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The NYC Private Club Music Guide

Where New York’s private clubs host live music and DJ nights, what membership costs, and how non-members can get in. Every entry sourced.

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Industry News & Trends

Rolling Stone: Private Clubs Are Turning Live Music Into a Membership Perk

Rolling Stone looks at how private clubs are booking arena-level artists into rooms of a few hundred people. PCM founder Zack Bates weighs in. Here’s what it means for your club.

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What the September Fed Decision Means for Club Capital Plans, Assessments and Dues Financing

The FOMC’s September 15–16 decision lands in the middle of club budget season, right as CMAA’s Leadership/Legislative Conference convenes in Detroit. Here’s how boards should read the rate signal, what Sawgrass, Woodbridge, Centre Hills, Devon Yacht Club and Blue Hill are already doing about capital financing, and the three-scenario playbook to have ready before the vote.

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Keeneland September: What the World’s Largest Yearling Sale Says About Your Bloodstock Members

The Keeneland September sale draws 4,635 yearlings and the industry’s biggest names to Lexington every fall — and most clubs let the moment pass their bloodstock members by. Here’s how Bluegrass and city clubs alike can turn sale week into a concierge-driven retention play.

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Golf PCM News

A Private Club Just Landed a PGA Tour Stop: What the Biltmore Championship at The Cliffs Means for Club Brand-Building

The Biltmore Championship brings the PGA Tour to a private club for the first time in Asheville in 80 years. Here’s what The Cliffs at Walnut Cove’s moment in the spotlight teaches every private club about turning visibility into lasting brand equity.

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Where the Forbes 400 Belong: The Private Clubs of America’s Richest (2026)

The Forbes 400 could join any club in the country, yet the same short list keeps appearing. Here’s where America’s billionaires hold membership, checked against the 2026 list, and four lessons every club leader can borrow.

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Social & City Clubs

Fashion Week Overflow: How City Clubs Win the Eight Nights of NYFW

From September 10–15, New York Fashion Week floods Manhattan with the ultra-wealthy clients every club wants. Here’s the data-backed playbook — and the real clubs, from Zero Bond to Spring Place — turning eight nights of NYFW into a year of membership pipeline.

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Josh Allen Golf Handicap & Game: The Complete 2026 Guide

At 7 a.m. on a February morning at Sea Island, Georgia, a figure was already on the range, driver in hand, muttering that his ball flight was too spinny. He had played 72 holes over the previous 48 hours — the Seaside and Plantation courses at The Cloister, then Ohoopee Match Club — tipping every […]

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The 15 Most Exclusive Private Clubs in America (2026)

From Augusta National’s invitation-only fairways to the Union League of Philadelphia’s peer-voted city club ranking, these are the 15 most exclusive private clubs in America for 2026 — and the admissions playbook every club marketer can borrow from them.

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The September Circuit: Salon Privé, Monza and What Driving Clubs Learn From Europe’s Concours Month

September’s European concours circuit — Salon Privé, the Monza Grand Prix, and Chantilly — is a masterclass in scarcity, recognition and cross-generational programming. Here’s what American driving clubs, from the Royal Automobile Club to Ten Tenths Motor Club, are already borrowing from it.