May 14th - May 20th
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 5/14
Whack Job
7:00pm
Whack Job is a monthly stand up comedy show featuring the weirdest and whackiest comedians in town! Come on down to Pete’s Candy Store for WHACK JOB, hosted by JENNA SHERRITON, RYLAN SYLVESTER AND MOLLY ZALMAN! FEATURING: Bridget Foley Claire Siemietkowski Ryan Rodgers Shaunak Godkhindi and MORE!
Solomon Foster
9:00pm
Indie folk with jazz aspirations. Listen to Disappearing Acts.
Rudy Stone
10:00pm
Sunny on the outside, stormy on the inside. Groovy indie vibes. Listen to Life of Luxury.
Rese
11:00pm
FRIDAY 5/15
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 at 5pm.
Kweendom
7:00pm
Don’t miss the show Time Out 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!
Every Us
9:00pm
An amalgamation of musicians, producers and talkbox players from NYCs many music scenes and styles. Listen to Some Kind of We.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
Viola Hutchinson
10:00pm
Binge-worthy indie pop infused with surf, new-wave, and folk elements. Listen to Richochet.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
Lavelles
11:00pm
Los Angeles based indie rock. Listen to "And I Roll”.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
SATURDAY 5/16
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.
Nana Pop Up Kitchen
4:00pm
A Delicious Grilled Cheese & Doughnuts Pop Up!
Ana Schon
7:00pm
Ana Schon is an Argentine singer, songwriter, producer, and researcher. Listen to “No Hay Adonde Ir”.
Handles
8:00pm
Covering the classics you love – The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Willie Nelson, Santana, Dire Straits, The Blues Brothers… and much more!
Lola Quinn
9:00pm
Lola Quinn’s music crashes in like a storm, a fierce blend of Joni Mitchell's introspection and Karen Dalton's haunting spirit. It’s folk music reimagined, pulsing with a modern ferocity. Listen to “10pm”.
Thanks Man!
10:00pm
Listen to “A Goddam Beautiful Day”.
Baege
11:00pm
Debut show! Come hear something new.
SUNDAY 5/17
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 off-putting.
Every Sunday at 3pm. 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. You never know who might stop by.
Every Sunday at 5pm. Sign up is at 4pm and music starts at 5pm. One drink minimum to perform.
Yoko Nips Takoyaki Pop Up
6:00pm
Food pop-up from 6pm to 10pm in the front bar room. Takoyaki, keychains, beverages, etc.
Bill Bartholomew
8:30pm
New England-based singer-songwriter and journalist. Listen to “Treasure Map”.
Will Oaken
9:30pm
Will Oaken takes inspiration from Caamp, Gregory Alan Isakov, The Backseat Lovers, and Bon Iver, creating intimate indie folk. Listen to soliavgant.
Bull Thieves
10:30pm
Bull Thieves work out of Brooklyn, Houston, Boston and Atlanta in different incarnations with the core NYC trio of Lance Scott Walker, Joan LeMay, and Liana Katz. A noisy grade of indie rock that descends from Texas punk threaded with shoegaze. Listen to “Leanin’ On A Glass Wall”.
MONDAY 5/18
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.
A Step Further
8:30pm
A living, breathing exploration of sound and self. An unfolding conversation between here and the beyond. Listen to “Pierce Washington”.
Jules Alati
9:30pm
Actor and singer-songwriter crafting delightfully tactile indie folk and pop arrangements. Listen to “Graveyard”.
Mia Lorelei
10:15pm
Mia Lorelei is a Filipino singer-songwriter from San Diego, CA, mixing soft intimacy with distortion and frankness. Listen to “Second Best”.
Coco Smith
11:00pm
An indie singer-songwriter originally from The Bronx, Coco Smith’s bright vocals and simple arrangements shine over 90s-nostalgic chord progressions. Listen to “jone”.
TUESDAY 5/19
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
An evening of stand-up, sketch, music, and more… fasten your seatbelts.
John Grace
8:30pm
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
Max Hollenbeck
9:30pm
Max is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from northwest Michigan. Born in Dubai and raised in Kenya and Argentina, he has toured and recorded with groups including The Wildmans and My. Greylock. Now based in Brooklyn, he writes, records, and performs as a solo artist and as one third of For Opal. Listen to “down, down”.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
Sybil Creek
10:30pm
Sybil Creek is the project of New York-based musician Cassie Collins. It’s black and white heartache, accompanied by ethereal, fuzzy instrumentation, blurred into a winding emotional gray. Listen to “All True”.
$10 Advance, $15 at the door.
WEDNESDAY 5/20
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 at 9:30pm, show at 10pm sharp.
And that’s the week! Check our full calendar daily for the most up to date schedule of shows. This is Pete’s weekly newsletter, so subscribe to stay tuned each week for what’s going on, and more about what makes us the best Biggest Little Venue in NYC.
