PEOPLE and Audi to Host 2025 SAG Awards Post-Awards Gala

PEOPLE and Audi to Host 2025 SAG Awards®   Post-Awards Gala

Honoring the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Philanthropic Efforts

Gala to be held on Sunday, February 23 at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall Immediately Following the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Ceremony 

NEW YORK, NY (February 18, 2024) – Dotdash Meredith’s PEOPLE and Audi to host the official Post SAG Awards® Gala. PEOPLE will be returning as host for the 27th year and continuing its long standing relationship with the SAG Awards highlighting their continued commitment to supporting the mission and work of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. The gala will be held immediately following the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. 

“We always look forward to the SAG Awards every year, and to celebrate the night's biggest winners and the amazing performances from the past year in a very special and intimate setting,”says Charlotte Triggs, General Manager and Editor in Chief, PEOPLE. “But now, it has even more importance, knowing what the city of Los Angeles has been through and the impact that SAG-AFTRA will make with their charitable contributions in the community.” 

“We’re incredibly grateful to PEOPLE for 27 years of partnership and to Audi for joining us this year in hosting the official Post-SAG Awards Gala,” said Executive Producer Jon Brockett. “Their joint commitment to honoring actors and supporting the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is especially meaningful this year given those impacted by the fires.” 

With production and design from Tony Schubert of Event Eleven, PEOPLE and Audi’s Post SAG Award Gala will transform the Shrine Auditorium stage into an exquisite fusion of warmth and sophistication thoughtfully designed to immerse the crowd in an atmosphere of refined elegance. With rich dark wood trumpet columns, the area will be complemented  by rust- colored drapery that cascades beautifully against a backdrop of off-white furniture combining touches of teal and blue ottoman to create a harmonious balance of earthy tones and modern vibrancy. 

At the heart of the experience, is a custom-designed DJ booth that will host internationally acclaimed DJ, Michelle Pesce.The space will also feature a SAG Awards Engraving Station Presented by City National Bank that will become an intimate area within the Gala for winners to have their statuette personalized and engraved onsite on the same night of the show. Another must-stop for winners and attending talent is the portrait studio in partnership withPEOPLE, Audi, SAG Awards and Shutterstock. David Chang, chef and founder of Momofuku, will treat guests to a specially curated menu including bing bread with ricotta and Chili Crunch and his signature fried chicken to be enjoyed with Cooper’s Hawk Lux Sparkling Wine. 

About PEOPLE

Dotdash Meredith’s PEOPLE revolutionized personality journalism when it launched as a weekly in 1974 with a mission to celebrate extraordinary people doing ordinary things and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.  Ubiquitous and still at the center of pop culture 50 years later, the PEOPLE brand is accessible across all media and platforms (print, digital, video, podcasts, mobile, social) bringing more than 100 million consumers a unique mix of breaking entertainment news, exclusive photos, video, unparalleled access to the red carpet, celebrities, and in-depth reporting on the most compelling newsmakers of our time. An essential component of PEOPLE’s editorial vision remains human interest stories, which touch and often mirror the lives of our passionate audience. ComScore ranks the PEOPLE/Entertainment Weekly Digital Network No. 1 in the entertainment news category.

About Audi 

At Audi of America, we are committed to responsible, sustainable growth through transformation. In 2024, Audi kicked off the largest product launch cadence in brand history, including all-new vehicle platforms – Premium Platform Electric and Premium Platform Combustion – offering the best in ICE and BEV. In 2024, Audi sold 196,576 vehicles in the U.S. Among those deliveries, Audi achieved record Audi Sport sales and had a record-breaking year in after sales. Learn more about Audi of America at audiusa.com or media.audiusa.com.

About SAG Awards

One of awards season’s premier events, the SAG Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion picture and television performances of the year. Voted on by SAG-AFTRA’s robust and diverse membership of 118,000+ performers, the SAG Awards has the largest voting body on the awards circuit. Beloved for its style, simplicity, and genuine warmth, the show has become an industry favorite and one of the most prized honors since its debut in 1995.