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Between the end of Childhood Cancer Awareness and the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness months, celebrity hairstylist Martino Cartier will host the 2024 Wigs & Wishes Gala at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. Wigs & Wishes is a non-profit organization that provides over 25,000 wigs and hundreds of wishes to recipients fighting cancer each year at no cost.

Cartier, the foundation’s founder and New Jersey 101.5 morning show host Bill Spadea will preside over the gala's festivities featuring drinks, hors d'oeuvres, dancing and more. Cartier will crown a queen of the night during a live performance by Frankie Zulferino, who will also grant a wish to a child battling cancer during the event. Additionally, guests will be treated to a 30-minute concert by Zulferino at the start of the gala.

Highlights from the 2023 gala can be viewed here.

Following the gala, DJ-based dance party Gimme Gimme Disco will transport Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena back in time to the 1970s with a disco-themed celebration. Guests are encouraged to dress in their favorite disco attire. Tickets cost $20 and proceeds from tickets sold will directly benefit Wigs & Wishes.

For more information or to purchase tickets for the Wigs & Wishes Gala, visit WigsandWishes.org. To purchase tickets for Gimme Gimme Disco, visit HardRockHotelAtlanticCity.com and Ticketmaster.com or call 800-745-3000.