The Philadelphia live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 144 live-music rooms in Philadelphia, 66 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 168 events in that window and 1,074 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.
144
rooms tracked
66
active in 28 days
168
events, 28 days
1,074
events, 12 months
46% 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 Philadelphia?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 40World Music 23Rock / Band 20Jazz 7Vocal 5Pop / Hiphop 5
Which rooms in Philadelphia are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallser Club | Rock / Band | 38 | 12 |
| Union Transfer | Rock / Band | 36 | 5 |
| Franklin Music Hall | Rock / Band | 31 | 0 |
| Noto Philadelphia | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 4 |
| Underground Arts Philadelphia Main | Rock / Band | 27 | 6 |
| Trestle Inn | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 1 |
| Punch Line Philly | World Music | 26 | 5 |
| Cavanaugh's River Deck | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 3 |
| The Barbary | DJ / Electronic | 25 | 5 |
| Franky Bradley's | World Music | 25 | 4 |
| O'Reilly's Pub | Rock / Band | 24 | 7 |
| Saint Lazarus Bar | DJ / Electronic | 24 | 3 |
Which Philadelphia rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Philadelphia this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Making Time | 2026-10-31 | 2 |
| Pepper | 2026-06-18 | 1 |
| Stygian Bough | 2026-06-05 | 1 |
| Local H | 2026-05-22 | 1 |
| Muzak | 2026-07-03 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Philadelphia live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/philadelphia/
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 Philadelphia · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean