The Brooklyn live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 29 live-music rooms in Brooklyn, 16 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 39 events in that window and 414 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.
29
rooms tracked
16
active in 28 days
39
events, 28 days
414
events, 12 months
55% 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 Brooklyn?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordRock / Band 10Vocal 7DJ / Electronic 5World Music 3
Which rooms in Brooklyn are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Hotel | DJ / Electronic | 58 | 2 |
| Union Hall | World Music | 43 | 4 |
| Saint Vitus Bar | Rock / Band | 39 | 8 |
| Union Pool | Rock / Band | 29 | 3 |
| Williamsburg Music Hall | Vocal | 27 | 1 |
| Barclays Center | Vocal | 26 | 3 |
| Sultan Room | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 3 |
| Warsaw Brooklyn | Rock / Band | 23 | 1 |
| The Bell House | World Music | 20 | 0 |
| Bell House | World Music | 19 | 5 |
| Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn | Rock / Band | 17 | 1 |
| Sultan Room Brooklyn | DJ / Electronic | 15 | 3 |
Who has played Brooklyn this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Polycat | 2026-07-04 | 2 |
| Don Omar | 2026-05-27 | 1 |
| Lorde | 2025-12-19 | 1 |
| ARTBAT | 2026-06-13 | 1 |
| Joe | 2026-07-25 | 1 |
| WhoMadeWho | 2026-04-25 | 1 |
| Dru Hill | 2026-07-25 | 1 |
| Moon Hooch | 2025-12-13 | 1 |
| Hope Tala | 2026-05-17 | 1 |
| A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS | 2026-05-31 | 1 |
| Ultra Taiwan | 2025-11-08 | 1 |
| Interpol | 2026-09-26 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Brooklyn live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/brooklyn/
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
The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean