The Austin live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 128 live-music rooms in Austin, 49 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 110 events in that window and 1,002 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.
128
rooms tracked
49
active in 28 days
110
events, 28 days
1,002
events, 12 months
38% 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 Austin?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 34Rock / Band 25Pop / Hiphop 8World Music 7Jazz 6Vocal 4
Which rooms in Austin are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Come and Take It Live Austin | Rock / Band | 47 | 6 |
| The Concourse Project | DJ / Electronic | 44 | 5 |
| Moody Amphitheater | Rock / Band | 41 | 2 |
| Swan Dive | Pop / Hiphop | 39 | 3 |
| Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater | Rock / Band | 33 | 3 |
| Hole in the Wall | Rock / Band | 28 | 3 |
| LUNA Rooftop | DJ / Electronic | 28 | 3 |
| Antone’s Upstairs | Rock / Band | 28 | 0 |
| Emo’s Austin | Rock / Band | 26 | 5 |
| Sahara Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 4 |
| The Mansion | Pop / Hiphop | 25 | 4 |
| The Iron Bear | DJ / Electronic | 24 | 0 |
Which Austin rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Austin this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Austin City Limits | 2027-06-12 | 11 |
| Chucho Valdes | 2026-05-16 | 2 |
| Queens of the Stone Age | 2026-04-29 | 1 |
| José González | 2026-05-08 | 1 |
| Indie Rocks! | 2026-09-10 | 1 |
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Ground Frequency. “The Austin live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/austin/
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 Austin · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean