The Nottingham live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 45 live-music rooms in Nottingham, 16 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 47 events in that window and 367 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.
45
rooms tracked
16
active in 28 days
47
events, 28 days
367
events, 12 months
36% 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 Nottingham?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 16Rock / Band 9World Music 6Vocal 3Pop / Hiphop 1Jazz 1
Which rooms in Nottingham are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peggy's Skylight | Jazz | 37 | 6 |
| Nottingham Arts Theatre | World Music | 31 | 3 |
| Rescue Rooms | Vocal | 29 | 2 |
| Movers | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 6 |
| The Model | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 3 |
| The Irish Centre | Rock / Band | 22 | 2 |
| Motorpoint Arena Nottingham | Rock / Band | 16 | 0 |
| Rock City | DJ / Electronic | 14 | 4 |
| Billy Bootleggers | Rock / Band | 13 | 3 |
| The Chapel Angel Microbrewery | Rock / Band | 13 | 0 |
| Angel Microbrewery | DJ / Electronic | 12 | 2 |
| Secret Vault | DJ / Electronic | 11 | 0 |
Who has played Nottingham this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| UB40 | 2026-06-07 | 1 |
| Laura Cox | 2026-05-10 | 1 |
| 1000mods | 2026-11-27 | 1 |
| Be Svendsen | 2025-09-09 | 1 |
| Electric Callboy | 2027-01-24 | 1 |
| Discharge | 2026-07-20 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Nottingham live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/nottingham/
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 Nottingham · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean