How much does a Met Gala ticket cost? A look at the price of entry for fashion's biggest night (2025)

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How much does a Met Gala ticket cost? A look at the price of entry for fashion's biggest night? ›

Fashion's biggest night is a cocktail and dinner party for about 400 to 450 invited guests. Wealthy celebrities and brands snap up all the available tickets and tables at the charity benefit. An individual ticket goes for around $75,000 (£60,000), more than the average down payment on a house.

$75,000. That's how much an individual ticket to the Met Gala will set attendees back, which is a price increase of 30% on last year's $50,000, as reported by Time. That's USD, which means a ticket will in fact set you back AU$113,020.

When Lambert created the Met Gala, it reportedly cost just $50 a ticket. But fast forward to 2024 and that's far from the case. In fact, tickets are believed to be 1,500 times as more expensive now. Reportedly a single ticket will set you back an eye-watering $75,000.

The Met Gala exists to ensure longevity of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. This party raises funding for the organisation's annual operating budget. When the Costume Institute joined the Met, it agreed to pay for itself.

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Ticket prices to the event have sharply risen, making it a fund-raising bonanza for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.

The Met Gala is famously exclusive. In 2024, individual tickets cost $75,000, while entire tables cost $350,000. Guests are treated to a cocktail hour, dinner, and exclusive performances.

Well, first they have to be invited. Not just anyone can buy a ticket or a table to the event. Meanwhile, many celebrities don't pay full freight. Instead, a design house typically springs for a table and invites guests they wish to host, one attendee confirmed to CBS MoneyWatch.

In 2022, Kim wore Marilyn Monroe's iconic crystal-embellished gown to the Met Gala. It was sold to Ripley's Believe It Or Not in 2016 for $5 million. Emma Chamberlain wore a custom Louis Vuitton dress at the 2022 Met Gala and she paired it with the Patiala Necklace which is valued at over $30 million.

Tables are usually purchased by design houses, brands, or companies, which then choose whom they'd like to invite to the table, which requires approval from Wintour, too. So while only a select group of elite people experience the grandeur of the Met Gala, the rest of us are left to wonder what that entails.

Is dinner served at the Met Gala? ›

The cocktail party is followed by a sit-down dinner, which is always accompanied by entertainment, according to Friedman. The 2021 Met Gala's dinner became a subject of controversy after then-host Keke Palmer jokingly criticised the meal served once she'd completed her Vogue live-stream hosting duties.

Met Gala hauls in record sum of more than $26 million to fund Costume Institute. NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 Met Gala raised more than $26 million, a record sum for the party that has become an annual gathering for mega-celebrities in fashion, film, TV, sports, music, business and more, the museum said.

In the event that you are approved by Wintour and extended an invitation to attend, there's still the cost of entry. This year, an individual ticket costs $75,000 (up 30% from last year's price of $50,000), while a table, which is often purchased by companies, design houses or brands, starts at $350,000.

Can anyone go to the Met Gala, including non-celebrities? Sorry — if you're not an "It" actor, celebrity, musician, sports superstar, or designer, you're going to have to shell out, big time.

Attendees are usually invited by the Costume Institute's curator in consultation along with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Since 1995, she has been one of the event's co-chairs, and is responsible for overseeing both the benefits committee and the guest list, with the help of Vogue staff members.

The Met Ball, also known as the Costume Institute Gala or the Costume Institute Benefit, is a fundraiser helmed by Anna Wintour to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in Manhattan, New York City.

Well, first they have to be invited. Not just anyone can buy a ticket or a table to the event. Meanwhile, many celebrities don't pay full freight. Instead, a design house typically springs for a table and invites guests they wish to host, one attendee confirmed to CBS MoneyWatch.

Attendees must sit in assigned seats at the Met Gala

“We start with a seating document when the names come together in December,” Kiernan told Vogue.