The Edinburgh live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 79 live-music rooms in Edinburgh, 37 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 114 events in that window and 553 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.
79
rooms tracked
37
active in 28 days
114
events, 28 days
553
events, 12 months
47% 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 Edinburgh?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 25World Music 15Vocal 11Rock / Band 6Pop / Hiphop 2Jazz 2
Which rooms in Edinburgh are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneaky Pete’s | DJ / Electronic | 44 | 7 |
| La Belle Angele | World Music | 38 | 6 |
| People's Leisure Club | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 5 |
| Queens Hall Edinburgh | Vocal | 27 | 4 |
| Edinburgh Corn Exchange | Pop / Hiphop | 22 | 3 |
| The Mash House | DJ / Electronic | 21 | 4 |
| The Leith Depot | Rock / Band | 19 | 1 |
| Beat Generation Records | DJ / Electronic | 18 | 5 |
| Cabaret Voltaire | DJ / Electronic | 17 | 2 |
| French Institute of Scotland | World Music | 16 | 11 |
| Edinburgh Playhouse | World Music | 16 | 3 |
| Liquid Room Edinburgh | DJ / Electronic | 16 | 3 |
Which Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/edinburgh/
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 Edinburgh · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean