On Saturday, November 12, Conner’s Cause for Children presents its 18th Annual Benefit Gala at The Santaluz Club to benefit families with the monumental task of caring for a child with a life-threatening illness. Get out your party duds, strap on your spurs, and saddle up for a rip roarin’ down-home evening of great grub and good fun. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, silent and live auctions, dinner, and music and line dancing by ZG Productions. Tickets are $125 per person. (619/540-1650, www.connerscause.org)