NEW YORK — It is the must-see charity event of the year, where celebrities from the world of film, Broadway, music and even politics and sports gather to support The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.

Here is everything you need to know about the Met Gala.

The Met Gala takes place in New York annually. For 2025, the red carpet starts at about 4:30 p.m., May 5.

There is a live stream that will be hosted by Teyana Taylor, La La Anthony and Ego Nwodim that will be on all of Vogue’s platforms, including YouTube, starting at 6 p.m. ET.

Every year there is a theme and this year is no different. The Costume Institute spring 2025 exhibition opening be themed “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The gala coincides with the exhibit’s opening.

The gala’s dress code is called “Tailored for You.”

This year’s Met Gala co-chairs are Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour. LeBron James is an honorary chair, Vogue reported.

The 2025 Met Gala host committee is comprised of:

• André 3000
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Jordan Casteel
• Dapper Dan
• Doechii
• Ayo Edebiri
• Edward Enninful
• Jeremy O. Harris
• Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
• Rashid Johnson
• Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
• Audra McDonald
• Janelle Monáe
• Jeremy Pope
• Angel Reese
• Sha’Carri Richardson
• Tyla
• Usher
• Kara Walker

They won’t be the only celebrities in attendance as 450 will be there. Some of the past attendees have been Zendaya, Rihanna, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Kardashian, according to Vogue.

Wintour has put together the gala every year since 1995, CNN reported. She has the “final say” over the guest list according to The New York Times.

Tickets are five-figures and in 2023, the gala raised almost $22 million, CNN reported. Last year, it raised more than $26 million and hours before Monday’s event, it had already brought in a record $31 million, museum CEO Max Hollein said, according to The Associated Press.

That is far from the cost of a ticket from the first year the gala was held. CNN reported it started in 1948 to raise money for the Costume Institute, with tickets costing about $50 each for dinner. With inflation, that’s about $674 today, according to Rome Economics.

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