The London live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 983 live-music rooms in London, 297 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 729 events in that window and 5,565 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.
983
rooms tracked
297
active in 28 days
729
events, 28 days
5,565
events, 12 months
30% 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 London?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 309World Music 139Vocal 85Rock / Band 71Pop / Hiphop 33Jazz 30
Which rooms in London are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vortex Jazz Club | Jazz | 50 | 11 |
| Green Note | Jazz | 44 | 4 |
| Bush Hall | Rock / Band | 44 | 3 |
| Jazz Cafe Posk London | Jazz | 44 | 0 |
| Jewel | DJ / Electronic | 42 | 3 |
| Electric Ballroom | Rock / Band | 40 | 4 |
| Water Rats London | Rock / Band | 39 | 9 |
| Islington Assembly Hall | Vocal | 39 | 2 |
| Black Heart | Rock / Band | 37 | 5 |
| 606 Club | Jazz | 37 | 2 |
| The Underworld Camden | Rock / Band | 36 | 3 |
| The Old Blue Last | Rock / Band | 36 | 2 |
Which London rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played London this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Soulection | 2026-08-31 | 8 |
| Radhika Das | 2026-10-18 | 5 |
| Fred again.. | 2026-02-17 | 4 |
| Jamie Cullum | 2026-12-25 | 3 |
| Soul II Soul | 2026-10-30 | 3 |
| Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | 2026-08-28 | 3 |
| Bruno Mars | 2026-07-30 | 3 |
| Jyoty | 2026-05-28 | 2 |
| Alceu Valença | 2026-11-07 | 2 |
| Sam Fender | 2026-05-06 | 2 |
| MËSTIZA | 2026-10-30 | 2 |
| Sammy Virji | 2026-04-18 | 2 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The London live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/london/
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 London · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean