinicians who work together to prevent and conquer cancer. Since its inception in 1985, the CU Cancer Center has become the hub of cancer research in the state of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. As the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)
comprehensive cancer center in the state, it provides the community with access to cutting-edge research that often leads to innovative clinical trials. The CU Cancer Center is also a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers working to establish and deliver the gold standard in cancer clinical guidelines. To find out more, please visit medschool.cuanschutz.edu/colorado-cancer-center. Ahead of the worldwide popularity of the Parisian event which was triggered by the first official event held in New York City in 2011, the University of Colorado (CU) Cancer Center held its first Dinner in White® event as a fundraiser in 2010 and continued for 9 years.

*DINNER IN WHITE is a trademark owned by the Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate and is being used under
license.
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