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The Pittsburgh live-music scene, by the registry

Ground Frequency tracks 60 live-music rooms in Pittsburgh, 34 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 91 events in that window and 609 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

609

events, 12 months

57% 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 Pittsburgh?

rooms by the genre on their registry record

DJ / Electronic 14Rock / Band 14World Music 9Vocal 7Jazz 4Pop / Hiphop 2

Which rooms in Pittsburgh are actually running?

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

ROOM	GENRE ON FILE	EVENTS 12M	28D
Crafthouse Pittsburgh Main	Rock / Band	42	6
P Town Bar	World Music	33	3
Altar Bar	Rock / Band	27	7
Club Cafe Stage B	Vocal	27	5
Mary's Bar	DJ / Electronic	26	6
Spirit	DJ / Electronic	26	3
SideQuest on 44th	DJ / Electronic	25	4
Roxian Theatre	DJ / Electronic	25	3
Brillobox	DJ / Electronic	21	2
Privilege	Pop / Hiphop	21	2
The Goldmark	DJ / Electronic	19	4
Bottlerocket Social Hall	World Music	18	6

Who has played Pittsburgh this year?

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

ARTIST	LAST DATE	DATES
Band of Horses	2026-04-21	1
Local H	2026-05-27	1

CITE THIS PAGE

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

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

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