The Manchester live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 142 live-music rooms in Manchester, 59 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 158 events in that window and 1,108 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.
142
rooms tracked
59
active in 28 days
158
events, 28 days
1,108
events, 12 months
42% 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 Manchester?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 55World Music 24Rock / Band 22Vocal 7Jazz 4Pop / Hiphop 3
Which rooms in Manchester 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 Castle Hotel | Rock / Band | 37 | 7 |
| Night & Day Cafe | Rock / Band | 36 | 5 |
| Manchester Academy | Rock / Band | 34 | 0 |
| The Deaf Institute | Rock / Band | 33 | 6 |
| Gullivers | Rock / Band | 33 | 3 |
| The Peer Hat | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 8 |
| Winter Gardens Blackpool | World Music | 28 | 6 |
| Off The Square | Pop / Hiphop | 26 | 6 |
| Area Manchester | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 4 |
| Gorilla Manchester | Rock / Band | 25 | 2 |
| Red Arch | DJ / Electronic | 25 | 0 |
| The DBA | DJ / Electronic | 24 | 4 |
Which Manchester rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Manchester this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Korn | 2026-10-31 | 1 |
| MILLI | 2026-08-09 | 1 |
| Solomun | 2026-09-25 | 1 |
| MEUTE | 2027-04-29 | 1 |
| UB40 | 2026-06-06 | 1 |
| The Lemon Twigs | 2026-05-30 | 1 |
| Genesis Owusu | 2026-12-02 | 1 |
| Sixpence None the Richer | 2026-10-03 | 1 |
| Unit 17 | 2026-08-14 | 1 |
| 1000mods | 2026-11-24 | 1 |
| Sam Smith | 2026-07-02 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Manchester live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/manchester/
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 Manchester · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean