5PM DJ ONE ICE JACK spins Rockabilly, R&B, Punk and Soul. The Mermaid and Mai Tai Market features vintage, art, jewelry and other one of a kind wonders and oddities! Hosted by Miss Frizz Dazzle Vintage and each month featuring different guest vendors. 5pm-10pm.

6PM-9PM 3 bands in the back, 1 dj up front, 2 bartenders in between and you shakin’ yer tailfeather all over the place! No cover- just a whole lotta rock’n’roll!

7PM-12AM with DJ Tania Insomnia playing garage, glam, punk and new wave, and sh*t you can dance to...

8PM-10PM "Bird and Friends - Cosmic Unity" 18-year improv veteran Michael Bird creates the improv show with the audience, including YOU…so come on out to Otto's to join the ultimate, improvised cosmic unity of PLAY!

9pm We're BACK!!
Come join us for the rebirth of Dark Water Tuesday's back where it all began!
Every third Tuesday night with your Hostess and Resident DJ Paradox with DJ Pitter Pat spinning your favorite goth,punk,rock from the 80's onward.
From 9pm until close To continue in Father Vincent's memory and Honor one of his many Legacies!

6PM-12AM A weekly open mic. Hit this link for info and sign up. Otto's Wednesday Open Mic

7PM-11PM DJ Yana Lil’Jerk and guests spin selections from the Cool Brittania era. Late 80s to early 2000s UK Indie, Indie Dance, Britpop, Shoegaze plus. All vinyl!

6PM An after work stress reducer for the underground at heart. Spinning punk, psycho-billy, goth new wave industrial and alternative.

7-9 NeuroNautic Institute / Neuronautic Press an art collective and Poetry Press dedicated to open eyes, minds, and hearts. A monthly reading series every third Thursday of the month.

It's the first Friday of the month so it must be time for FLIP FLOP & FLY! That's right, come down to OTTO'S SHRUNKEN HEAD have a few Tiki drinks, put on your dancing shoes and check out the coolest sounds around! Dig the scene baby! Live music!

7pm-8:30pm No Name…And a Bag of Chips, New York City's longest running comedy variety show, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024 by returning to the scene of some of its greatest triumphs, Otto’s Shrunken Head.
They return with their beloved blend of some of the country's best stand-up comics alongside an eclectic mix of variety acts, including storytellers, musicians, and magicians, among others.
Holding it all together is their house band, The Summer Replacements. The shows always end with a cheap door prize giveaway. It's always fun, and it's always free. Hosted by No Name co-founder and producer, the amiable Eric Vetter.

Subway to Skaville is your monthly ska party with a tiki twist, hosted the second Friday of every month at Otto’s Shrunken Head (East Village, NYC), and bringing you the best of the ska genre in all its styles.
You’ll hear bands with traditional 60s influence to ska-core and everything in between, along with the best NYC selectors spinning you a potpourri of ska, rocksteady, reggae, and dub!
Our shows feature a mix of local, regional, and touring bands. You never know who may be playing at the next subway stop!

6-8pm Adverse Abstraction: A Community of Experimental Expression A showcase of poetic and experimental works curated to highlight the talents of both emerging and established artists alike.

UNSTEADY FREDDIE known as "The Ed Sullivan of Surf", is a passionate cheerleader for the instrumental surf-beat music genre. This is due to his wildly popular Monthly SURF-ROCK SHINDIG concert series which he has been running successfully at a tiki bar in NYC called OTTO's SHRUNKEN HEAD, featuring reverb-drenched bands every first Saturday of the Month!! And no shows are ever alike!! He is also known for his internet radio show, TWANG SHEBANG. Unsteady Freddie archives a lot of live music events, such as those at OTTO's, which can be viewed at his YouTube Channel

A dance night where you can shake and finger pop! The 45 r.p.m. soul sounds of Connie T. Empress (Empire State Soul Club) and Guest DJs are sure to make your hip dip and your backbone slip!

GET WEIRD is a rock and roll party featuring wild live bands, while DJ GREG-GORY and guests spin garage rock, surf, punk, psychobilly and more to the delights of all trash weirdos everywhere.”

Blackout Shoppers
Mitch Kramer (CT Punk)
Skum City
Borderline Mainstream

DJ Tania Insomnia!

6PM Christian Black
7PM Empirical Matador
8:45PM Kris Lefcoe

WE WILL BE CLOSED!

WE WILL BE CLOSED

6PM An after work stress reducer for the underground at heart. Spinning punk, psycho-billy, goth new wave industrial and alternative.

GET WEIRD is a rock and roll party featuring wild live bands, while DJ GREG-GORY and guest DJs spin garage rock, surf, punk, psychobilly and more to the delights of all trash weirdos everywhere.” go-go sheba shake
8PM THE ELEVATOR OPERATORS
9PM THE KNIGHT SHADES
10PM KISS BOOM BAH
GUESTS DJS
SUZY HOTROD and DOCTOR ZODDITY

5PM-8PM CITY ICE
8:30PM SUFFOLK STRANGERS