December 25th - 31st
This week's happenings. Live music, comedy, readings, improv, trivia, and much more.
All shows are free and 21+ to attend (unless otherwise listed), with $10 suggested donation.
THURSDAY 12/25
Closed for Christmas Day. Happy Holidays!
FRIDAY 12/26
Numbskull
5:00pm
Welcome to Numbskull! An open mic for stand-up, characters, clown, and the like. Grab a drink at the bar and put your name in the bucket. Every Friday at Pete’s @ 5pm.
One drink minimum to perform.
SATURDAY 12/27
Loose Lips Mic
3:30pm
Loose Lips is a comedy open mic for the most iconic standup, characters and storytelling in NYC! Hosted by Fallon Boles & Vassileia Kazee. More info at @looselipscomedy on Instagram 👄💋💄
One drink minimum to perform.
Sergie Kinkaid
8:00pm
The conjunction of human and busted accordion that is Sergie Kinkaid originated in a pawn shop outside Niagara Falls, Ontario in late summer, 1999.
Amaqui Zori
9:00pm
Amaqui is a prefessional singer/songwriter and vocal performer who writes ethereal, emotional pop.
SUNDAY 12/28
Creep Mic
3:00pm
I’m a creep! I’m a weirdooooo… I DO belong here! A comedy open mic for anybody who’s ever been described as slightly offputting. Every Sunday at 3:00PM at Pete’s Candy Store. 3 minutes for standup, 4 for characters, and 5 for everybody if Mark Duplass shows up.
One drink minimum to perform.
Open Mic
5:00pm
The Open Mic at Pete’s has been running for almost 25 years and has provided a springboard for many a New York performer, now booking gigs around the city and beyond. Join host Bruce Martin in Pete’s intimate music room for a lively night of performances. Sign up is at 4pm and music starts at 5pm.
One drink minimum to perform.
MONDAY 12/29
To Be Continued
6:00pm
To Be Continued is a semi-regular film series curated by Alex Baker. Admission is free. Grab a drink during happy hour and settle in for the feature presentation at 6pm.
This week’s series will include Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961) and The Very Eye of Night (Maya Deren, 1955)
Sasha Dobson
8:30pm
Sasha Dobson of Puss n Boots, Pi Power Trio, and daughter of jazz legend, Smith Dobson, will be debuting new songs from her forthcoming album.
Adam And
9:30pm
Ben Callicott
10:30pm
Ben Callicott is an American artist from Memphis, TN. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY. His music spans a range of influences including R&B, blues, alternative, singer-songwriter, and sound collage.
TUESDAY 12/30
Mallaigh Ashton
8:30pm
Mallaigh Ashton blends ambient, country, and dark alternative pop. Her upcoming EP, Hunting Season, crafts an immersive soundscape that moves between vulnerability and power, stillness and pursuit, to evoke the rugged beauty of a north country frontier.
Rebecca McCartney
9:30pm
Widely beloved by the mothers of her childhood friends, Rebecca McCartney is an indie soul singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn. She writes music about the everyday feelings that take over your life, her buttery vocals pairing with endearing lyrics that feel as nostalgic as old soul and fresh as today’s indie pop darlings.
Kite Shepherd & Kenyon Duncan
10:30pm
Kite Shepherd is the stage name of Danny Germino-Watnick, an actor, musician, poet, and collage artist based out of Brooklyn, NY.
WEDNESDAY 12/31
Trivia
7:30pm
NYC’s finest trivia beckons. Got the brains? Bring your friends and wrack your noodles with six rounds of clever, fun, HARD trivia. The most experienced trivia hosts in the city will test your mental mettle in areas of General Knowledge, Music, Top Tens, and Visual Identification. First Prize is a $75 bar tab, Second Prize is a $40 bar tab and Third Prize is a $15 bar tab. But the real prize (besides bragging rights for those who place, and a berth in the twice yearly finals) is the time honored social scene of the Quizz-Off crowd. Give it a try smart guy! And come early for a good table.
New Year’s Eve at Pete’s!
9:00pm
Celebrate the end of 2025 with a night of free live music, modestly priced glasses of sparkling wine, and no pressure to make any sort of resolution whatsoever. The party kicks of at 9pm featuring live music from Doc Honey and Leo Lovechild. Followed by a DJ set from DJ r.a.k late into the early hours of the New Year!
Doc Honey
9:30pm
Leo Lovechild
11:00pm
Some call it rock ‘n roll, some call it outlaw sh*t, Leo Lovechild calls it “Skyscraper Country” — a world born in the dive bars and subway cars of the last bastions of the Velvet Underground’s East Village, raised on the twang of Harvest-era Neil Young and the vehemence of mid-70s live Dylan, and finding itself amidst the stark earnestness of Sturgill Simpson and the imaginative vitality of Father John Misty. Lovechild has always toed the line between rock, folk, country, and indie, gaining a reputation through his dynamic live performances, his poignant lyricism and attention to the craft of writing good songs (or at least tryin’), and his unwavering, outsider mentality. Skyscraper Country is out now via Wally Opus Records.
DJ r.a.k
11:45pm
Happy New Year from Pete’s!
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