The Newcastle live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 70 live-music rooms in Newcastle, 36 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 99 events in that window and 620 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.
70
rooms tracked
36
active in 28 days
99
events, 28 days
620
events, 12 months
51% 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 Newcastle?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 31World Music 22Rock / Band 10Vocal 5Pop / Hiphop 2
Which rooms in Newcastle are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluny 2 | Rock / Band | 47 | 9 |
| Newcastle O2 Academy | Rock / Band | 35 | 3 |
| Little Buildings | Rock / Band | 35 | 2 |
| The Cumberland Arms | Vocal | 28 | 4 |
| World Headquarters | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 5 |
| Ouseburn Garden | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 4 |
| Wafi Lounge & Restaurant | Pop / Hiphop | 22 | 5 |
| Zerox | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 5 |
| Three Tanners Bank | Rock / Band | 20 | 8 |
| Newgate Social | Rock / Band | 19 | 4 |
| Boiler Shop Newcastle | Rock / Band | 18 | 5 |
| Colonel Porter's | Vocal | 17 | 2 |
Who has played Newcastle this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| PIP | 2026-11-14 | 2 |
| The Lemon Twigs | 2026-05-24 | 1 |
| Outlander | 2026-08-02 | 1 |
| 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝘾𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙄𝙎 | 2026-08-29 | 1 |
| Daniel Avery | 2026-09-18 | 1 |
| Dan Ghenacia | 2026-09-26 | 1 |
| YHWH Nailgun | 2026-09-01 | 1 |
| Elvana Elvis Fronted Nirvana | 2026-10-31 | 1 |
| 2026-02-15 | 1 | |
| Frog | 2026-10-23 | 1 |
| Savana Funk | 2026-10-09 | 1 |
| Bikini Body | 2026-09-19 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Newcastle live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/newcastle/
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 Newcastle · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean