Each year, Grapevine’s Dark Knight Bat Ball raises funds for area charities like GRACE, Grapevine AMBUCS, Center for Transforming Lives, Make-A-Wish® of North Texas and others. Those are the organizations designated as beneficiaries of the event’s 2025 fundraising.
GRACE, located in Grapevine, provides assistance to families and individuals in crisis situations, and Tarrant County’s Center for Transforming Lives helps single mothers and their children who are facing poverty. Make-A-Wish® grants wishes for children diagnosed with critical illnesses, and Grapevine AMBUCS is dedicated to creating mobility and independence among people with disabilities.
The 2025 Bat Ball will be hosted at Grapevine’s Lancaster Theater on downtown Main Street. The date is Saturday, February 8, from 6 to 9 p.m., with dining and entertainment, raffles, a silent auction, photo booth and more. Gala or costume attire is welcomed. Dining will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts from Chez Fabien Bistro, and DJ music. Tickets are available through https://www.gdkbatball.org/.
The Bat Ball was created by the local Batman himself, Grapevine resident Jason Parker, along with a group from his White’s Chapel Sunday school class.
Over the years, Jason had developed quite a reputation as the famous caped crusader. He’d first started imitating the voice of Batman for his daughters around the dinner table for fun, then began dressing up for Halloween back in 2015, and was later asked by his neighbors to be a silent auction prize at a charity golf tournament. From there, he started volunteering for the Make A Wish Foundation, appearing around town in his costume, driving a refurbished “Batmobile” Corvette.
Before long, friends were encouraging Jason to start an event where guests could dress up to raise funds for charity, and the annual Grapevine Dark Knight Bat Ball gala and nonprofit organization began.
Join in this February for a good time for some very worthy causes!