Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Sunday, August 16, 2026.
Gold Sounds' afternoon pileup reads like a neighborhood bill built from band names, not a polished Sunday plan.
Spectacle's Russ Meyer slot is exactly the trash-art corner a Sunday deep-cuts list should save.
Vaudeville 3000 at Alphaville has enough title weirdness to cut through the safer Sunday rock listings.
Jupiter Disco's lineup sounds like a late-night collage, even before the DJs enter the sentence.
Under St. Marks gives this Shakespeare-pun comedy night the right basement-theater context.
An all-king drag show at 3 Dollar Bill is specific enough to beat another broad nightlife listing.
Purgatory's band stack has the grimy title logic that makes a Sunday show feel less polite.
Wonderville's bad-movie ritual is built for viewers who want cinema with a little arcade-bar heckling around it.
The Tank's late title sounds sharper and more anxious than the day's usual small-stage choices.
A midnight Boplicity set at Smalls is the after-hours jazz lane for people who are still in it.