SHOWTIMES
All shows are free and 21+ to attend (unless otherwise listed)
($10 suggested donation)
May 12th (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.
Yellow Room Series Open Mic
7:00pm
Come share your writing, stand-up, poems, or songs without the pressure of perfection. Test it here before you take it everywhere. Built for creatives who want feedback, connection, and a room that actually listens.
Messy drafts are welcome. Silent Writing Happy Hour 5-6:45pm with an open-mic to follow.
Who It’s For:
• Writers
• Comedians
Sasha Dobson
8:30pm
May 13th (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!
May 14th (Thursday)
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!
Rese
11:00pm
May 15th (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!)
May 16th (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 👄💋💄
Nana Pop Up Kitchen
4:00pm
A Delicious Grilled Cheese & Doughnuts Pop Up!
Lola Quinn
9:00pm
Thanks Man!
10:00pm
Thanks Man!
11:00pm
May 17th (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...
May 18th (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.
Mia Lorelei
10:15pm
Jules Alati
11:00pm
May 19th (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.
John Grace
8:30pm
Max Hollenbeck
9:30pm
Sybil Creek
10:30pm
May 20th (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!
May 21st (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.
May 22nd (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.
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
Tiffani Reid
9:00pm
Ritz
11:00pm
May 23rd (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 👄💋💄
Wormcatcher
11:00pm
May 24th (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.
Willow Vass
8:30pm
Patrick Collins
10:30pm
May 25th (Monday)
Magic and Mentalism at Pete's
6:30pm
Come get your mind read at Pete's with Brooklyn-based magician and mentalist Jack Fox Baum.
May 26th (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? RAIN ON ME. Don't miss funny, heart-warming, and cringe tales from performers Adrianne Frost, Mary Ross, Smita Russell and Michelle Warner.
Sasha Dobson
8:30pm
Dr. Boat
9:30pm
Zora Imani
10:15pm
May 27th (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!
May 28th (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.
Fear of Flying
9:00pm
Computer
10:15pm
Seventh Swan
11:00pm
May 29th (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.
Pajama Party
7:00pm
Pajama Party is a comedy show with a sleepover vibe! Spend a comfy evening watching stand-up, sketch, music, and improv where the performers wear pajamas and each bring an item to the sleepover!
This line-up includes Ike Ufomadu (Fantasmas, Inspector Ike), Jamie Linn Watson (What We Do in the Shadows, Please Don't Destroy), Max Higgins (Comedy Wolf), Maggie Olmsted (Celebrity Gibberish Challenge), The Brothers Braithwaite, and more!
May 30th (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
8:00pm
May 31st (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.
CREEPED OUT: the creep comedy showcase!
10:30pm
June 1st (Monday)
Biology on Tap
7:00pm
bio and beer blend at the biology on tap speaker series, featuring talks, trivia, and prizes! Come learn all things invertebrates this month.
Madi Task
9:30pm
Madi Task writes original flannel pop (grunge-y, folk-y, unforgettable-y) music about carrying on. In the last few months, she's written about screaming on a roof, disgruntled second chances, anticipating summer, shutting tf up, friendship break-ups, getting sick, longing/yearning/burning, and finding joy. Come hear these unheard songs June 1 to celebrate the release of her new single, "Lists"! Artists, this could be your next co-writer.
June 2nd (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
June 3rd (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!
June 4th (Thursday)
Rally Reading Series
7:00pm
Shirley's Temple
9:00pm
Lesbian Night @ Pete’s is back with a new name.
Join us Thursday, May 7th for Shirley’s Temple @ Pete’s Candy Store. Let’s patio, dance, and drink <3
see you soon. the first Thursday of every month!
June 5th (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)
Frances de Vargas
9:00pm
June 6th (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 👄💋💄
Immigration Benefit Party
8:00pm
Come party for a great cause! The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) works tirelessly to fight for immigrants in NYC, so show your support and get litty with us. All ticket sales donated to NYIC - PAY WHAT YOU CAN (suggested donation price $20). Featuring musical performances by our 4 headliners: Arewa, Ayana Sherèe, Malik English, and Joy Lola along with special surprise performances! Pull up, show love, and dance for a cause.
Disensembles
10:00pm
June 7th (Sunday)
Deathblow
8:30pm
God's Country
10:30pm
June 8th (Monday)
June 9th (Tuesday)
Sean Decker Group
8:30pm
June 11th (Thursday)
June 12th (Friday)
Makeout City
10:00pm
June 13th (Saturday)
John Kasper
7:00pm
Tiv Hay-Rubin
8:00pm
Vern Woodhead
10:00pm
June 18th (Thursday)
John Scheaffer
10:30pm
June 20th (Saturday)
Cirène
10:00pm
Bloomshake
11:00pm
June 21st (Sunday)
Jenny Parrott
8:30pm
Christine Pascoo
9:30pm
Hannah Bug
10:30pm
June 22nd (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.*
Iva
9:30pm
June 27th (Saturday)
Krewe
9:00pm
June 28th (Sunday)
June 29th (Monday)
Broads in the Attic
6:30pm
Excentric locals Celia and Mavis seek a new housemate from a cast of unbelievable characters. You get the deciding vote in NYC's weirdest roommate interview process. Starring the best character comics from UCB, Second City, and more. Edinburgh Fringe show preview! More at @broads.comedy Instagram
Maria DiFabbio
8:30pm
June 30th (Tuesday)
To Be Continued
7:00pm
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.
July 2nd (Thursday)
Buttons
7:00pm
July 6th (Monday)
July 9th (Thursday)
Mahatma Blondie
9:00pm
July 11th (Saturday)
Chris Saunders
7:00pm
Sophia Deleo
8:00pm
Older Brother
10:00pm
Nick Prato
11:00pm
July 14th (Tuesday)
July 16th (Thursday)
Cheap Seats
7:00pm
Grab your pals and crack up with killer stand-up at Cheap Seats Comedy—funny vibes, fully free! Hosted by Peter Grosz and Shosh Brodman. Don’t miss out on the fun—come hang with us and catch some killer jokes live!
This month's lineup features:
JOYELLE NICOLE JOHNSON (Peacock)
NICO CARNEY (Late Night with Seth Meyers)
STEVEN ROGERS (Nateland)
and MIA FAITH HAMMOND (The Stand)
July 18th (Saturday)
July 20th (Monday)
Ineth
8:30pm
July 24th (Friday)
The Oystermen
9:00pm
July 25th (Saturday)
July 26th (Sunday)
Stoven
8:30pm
July 27th (Monday)
Maria DiFabbio
8:30pm
July 30th (Thursday)
¡Ay Papi!
7:00pm
R (A) H Quintet
10:00pm
July 31st (Friday)
The Live Boob
7:00pm
August 1st (Saturday)
August 4th (Tuesday)
Deadwood Radio
8:30pm
August 8th (Saturday)
August 9th (Sunday)
August 11th (Tuesday)
August 15th (Saturday)
NED
9:00pm
The Hello Stranger
10:00pm
The Bad FU
11:00pm
August 16th (Sunday)
Little Mercies
8:30pm
August 23rd (Sunday)
Counterforce
8:30pm
October 29th (Thursday)
Veronica C Sirotic
7:00pm
Come hear some poetry, prose, and nonfiction at the NYU MFA Fall Reading!