The Nashville live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 87 live-music rooms in Nashville, 32 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 98 events in that window and 747 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.
87
rooms tracked
32
active in 28 days
98
events, 28 days
747
events, 12 months
37% 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 Nashville?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordRock / Band 22Vocal 17DJ / Electronic 14World Music 6Jazz 3Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in Nashville are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Winery Nashville | Vocal | 52 | 9 |
| The Basement Nashville | Rock / Band | 51 | 6 |
| Basement East Side Stage | Rock / Band | 39 | 2 |
| Analog Nashville Patio | Vocal | 38 | 9 |
| Bridgestone Arena | Vocal | 35 | 4 |
| Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Main | Rock / Band | 34 | 6 |
| The 5 Spot | Jazz | 34 | 5 |
| Ryman Auditorium | Vocal | 31 | 5 |
| Exit / In Patio | Rock / Band | 21 | 5 |
| Post 82 | Vocal | 21 | 3 |
| Bluebird Cafe Patio | Vocal | 20 | 5 |
| Rosemary & Beauty Queen | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 5 |
Who has played Nashville this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Musiq SoulChild | 2026-12-01 | 3 |
| Julian Lage | 2026-08-19 | 2 |
| Elmiene | 2026-05-18 | 1 |
| Steel Pulse | 2026-07-21 | 1 |
| French Police | 2026-04-30 | 1 |
| Devon Gilfillian | 2026-06-26 | 1 |
| Djo | 2026-08-04 | 1 |
| Marsh | 2026-05-01 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Nashville live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/nashville/
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 Nashville · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean