SHOWTIMES
All shows are free and 21+ to attend (unless otherwise listed)
($10 suggested donation)
September 14th (Monday)
Lorraine Leckie & Friends
6:30pm
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!
September 15th (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.
September 16th (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.
Hump Night
10:00pm
Hump Night - your Peak of the Week party for Dancing, Chilling, and Making new friends - every Wednesday. Great DJ’s every week! The 1st Wednesday of every month is DJ Santi. 2nd = Beb2Beb. 3rd = R.A.K. Don’t miss the Hump Juice cocktail special!!
September 17th (Thursday)
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 Temim Fruchter. 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.
September 18th (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!)
September 19th (Saturday)
Pete's Mini Zine Fest
2:00pm
Every year Quimby's Bookstore organizes a small zine fest featuring local publishers, creators & comix artists. This year we have over 20 exhibitors spread throughout Pete's Candy Store. All are welcome. This is a free event.
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 👄💋💄
Mino
9:00pm
Lola Quinn
10:00pm
Jehan Shams
11:00pm
September 20th (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.
September 21st (Monday)
TV is Dead
6:30pm
TV IS DEAD is a night of select staged readings from comedy pilots that the networks and streamers are missing out on as their gazillionaire owners fight over the next merger. So we say, f**k ‘em. We and a collection of our funniest friends will just read our own stuff to a crowd of people who actually like TV. (P.S. Invite your exec friends to hire us!!!) Hosted by Austin Berhnhardt & Megan Meadows
September 22nd (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 Love a Theme: A Storytelling Show. This month's theme? LESSON LEARNED. Don't miss funny, heart-warming, and cringe tales from performers Mitch Applebaum, Eleanora Ko, Henry Suarez, and Julia Whitehouse.
Sybil Creek
9:15pm
Matthew Hannon
10:00pm
Salem June
10:45pm
September 23rd (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.
Yaely
10:00pm
Alma Perry Peleg
10:45pm
Daphna Ban
11:30pm
September 24th (Thursday)
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.
September 25th (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.
Tapped In
7:00pm
loser
11:00pm
September 26th (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 👄💋💄
The Commercial Show: The Show with Commercials
11:00pm
September 27th (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.
September 28th (Monday)
Some Fun Lines
6:30pm
Some Fun Lines is a monthly satire and humor open mic! All are welcome to bring 4 minutes of the sort of headlines or pieces that you might find in the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Onion, Reductress, or other such outlets. Key word: *might.*
Eileen
10:30pm
September 29th (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.
Gastor Almonte
7:00pm
Join us for an evening of stories about coming full circle, from finding a voice to finding a way back. Hop into our orbit and enjoy 5 stories about science at Pete's Candy Store, NYC! Hosted by Gastor Almonte & Christine Williams
September 30th (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.
Hump Night
10:00pm
Hump Night - your Peak of the Week party for Dancing, Chilling, and Making new friends - every Wednesday. Great DJ’s every week! The 1st Wednesday of every month is DJ Santi. 2nd = Beb2Beb. 3rd = R.A.K. Don’t miss the Hump Juice cocktail special!!
October 1st (Thursday)
Rally Reading Series
7:00pm
Shirley's Temple
9:00pm
Lesbian Night @ Pete’s is back with a new name.
Join us Thursday, September 3rd for Shirley’s Temple @ Pete’s Candy Store. Let’s patio, dance, and drink <3
see you soon. the first Thursday of every month!
October 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
7:00pm
"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)
Dead Useless Hearts
11:00pm
October 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 👄💋💄
softspill
10:00pm
August
11:00pm
October 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.
Wild That We're Alive: Lauren Haldeman and Amy Shearn reading
8:30pm
Comics, puppets and sex! Lauren Haldeman will showcase comics from her new book “Wild That We're Alive” + perform a contastoria + Amy Shearn will read a sex scene from her book “Animal Instincts.”
Lauren Haldeman studied at Bread & Puppet Theater and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She makes graphic novels and poetry. Amy Shearn is the author of several novels including “Animal Instinct,” “Unseen City,” and “The Mermaid of Brooklyn.”
Drawl
10:30pm
October 5th (Monday)
Biology on Tap
7:00pm
Join us for talks, trivia, and drinks at the next Biology on Tap! Get ready to rummmblleeeee with some reptile trivia!
Spare Room and Friends
8:30pm
October 6th (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.
The Girls Room
7:00pm
October 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.
October 9th (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.
October 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 👄💋💄
Augurs
10:00pm
dearjune
11:00pm
October 11th (Sunday)
J. Killen
9:30pm
October 12th (Monday)
Jason Bacasa
8:30pm
David Foster
9:30pm
October 15th (Thursday)
Baege
10:30pm
October 16th (Friday)
October 17th (Saturday)
Kid Midnight
9:00pm
Connor Clayton Melvin
10:00pm
Bradford Tom
11:00pm
October 19th (Monday)
Veronica Bain
8:30pm
Julia Aronovich
9:30pm
October 24th (Saturday)
Baylor
8:00pm
V. Sebastian
11:00pm
October 26th (Monday)
The Hosannas
8:30pm
October 27th (Tuesday)
October 29th (Thursday)
Veronica C Sirotic
7:00pm
Come hear some poetry, prose, and nonfiction at the NYU MFA Fall Reading!
October 30th (Friday)
Ben Callahan & Co
7:00pm
Ben Callahan presents some of the funniest up-and-coming comics in New York City
November 2nd (Monday)
The Well Concert Series
8:30pm
November 7th (Saturday)
Zoe August
8:00pm
Pratagy
9:00pm
Naomi Yanos
10:00pm
November 8th (Sunday)
Fred Kulow
8:30pm
Mary McGuinness
9:30pm
November 9th (Monday)
Alexandra James and The Danger Boys
8:30pm
November 12th (Thursday)
The Broken Robots
9:00pm
Sad Math
10:00pm
November 13th (Friday)
Nadia Faye
9:00pm
Brigid Hart
11:00pm
November 14th (Saturday)
November 17th (Tuesday)
November 19th (Thursday)
November 20th (Friday)
Lyle Brewer
9:00pm
November 23rd (Monday)
The Breaks
8:30pm
November 27th (Friday)
Qubed
9:00pm
November 30th (Monday)
Raw Dawgs
6:30pm
December 1st (Tuesday)
December 7th (Monday)
New York Song Incubator
8:30pm
December 8th (Tuesday)
The Story Collider
7:00pm
Join us for an evening of stories about coming full circle, from finding a voice to finding a way back. Hop into our orbit and enjoy 5 stories about science at Pete's Candy Store, NYC! Hosted by Gastor Almonte & Christine Williams
The Well Concert Series
8:30pm
December 11th (Friday)
Taghkanic
9:00pm
December 13th (Sunday)
January 11th (Monday)
The Well Concert Series
8:30pm
April 30th (Friday)
The Live Book
7:00pm
THE LIVE BOOB! 🙂↕️🥳🕺 It’s happening again! Thank you to everyone who was able to make it last year, and I hope everyone and more can come this year! Pete’s is hosting us again and we are so excited!