France live music, 2026 Q2
In 2026 Q2, Ground Frequency logged 4,023 dated events at 762 tracked rooms across 152 cities in France. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-04-01 and 2026-06-30. The current issue has La Colonie De Vacances at #1 on the France artist chart with 83.8 — that is this week, not this quarter.
4,023
dated events
762
rooms with a date
152
cities active
We publish the quarter, not the change: our own event collection grew several-fold across these quarters, so a quarter-on-quarter line would report our ingest curve rather than the scene. Why we do not chart that yet
What kind of quarter was it for France?
rooms with a dated event, by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 361World Music 146Rock / Band 77Vocal 64Pop / Hiphop 61Jazz 20
Which rooms ran the quarter?
by dated events inside the quarter| ROOM | CITY | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Nouveau Casino Paris | Paris | Rock / Band | 29 |
| Rex Club | Paris | DJ / Electronic | 23 |
| La Marbrerie (Club Stage) | Montreuil | DJ / Electronic | 20 |
| La Station Gare des Mines Paris | Paris | DJ / Electronic | 20 |
| Le Périscope Lyon | Lyon | Rock / Band | 20 |
| Absolem bar | Marseille | DJ / Electronic | 19 |
| Karmen Camina | Strasbourg | DJ / Electronic | 19 |
| La Java Paris | Paris | DJ / Electronic | 19 |
| Le Liebe | Paris | DJ / Electronic | 19 |
| Virage | Paris | DJ / Electronic | 19 |
| Le Blackout | La Rochelle | DJ / Electronic | 18 |
| Académie Fratellini | Paris | World Music | 17 |
Which cities carried it?
cities by dated events in the quarter| CITY | ROOMS | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 271 | 1,492 |
| Lyon | 36 | 228 |
| Marseille | 30 | 203 |
| Lille | 28 | 143 |
| Toulouse | 29 | 120 |
| Bordeaux | 19 | 104 |
| Montpellier | 18 | 103 |
| Strasbourg | 18 | 99 |
| French Riviera | 22 | 97 |
| Nantes | 20 | 71 |
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Ground Frequency. “France live music, 2026 Q2”. 2026Q2. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/france/2026q2/
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