Lasagna Night began in 1995 at Ball State University (pre-bell tower) with the goal of feeding as many people as possible, on a student budget. It probably should have stopped many years ago. But like David Hasselhoff's career (in Germany) and the use of anabolic steroids and other doping substances by a minimum 5% of players in Major League baseball, it has continued and unfortunately grown.
It remains a cheap way to feed (evidentially cheap) people. A simple idea. A simple exchange, drink for food. The barter system refined to its purest level with no middlemen or donation monkey seeking a cut. Perhaps the ambiance has changed over the years as the salad bowl is no longer on the toilet and the lasagnas aren't displayed across the washer and dryer, but the central focus of the thing has remained the same: George Michael was in Wham!.
Lasagna Night 1: January 1995
- Hollywood House
- Muncie, IN
- 3 pans of lasagna
- 30 people fed
Site of first Lasagna Night
Lasagna Night 1.5: August 1995
- Hollywood House
- Muncie, IN
- 2 pans of lasagna
- 24 people fed
Lasagna Night 2: January 1996
- Hollywood House
- Muncie, IN
- 12 pans of lasagna
- 63 people fed
Lasagna Night moves to Raleigh
Lasagna Night 3: January 1997
- Lexington Farms Club House
- Raleigh, NC
- 6 pans of lasagna
- 35? people fed
Lasagna Night 4: January 1998
- Gardiner Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 6 pans of lasagna
- 50 people fed
Gardiner Residence
Lasagna Night 5: January 1999
- Gardiner Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 10 pans of lasagna
- 53 people fed
Lasagna Night 6: January 2000
- Gardiner Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 11 pans of lasagna
- 37 people fed (Snow storm)
Lasagna Night 7: January 2001
- Sower Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 11 pans of lasagna
- 60 people fed
Lasagna Night 8: January 2002
- Sower Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 14 pans of lasagna
- 64 people fed
Lasagna Night 9: January 2003
- Sower Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 15 pans of lasagna
- 84 people fed
Lasagna Night 10: January 2004
- Sower Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 17 pans of lasagna
- 103 people fed
Lasagna Night Pre-Party: January 2005
- Gardiner Residence
- Raleigh, NC
- 2 pans of lasagna
- 15 people fed
Lasagna Night 11: February 2005
- Rescheduled due to inclement weather
- Lake Johnson
- Raleigh, NC
- 17 pans of lasagna
- 89 people fed
Lasagna Night 12: January 2006
- Downtown Warehouse
- Raleigh, NC
- 21 pans of lasagna
- 133 people fed
Lasagna Night 13: January 2007
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 31 pans of lasagna
- 165 people fed
LN moves to the State Fairgrounds
Lasagna Night 14: January 2008
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 35 pans of lasagna
- 165 people fed
Lasagna Night 15: January 2009
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 31 pans of lasagna
- 165 people fed
Lasagna Night 16: January 2010
- (Rescheduled due to inclement weather)
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 32 pans of lasagna
- 135 people fed
Lasagna Night 17: January 2011
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 35 pans of lasagna
- 176 people fed
Lasagna Night 18: January 2012
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 31 pans of lasagna
- 197 people fed
Lasagna Night 19: January 2013
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 30 pans of lasagna
- 180 people fed
Lasagna Night 20: January 2014
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 34 pans of lasagna
- 200 people fed
- 20yrs and 200 guests!
Lasagna Night 21: January 2015
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 34 pans of lasagna
- 207 people fed
Lasagna Night 22: January 2016
- Harrill Center, State Fairgrounds
- Raleigh, NC
- 30 pans of lasagna
- 200 people fed
Lasagna Night 23: January 2017
- Garner Optimist Club
- Garner, NC
- 34 pans of lasagna
- 166 people fed
Lasagna Night 24: January 2018
- Garner Optimist Club
- Garner, NC
- 36 pans of lasagna
- 189 people fed
Lasagna Night 25: February 2019
- Garner Optimist Club
- Garner, NC
- 32 pans of lasagna
- 171 people fed
Lasagna Night 26: January 2020
- Fellowship Hall
- 3313 Wade Avenue
- Raleigh, NC
- 31 pans of lasagna
- 197 people fed
2021 Lasagna Night 27 and 2022 Lasagna Night 28
Limited attendance due to Covid-19 pandemic
Lasagna Night 29: January 2023
- Fellowship Hall
- 3313 Wade Avenue
- Raleigh, NC
- 27 pans of lasagna
- 156 people fed
Lasagna Night 30: January 2024
- Fellowship Hall
- 3313 Wade Avenue
- Raleigh, NC
- 33 Pans of Lasagna
- 186 people fed
