Affiliate Grand Slam (AGS) was a co-presenter at FabNights, held at Dear Irving on Hudson in New York City on 27 July 2026. FabNights is an invite-only event that follows day one of Affiliate Summit East (ASE).
The event is where affiliates, media buyers, advertisers, and industry leaders build partnerships and create new business opportunities. But unlike the usual networking event, the host deliberately held FabNights in a smaller room and required attendees to secure approval first.
Rohit Ajmani, Co-Founder of FabFunnel, believes that real conversations happen over drinks and not on the expo floor. He says that after years of parties and conferences, he knew exactly which ones were worth attending. So he built one himself.
For AGS, backing that kind of room is the point. “The event itself was a really strong success”, said Brady Walsh, SiGMA’s Managing Director of North America. “The room was full, the venue looked great, the crowd was exactly the audience we wanted around ASE.”
The impact went beyond a successful night in New York. Relationships drive affiliate marketing, and they form more easily when people have the time and space for genuine conversations. FabNights created exactly that environment. By keeping the guest list approval-only, AGS brought together a focused group of the affiliates it exists to serve.
It’s also consistent with where AGS has been putting its energy through 2026. Beyond its flagship event in Rome this November, AGS has spent the year building curated meetups across markets. These pocket events, held in Budapest, Limassol, and Yerevan, all work on the same premise: putting the right people in a well-run room and letting the business happen on its own. FabNights extends that approach into North America and shows the model travels well beyond the markets where AGS first tested it.
The takeaway from Affiliate Grand Slam and FabNights partnership validated the format AGS is committed to repeating: curated over crowded, conversation over content, and a room built carefully enough that the venue does some of the talking on its own. Expect AGS to bring more of these nights to more cities as it builds toward Rome, with additional meetups still on the calendar later this year.
See where AGS is showing up next as it builds toward the newly launched Affiliate Grand Slam in Rome, 02–05 November 2026.
