The Glasgow live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 117 live-music rooms in Glasgow, 50 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 128 events in that window and 946 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.
117
rooms tracked
50
active in 28 days
128
events, 28 days
946
events, 12 months
43% 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 Glasgow?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 39Rock / Band 18World Music 13Vocal 11Pop / Hiphop 9Techno / House 1
Which rooms in Glasgow are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Garage Glasgow | Rock / Band | 52 | 5 |
| Audio Glasgow | Rock / Band | 48 | 2 |
| Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom | Rock / Band | 36 | 4 |
| King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut | Rock / Band | 35 | 4 |
| La Cheetah Club | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 7 |
| O2 Academy Glasgow | Pop / Hiphop | 30 | 3 |
| Royal Concert Hall | World Music | 29 | 5 |
| The Glad Cafe | Rock / Band | 26 | 5 |
| 142b Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 25 | 3 |
| Cathouse Rock Club | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 2 |
| The Berkeley Suite | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 5 |
| Swg3 Glasgow | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 3 |
Who has played Glasgow this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam Dance Event | 2026-08-28 | 1 |
| UB40 | 2026-06-11 | 1 |
| Marsh | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| 1000mods | 2026-11-29 | 1 |
| 40 | 2026-02-15 | 1 |
| DJ Tira | 2026-05-24 | 1 |
| The Lemon Twigs | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| Jamback | 2026-05-23 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Glasgow live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/glasgow/
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 Glasgow · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean