The London live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 983 live-music rooms in London, 384 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 1,168 events in that window and 7,350 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.
983
rooms tracked
384
active in 28 days
1,168
events, 28 days
7,350
events, 12 months
39% 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 London?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 415DJ / Electronic 321Vocal 85Rock / Band 74Jazz 34Pop / Hiphop 34
Which rooms in London are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vortex Jazz Club | Jazz | 57 | 8 |
| Jazz Cafe Posk London | Jazz | 53 | 14 |
| Bush Hall | Rock / Band | 53 | 4 |
| Green Note | Jazz | 52 | 8 |
| Jewel | DJ / Electronic | 50 | 6 |
| Electric Ballroom | Rock / Band | 47 | 15 |
| Islington Assembly Hall | Vocal | 47 | 9 |
| Water Rats London | Rock / Band | 46 | 7 |
| Union Chapel | Vocal | 45 | 8 |
| Jazz Cafe Camden | Vocal | 45 | 5 |
| The Underworld Camden | Rock / Band | 43 | 8 |
| Black Heart | Rock / Band | 43 | 7 |
Which London rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played London this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Soulection | 2026-08-31 | 8 |
| Fred Again.. | 2026-02-17 | 4 |
| Radhika Das | 2026-10-18 | 4 |
| Jyoty | 2026-05-28 | 3 |
| Jamie Cullum | 2026-12-25 | 3 |
| Soul II Soul | 2026-10-30 | 3 |
| Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | 2026-08-28 | 3 |
| Bruno Mars | 2026-07-30 | 3 |
| Ropeburn | 2026-07-09 | 3 |
| Takovr The God | 2026-09-13 | 3 |
| French Toast | 2026-09-14 | 3 |
| Sugartaxsugartax | 2026-10-04 | 3 |
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Ground Frequency. “The London live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/london/
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 London · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean