On Thursday, May 28, 2026, Pins & Needles Comedy returns to Secret Pour in New York City for another night of stand-up, tattoo culture, visual art, pop-up vendors, raffles, flash tattoos, and the kind of comedy show that feels less like a room with a microphone and more like an event people actually remember.
Hosted by Taylor Drew and Justin Hartmann, the May 28 show brings together a lineup featuring Rob White, Seth Rubin, Rania Hannan, Austyn Ray, Taylor Drew, and Justin Hartmann. The show starts at 9 PM, with doors at 8:30 PM, at Secret Pour, 1114 DeKalb Avenue.
Pins & Needles Comedy has built its identity around a simple but specific idea: stand-up does not have to look boring. The show combines live comedy with tattoo culture, body-forward performance, rotating featured artists, vendor pop-ups, merch, raffles, and a visual world that makes the night feel curated from the second people walk in.
This is not a standard comedy lineup dropped into a bar. Pins & Needles is built around atmosphere. The room has a point of view. The comics are part of the visual language. The tattoos are not background decoration. The art is not an afterthought. The entire show is designed to feel like a collision between underground comedy, tattoo-shop energy, nightlife, and local New York City art culture.
For the May 28 edition, Rob White joins the night as both a comedian on the lineup and the show’s featured artist. A second-generation tattoo artist from Long Island, White apprenticed under his father, Cliff of Cliff’s Tattoo, and began tattooing at a young age. He is now the co-owner of Black Duck Tattoo Company, which he runs with his wife, Diana. He also brings more than a decade of stand-up experience, making him a natural fit for a show built at the intersection of tattoos and comedy.
But Pins & Needles is bigger than one performer or one artist. Each show rotates its featured artist, giving every event its own visual identity. That rotation is part of what keeps the series from feeling repetitive. One month might lean harder into tattoo flash. Another might bring in painters, illustrators, designers, or vendors. The constant is the format: sharp comics, strong visuals, local artists, and a room that feels like something is happening beyond the set list.
The May 28 show will also include pop-up vendors and local artists, including L-Train Productions, Deven, and Rob White. After the stand-up portion, the night continues with tattoo flash, vendor browsing, drinks, raffles, and late-night social energy. The post-show portion is part of the draw: the audience does not just watch comedy and leave. They stay inside the world of the show.
That is what makes Pins & Needles Comedy different from most independent comedy nights in New York City. It understands that people are not just buying jokes. They are buying a night out. They want a room with texture. They want something to look at. They want a reason to bring friends. They want the feeling that they accidentally walked into the right place.
Secret Pour gives the show the right container: intimate, strange, social, and loose enough for the concept to breathe. It is the kind of venue where a comedy show can turn into an art pop-up, a tattoo flash night, a weird date, a group hang, or a story someone tells the next morning.
For anyone bored by traditional stand-up shows, Pins & Needles Comedy offers a sharper version of live comedy in New York City. It is funny, visual, tattooed, chaotic, and deliberately built to feel like an actual night out instead of another forgettable lineup in the back of a bar.
Event Details
Show: Pins & Needles Comedy
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
Doors: 8:30 PM
Showtime: 9 PM
Venue: Secret Pour
Address: 1114 DeKalb Avenue, New York City
Hosts: Taylor Drew and Justin Hartmann
Lineup: Rob White, Seth Rubin, Rania Hannan, Austyn Ray, Taylor Drew, Justin Hartmann
Featured Artist: Rob White
Vendors / Pop-Ups: L-Train Productions, Deven, Rob White
Experience: Stand-up comedy, tattoo culture, featured art, flash tattoos, vendors, raffles, merch, drinks, and late-night New York City comedy energy
Age: 21+
