Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Monday, October 26, 2026.
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam moves spoken-word competition into Bowery Poetry Club, an intimate Lower East Side setting for the city’s slam scene.
Reading Rhythms turns its Lower Manhattan gathering into a Fright Night edition, pairing a spooky seasonal theme with the group’s communal reading format.
Billy Martin, Matt Glassmeyer and Jonathan Goldberger bring an improvising trio to Nublu, for a Monday set built around percussion, brass and guitar interplay.
Drunk Dracula puts a tipsy spin on the familiar vampire, turning a Halloween-season story into an audience-facing comedy at the Ruby Theatre.
Red Eye’s Cats: The Other Cats Musical retools the feline stage classic as an irreverent late-night theater parody.
Sins and Stardust Burlesque brings a cabaret-style bill to the tiny Under St. Marks stage, where the format favors short acts and close audience proximity.
FREAKSHOW III’s second night at Arlene’s Grocery is a Halloween-season rock bill with a deliberately scrappy Lower East Side club frame.
The Cabaret Burlesque’s Code Red brings a themed burlesque show to Berlin, the downstairs East Village space beneath 2A.
False Harmonics’ 28th edition brings Currawong Project to Pioneer Works for a contemporary-music night tuned to unusual textures and exploratory performance.
Pam Grossman brings her Witch Wave podcast to Littlefield for a live conversation around witchcraft, culture and the occult.