Refuge NYC Is Turning Halloween Into A Four-Day Marathon With PURGATORY

Most clubs give you one night for Halloween. Refuge NYC is giving you four days straight. From Thursday, October 29 through Sunday, November 1, the Brooklyn club is hosting PURGATORY, a run of six parties that will keep its East Williamsburg doors open almost nonstop through the holiday weekend. The lineup features salute, Stacey Pullen, Jayda G, Soul Clap + DJ E-Cology, Victor Calderone, Nicole Moudaber, Mira, and plenty more, with the music moving between house, techno, UK garage, and whatever else the selectors decide to bring. The timing could not be better for Refuge. The club just wrapped up its first birthday, and it did so while a Nor’easter was hammering the city, which says a lot about how loyal its crowd has become in only twelve months. For PURGATORY, the parties will be spread across both the main room and the courtyard, with sessions running during the day, through the night, and into the sunrise, so there is a slot for every kind of raver. What has set Refuge apart since it opened is its refusal to treat the club like anything other than a place to dance. There are no tables to buy, no roped-off areas, and no bottles being carried through the crowd. The room holds 50...