The Cape Town live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 57 live-music rooms in Cape Town, 14 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 43 events in that window and 294 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.
57
rooms tracked
14
active in 28 days
43
events, 28 days
294
events, 12 months
25% 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 Cape Town?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 17DJ / Electronic 15Vocal 4Jazz 4Rock / Band 3Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in Cape Town are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mødular. | DJ / Electronic | 35 | 8 |
| Cape Town City Hall CHARTED | World Music | 33 | 9 |
| Trenchtown CHARTED | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 3 |
| Evol CHARTED | Rock / Band | 19 | 3 |
| Cabo Beach Club | DJ / Electronic | 12 | 5 |
| Botanik Social House | DJ / Electronic | 11 | 2 |
| Cafe Caprice | DJ / Electronic | 10 | 1 |
| DwebaArtCPT CHARTED | Jazz | 10 | 0 |
| Grand Arena GrandWest | Vocal | 10 | 0 |
| Fool's Gold Social Bar | DJ / Electronic | 9 | 2 |
| Die Mystic Boer | DJ / Electronic | 9 | 0 |
| Hexagon | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 4 |
Which Cape Town rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Cape Town this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Dj Kent | 2026-12-13 | 2 |
| Caiiro | 2026-12-29 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Cape Town live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/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
Every tracked room in Cape Town · The South Africa rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean