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The Buffalo/Rochester live-music scene, by the registry

Ground Frequency tracks 34 live-music rooms in Buffalo/Rochester, 22 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 55 events in that window and 273 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.

rooms tracked

active in 28 days

events, 28 days

273

events, 12 months

65% 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 Buffalo/Rochester?

rooms by the genre on their registry record

Rock / Band 9Jazz 7World Music 7DJ / Electronic 6Vocal 1Pop / Hiphop 1

Which rooms in Buffalo/Rochester are actually running?

ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance

ROOM	GENRE ON FILE	EVENTS 12M	28D
Milkie's	Jazz	39	9
Photo City Music Hall	Rock / Band	39	3
Nietzsche's	Rock / Band	38	5
Town Ballroom	Rock / Band	29	4
Sky Bar	DJ / Electronic	20	2
Gypsy Parlor	DJ / Electronic	16	2
Rec Room	DJ / Electronic	12	4
Electric City	Pop / Hiphop	10	1
Anthology	Rock / Band	8	1
Buffalo Riverworks	Rock / Band	7	0
Bug Jar	Rock / Band	6	5
Acqua	DJ / Electronic	5	1

Who has played Buffalo/Rochester this year?

artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete

ARTIST	LAST DATE	DATES
Band of Horses	2026-04-20	1
The Glitch Mob	2026-10-01	1

CITE THIS PAGE

Ground Frequency. “The Buffalo/Rochester live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/buffalo-rochester/

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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