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Weekly/Monthly Events
See below
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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.
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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!
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FOURTH SUNDAY |
Shake It Up Sundays!
7PM-12AM with DJ Tania Insomnia playing garage, glam, punk and new wave, and sh*t you can dance to...
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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!
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FIRST TUESDAYS |
OLD 2 BEGIN
6-8pm Old 2 Begin: a Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Age 35+
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THIRD TUESDAYS |
DARK WATERS
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!
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THIRD TUESDAYS |
OLD 2 BEGIN
6-8pm Old 2 Begin: a Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Age 35+
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EVERY WEDNESDAY |
Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
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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!
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THURSDAYS |
ALICE'S HOUSE
6PM DJ Pitter Pat
DJ Ultra v
A night of Alternative Dance
Industrial/EBM/Electroclash/New wave/minimal Syth And 80’s classic
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THURSDAYS |
starting February 6th...Alice's House
Alternative Dance Party
Dj Ultra V
Dj Pitterpat
And weekly guess dj.
Spining Electro/EBM/New Wave/Classic 80’s
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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THIRD FRIDAY |
POETRY
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.
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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
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SECOND SATURDAY |
The Empire State Soul Club
After 8 years with Soulfinger! Connie T. Empress is returning to her roots with The Empire State Soul Club monthly dance parties at Otto's starting January 2025.
Every 2nd Saturday expect to hear new djs, plus ones you know and love all playing so you get the feelin' deep down to your toes! Genres spanning Classic to Latin, Boogaloo, Northern/Southern, soul adjacent crossover and modern 45s will fill your senses in every way. You CAN'T sit down!
The inaugural dance is Sat. Jan. 11 9PM: Soul Twist featuring 5 DJs in 30 minute and one on one turns: The Empress, Girlsoul, DJ Breakaway, Sick Nick, and DJ Kojak. Let the musical mayhem begin.
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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.”
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Date |
Individual Events |
Tue Feb 11 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!
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Wed Feb 12 6 PM |
Wednesday Open Mic for musicians
6PM-12AM A weekly open mic that will have great music and be a lot of fun. Hit this link for info and sign up. Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
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Wed Feb 12 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.
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Thu Feb 13 7 PM |
LIVE MUSIC
7:00PM DO NOT CHASE
7:45PM Kate Mohanty
8:30PM Double Deuce
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Thu Feb 13 8 PM |
ALICE'S HOUSE
8PM An alternative dance night Festuring Industrial,EBM Electrockash,80’s classics and new wave.
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Fri Feb 14 8 PM |
NYC's only monthly ska party, with that irresistible tiki twist!
Love is in the air, and if you love ska, well we've got just thing with our Valentine's Day show! Bring your steady, bring a first date, heck maybe even find a new spark on the dance floor!
Buford O'Sullivan and the Roosters, featuring an all-star roster of NYC ska musicians, bring the horns that make you dance, make you swing, and make you swoon!
The Sunshine Melodies return from Rhode Island for the first time since late 2023, with infectious melodies, romantic beats, and those oh so sweet keys that make you want to get just a little closer.
If you need romance a little more on the snarky side, ska-punk trio Smugly Ugly opens everything up with what should be a wild, costume-clad set!
9PM Smugly Ugly
10PM The Sunshine Melodies
11PM Buford O'Sullivan and the Roosters
DJs Nacht Nurse and Duff Guy return to give you that 1-2 punch that'll knock you offbeat! Who knows what will be in their mix this time month. Your DJ Ryan Midnight, as always, hosts, spins the late set after the bands are done, and will probably flirt with you.
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!
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Sat Feb 15 5 PM |
MOOSEFEST 2025! MIKE turns 50!
5PM-12AM LIVE MUSIC
Recreational Outrage
Blackout Shoppers
Loafass (Philly)
Skum City
19DRT (NJ)
Beer Drinking Fools
Borderline Mainstream
Street Trash (NH)
Chumhuffer
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Sat Feb 15 9 PM |
9PM-1AM DJ TANIA INSOMNIA
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Sun Feb 16 7 PM |
LIVE MUSIC
6PM The Ruminators
7PM Captain Ronzo and Heide
8PM Magic Forest nyc
9PM Cupid and the Cowboy
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Sun Feb 16 9 PM |
9PM DJ TIMMY TWO TONE
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Tue Feb 18 6 PM |
Old 2 Begin...
6PM-8PM A Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Age 35+
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Tue Feb 18 8 PM |
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!
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Tue Feb 18 9 PM |
DARK WATERS
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!
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Wed Feb 19 6 PM |
Otto's Wednesday Open Mic
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Thu Feb 20 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.
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Thu Feb 20 8 PM |
Alice's House
DJ Pitter Pat & DJ Ultra v
A night of Alternative Dance
Industrial/EBM/Electroclash/New wave/minimal Syth And 80’s classics.
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Thu Feb 20 9:30 PM |
LIVE MUSIC
9:30PM Jon Puzzuto
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Fri Feb 21 6 PM |
POETRY
6PM-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.
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Fri Feb 21 9 PM |
LIVE MUSIC
9 BABY SPIDEERS
10 Ava Burka
10:45 Spintry
11:30 Red pen death omen
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Fri Feb 21 9 PM |
DJs JERSEY GIRLS (Electro Cherry, Sam Valle),
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Sat Feb 22 6 PM |
GET WEIRD! 6th Anniversary Show!
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.”
8PM THE ROVER BOYS
9PM MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN
10PM JITTERY JACK with AMY GRIFFIN on guitar
GUESTS DJS
Frank In Queens & Miss Christina Ginger
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Sat Feb 22 6:30 PM |
LIVE MUSIC
6:30PM BACKSEAT TRANSACTIONS
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Sun Feb 23 5 PM |
LIVE MUSIC
5PM-10PM Record Release show for the Coachez with John Quizote and Gorgeous
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