April 24
COCAcabana
Save the date for COCAcabana 2026: April 24
COCAcabana, COCA’s annual fundraiser, is a dynamic and creative spring event that draws more than 500 business and community leaders for cocktails and dinner, silent and live auctions, artistic performances, special celebrity guests, and imaginative themes that are uniquely COCA.
Started in 1988, COCAcabana sustains COCA’s work throughout the community, which provides arts programming in schools without access to arts education and offers scholarships for students to participate in COCA programs. Accounting for nearly 20 percent of COCA’s annual contributed revenue, COCAcabana is crucial to continuing this vital work.
COCAcabana 2026 Event Leadership
Ali & Justin Rand
Anna & Jeff Tegethoff
Courtney & Henry Scott
Katie Lee, Alumni Chair
Amy Drummond & Bill Carson, Honorary Chairs
COCAcabana Alumni Chair, Katie Lee
Restaurateur, entrepreneur, author and innovator. Katie Lee’s journey from high school dropout and recovering addict to successful founder of Katie’s is the embodiment of resilience and passion. She launched her first restaurant in 2008, igniting the artisan Italian pizza movement in the Midwest. Today, Katie is leading a transformative shift in the frozen food industry, blending authentic artisan techniques with national-scale ambition.
COCAcabana Sponsorships and Donations
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Contact Virginia Howell, Senior Director of Advancement, at vhowell@cocastl.org, or Kyra Pearson, Manager of Events, at kpearson@cocastl.org to find out how you can support COCAcabana.
COCAcabana 2026 Sponsors
Photos from COCAcabana 2025: Into the Depths
Thank you for your support of COCAcabana 2025: Into the Depths. The event helped raise more than $1 million to ensure access to arts programming for our creative community.
