SHOWTIMES
All shows are free and 21+ to attend (unless otherwise listed)
($10 suggested donation)
October 29th (Thursday)
Veronica C Sirotic NYU MFA Reading
7:00pm
Come hear some wonderful poetry and prose at the NYU MFA Reading!
Gary and Emma
11:00pm
October 30th (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.
Ben Callahan & Co
7:00pm
Ben Callahan presents some of the funniest up-and-coming comics in New York City
October 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 👄💋💄
Pete's Halloween Party!
7:00pm
Killer FREE spooky fun for these spooky times! An All Hallows’ Eve extravaganza with WEEN (or is it Stinky Vaseline?).
Pre-game comedy and costume contest with Bini, Des & Jackie kicks off at 7. Bands hit at 9, DJ R.A.K. takes over after midnight, and the whole haunted mess goes late into the night.
Come as you are. Or something much, much worse.
FREE ALL NIGHT!
Costume Contest/Comedy Show & Pregame
7:00pm
Boy Drama Theatre Troupe Presents: A Halloween Play
9:00pm
After viral lifestyle influencer Jordyn Christophonos professes she is possessed, a news crew follows her on the eve of Halloween to get the inside scoop.
November 1st (Sunday)
DJ r.a.k.
12:30am
Closed - Private Party 3pm to 9pm
3:00pm
Pete's will be closed for a private party from 3pm to 9pm.
November 2nd (Monday)
Biology on Tap
7:00pm
Join us for an evening of biology, drinks, trivia and shenanigans as we dive deep into the science of decay! Who knew a rotting log could be so interesting?
Gavin Sultan
8:30pm
November 3rd (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
November 4th (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.
November 5th (Thursday)
Rally Reading Series: Kevin Nguyen, E.Y. Zhao, and Aurora Huiza
7:00pm
The Rally continues our TENTH season with three literary luminaries! Kevin Nguyen, MỸ DOCUMENTS (One World); E.Y. Zhao, UNDERSPIN (Astra House); & Aurora Huiza will be taking the Pete’s stage on Nov. 5th at 7:00 p.m. Come see our slate of readers perform, & offer them your questions, comments, and reactions. It’s the heart of a march in the body of a reading series.
Polymorph Magazine Sweater Party
9:00pm
November 6th (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)
November 7th (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 👄💋💄
Bright Five
6:00pm
Bright Five is an experimental salon where five presenters are given five minutes each to talk about the past, present, and future of technology. Afterwards, we'll carve out plenty of time to talk about the presentations we just witnessed over drinks, and talk about the ways that they've changed our perspectives.
Zoe August
8:00pm
November 8th (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.
November 9th (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!
November 10th (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.
November 11th (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.
November 12th (Thursday)
Agora
7:00pm
Agora is a monthly talk series exploring the big questions shaping news and culture. From expert guests to group discussions, each event offers a chance to explore a timely topic beyond the headlines. We welcome anyone who values staying informed and good conversation.
November 13th (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.
Priyo at Pete's
7:00pm
Imaginary Elegies is now Priyo at Pete’s!
In Bengali, priyo means dear or beloved, favorite, or precious. Priyo is a (mostly) poetry showcase created by Ashna Ali, now co-hosted by Ashna and Angbeen Saleem, that is committed to supporting and uplifting local artistic community by beloveds for beloveds to celebrate the genius and love of poetry and performance.
This duo is coming together after Angbeen’s poetry reading series with Iris Marble, Imaginary Elegies, ended this summer and hope to continue to grow and create a community of beloveds who shake, whisper, laugh, and scream in delight.
Priyo at Pete’s is heart and whimsy and mundane and special and serious, all in one.
November 14th (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 👄💋💄
I Hate My Phone I Love My Phone
6:00pm
IHATEMYPHONEILOVEMYPHONE is a performance workshop on digital addiction. This workshop combines an interdisciplinary teach-in, ritual healing circle, and comedic theater show into one. It explores the social, political, and physiological impacts of addictive digital technologies under fascism on our bodies, communities, and earth. Beyond exploration, this workshop offers people both a history lesson of how we came to live under a techno-fascist attention economy and a way out--by drawing on nervous system regulation tools passed down through generations of lineages in healing arts (somatics)--to regain control of our bodies--so we may regain control of our attention and thus our political agency.
November 15th (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
6:00pm
Food pop-up from 6pm to 10pm in the front bar room. Takoyaki, keychains, beverages, etc...
November 16th (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.
November 17th (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.
November 18th (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 w/ DJ R.A.K
10:00pm
Hump Night - your Peak of the Week party for Dancing, Chilling, and Making new friends - every Wednesday. Great rotating cast of DJ’s every week in the front bar! Bands in the back room!
November 19th (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.
November 20th (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!)
Lyle Brewer
9:00pm
Plastic Icons
11:00pm
November 21st (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 Naysayer
7:00pm
Norman Alexander
8:00pm
November 22nd (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.
Goodluck Jonathan
9:30pm
November 23rd (Monday)
The Breaks
8:30pm
The Breaks
8:30pm
Koi
9:30pm
Picnic Committee
10:30pm
November 24th (Tuesday)
The Rainbowkids
10:30pm
November 25th (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.
November 26th (Thursday)
Closed -Thanksgiving
12:00am
Pete's will be closed for Thanksgiving. Enjoy the day off!
November 27th (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.
November 28th (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 👄💋💄
Raphael McGregor
8:00pm
November 29th (Sunday)
Headfooter
8:30pm
November 30th (Monday)
Micelf
8:30pm
Lane Hartley
9:30pm
December 1st (Tuesday)
December 5th (Saturday)
Starr Anise
10:00pm
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
December 11th (Friday)
Taghkanic
9:00pm
Browsing
10:00pm
December 13th (Sunday)
December 18th (Friday)
Slam Dunk Disco
9:00pm
Open Blue
10:00pm
Robert Bock
11:00pm
December 19th (Saturday)
A Few Fine Gents
8:00pm
Big Tiny Man
10:00pm
December 20th (Sunday)
December 21st (Monday)
January 5th (Tuesday)
Head Level Pipe
8:30pm
January 8th (Friday)
January 9th (Saturday)
January 10th (Sunday)
Sofia Victoria
8:30pm
January 11th (Monday)
January 14th (Thursday)
Doree
9:00pm
Anywhere
10:00pm
January 17th (Sunday)
60 Across
8:30pm
Autography
9:30pm
January 24th (Sunday)
Outlaw
8:30pm
January 30th (Saturday)
Saddlemen
8:00pm
February 2nd (Tuesday)
February 5th (Friday)
The Bushwick Mountain Boys
9:00pm
February 11th (Thursday)
March 30th (Tuesday)
OOPS Comedy
7:00pm
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!