Coronation Ball
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| Logo for the Coronation Ball, sponsored by Remilia Corporation | |
| Type | Inaugural ball |
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| Date | January 19, 2025 |
| Location | Moretti Ballroom, Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C. |
| Organizer | Passage Press; sponsored by Remilia Corporation |
The Coronation Ball was a ball held by Passage Press at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 2025, the night before Donald Trump's second inauguration. It was one of more than three dozen unofficial balls and parties held in the city that weekend. Remilia Corporation sponsored the ball[1] and hosted its afterparty, a Milady Rave.[2]
The ball
The ball took place in the Watergate Hotel's Moretti Ballroom on the evening of January 19.[3] It was a black-tie event hosted by Lomez (Jonathan Keeperman) of Passage Press, who told guests that "our culture has been stuck for a long time".[4] Ahead of the event, HuffPost reported that Curtis Yarvin, one of Passage Press's authors, would attend, along with Steve Bannon, Christopher Rufo, Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec.[1] Passage Press later announced Remilia as the event's sponsor.[1] The guest list included Yarvin, Anna Khachiyan, Dasha Nekrasova and Charlotte Fang.[4][5]
Talking Points Memo listed the event among the weekend's unofficial balls as "a Coronation Ball for the alt-right".[1] Writing in The Lamp, Sam Kriss called it "a kind of grand coming-out party for the newly respectable ideologues of the online right".[2]
Speeches
War Room host Natalie Winters introduced Anna Khachiyan and Dasha Nekrasova of the podcast Red Scare, who in turn introduced Steve Bannon.[4] The Spectator described Bannon as the evening's principal speaker and Remilia as its principal sponsor.[6] Bannon told the room it was "the vanguard of the revolutionary movement".[4]
After Bannon, L.B. Dobis, the pseudonymous lead editor of Remilia's magazine Remilia Quarterly, spoke for Remilia about internet art and the collective's plans "to remake the world one meme at a time".[6] Three days earlier, Dobis had announced that Remilia was going to Washington "to declare the arrival of the new accelerationist art movement and the beginning of the post-cancel art renaissance".[7] In the speech, Dobis described Remilia's artists as "techno optimists" who were also "accelerationist and futurist", and said they came from extremely online communities where anonymity had given artists refuge. He noted that many of Remilia's benefactors were in the room without knowing one another by name or face. He also quoted a 2023 essay by Charlotte Fang: "The canceled will inherit the Earth."[4]
Afterparty
Remilia announced the afterparty online as the "MILADY INAUGURATION RAVE DC", held at an undisclosed location. Entry was limited to Milady holders and guests with a pin from the Coronation Ball, and the announcement ended with the line "NO JOURNALISTS". The location was Butterworth's, a bar on Capitol Hill.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kovensky, Josh (January 17, 2025). "MAGA, MAHA, And Lots Of Crypto: Which Trump Inaugural Ball Is Right For You?". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved October 23, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kriss, Sam. "To Welcome the New King". The Lamp. Retrieved October 23, 2026.
- ↑ "The Far Right Is Having A 'Coronation Ball' At The Watergate Hotel To Celebrate Trump's Inauguration". AOL. Retrieved October 23, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Emmons, Libby (January 22, 2025). "MAGA meme warriors take a victory lap with the Coronation Ball, celebrating the Trump-inspired cultural ascendancy". Human Events. Retrieved October 23, 2026.
- ↑ January 17, 2025. "Remilia Corporation joins Passage Press' historic coronation ball celebration". Cointelegraph.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Raubo, Alexander (February 8, 2025). "Why young MAGA supporters are flocking to Remilia". The Spectator. Retrieved October 23, 2026.
- ↑ @lb_dobis (January 16, 2025). "Remilia Corporation Is Going To Washington DC To Declare The Arrival Of The New Accelerationist Art Movement And The Beginning Of The Post-Cancel Art Renaissance!". X.