Life Ball

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Fight AIDS, Celebrate Life — and Support Scholarships to AIDS 2010!

How can you do all this at once? By being a part of Life Ball, one of the largest annual AIDS charity events worldwide taking place in Vienna on Saturday, 17 July. Organized at Vienna’s City Hall by AIDS LIFE, an independent non-profit organization, Life Ball is expected to attract over 40,000 participants for the opening show at City Hall Square under the theme, Earth - Sow the Seeds of Solidarity. The party then continues inside the historic building for only 3,780 guests. Last year, Life Ball raised over 1.9 million USD for national and international AIDS organizations.

The demand for tickets to attend this spectacular event is always very high. As a show of solidarity with AIDS 2010, Life Ball organizers have set aside a limited number of tickets specifically for conference delegates. Funds from the sale of these tickets (150 EUR each) will support scholarships for delegates from the neighbouring region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Tickets for two events will be available: the Life Ball, held in Vienna’s City Hall, and the Red Ribbon Cotillion, a new black-tie event taking place in Vienna’s famous Burgtheater (the former imperial court theatre). The chance to purchase these tickets is only available to registered and fully paid AIDS 2010 delegates. All paid delegates who express interest will be entered into a lottery with a random drawing in mid-May. Please forward enquiries about ticket sales to the Life Ball to and enquiries about tickets to the Red Ribbon Cotillion at Burgtheater to .

Since 1993, Life Ball has combined the glamour of the Viennese ball tradition with the serious business of raising funds for AIDS -- this year, AIDS 2010 will benefit, too!