South Africa live music, 2026 Q2
In 2026 Q2, Ground Frequency logged 258 dated events at 82 tracked rooms across 6 cities in South Africa. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-04-01 and 2026-06-30. The current issue has Le Good Life at #1 on the South Africa artist chart with 83.4 — that is this week, not this quarter.
258
dated events
82
rooms with a date
6
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 South Africa?
rooms with a dated event, by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 37World Music 24Vocal 8Rock / Band 4Pop / Hiphop 4Jazz 3
Which rooms ran the quarter?
by dated events inside the quarter| ROOM | CITY | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town City Hall | Cape Town | World Music | 18 |
| Constitution Hill | Johannesburg | Pop / Hiphop | 14 |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Gqeberha | World Music | 9 |
| Ratz Bar | Johannesburg | DJ / Electronic | 9 |
| Evol | Cape Town | Rock / Band | 8 |
| Mamakashaka & Friends | Johannesburg | DJ / Electronic | 8 |
| Mødular. | Cape Town | DJ / Electronic | 8 |
| Bassline Live | Johannesburg | Vocal | 7 |
| DwebaArtCPT | Cape Town | Jazz | 7 |
| Summit Grill & Skybar | Pretoria | DJ / Electronic | 7 |
| Rich Durban | Durban | DJ / Electronic | 6 |
| Texas | Cape Town | DJ / Electronic | 6 |
Which cities carried it?
cities by dated events in the quarter| CITY | ROOMS | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg | 44 | 124 |
| Cape Town | 27 | 91 |
| Durban | 4 | 16 |
| Pretoria | 5 | 14 |
| Gqeberha | 1 | 9 |
| Brakpan | 1 | 4 |
The current South Africa charts · Download the issue data · Every quarter report
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Ground Frequency. “South Africa live music, 2026 Q2”. 2026Q2. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/south-africa/2026q2/
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