UNITED STATES 10,526 UNITED KINGDOM 3,683 GERMANY 3,499 FRANCE 2,133 ITALY 1,912 SPAIN 1,811 SOUTH KOREA 1,132 JAPAN 951 MEXICO 617 BRAZIL 440 COLOMBIA 407 THAILAND 246 SOUTH AFRICA 185 INDONESIA 147 NIGERIA 18 JAMAICA 3
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QUARTER REPORT · 2026 Q3

South Africa live music, 2026 Q3

In 2026 Q3, Ground Frequency logged 742 dated events at 114 tracked rooms across 5 cities in South Africa. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-07-01 and 2026-09-30. The current issue has Thatohatsi at #1 on the South Africa artist chart with 87.3 — that is this week, not this quarter.

742

dated events

114

rooms with a date

5

cities active

We publish the quarter, not the change: our own event collection grew several-fold across these quarters, so a quarter-on-quarter line would report our ingest curve rather than the scene. Why we do not chart that yet

What kind of quarter was it for South Africa?

rooms with a dated event, by the genre on their registry record

World Music 44DJ / Electronic 41Vocal 12Jazz 8Rock / Band 6Pop / Hiphop 3

Which rooms ran the quarter?

by dated events inside the quarter
ROOM CITY GENRE ON FILE EVENTS
Mødular.Cape TownDJ / Electronic35
Bad ManorsJohannesburgDJ / Electronic31
Ratz BarJohannesburgDJ / Electronic27
Mamakashaka & FriendsJohannesburgDJ / Electronic25
Untitled BasementJohannesburgVocal23
Bahama BarJohannesburgDJ / Electronic20
Cape Town City HallCape TownWorld Music19
Rich DurbanDurbanDJ / Electronic18
EvolCape TownRock / Band17
TrenchtownCape TownDJ / Electronic17
Bailey’s, BedfordviewJohannesburgRock / Band16
SognageJohannesburgDJ / Electronic16

Which cities carried it?

cities by dated events in the quarter
CITY ROOMS EVENTS
Johannesburg51367
Cape Town36243
Durban1364
Pretoria1356
Brakpan112

The current South Africa charts · Download the issue data · Every quarter report

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Ground Frequency. “South Africa live music, 2026 Q3”. 2026Q3. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/south-africa/2026q3/

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