The New Jersey live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 91 live-music rooms in New Jersey, 36 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 95 events in that window and 552 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.
91
rooms tracked
36
active in 28 days
95
events, 28 days
552
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 New Jersey?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 31World Music 7Pop / Hiphop 6Vocal 4Rock / Band 3
Which rooms in New Jersey are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| QXT's | DJ / Electronic | 38 | 5 |
| JR's Bar | Pop / Hiphop | 31 | 4 |
| State Theatre New Jersey | Vocal | 30 | 7 |
| Mood Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 25 | 4 |
| Fiesta Nightclub | Pop / Hiphop | 24 | 3 |
| D'Jais CHARTED | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 6 |
| 46 Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 6 |
| Bliss Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 19 | 1 |
| Pour Abbey's | DJ / Electronic | 17 | 7 |
| The Greenroom | World Music | 17 | 4 |
| Headliner | DJ / Electronic | 16 | 6 |
| Club Karma | DJ / Electronic | 16 | 1 |
Which New Jersey rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played New Jersey this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| keu | 2026-06-12 | 1 |
| MILLI | 2026-09-19 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The New Jersey live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/new-jersey/
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 New Jersey · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean