The Kansai live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 26 live-music rooms in Kansai, 17 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 37 events in that window and 178 across the trailing year. That is what our registry sees announced in this city as of 2026-09-02, not a census of everything that happened in it.
26
rooms tracked
17
active in 28 days
37
events, 28 days
178
events, 12 months
65% of the rooms we hold in this city announced something dated in the last four weeks. Counts are of announced, dated events at tracked venues — a coverage-weighted signal. How we count
What kind of scene is Kansai?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 7DJ / Electronic 6Rock / Band 4Jazz 3Vocal 2Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in Kansai are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| nagomibar | DJ / Electronic | 49 | 2 |
| Area | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 3 |
| Chelsea de Rumba | Vocal | 25 | 5 |
| Studio Bapple | DJ / Electronic | 15 | 1 |
| Nightclub GALA RESORT | DJ / Electronic | 7 | 2 |
| Whizz Kyoto CHARTED | DJ / Electronic | 7 | 2 |
| Live bar & cafe JIVE-K | Jazz | 5 | 5 |
| THE LIVE HOUSE CHICKEN GEORGE | Rock / Band | 5 | 1 |
| 神戸VARIT. (KOBE VARIT.) | World Music | 5 | 1 |
| 100BAN Hall (100BANホール) | World Music | 5 | 0 |
| KOBE QUILT | World Music | 4 | 3 |
| LIVE HALL クラブ月世界 (CLUB GESSEKAI) | World Music | 4 | 2 |
Which Kansai rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereCITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Kansai live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/japan/kansai/
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
The Japan rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean