The Manchester live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 142 live-music rooms in Manchester, 71 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 226 events in that window and 1,473 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.
142
rooms tracked
71
active in 28 days
226
events, 28 days
1,473
events, 12 months
50% 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 Manchester?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 58World Music 46Rock / Band 23Vocal 7Jazz 4Pop / Hiphop 3
Which rooms in Manchester 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 Castle Hotel | Rock / Band | 52 | 8 |
| Night & Day Cafe | Rock / Band | 46 | 10 |
| The Deaf Institute | Rock / Band | 46 | 7 |
| The Peer Hat | DJ / Electronic | 42 | 7 |
| Gullivers | Rock / Band | 42 | 6 |
| Manchester Academy | Rock / Band | 40 | 7 |
| Winter Gardens Blackpool | World Music | 35 | 3 |
| Off The Square | Pop / Hiphop | 33 | 7 |
| Gorilla Manchester | Rock / Band | 33 | 6 |
| The DBA | DJ / Electronic | 33 | 4 |
| Satan's Hollow | Rock / Band | 32 | 6 |
| Area Manchester | DJ / Electronic | 31 | 3 |
Which Manchester rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Manchester this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Newhvn | 2026-09-06 | 2 |
| Irfan Rainy | 2026-10-10 | 2 |
| TÜNG | 2026-10-01 | 2 |
| Nicolá Cruz | 2026-08-07 | 2 |
| Korn | 2026-10-31 | 1 |
| MILLI | 2026-08-09 | 1 |
| Solomun | 2026-09-25 | 1 |
| Packaging | 2026-05-09 | 1 |
| MEUTE | 2027-04-29 | 1 |
| Harry Wills | 2026-08-01 | 1 |
| UB40 | 2026-06-06 | 1 |
| The Lemon Twigs | 2026-05-30 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Manchester live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/manchester/
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 Manchester · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean