The Boston live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 100 live-music rooms in Boston, 41 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 167 events in that window and 943 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.
100
rooms tracked
41
active in 28 days
167
events, 28 days
943
events, 12 months
41% 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 Boston?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 44DJ / Electronic 30Rock / Band 12Pop / Hiphop 6Vocal 4Jazz 4
Which rooms in Boston are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Night Live | DJ / Electronic | 50 | 8 |
| Royale | DJ / Electronic | 45 | 4 |
| Brighton Music Hall | Rock / Band | 39 | 10 |
| Paradise Rock Club Boston Main | Rock / Band | 38 | 9 |
| Icon | DJ / Electronic | 37 | 4 |
| Empire | Pop / Hiphop | 36 | 5 |
| Wang Theatre (Boch Center) | Vocal | 33 | 9 |
| Wilbur Theater | World Music | 32 | 8 |
| The North Star | Vocal | 31 | 6 |
| Church | Rock / Band | 31 | 5 |
| Middlesex | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 5 |
| Venu | Pop / Hiphop | 28 | 4 |
Who has played Boston this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Lamp | 2025-11-07 | 2 |
| DJ Frank White | 2026-08-07 | 2 |
| The Courettes | 2026-10-16 | 2 |
| Diana Ross | 2026-03-14 | 1 |
| Joe | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| Moon Hooch | 2025-12-12 | 1 |
| Local H | 2026-05-20 | 1 |
| Aurorawave | 2026-10-22 | 1 |
| Shun Tat Chan | Daniel | Tat | 2026-05-08 | 1 |
| Hinayana | 2026-11-17 | 1 |
| ACCOMPLICE | 2026-08-15 | 1 |
| Drivewaysband | 2026-10-24 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Boston live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/boston/
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 Boston · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean