Live-music venues in Cape Town
Ground Frequency tracks 57 live-music rooms in Cape Town. This index lists all of them, with the genre on each registry record and how many dated events we hold for it — the trailing year and the last 28 days. As of 2026-09-02.
57
rooms tracked
14
active in 28 days
43
events, 28 days
Looking for the shape of the scene rather than the list? The Cape Town scene page has the genre mix, the busiest rooms and who played them.
Every tracked room in Cape Town
ordered by dated events in the trailing year| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mødular. @modular_cape_town | DJ / Electronic | 35 | 8 |
| Cape Town City Hall CHARTED @capetownphilharmonic | World Music | 33 | 9 |
| Trenchtown CHARTED @trenchtown_obs | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 3 |
| Evol CHARTED @evol_nightclub | Rock / Band | 19 | 3 |
| Cabo Beach Club @cabobeachclubza | DJ / Electronic | 12 | 5 |
| Botanik Social House @botaniksocialhouse | DJ / Electronic | 11 | 2 |
| Cafe Caprice @cafecaprice | DJ / Electronic | 10 | 1 |
| DwebaArtCPT CHARTED @dweba_art_cafe | Jazz | 10 | 0 |
| Grand Arena GrandWest @sun_grandwest | Vocal | 10 | 0 |
| Fool's Gold Social Bar @foolsgoldsocial | DJ / Electronic | 9 | 2 |
| Die Mystic Boer @mysticstellies | DJ / Electronic | 9 | 0 |
| Hexagon @hexagonclub_ | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 4 |
| Club Paradise @clubparadise_sa | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 1 |
| Kirstenbosch Summer Concerts Stage @kirstenboschsummerconcerts | Vocal | 8 | 0 |
| Texas @texas.cpt | DJ / Electronic | 7 | 0 |
| The Waiting Room Cape Town @thewaitingroom_ct | DJ / Electronic | 7 | 0 |
| Cape Town Stadium Concert Stage CHARTED @dhlstadium | World Music | 6 | 1 |
| Hotel Sky CHARTED @hotelskysa | World Music | 6 | 0 |
| Woodstock Brewery CHARTED @woodstockbrewery | Rock / Band | 5 | 2 |
| Chimurenga Factory @chimurenga_sa | World Music | 5 | 0 |
| Mercury Live @mercurylivect | Rock / Band | 5 | 0 |
| The Alma Café CHARTED @the.alma.cafe | Vocal | 5 | 0 |
| Du Kloof Lodge @duklooflodge | World Music | 4 | 0 |
| Elgin Grabouw Country Club @elgingrabouwsportsclub | World Music | 4 | 0 |
| Nkula Cocktail & Wine Boutique CHARTED @nkula_cpt | Jazz | 4 | 0 |
| Duchess Lounge CHARTED @duchess_lounge | World Music | 3 | 1 |
| The Blue Room (at Grub & Vine) @theblueroomct | Vocal | 3 | 1 |
| 84 Harrington Street CHARTED @neighbourgood_sa | World Music | 3 | 0 |
| Cafe Ganesh @cafeganeshct | World Music | 3 | 0 |
| Selective Live @selectivecity.co.za | DJ / Electronic | 3 | 0 |
| Villa 47 @villa47onbree | World Music | 3 | 0 |
| Jade Lounge CHARTED @thejadelounge_ | Pop / Hiphop | 2 | 0 |
| The Crypt Jazz Restaurant CHARTED @thecryptjazz | Jazz | 2 | 0 |
| Tjing Tjing @tjingtjinghouse | World Music | 2 | 0 |
| A33 (Analogue Thirty Three) CHARTED @a33capetown | DJ / Electronic | 1 | 0 |
| Bloemendal Wine Estate @360bloemendalestate | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| Cape of Storms Distillery @capeostorms | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| Hillcrest Quarry @hillcrestquarryza | Unclassified | 1 | 0 |
| La Parada Kloof Street @laparadaza | Unclassified | 1 | 0 |
| Leo's Wine Bar @leoswinebar | Unclassified | 1 | 0 |
| Marley Coffee @marleycoffee | Unclassified | 1 | 0 |
| Straight No Chaser @sncmusic | Unclassified | 1 | 0 |
| Wolfkop Nature Reserve @wolfkopnaturereserve | Unclassified | 1 | 0 |
| Woodstock Exchange @woodstockexchange | Unclassified | 1 | 0 |
| Babbi @babbi.capetown | Unclassified | 0 | 0 |
| Cabo Beach | Unclassified | 0 | 0 |
| Cape Town International Convention Centre @official_cticc | World Music | 0 | 0 |
| Chaf Pozi @chaf_pozi | DJ / Electronic | 0 | 0 |
| Coco De Mer @cocodemerballito | Unclassified | 0 | 0 |
| Deus Ex Machina @deus_kloofstreet | DJ / Electronic | 0 | 0 |
| Gorgeous George @gorgeousgeorgecpt | Jazz | 0 | 0 |
| Mandela Rhodes Place @mandelarhodesplace | Unclassified | 0 | 0 |
| Nomad Bistro & Bar @fooddeliverycapetown | World Music | 0 | 0 |
| Protea Hotel @proteahotels | Unclassified | 0 | 0 |
| Rooftop on Bree @rooftoponbree | World Music | 0 | 0 |
| Silvermist Wine Estate @silvermistvineyards | World Music | 0 | 0 |
| The Old Biscuit Mill @oldbiscuitmill | Unclassified | 0 | 0 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “Live-music venues in Cape Town, South Africa”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/rooms/south-africa/cape-town/
Figures are as of 2026-09-02 and move weekly. Data is published under CC BY 4.0 — reuse it with attribution and a link. How the numbers work