Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Thursday, October 15, 2026.
S.O.B.’s celebrates Fela Kuti’s birthday with a night of Afrobeat and dancing; doors open at 6, so the early listing time is the venue’s arrival time.
The Brooklyn Monarch combines live indie rock and drag wrestling for an 18+ variety show with The Theys and the Thems and A Matter of Pride Wrestling.
Pianist-composer Angelica Sanchez brings a new nine-piece group to the Jazz Gallery for a premiere shaped around the ensemble’s elastic, large-group writing.
A Brooklyn show at Elsewhere’s Hall pairs Dublin’s Gilla Band with local band PISS, putting both names on the same bill.
Valentina Baché shares RANCHO: El porvenir in a performance at CPR, part of its OPEN AiR residency series, scheduled 7–8:30.
Adam Green introduces Autotopia at Desert Island Books with a Q&A alongside Tom Bayne and Toby Goodshank, followed by a signing.
The 23rd New York Arab American Comedy Festival opens its Joe’s Pub run with Mohanad Elshieky and a lineup of Arab comedians.
A 1979 film by Andrzej Wajda follows a man returning to a village and reconnecting with five sisters; Film Forum screens it as part of the director’s centennial.
The OG Acoustic Piano Trio gives Glasper’s usual cross-genre collaborations a stripped-back frame, with an 8 p.m. Blue Note set on the Oct 15 bill.
Roulette brings eight musicians into individual solo sets and collective improvisation, letting each improviser set the terms before the group comes together.