The Edinburgh live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 79 live-music rooms in Edinburgh, 39 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 97 events in that window and 747 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.
79
rooms tracked
39
active in 28 days
97
events, 28 days
747
events, 12 months
49% 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 Edinburgh?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 33DJ / Electronic 25Vocal 11Rock / Band 6Pop / Hiphop 2Jazz 2
Which rooms in Edinburgh are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneaky Pete’s | DJ / Electronic | 54 | 3 |
| La Belle Angele | World Music | 47 | 5 |
| Queens Hall Edinburgh | Vocal | 42 | 4 |
| People's Leisure Club CHARTED | DJ / Electronic | 33 | 2 |
| The Mash House | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 4 |
| Edinburgh Corn Exchange | Pop / Hiphop | 28 | 1 |
| Liquid Room Edinburgh | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 6 |
| Cabaret Voltaire | DJ / Electronic | 24 | 7 |
| The Leith Depot | Rock / Band | 24 | 1 |
| Beat Generation Records | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 2 |
| The Electric Circus | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 3 |
| The Banshee Labyrinth | Vocal | 20 | 2 |
Which Edinburgh rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Edinburgh this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Flying Macs | 2026-10-15 | 4 |
| Scotch and Rye | 2026-07-26 | 3 |
| Juniper | 2026-08-27 | 3 |
| Jacquson.DJ | 2026-09-19 | 2 |
| Pure Scotch Ceilidh Band | 2026-09-12 | 2 |
| Seb Jay | 2026-08-29 | 2 |
| The Apaches | 2026-09-10 | 2 |
| Sol | 2026-08-26 | 1 |
| Handsome Jack | 2026-11-21 | 1 |
| Wrong Jovi | 2026-09-11 | 1 |
| Lara🍭 | 2026-08-21 | 1 |
| SECOND IDOL | 2026-09-02 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Edinburgh live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/edinburgh/
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 Edinburgh · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean