The Atlanta live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 102 live-music rooms in Atlanta, 36 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 127 events in that window and 999 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.
102
rooms tracked
36
active in 28 days
127
events, 28 days
999
events, 12 months
35% 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 Atlanta?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 30Rock / Band 19World Music 14Pop / Hiphop 8Jazz 4Vocal 3
Which rooms in Atlanta are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith’s Olde Bar | Rock / Band | 53 | 8 |
| Aisle 5 | DJ / Electronic | 51 | 9 |
| Buckhead Theatre | Rock / Band | 44 | 14 |
| Terminal West | Rock / Band | 44 | 3 |
| 529 Flat Shoals | Rock / Band | 41 | 2 |
| Tabernacle | Rock / Band | 34 | 3 |
| Avon Theater | Rock / Band | 33 | 6 |
| Jungle | DJ / Electronic | 33 | 5 |
| Heaven at Masquerade | Rock / Band | 32 | 7 |
| Beleza | Pop / Hiphop | 32 | 3 |
| Center Stage Theater | Jazz | 30 | 3 |
| Block & Drum | Pop / Hiphop | 29 | 6 |
Who has played Atlanta this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| DJ Lex | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| Joe | 2026-08-29 | 1 |
| Dru Hill | 2026-08-29 | 1 |
| Whitney | 2026-05-13 | 1 |
| The Glitch Mob | 2026-10-03 | 1 |
| Usher | 2026-11-05 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Atlanta live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/atlanta/
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 Atlanta · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean