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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CITY SCENE · SOUTH AFRICA

The Cape Town live-music scene, by the registry

Ground Frequency tracks 57 live-music rooms in Cape Town, 26 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 79 events in that window and 427 across the trailing year. That is what our registry sees announced in this city as of 2026-10-22, not a census of everything that happened in it.

57

rooms tracked

26

active in 28 days

79

events, 28 days

427

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 Cape Town?

rooms by the genre on their registry record

World Music 28DJ / Electronic 16Vocal 5Jazz 4Rock / Band 3Pop / Hiphop 1

Which rooms in Cape Town are actually running?

ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance
ROOM GENRE ON FILE EVENTS 12M 28D
Mødular.DJ / Electronic508
Cape Town City HallWorld Music422
Evol CHARTEDRock / Band3010
Trenchtown CHARTEDDJ / Electronic255
Botanik Social HouseDJ / Electronic215
Texas CHARTEDDJ / Electronic164
Cabo Beach Club CHARTEDDJ / Electronic161
Cafe CapriceDJ / Electronic153
HexagonDJ / Electronic145
Grand Arena GrandWestVocal123
DwebaArtCPTJazz122
The Waiting Room Cape TownDJ / Electronic122

Which Cape Town rooms are on the chart this week?

the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played there
A33 (Analogue Thirty Three)#1 SOUTH AFRICA · DJ / ELECTRONIC86.6Duchess Lounge#3 SOUTH AFRICA · WORLD MUSIC82.2Trenchtown#4 SOUTH AFRICA · DJ / ELECTRONIC80.6Cabo Beach Club#7 SOUTH AFRICA · DJ / ELECTRONIC78.2Mandela Rhodes Place#8 SOUTH AFRICA · WORLD MUSIC77.2Nkula Cocktail & Wine Boutique#12 SOUTH AFRICA · JAZZ69.2The Alma Café#16 SOUTH AFRICA · VOCAL66.6Texas#18 SOUTH AFRICA · DJ / ELECTRONIC64.4

Who has played Cape Town this year?

artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete
ARTIST LAST DATE DATES
DJ Kent2026-12-132
TOUGHGUY2026-09-242
DOOMTRIGGER2026-09-242
CHAD REID2026-09-292
Caiiro2026-12-291
CAPE RÎØT2026-09-241
BEAST2026-09-241
Dreadlines2026-09-191
ELENA SHIRIN2026-06-071

CITE THIS PAGE

Ground Frequency. “The Cape Town live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/south-africa/cape-town/

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

Every tracked room in Cape Town · The South Africa rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean