The San Francisco live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 26 live-music rooms in San Francisco, 11 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 32 events in that window and 270 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.
26
rooms tracked
11
active in 28 days
32
events, 28 days
270
events, 12 months
42% 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?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordRock / Band 10DJ / Electronic 8Vocal 2World Music 1Pop / Hiphop 1Jazz 1
Which rooms in San Francisco are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chapel San Francisco | Rock / Band | 45 | 9 |
| DNA Lounge SF Main Stage | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 5 |
| Cafe Du Nord Lounge | Rock / Band | 25 | 0 |
| Great American Music Hall SF Main | Rock / Band | 23 | 4 |
| The Independent SF Main | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 2 |
| Yoshi’s San Francisco | Jazz | 19 | 0 |
| Brick & Mortar Music Hall | Rock / Band | 18 | 2 |
| Chase Center | Vocal | 12 | 2 |
| Brick & Mortar Music Hall SF Main | Rock / Band | 11 | 0 |
| August Hall | Vocal | 8 | 3 |
| The Great American Music Hall | Rock / Band | 8 | 0 |
| Brick & Mortar Lounge SF | Rock / Band | 7 | 0 |
Who has played San Francisco this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Don Carlos | 2026-06-12 | 2 |
| Jacob Collier | 2026-02-10 | 1 |
| Aurora | 2026-04-14 | 1 |
| Solomun | 2026-05-20 | 1 |
| MPH | 2026-01-05 | 1 |
| Ripe | 2025-10-19 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The San Francisco live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/san-francisco/
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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