United Kingdom live music, 2026 Q2
In 2026 Q2, Ground Frequency logged 3,480 dated events at 1,231 tracked rooms across 139 cities in United Kingdom. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-04-01 and 2026-06-30. The current issue has Max Dean at #1 on the United Kingdom artist chart with 90.0 — that is this week, not this quarter.
3,480
dated events
1,231
rooms with a date
139
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 United Kingdom?
rooms with a dated event, by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 499Rock / Band 232World Music 196Vocal 143Pop / Hiphop 44Jazz 36
Which rooms ran the quarter?
by dated events inside the quarter| ROOM | CITY | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jazz Cafe Posk London | London | Jazz | 33 |
| Green Door Store | Brighton | Rock / Band | 19 |
| The Lizard Lounge Cambridge | Cambridge | Rock / Band | 19 |
| Sneaky Pete’s | Edinburgh | DJ / Electronic | 18 |
| 606 Club | London | Jazz | 17 |
| Brudenell Social Club | Leeds | Rock / Band | 16 |
| Vortex Jazz Club | London | Jazz | 16 |
| Audio Glasgow | Glasgow | Rock / Band | 13 |
| Bunkhouse | Swansea | Rock / Band | 13 |
| Green Note | London | Jazz | 13 |
| Hare & Hounds Birmingham | Birmingham | Rock / Band | 13 |
| Black Box Belfast | Belfast | World Music | 12 |
Which cities carried it?
cities by dated events in the quarter| CITY | ROOMS | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|
| London | 453 | 1,268 |
| Manchester | 84 | 241 |
| Glasgow | 64 | 203 |
| Brighton | 36 | 139 |
| Bristol | 39 | 131 |
| Edinburgh | 43 | 118 |
| Midlands | 46 | 111 |
| Liverpool | 44 | 110 |
| Birmingham | 34 | 101 |
| Leeds | 34 | 85 |
The current United Kingdom charts · Download the issue data · Every quarter report
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Ground Frequency. “United Kingdom live music, 2026 Q2”. 2026Q2. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/united-kingdom/2026q2/
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