The San Diego live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 104 live-music rooms in San Diego, 39 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 123 events in that window and 932 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.
104
rooms tracked
39
active in 28 days
123
events, 28 days
932
events, 12 months
38% 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 San Diego?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 29Rock / Band 14World Music 13Pop / Hiphop 8Jazz 4Vocal 4
Which rooms in San Diego are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soda Bar San Diego | Rock / Band | 57 | 6 |
| Soma San Diego | Rock / Band | 50 | 7 |
| The Lamplighter | Rock / Band | 39 | 5 |
| Music Box San Diego | Rock / Band | 34 | 4 |
| Stage | Vocal | 33 | 6 |
| Winston's Beach Club | Rock / Band | 33 | 5 |
| Rich's Nightclub | DJ / Electronic | 31 | 5 |
| Observatory North Park Main | Rock / Band | 31 | 0 |
| Whistle Stop | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 2 |
| EQ San Diego | DJ / Electronic | 28 | 5 |
| Nova SD | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 4 |
| Park & Rec | Pop / Hiphop | 26 | 1 |
Who has played San Diego this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Alicia Keys | 2026-04-23 | 1 |
| ONE OK ROCK | 2026-05-28 | 1 |
| Los Mirlos | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| Big Mountain | 2026-06-19 | 1 |
| Monsieur Periné | 2026-08-06 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The San Diego live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/san-diego/
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 San Diego · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean