Sweet 16th Anniversay
Opening Night Coming Out Ball

Let Them Eat Cake!

And many other delicious surprises in a sweet spectacle of celebration at the Coming Out party of a lifetime — the OUTFEST Opening Night Coming Out Ball! Join 2,000 of your closest friends at the Sixteenth Anniversary of OUTFEST as we look to repeat the excitement of last year's opening night gala in downtown Los Angeles. The historic Orpheum Theater has been selected as the site of this year's event. The Orpheum's interior is the most restored of the downtown movie palaces of the 1920s. It is an architectural jewel that begs for an event of this scale. In what is sure to be the hottest party of the season (literally), OUTFEST has arranged to hold the after party outdoors to counter last year's concerns about heat and overcrowding inside the lobby. The board of directors and staff at OUTFEST '98 invite you to be part of 16 years of rich history as we give tribute to one of the world's most amazing actors, Ian McKellen, screen the Los Angeles premiere of Relax, It's Just Sex, and throw a Coming Out Ball that will have LA talking for months to come.

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