The Glasgow live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 117 live-music rooms in Glasgow, 63 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 217 events in that window and 1,269 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.
117
rooms tracked
63
active in 28 days
217
events, 28 days
1,269
events, 12 months
54% 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 Glasgow?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 39World Music 37Rock / Band 18Vocal 11Pop / Hiphop 9Jazz 2
Which rooms in Glasgow 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 Garage Glasgow | Rock / Band | 64 | 16 |
| Audio Glasgow | Rock / Band | 60 | 10 |
| Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom CHARTED | Rock / Band | 45 | 7 |
| O2 Academy Glasgow | Pop / Hiphop | 43 | 7 |
| King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut | Rock / Band | 43 | 6 |
| La Cheetah Club | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 9 |
| Royal Concert Hall | World Music | 34 | 5 |
| Sub Club | Techno / House | 32 | 8 |
| The Berkeley Suite | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 8 |
| The Glad Cafe | Rock / Band | 31 | 2 |
| 142b Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 3 |
| Swg3 Glasgow | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 4 |
Which Glasgow rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Glasgow this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel J Murray-Smith | 2026-09-11 | 3 |
| La La | 2026-09-25 | 2 |
| Amsterdam Dance Event | 2026-08-28 | 1 |
| UB40 | 2026-06-11 | 1 |
| Marsh | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| 1000mods | 2026-11-29 | 1 |
| 40 | 2026-02-15 | 1 |
| DJ Tira | 2026-05-24 | 1 |
| The Lemon Twigs | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| Jamback | 2026-05-23 | 1 |
| Frinda di Lanco | 2026-02-06 | 1 |
| Wrong Jovi | 2026-09-12 | 1 |
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Ground Frequency. “The Glasgow live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/glasgow/
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 Glasgow · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean