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!

6-8pm Old 2 Begin: a Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Age 35+

“Tiki Lounge Comedy” TLC is a hilarious stand up comedy show with chill Shaka vibes hosted by comedian Chase Allen and produced by Dark Matter productions. Grab a drink, have a laugh and get on Island time!

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!

6-8pm Old 2 Begin: a Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Age 35+

“Tiki Lounge Comedy” TLC is a hilarious stand up comedy show with chill Shaka vibes hosted by comedian Chase Allen and produced by Dark Matter productions. Grab a drink, have a laugh and get on Island time!

6PM-12AM A weekly open mic. Hit this link for more info. 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!

7PM DJ Pitter Pat
A night of Alternative Dance
Industrial/EBM/Electroclash/New wave/minimal Syth And 80’s classic

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

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.

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.”

6PM-8PM A Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Age 35+

8PM SASQUATCH and the SICK-A-BILLYS

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

7PM Join DJ PITTER PAT for an alternative dance night Festuring Industrial,EBM Electrockash,80’s classics and new wave.

8PM GOLDEN ALPHABET
9PM JAMES G BARRY BAND

NYC's only monthly ska party, with that irresistible tiki twist!
May showers aren’t going to rain on this ska parade as we welcome back three bands who pack the dance floor with their infectious sounds and ruckus!
Returning from the land serving one of the best pizzas, Scg Scag is bringing their ska-rock and props straight outta Connecticut! Be sure to check out their hit 2023 album “At Least More Than Half-Way Dead”. Hailing from Philadelphia, The West Kensingtons (including former members of Mephiskapheles and Inspecter 7) are going get those boots a stompin’ and those hips a grooving for the entire set. And opening it all up it’s The Going Rate from Long Island with incredible horn lines, lovely harmonies, and that ska beat to get the heart rate going!
9PM THE GOING RATE
10PM THE WEST KENSINGTONS
11PM SGT SCAG
DJs Nacht Nurse and guest TBA spit duties on the turntables this month! Your DJ Ryan Midnight keeps the train running, spins the late set after the bands are done, and offers questionable fashion influence.

5PM BULL THIEVES
6:30PM NY GRIM

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!

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!

10PM “Tiki Lounge Comedy” TLC is a hilarious stand up comedy show with chill Shaka vibes hosted by comedian Chase Allen and produced by Dark Matter productions. Grab a drink, have a laugh and get on Island time!

6PM-12AM A weekly open mic that will have great music and be a lot of fun. Hit this link for more info. Otto's Wednesday Open Mic

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.

7PM-9PM A reading series. NeuroNautic Institute / Neuronautic Press an art collective and Poetry Press dedicated to open eyes, minds, and hearts.

DJ Pitter Pat
A night of Alternative Dance
Industrial/EBM/Electroclash/New wave/minimal Syth And 80’s classics.

DJ SNALLYGASTER

8:30PM Jo Mercado
9PM The Dirty Notion
9:45PM The Doomstompers
10:30PM Headzo

5PM-7:30PM Giftshop
8PM-10PM New Yacht City
10:30PM TYDY

6PM Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers
7PM The Ratchets
8PM THE HIPP PIPPS

6PM-8PM A Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Age 35+

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!

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 more info. Otto's Wednesday Open Mic