January 15th - 21st
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 1/15
Small Batch Improv Jam
5:00pm
A Two-prov Three-prov comedy jam. Put your name in the hat to participate in two person and three person improvised scenes! 5:15 sign ups, 5:30 playtime.
Free with a $5 minimum purchase at the bar.
Pete’s Reading Series
7:30pm
Brooklyn’s premier literary series for over 20 years, Pete’s Reading Series features heavyweight authors side-by-side with rising stars. Curated by Brian Gresko and Vanessa Chan. Join us (for FREE!) on the third Thursday of every month. Books provided by Black Spring Books.
Sweetooth Comedy
9:00pm
Laugh a little cry a little. Lucky audience members will leave with special cash prizes. Hosted by Desmond Deluxe & Ramy Shafi.
Octopus Kid
10:30pm
Octopus Kid is a Brooklyn-born music act led by Spaniard singer, guitarist and producer Paco Naveira whose music originally breeds on Spanish folk, British rock and American blues traditions, yet blurring the lines with absolute abandon.
FRIDAY 1/16
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 @ 5 PM.
One drink minimum to perform.
Kweendom
7:00pm
Don’t miss the show TimeOUT called “consistently dope” and Thrillist described as “extremely gay.” Featuring an always fresh lineup of only LGBTQ performers, Kweendom is one of NYC’s most beloved comedy showcases. Catch stand-up, storytelling, characters, music and more from up-and-coming artists, as well as faces from TV and streaming. Always free, with donations accepted for a designated LGBTQ-foused organization each show. Come for the laughs, stay for the fresh faces in your Grindr grid. (Bring Kweendom home with you in the new collection of essays, Welcome to Kweendom, available now!)
Bryan Dunn
9:00pm
“Strongly influenced by the 60’s musical invasion of The Beatles, it’s almost impossible not to hear fragments of Lennon and McCartney in some of Dunn’s work. With his passion for folk music burning bright, he fuses the two influences together making for a sound that’s just irresistibly sweet.” - Joel Crane, NME
Luke Wesley
10:00pm
Growing up in a large family, Luke Wesley’s musical influences were all over the place. Born and raised in the small north central Ohio farm town of Shelby, he spent his time listening to anything from Dion and the Belmonts and The Beatles to Guns N’ Roses and The Clash. The variety of influences coming into the household helped shape Luke’s pop rock brand.
Stella & the Rockets
11:00pm
Originals and classic covers from vocalist Stella Biase and band.
SATURDAY 1/17
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.
LAMP
7:00pm
A variety show hosted by Matt Koff (The Daily Show) and singer-songwriter Emily Frembgen. Featuring comedy from Steph Marc, Brendan McLaughlin, Claudia Cogan, Jimmy Helm, and Matt Koff; Music from Adam Gafney and Emily Frembgen.
Sophie Kyle Collins
9:00pm
Your average old folk and free jazz enjoyer. Listen to Future Mirror.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
Tamara Kramar
10:00pm
A plush blend of indie-folk, pop, and dreamy jazziness from Slovakia-born singer-songwriter Tamara Kramar. Listen to “Forest Greens”.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
Wilby
11:00pm
Wilby is the latest indie-rock project of songwriter and performer, Maria Crawford. From the suburbs of Philadelphia, Crawford has been paving her way in the Nashville independent music scene since 2014. Formerly known as the folk artist Mar, Crawford recently released her debut album, Center of Affection.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
SUNDAY 1/18
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.
Kenyon Duncan
8:30pm
A composer, performer, and producer, Kenyon Duncan is currently the composer-in-residence for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and formerly an artist-citizen-in-residence with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.
Food Court People
9:30pm
Food Court People is a boundary-pushing indie duo composed of Hannah and Marc LeGrand. As instrumentalists first and foremost, their songs prioritize the abstract emotional power of sound. Their lyrics often emerge organically from the moods and textures evoked during their musical explorations. Listen to we have that at home.
Piano Pete
10:30pm
Pianist, composer, educator, and entertainer Piano Pete specializes in live performances ranging from every single genre, as well as exploring other musical passions through education and history.
MONDAY 1/19
Ecstatic Peephole Play Club
6:30pm
Ecstatic Peephole is a monthly play reading series hosted and curated by Emma Horwitz and Bailey Williams. Come hear brand new, undeveloped work from New York City’s most exciting playwrights and actors. We embrace mind-bending, re-shaping, perspective-shifting, silly-making, and the physically impossible.
Chaelle
8:30pm
Chaelle is a self-dubbed ‘Emoricana’ and Freak-Folk musician with a wide breadth of influence, ranging from artists like Pinegrove and Phoebe Bridgers to Jeff Buckley and Joni Mitchell. Listen to “Perception”.
Honeycrush
9:30pm
Honeycrush is the solo project of New York singer-songwriter Alexandra Antonopoulos and a four-piece rock band based in Brooklyn, NY. Listen to Dogwoods.
Izzy Savage
10:30pm
TUESDAY 1/20
Silent Writing Happy Hour
5:00pm
Taking inspiration from the infinite canon of literature past and present, we present weekly short readings, inspiring 30-minute exercises, offering writers the space and direction to write silently and hone their skills. Writers may share their writing, as the spirit and time dictates. The last portion of the evening is devoted to self-directed work on whatever project you have that merits such.
Bumpy Night
7:00pm
Evie Barenberg presents Bumpy Night, a sketch, standup, improv, stunt, and music show.
Charlie Uffelman
8:30pm
Charlie Uffelman is a songwriter originally from New York City who is working to carve out his place in the ever evolving American musical tradition. Charlie tells stories of hope, betrayal, love, and loss through classic yet enhanced song forms. Listen to All The Light We Dim.
Cori Strell
9:30pm
Cori Strell’s solo project is an intimate display of falling in love, heartbreak, and the quest for optimism and spirituality. Her lyrics weave in and out of gentle acoustic fingerpicking and raw guitar strumming. Her 2024 EP, Treasures, captures great ideas through simplistic lyrics bound by timeless sonic pairings.
WEDNESDAY 1/21
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.
Funhouse Comedy
10:00pm
Comedians Gabe Pacheco and Sameer Naseem host this legendary weekly stand up comedy show featuring the best comedians from NYC and beyond! Doors 930pm Show 10pm sharp!
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