The San Francisco/Oakland live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 233 live-music rooms in San Francisco/Oakland, 107 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 303 events in that window and 2,155 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.
233
rooms tracked
107
active in 28 days
303
events, 28 days
2,155
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 San Francisco/Oakland?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 79World Music 41Rock / Band 22Jazz 11Pop / Hiphop 10Vocal 10
Which rooms in San Francisco/Oakland are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic Theater | Rock / Band | 43 | 11 |
| Rickshaw Stop | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 11 |
| Qbarsf | DJ / Electronic | 38 | 8 |
| Make-Out Room | DJ / Electronic | 38 | 4 |
| F8 1192 Folsom | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 8 |
| The Knockout | Rock / Band | 36 | 5 |
| Dance Fridays | World Music | 36 | 0 |
| Kilowatt Bar | Rock / Band | 34 | 4 |
| Bottom of the Hill | Rock / Band | 33 | 7 |
| The Mountain Winery | Vocal | 33 | 4 |
| Public Works | DJ / Electronic | 31 | 7 |
| Thee Stork Club | Rock / Band | 31 | 5 |
Which San Francisco/Oakland rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played San Francisco/Oakland this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Céline Dion | 2027-05-29 | 22 |
| Andrés Cepeda | 2026-05-27 | 2 |
| André Manoukian | 2026-03-28 | 1 |
| I Hate Models | 2026-04-19 | 1 |
| Backstreet Boys | 2026-08-28 | 1 |
| Traumer | 2026-04-19 | 1 |
| Don Carlos | 2026-06-26 | 1 |
| Don Omar | 2027-06-25 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The San Francisco/Oakland live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/san-francisco-oakland/
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 Francisco/Oakland · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean