United Kingdom live music, 2026 Q3
In 2026 Q3, Ground Frequency logged 13,227 dated events at 1,674 tracked rooms across 165 cities in United Kingdom. That is what our registry saw announced between 2026-07-01 and 2026-09-30. The current issue has S•ʜ•ᴀ•ᴠ•ᴀ•ɴ•ᴀ at #1 on the United Kingdom artist chart with 89.9 — that is this week, not this quarter.
13,227
dated events
1,674
rooms with a date
165
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 United Kingdom?
rooms with a dated event, by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 665World Music 412Rock / Band 269Vocal 201Pop / Hiphop 60Jazz 50
Which rooms ran the quarter?
by dated events inside the quarter| ROOM | CITY | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lizard Lounge Cambridge | Cambridge | Rock / Band | 42 |
| The Garage Glasgow | Glasgow | Rock / Band | 37 |
| The Wedgewood Rooms | Portsmouth | Rock / Band | 35 |
| Vortex Jazz Club | London | Jazz | 35 |
| Bunkhouse | Swansea | Rock / Band | 33 |
| Jewel | London | DJ / Electronic | 33 |
| Sunbird Records | Darwen | Rock / Band | 33 |
| The Boileroom Guildford | Guildford | Rock / Band | 33 |
| The Rossi Bar | Brighton | Vocal | 32 |
| Alexanders Live Chester | Chester | DJ / Electronic | 31 |
| Green Note | London | Jazz | 31 |
| Peggy's Skylight | Nottingham | Jazz | 31 |
Which cities carried it?
cities by dated events in the quarter| CITY | ROOMS | EVENTS |
|---|---|---|
| London | 615 | 4,281 |
| Manchester | 103 | 810 |
| Glasgow | 84 | 737 |
| Bristol | 59 | 568 |
| Midlands | 62 | 558 |
| Liverpool | 52 | 472 |
| Brighton | 50 | 465 |
| Edinburgh | 59 | 446 |
| Newcastle | 52 | 348 |
| Birmingham | 41 | 347 |
The current United Kingdom charts · Download the issue data · Every quarter report
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Ground Frequency. “United Kingdom live music, 2026 Q3”. 2026Q3. https://www.groundfreq.com/reports/united-kingdom/2026q3/
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