Acts Of Kindness Cabaret is a volunteer, not-for-profit association of cabaret professionals passionate about taking what we do well and doing good things with it. We believe in the inspiring power of simple kindness, as well as the artistic value of cabaret. It is our mission to provide benefit cabaret performances, largely free of charge, as fundraising vehicles for other charitable organizations, spreading kindness through music to raise significant charitable dollars while increasing awareness, understanding and enjoyment of cabaret.
Total raised for our
beneficiaries
as of December 2011:
$201,464.30
About Us
How It Works: Our process is simple. We offer 1- to 2-hour professional cabaret shows
as benefit events to needful charitable organizations. We work together with each organization to find a suitable venue and to promote their event, primarily to their supporters. The benefiting organizations sell the tickets and, less our nominal expenses, keep all the proceeds. Sound good?
What’s the Catch? There is no catch! We fulfill the artistic part of our mission by fulfilling the philanthropic part of our mission. It is simple kindness from us to you and those your serve.
By bringing cabaret into the community at large, we introduce new people to our wonderful, but little-known art form, and we introduce cabaret artists and fans to outstanding organizations in their communities. Perhaps most importantly, audiences
see us doing what we can with what we have, and they are often inspired to do the same. It is truly remarkable.
Cabaret? Really? Contrary to the risqué visions of Liza Minelli and Joel Grey,
modern cabaret is very family friendly. It is an intensely personal evening of songs and stories, delivered by singers in a simple, honest way. Cabaret employs music from all styles and eras, and each show has a theme that ties this eclectic bundle together neatly into a package that has a beginning, middle and end. AOK Cabaret shows amuse, entertain, and inform. They dazzle you, take you by surprise, make you laugh and cry, and take you on a wonderful journey.
What You Get
Services and materials worth over $4,000:
- Top-notch, professional cabaret singers accompanied by a professional pianist performing a 1- or 2-hour cabaret show, depending on the nature of your event.
- Quality lighting and sound equipment, and a set-up/tear-down crew.
- Professional sound person.
- Helpful staff of AOK Cabaret volunteers.
- Nicely printed programs.
- Pre-designed, customizable publicity materials.
- Substantial guidance from start to finish.
What You Give
- A full partnership for a successful event
- An attentive audience
- Reimbursement of our nominal expenses (avg. $300)
- 5% of ticket proceeds only (we take no portion of raffle, auction, or other activities’ proceeds).
