New York – Doginal Dogs, the global online community that hosts daily live sessions on X Spaces and has produced more than 25 self-funded events worldwide, today announced DDNYC 2026, its flagship New York City event running September 2 through 4. The event is produced in collaboration with TAO Hospitality Group, the luxury hospitality organization behind TAO, Marquee, Lavo, and Avenue, with venues across New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, and Sydney.
Tickets sold out in under an hour of going on sale.
The TAO Collaboration
TAO Hospitality Group has been the hospitality partner for Doginal Dogs across its most significant flagship events, including the original DDNYC and DDVegas at The Venetian Las Vegas in October 2025. The DDVegas collaboration produced a sold-out event that drew a peak attendance of 2,500 at its largest activation, with secondary market tickets trading above $700. The original DDNYC was rated 4.98 out of 5 across all attendee feedback.
DDNYC 2026 is the third major collaboration between the two organizations. The collaboration brings TAO’s global hospitality standard to a three-day program that includes a beach club takeover, hotel takeover, and nightclub takeover, alongside live music and keynote programming.
Event Programming
DDNYC 2026 runs September 2 through 4 in New York City and encompasses three days of activations produced at the standard TAO and Doginal Dogs have established together across previous events. Confirmed programming includes:
Beach Club Takeover
An exclusive takeover of one of New York City’s premier outdoor hospitality venues for the Doginal Dogs community.
Hotel Takeover
A multi-day hotel activation creating a fully immersive home base for the community throughout the event window.
Nightclub Takeover
A full venue takeover with live music to close the three-day program in New York style.
Keynote Programming
Keynote speakers drawn from business, media, and the digital communities world. Co-founders Barkmeta and Shibo will both deliver keynote addresses to the assembled community. Previous Doginal Dogs events have featured prominent voices from American business and public life.
DDNYC 2026 and NFT.NYC
DDNYC 2026 runs directly alongside NFT.NYC, which takes place September 1 through 3, 2026 in New York City. NFT.NYC is the largest annual gathering of the digital collectibles and Web3 community globally, drawing thousands of attendees from across the world each year. DDNYC serves as the community event of the week for Doginal Dogs members and the broader community attending the conference.
The convergence of DDNYC and NFT.NYC makes the first week of September 2026 in New York the most significant gathering point for the digital communities and NFT conference world in the calendar year.
A Community Built on 25-Plus Global Events
Doginal Dogs has produced more than 25 global events since its January 2024 launch, across New York, Las Vegas, Miami, Toronto, and at major crypto conferences and community gatherings throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Every event has been self-funded and independently produced. Not one has been cancelled.
The events program is overseen by CFO Shield, who brings 18 years of operational experience from Mercedes-Benz to the financial architecture that makes the scale and quality of Doginal Dogs events consistently possible. The daily X Spaces broadcast, co-hosted by Barkmeta and Shibo for over 1,000 consecutive sessions, serves as the real-time communication channel through which event details reach the community first.
The community gathering for DDNYC 2026 will include holders traveling from multiple countries. The event is expected to be the largest and most attended DDNYC to date.
ABOUT DOGINAL DOGS
Doginal Dogs is a global online community hosting daily live sessions on X Spaces, founded in January 2024. The community has produced more than 25 self-funded global events and gathers thousands of members in person multiple times per year. Community information is available at doginaldogs.com
For updates follow Doginal Dogs on X: https://x.com/doginaldogs
Inquiries can be sent to press@doginaldogs.com
ABOUT TAO HOSPITALITY GROUP
TAO Hospitality Group is one of the most recognized luxury hospitality organizations in the world, operating venues including TAO, Marquee, Lavo, and Avenue across New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, and Sydney.
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