Ben Folds Will Play For An All White (Wearing) Audience in Prospect Park

Everyone knows that white is the most formal of formal attire, reserved for the most important people at their most important events. Like people who go to a Ben Folds concert in Prospect Park. BF’s performance will be part of the entertainment at a picnic this Saturday to raise money for the Prospect Park Alliance. The event will enforce a strict all-white-everything dress code.

"Wearing all white boils down to a unifying theme of the evening,” said Nicole Benjamin-Sathre, co-founder of Hand Made Events, as if that wouldn't be the theme of a Ben Folds show in Prospect Park, regardless of dress code. "It’s very beautiful. It’s simple and elegant. When you get a whole crowd of people doing it, everything flows together," she goes on to say, coming dangerously close to sounding like a conservative in a Onion article. And why is white so important to the event? "You wouldn’t get the same effect if people were in purple and green or anything!” So white is the only unifying color that would create a welcoming atmosphere of casual elegance . Not purple, not green and certainly not black, brown, red nor yellow!

Of course, that's not their intention at all, despite the over-exuberant affection for white. No, this is more like Santacon for yuppies. From playing uniformed dress-up, right down to a hidden location that will only be revealed to registered attendees mere hours before the event.

Picnic-goers will be required to bring food for sharing. "People have brought white truffles, white macaroons, white wine only,” said Garrett Sathre, the other co-founder. But don't stress if your famous turkey and provolone sliders require a whole wheat artisanal bun instead of a white one -- unlike the people, food's strict adherence to the color scheme is completely optional. Just remember: no open flames. “[W]e have seen people trying to make creme brulee.” Of course you have!

Hand Made Events runs similar parties in California and this will be their first in New York. Tickets are $35. Find out more at their website.

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