CITY SCENE · UNITED STATES

The California live-music scene, by the registry

Ground Frequency tracks 61 live-music rooms in California, 24 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 59 events in that window and 410 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

410

events, 12 months

39% 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 California?

rooms by the genre on their registry record

DJ / Electronic 17World Music 8Rock / Band 6Jazz 5Vocal 4Pop / Hiphop 4

Which rooms in California are actually running?

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

ROOM	GENRE ON FILE	EVENTS 12M	28D
Felton Music Hall	Rock / Band	30	10
End Up	Pop / Hiphop	29	8
The Circle OC Nightclub and Lounge	DJ / Electronic	25	5
Bart Lounge	DJ / Electronic	22	3
Switch Lounge And Nightclub	DJ / Electronic	22	3
Faces Nightclub	DJ / Electronic	20	1
Compact Disco	DJ / Electronic	18	1
Phantom Lounge	DJ / Electronic	15	3
Bankhead Theater	Jazz	15	2
Redwood Room	Jazz	14	2
Egyptian Theatre	Vocal	13	3
Avila Beach Golf Resort	Rock / Band	13	2

Who has played California this year?

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

ARTIST	LAST DATE	DATES
Moon Hooch	2025-09-26	1

CITE THIS PAGE

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

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 California · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean