Naughty Nytes NYC is a New York lifestyle brand that runs vetted events rather than open ones: its own events index says plainly that everything requires vetting and asks newcomers to apply before booking. Everything it runs is 21 and over, behind an age gate on its own site.

The calendar is small and varied. A themed evening in September, a hotel takeover built around Exxxotica weekend in October, and an all-inclusive island week in Negril the following August across two resorts. Alongside those it runs a free weekly meet and greet at a New York bar as a way in for newcomers.

Prices are published in tiers and openly — early bird, tier one, tier two, priced separately for single women, single men and couples — which is more transparency than most of the scene offers.

Tickets are sold through the brand's own Eventbrite listings, and it runs a separate members' area. Browse our New York City guide for the city's venues and other party brands.