The Bristol live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 72 live-music rooms in Bristol, 50 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 166 events in that window and 942 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.
72
rooms tracked
50
active in 28 days
166
events, 28 days
942
events, 12 months
69% 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 Bristol?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 34World Music 19Rock / Band 13Vocal 4Jazz 2
Which rooms in Bristol 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 Louisiana Bristol | Rock / Band | 52 | 7 |
| Bristol The Fleece | Rock / Band | 40 | 6 |
| The Loco Klub | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 8 |
| Empire Theatre | World Music | 36 | 6 |
| Thekla | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 6 |
| Mr Wolfs | Rock / Band | 35 | 6 |
| O2 Academy Bristol | Rock / Band | 30 | 5 |
| The Packhorse | Rock / Band | 29 | 4 |
| Cosies | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 7 |
| The Sugar Loaf | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 6 |
| The Lanes | Rock / Band | 25 | 3 |
| The Love Inn | DJ / Electronic | 24 | 5 |
Which Bristol rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Bristol this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Casual Smart | 2026-09-03 | 2 |
| HANSOLO | 2026-10-31 | 2 |
| Antarctic Monkeys | 2026-09-26 | 2 |
| 1000mods | 2026-11-28 | 1 |
| MEUTE | 2027-04-30 | 1 |
| Daft Funk | 2026-09-18 | 1 |
| Newhvn | 2026-10-22 | 1 |
| Bill Ricky | 2026-09-02 | 1 |
| Joe & The Shitboys | 2026-10-03 | 1 |
| Lovetempo | 2026-11-02 | 1 |
| Tightrope | 2026-09-18 | 1 |
| Winter Gardens | 2026-09-30 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Bristol live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/bristol/
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 Bristol · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean