Refuge NYC to Celebrate 1-Year Anniversary With Monthlong Showcase: ‘We’re Not Even Half Done With What We Want Refuge to Become’

Refuge NYC is going all in on its 1st birthday, with the club planning a one-year anniversary celebration set to last a month.

On Wednesday (Aug. 12), the club announced a stacked lineup for this four-week event, with the bill featuring salute, Gabriel & Dresden, David Morales, The Martinez Brothers, 2 shell, a 12-hour set from Deep Dish and more. The 15-night run starts Sept 4 with salute and ends Sept. 27 with Brothers Macklovitch, the duo composed of IRL brothers A-Trak and Dave 1 from Chromeo. See the complete lineup below.

Founded by longtime nightlife figures John Dimatteo and Craig “Shorty” Bernabeu, Refuge NYC opened in September of 2025 with a vision for an intimate, dancefloor-focused space built around a state-of-the-art soundsystem. They’ve surely succeeded, with Dimatteo and Bernabeu reporting that in the club’s first year, the space has put on roughly 210 events that have collectively brought in more than 100,000 guests.

“In many ways, we still feel like we’re just getting started,” the pair tell Billboard in a joint statement. They in fact say they’re only halfway done building the club to their vision, with the latest addition being a custom-built, four-corner analog sound system for Refuge’s new outdoor space. This “version 1.0 of the Refuge Courtyard,” as they call it, opens Aug. 15 with Dutch artist Julian Fijma, followed by Brooklyn’s own Tee Em Dee on Aug. 16.Speaking to Billboard via email, Dimatteo and Bernabeu here discuss the first year of Refuge.