Live-music venues in California
Ground Frequency tracks 61 live-music rooms in California. This index lists all of them, with the genre on each registry record and how many dated events we hold for it — the trailing year and the last 28 days. As of 2026-10-22.
61
rooms tracked
25
active in 28 days
75
events, 28 days
Looking for the shape of the scene rather than the list? The California scene page has the genre mix, the busiest rooms and who played them.
Every tracked room in California
ordered by dated events in the trailing year| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felton Music Hall @feltonmusichall | Rock / Band | 38 | 6 |
| End Up @endupsf | Pop / Hiphop | 37 | 3 |
| The Circle OC Nightclub and Lounge @circleoc | DJ / Electronic | 34 | 5 |
| Bart Lounge @bartlounge | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 4 |
| Switch Lounge And Nightclub @switchfresno | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 4 |
| Compact Disco @compactdisco831 | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 3 |
| Phantom Lounge @phantomloungesd | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 4 |
| Egyptian Theatre @egyptiantheatrepc | Vocal | 21 | 4 |
| Bankhead Theater @thebankheadlva | Jazz | 20 | 4 |
| Faces Nightclub @faces_sacramento | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 2 |
| Redwood Room @redwoodroom | Jazz | 19 | 4 |
| The Reserve @thelareserve | Pop / Hiphop | 19 | 3 |
| Avila Beach Golf Resort @avilabeachgolfresort | Rock / Band | 16 | 4 |
| Huntington Beach House @thehbhouse | DJ / Electronic | 15 | 4 |
| Hollywood Pantages Theatre @hollywoodpantagestheatre | Vocal | 14 | 3 |
| The Good Bar @thegoodbarlongbeach | DJ / Electronic | 13 | 4 |
| Gundlach Bundschu Winery @gundlach_bundschu | Rock / Band | 10 | 4 |
| Elevate Lounge @elevatelounge | Pop / Hiphop | 9 | 1 |
| 4th Street Market @4thstreetmarket | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 2 |
| The Nitecap @nitecapla | World Music | 8 | 0 |
| Cork & Batter Roadhouse @corkandbatter.roadhouse | World Music | 7 | 0 |
| Regency West @regencywestleimertpark | World Music | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy's Original @sammysoriginal | Rock / Band | 7 | 0 |
| XL @xlnightlifenj | DJ / Electronic | 7 | 0 |
| Strut Bar & Club @strutorangecounty | World Music | 6 | 1 |
| Left Door SF @leftdoorsf | Jazz | 6 | 0 |
| Brookdale Lodge @thebrookdalelodge | Rock / Band | 5 | 1 |
| Elings Park @elingspark | World Music | 5 | 1 |
| Cafe Club Fais Do-Do @clubfaisdodo | World Music | 5 | 0 |
| La Terraza @laterrazaoldsac | DJ / Electronic | 5 | 0 |
| Live House @livehousehwd | Vocal | 5 | 0 |
| Xiii Social Clubar @bad.martian | DJ / Electronic | 5 | 0 |
| Center for the Arts Eagle Rock @centerfortheartseaglerock | Jazz | 4 | 0 |
| Los Amigos @losamigos559fresno | World Music | 4 | 0 |
| Bowers Museum @bowersmuseum | Jazz | 3 | 0 |
| Byblos @bybloshookahloungeucf | DJ / Electronic | 3 | 0 |
| Chabot Space and Science Center @chabotspace | World Music | 3 | 0 |
| Ctrl Discotheque @ctrldisco | DJ / Electronic | 3 | 0 |
| SBCAST @sbcast | World Music | 3 | 0 |
| Te'kila @tekilarestaurants | Vocal | 3 | 0 |
| California Institute of the Arts @calarts | World Music | 2 | 2 |
| Osher Marin JCC @oshermarinjcc | World Music | 2 | 1 |
| Gabba Gallery @gabbagallery | World Music | 2 | 0 |
| Intercrew @intercrewla | World Music | 2 | 0 |
| Korner Store @thekornerstore_sf | Pop / Hiphop | 2 | 0 |
| Sh!ft @shift.g.g | DJ / Electronic | 2 | 0 |
| The Spot @the.s.p.o.t.orl | Rock / Band | 2 | 0 |
| Bluebird Canyon Farms @bluebirdcanyonfarms | World Music | 1 | 1 |
| Eola @eolalounge | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| Established Today @est.today.cafe | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| Hotel Californian @hotelcalifornian | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| Raspoutine @raspoutine.losangeles | DJ / Electronic | 1 | 0 |
| Sante Wine Bar @santethewinebar | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| Showdown Bar @kevinbludsobbq | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| Social Costa Mesa @socialkitchencraftbar | World Music | 1 | 0 |
| The Haus Plant @thehausplant | DJ / Electronic | 1 | 0 |
| Ebony SLO @ebony_slo | World Music | 0 | 0 |
| High Desert @highdesertdtla | DJ / Electronic | 0 | 0 |
| Private location @privatevenuemanagement | World Music | 0 | 0 |
| The Santa Barbara Landing @coralseasb | World Music | 0 | 0 |
| Willow Studios @figwillowstudios | World Music | 0 | 0 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “Live-music venues in California, United States”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/rooms/united-states/california/
Figures are as of 2026-10-22 and move weekly. Data is published under CC BY 4.0 — reuse it with attribution and a link. How the numbers work