SHOWTIMES
All shows are free and 21+ to attend (unless otherwise listed)
($10 suggested donation)
December 27th (Saturday)
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 👄💋💄
December 28th (Sunday)
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.
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.
December 29th (Monday)
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.
Adam And
9:30pm
Ben Callicott
10:30pm
December 30th (Tuesday)
Mallaigh Ashton
8:30pm
Kite Shepherd
10:30pm
December 31st (Wednesday)
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
DJ r.a.k.
11:45pm
January 1st (Thursday)
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.
January 2nd (Friday)
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.
Dead Pete's Society
7:30pm
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race." If you need a reminder of how human you are, join us for an open mic poetry night on the first Friday of every month. We can sound our barbaric yawps over the rooftops of the world (or just in Pete's back room). All are welcome! Tune in, turn on, and drop dead. FREE.
First Friday of every month at 7:30 pm (sign up starts at 7)
January 3rd (Saturday)
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 👄💋💄
Teddy Kumpen and Nome Sane?
8:00pm
January 4th (Sunday)
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.
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.
Yoko Nips Takoyaki Pop Up Kitchen
6:00pm
Food pop-up from 6pm to 10pm in the front bar room. Takoyaki, keychains, beverages, etc...
Maru Maraw
8:30pm
Reonda
9:30pm
Natalie Asport
10:00pm
January 5th (Monday)
Biology on Tap
7:00pm
Time to cozy up at Pete's Candy Store for the last Biology on Tap of 2025! ☕️ 🧣🍃
We’ll be hearing how science and culture mesh to create seasonal traditions. Come join us on December 1st at 7pm to celebrate another year of science! 🍻
rootless
8:30pm
January 6th (Tuesday)
The Girls Room
7:00pm
January 7th (Wednesday)
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!
January 8th (Thursday)
Trivia Finals
6:30pm
With a $500 cash prize on the line, who will take home the money and the title of Pete's World Series of Trivia Champion?
January 9th (Friday)
Molly Zalman
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.
Imaginary Elegies
7:00pm
Imaginary Elegies presents a reading featuring poets Drew Gardner, Callie Garnett and Cat Tyc.
Imaginary Elegies
11:15pm
January 10th (Saturday)
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 👄💋💄
Three Legged Dog
7:00pm
SUITS
9:00pm
January 11th (Sunday)
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.
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.
January 12th (Monday)
Lorraine Leckie & Friends
6:00pm
Lorraine Leckie and Friends is a songwriters showcase and monthly residency at Petes Candy Store that comes around every second Monday of the month. Curated by Lorraine it is an ever changing landscape of talented folks and features 13 songwriters a month. This event is open to the public and Lorraine is always looking for new blood so come and join the party!
January 13th (Tuesday)
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.
Becky Krill
9:00pm
January 14th (Wednesday)
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!
January 15th (Thursday)
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.
January 16th (Friday)
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.
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!)
Luke Wesley
10:00pm
Stella Biase
11:00pm
January 17th (Saturday)
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 👄💋💄
Matt Koff and Friends
7:00pm
January 18th (Sunday)
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.
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.
Kite Shepherd
8:30pm
Food Court People
9:30pm
January 19th (Monday)
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
January 20th (Tuesday)
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.
Charlie Uffelman
8:30pm
Cori Strell
9:30pm
January 21st (Wednesday)
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!
January 22nd (Thursday)
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.
Chestnut: A Live Storytelling Hour
7:00pm
In the spirit of liberation and celebration what’s a time when you were on top? Prepare a story about your craziest party, a victory you didn’t see coming, or that mountain you finally climbed after 5 years of planning. Think back to that bottle of tequila or a sunny day after a storm. Whether it was a win for the soul or fireworks literally lit up the sky, sometimes we need a reminder to celebrate the big and the small.
In case you need anymore inspiration I invite you to think back to those milestones: prom, 21st birthday, that wedding your cousin had in the woods, or the 30th birthday party that was more of a rave.
Bring a story, a friend, or simply yourselves.
January 23rd (Friday)
Molly Zalman
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.
100%
7:00pm
100% is a comedy show hosted by Adrian Frimpong and Dan Fox that invites some of NYC's hottest comedians to do a "tight five" — their best prepared material — and then a "loose five" — a set inspired by audience suggestions, written on the spot.
Happy hour til 7PM
Doors at 7:00PM
Show at 7:15PM
January 24th (Saturday)
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 👄💋💄
Nick Chiapparino
8:00pm
Riley McGill
9:00pm
Teddy McGraw
10:00pm
Gustafer
11:00pm
January 25th (Sunday)
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.
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.
January 26th (Monday)
One Night Stand
6:30pm
Tales and feelings about one night stands through poetry, song, stand up and storytelling
Jasmine Kara
8:30pm
January 27th (Tuesday)
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.
We Love a Theme: A Storytelling Show
7:00pm
Bailey Swilley presents We ❤️ a Theme: A Storytelling Show. This month's theme? HEADS WILL ROLL... STORIES ABOUT RAGE. Don't miss funny, heart-warming, and cringe tales from performers Robin Gelfenbien, Rob Penty, Courtney Boxwell Taback and Shenuque Tissera.
Spare Room and Friends
8:30pm
January 28th (Wednesday)
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!
January 29th (Thursday)
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.
Wowboy
10:00pm
January 30th (Friday)
Molly Zalman
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.
BRAINSTORM
7:00pm
BRAINSTORM is a reading series organized by alumni & students from the Queens College MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation. Come hear writers you know, meet writers you might like to know, and perhaps be introduced to your future favorite author.
January 31st (Saturday)
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 👄💋💄
Ken Park
11:00pm
February 1st (Sunday)
February 6th (Friday)
February 7th (Saturday)
February 8th (Sunday)
February 10th (Tuesday)
February 12th (Thursday)
February 14th (Saturday)
Adam Janos
6:45pm
February 15th (Sunday)
Sophie Kyle Collins and Tim Cole
8:30pm
Entifan
9:30pm
Benji Jimenez
10:00pm
Bentifan
10:30pm
February 17th (Tuesday)
Nora Banks
9:30pm
February 20th (Friday)
February 21st (Saturday)
Alex Taylor
7:00pm
Kellen Kennedy
8:00pm
Nora Baier
9:00pm
February 23rd (Monday)
Lindsay Ross Reading
6:30pm
February 28th (Saturday)
Nasty Bureaucrats
7:00pm
Pobre Rey
9:00pm
March 7th (Saturday)
ZAO
9:00pm
March 12th (Thursday)
March 29th (Sunday)
March 31st (Tuesday)
Barbers
7:00pm
If a “barbershop” is the stage in the back of Pete’s Candy Store and if “getting your haircut” is code for going to see Liz Stewart and Sarah Parsons do improv comedy, then we’ll definitely see you on Tuesday, Sept 30th to explore the magic of twoprov and cool hairstyles.
April 18th (Saturday)
Goodmorning Valentine
7:00pm
Turner Cody
9:00pm
April 30th (Thursday)
Ben Callahan & Co
7:00pm
Stand-up comedian Ben Callahan presents some of the funniest comics working in New York. Come see Natan Badalov (Adult Swim), Antoine Nessralla (Boston Comedy Festival), Jared Apper ("Latina Guy"), David Baker (OnlyFriends Comedy), and Alexis Ramirez (Laugh Alert Comedy) for a great show start to finish.