The Scotland live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 36 live-music rooms in Scotland, 16 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 42 events in that window and 265 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.
36
rooms tracked
16
active in 28 days
42
events, 28 days
265
events, 12 months
44% 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 Scotland?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 7Vocal 6Rock / Band 5World Music 4
Which rooms in Scotland are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reconnect Regal Theatre | Rock / Band | 44 | 14 |
| PJ Molloys | Rock / Band | 37 | 2 |
| Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline | Vocal | 31 | 4 |
| Furys Ayr | DJ / Electronic | 25 | 1 |
| The Byre Theatre | World Music | 23 | 4 |
| Upstairs, Inverness | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 3 |
| The Botanic House | DJ / Electronic | 11 | 2 |
| City Nightclub | DJ / Electronic | 10 | 1 |
| The Gellions | Vocal | 8 | 1 |
| Strathmore Rugby Club | Vocal | 7 | 1 |
| Behind The Wall | World Music | 6 | 2 |
| Scotch & Rye | Vocal | 6 | 2 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Scotland live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/scotland/
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
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