Ugly Bug Ball 2026

Step into the Past. Play into the Future

5, 4, 3, 2, 1… blast off into a Mission Time Warp! Travel through time as you choose your favorite era, decade, or moment in history to inspire your costume for the 2026 Ugly Bug Ball. From disco fever to futuristic flair, vintage glam to far-off galaxies—let your imagination take the lead. Celebrate with friends and colleagues while enjoying…

an open bar
catered dinner by Avenue Foods
fundraising program featuring a silent and live auction and...
dance the night away with the music stylings of the talented band, The Adrian Duke Project

The event raises crucial funds to support not only the museum’s innovative educational programs, such as STEM to Mars! our free NASA inspired space program designed for 6th - 8th graders, and Everyone is Special, an accessibility initiative for children and adults with a range of special needs and their families both in the museum and in the classroom, but has also supported the museum’s Scholarship Program, which provides under-served children and families in our community the chance to experience Amazement Square’s hands-on, educational exhibitions and programs for free or at a reduced cost.

Thank you to our Amazing Sponsors

Transformative Amazing Partner+
BWX Technologies, Inc.

Transformative Amazing Partner
Foster Fuels

Amazing Corporate Patron
Pacific Life

CorporatePatrons
Bank of the James
Berglund Toyota
Framatome
Innovative Wireless Technologies
Ford Mays Wealth Management
Lynchburg Ready Mix

Amazing Corporate Sponsors
Cantor Fitzgerald
Captrust
Dodson Pest Control
Jamerson Lewis Construction
Much Ado About Doodles
Scott Insurance