Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Thursday, October 29, 2026.
Subtle Asian Polers bring The Forbidden Dream to the Red Pavilion for a Halloween-special pole performance, with an early 6:30 start.
Pianist Myra Melford’s Splash brings her adventurous ensemble sound to the Jazz Gallery, a fitting downtown setting for a boundary-pushing jazz set.
Nekrogoblikon mark 20 years with special guests Aborted at Brooklyn Bowl, a cartoonishly theatrical death-metal bill for the metal faithful.
Florida indie rockers The Hails share Elsewhere’s Hall with The Ocho, turning the larger room into a two-band Brooklyn discovery night.
Union Pool’s A Very LOOSE BUTTONS Halloween puts the local indie band in a Halloween-season set at one of Williamsburg’s most reliable small stages.
Desk Job. and Spite Fences turn the 168 Delancey room into a two-band Halloween bill, with Desk Job at 8 p.m. and Spite Fences at 10.
Harmonica player Hendrik Meurkens leads his quartet at Smalls, a late-week jazz-club set with the intimate scale the room rewards.
Alto saxophonist Alden Hellmuth leads her quintet at LunÀtico, where a small-room set can foreground the band’s close, conversational interplay.
Baritone saxophonist Eden Bareket leads a quartet with Chris McCarthy, Tamir Shmerling and Jay Sawyer for a late Smalls set.
Jupiter Disco resident Scott MX takes over with a Halloween-eve mix of house, deep house, techno, electro and bass through the early hours.