The Chrysanthemum Ball (German: Chrysanthemenball) is an annual charity event and debutante ball in Munich.

The Chrysanthemum Ball was established as a charity ball, to raise money for children in need, in 1925 by Paula Zell, the wife of Franz Zell.

[1] The first ball was hosted under the patronage of Antonia, Crown Princss of Bavaria, at the Cherubim Hall of the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten on 3 February 1925.

The ball was later held at the Regina-Plast-Hotel, the Deutsches Theater, and the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.

[2][3] Hugo Strasser performed annually at the ball for over sixty years, until his death in 2016.