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1st SUNDAY
Ghost Town Strut w/ DJ One Ice Jack & Featuring The Mermaid and Mai Tai Market
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.
THIRD SUNDAY
The Hipp Pipps Rock’n’Roll Party Earlybird Special!
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!
LAST SUNDAY
7PM-12AMThe Terrible Twosome present that Time of the Month with Tania Insomnia playing rock, new wave, and sh*t you can dance to
EVERY TUESDAY
BIRD & FRIENDS - COSMIC UNITY
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!
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
6PM-12AM A weekly open mic. Hit this link for info and sign up. Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
SECOND WEDNESDAY
🎯Take 5🎯
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!
EVERY THURSDAY
PUNK ROCK HAPPY HOUR w/ DJ PITTER PAT
6PM An after work stress reducer for the underground at heart. Spinning punk, psycho-billy, goth new wave industrial and alternative.
THIRD THURSDAY
NeuroNautic Institute Presents
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.
FIRST FRIDAY
Apfel/Krebs/Simone Presents: FLIP FLOP & FLY!
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!
FIRST FRIDAY
NO NAME...AND A BAG OF CHIPS
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.
SECOND FRIDAY
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!
THIRD FRIDAY
POETRY
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.
FIRST SATURDAY
OF THE MONTH
UNSTEADY FREDDIE'S SURF-ROCK SHINDIG
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
SECOND SATURDAY
Soulfinger!
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!
LAST SATURDAY
OF THE MONTH
GET WEIRD
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.”
Date Individual Events
Wed Oct 9
6 PM
Wednesday Open Mic for musicians
6PM-12AM A weekly open mic with. Hit this link for info and sign up. Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
Wed Oct 9
7 PM
🎯Take 5🎯
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 7PM-11PM Every 2nd Wed of the month.
Thu Oct 10
6 PM
Punk Rock Happy Hour w/ DJ Pitter Pat
6PM An after work stress reducer for the underground at heart. Spinning punk, psycho-billy, goth new wave industrial and alternative.
Fri Oct 11
6:30 PM
LIVE MUSIC
6:30PM SLIPPING STITCHES
Fri Oct 11
8 PM
NYC's only monthly ska party with a tiki twist!
Well, well, well, October is here again, full of ghosts, frights, and ska delights! The weather may be cooling down, but the music is red hot!
Cenzo, lead by Vinny Nobile, is back with us again, bringing you their ska-rock blend and supporting their newest singles.The rudest-named band in the biz, Skappository, has been added to the show, and making ska "keytar" one show at a time!From the mythic lands of the Lehigh Valley come Lunch Trucks, making their Skaville debut, and you're going to really like their bouncy, shoulder-shimmying style. Our guest DJs this month are Nacht Nurse and Duff Guy, and with Halloween just around the corner be ready for a spooky, gothy, dubby blend of tunes! Your DJ Ryan Midnight, as always, hosts and spins the late set (full of horror themed ska!) after the bands are done.
Bands play 9pm-midnight sharp, DJs go non-stop from 8pm-2am! 21+, and no cover (pay what you can). Please bring cash (or Venmo!) to tip each band you see. Dress to impress, if that's your thing, and we'll see you on the dance floor!
Sat Oct 12
5 PM
LIVE MUSIC
5PM Moms 4 Liberty
6PM Moon Diablo
7PM Bad Kitty
Sat Oct 12
9 PM
SOULFINGER!
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 DJ Sweet Day Soul! Plus, Guest DJs are sure to make your hip dip and your backbone slip!
Sun Oct 13
8 PM
LIVE MUSIC
8PM POCKET 10's
Tue Oct 15
8 PM
BIRD & FRIENDS-COSMIC UNITY
8PM-10PM 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!
Wed Oct 16
6 PM
Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
6PM-12AM A weekly open mic. Hit this link for info and sign up. Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
Thu Oct 17
6 PM
Punk Rock Happy Hour w/ DJ Pitter Pat
6PM An after work stress reducer for the underground at heart. Spinning punk, psycho-billy, goth new wave industrial and alternative.
Thu Oct 17
7 PM
NeuroNautic Institute Presents
7PM-9PM A reading series. NeuroNautic Institute / Neuronautic Press an art collective and Poetry Press dedicated to open eyes, minds, and hearts.
Thu Oct 17
9:30 PM
LIVE MUSIC
9:30PM NONE SHALL SLEEP
Tue Oct 22
7 PM
730-830pm Recreational Outrage 9-10pm Mr. Fang and the Dark Tones

Plus DJ Tania Insomnia