The Boston live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 100 live-music rooms in Boston, 40 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 90 events in that window and 713 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.
100
rooms tracked
40
active in 28 days
90
events, 28 days
713
events, 12 months
40% 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 Boston?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 27World Music 13Rock / Band 12Pop / Hiphop 6Vocal 4Jazz 4
Which rooms in Boston are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Night Live | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 10 |
| Royale | DJ / Electronic | 37 | 2 |
| Brighton Music Hall | Rock / Band | 31 | 4 |
| Empire | Pop / Hiphop | 30 | 4 |
| Icon | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 4 |
| Paradise Rock Club Boston Main | Rock / Band | 29 | 2 |
| Wang Theatre (Boch Center) | Vocal | 27 | 0 |
| Wilbur Theater | World Music | 25 | 3 |
| Middlesex | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 4 |
| TD Garden | Pop / Hiphop | 22 | 2 |
| Church | Rock / Band | 22 | 1 |
| Agganis Arena | Pop / Hiphop | 21 | 3 |
Who has played Boston this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not completeCITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Boston live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/boston/
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 Boston · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean