United States live music, 2026 Q2
In 2026 Q2, Ground Frequency logged 12,012 dated events at 3,115 tracked rooms across 246 cities in United States. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-04-01 and 2026-06-30. The current issue has Slayyyter at #1 on the United States artist chart with 90.5 — that is this week, not this quarter.
12,012
dated events
3,115
rooms with a date
246
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 States?
rooms with a dated event, by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 1043Rock / Band 700World Music 436Vocal 327Pop / Hiphop 230Jazz 117
Which rooms ran the quarter?
by dated events inside the quarter| ROOM | CITY | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Hotel | Brooklyn | DJ / Electronic | 30 |
| Fine Line Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Rock / Band | 28 |
| 123 Pleasant Street | Morgantown | Rock / Band | 26 |
| Birchmere | Alexandria | Rock / Band | 26 |
| El Rey Theatre Albuquerque | Albuquerque | Rock / Band | 26 |
| Haw River Ballroom Main | Saxapahaw | Vocal | 26 |
| Stone Church Brattleboro Main | Brattleboro | Rock / Band | 25 |
| Local 506 | Chapel Hill | Rock / Band | 24 |
| The Basement Nashville | Nashville | Rock / Band | 23 |
| Buffalo Iron Works | Buffalo | Rock / Band | 22 |
| Wiseguys Comedy Cafe | Las Vegas | World Music | 22 |
| Cardinal Bar Madison | Madison | DJ / Electronic | 21 |
Which cities carried it?
cities by dated events in the quarter| CITY | ROOMS | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 384 | 1,227 |
| Los Angeles | 243 | 848 |
| Chicago | 139 | 506 |
| San Francisco/Oakland | 145 | 477 |
| Las Vegas | 86 | 392 |
| Detroit | 102 | 351 |
| Miami | 103 | 308 |
| Austin | 63 | 268 |
| Philadelphia | 75 | 251 |
| Atlanta | 55 | 248 |
The current United States charts · Download the issue data · Every quarter report
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Ground Frequency. “United States live music, 2026 Q2”. 2026Q2. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/united-states/2026q2/
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