The New York City live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 761 live-music rooms in New York City, 216 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 516 events in that window and 4,595 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.
761
rooms tracked
216
active in 28 days
516
events, 28 days
4,595
events, 12 months
28% 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 York City?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 192World Music 108Pop / Hiphop 48Rock / Band 47Vocal 45Jazz 38
Which rooms in New York City are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racket NYC | DJ / Electronic | 42 | 2 |
| Main Drag | Rock / Band | 37 | 0 |
| Houdini | DJ / Electronic | 35 | 14 |
| The Avalon Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 35 | 9 |
| Farafina | Vocal | 35 | 3 |
| Metropolitan Bar | World Music | 35 | 0 |
| Arlene’s Grocery | Rock / Band | 34 | 5 |
| Chelsea Table & Stage | Vocal | 33 | 12 |
| Irving Plaza NYC Main Floor | Rock / Band | 33 | 5 |
| Colony Woodstock | Rock / Band | 32 | 7 |
| SIF | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 3 |
| Pianos | DJ / Electronic | 31 | 7 |
Which New York City rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played New York City this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Chucho Valdes | 2026-10-17 | 4 |
| Joan Chamorro | 2026-09-18 | 3 |
| Gogol Bordello | 2026-05-18 | 2 |
| Iration | 2026-05-31 | 2 |
| Stokley | 2026-05-11 | 2 |
| Sammy Virji | 2026-08-02 | 2 |
| Schimmi | 2026-10-01 | 1 |
| Roberto Carlos | 2026-05-21 | 1 |
| Samara Joy | 2026-09-02 | 1 |
| Estelle | 2026-05-25 | 1 |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | 2026-06-03 | 1 |
| Nora En Pure | 2026-07-10 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The New York City live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/new-york-city/
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 York City · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean