The Brooklyn live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 29 live-music rooms in Brooklyn, 20 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 86 events in that window and 515 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.
29
rooms tracked
20
active in 28 days
86
events, 28 days
515
events, 12 months
69% 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 Brooklyn?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordRock / Band 11DJ / Electronic 7Vocal 7World Music 4
Which rooms in Brooklyn are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Hotel | DJ / Electronic | 66 | 9 |
| Union Hall | World Music | 46 | 4 |
| Saint Vitus Bar | Rock / Band | 41 | 6 |
| Union Pool | Rock / Band | 37 | 6 |
| Barclays Center | Vocal | 32 | 5 |
| Williamsburg Music Hall | Vocal | 31 | 4 |
| Warsaw Brooklyn | Rock / Band | 29 | 7 |
| Sultan Room | DJ / Electronic | 28 | 6 |
| The Bell House | World Music | 28 | 5 |
| Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn | Rock / Band | 25 | 9 |
| Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn Side Room | Rock / Band | 22 | 5 |
| Sultan Room Brooklyn | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 4 |
Who has played Brooklyn this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| DARKSIDE | 2026-09-18 | 2 |
| Lorde | 2025-12-19 | 1 |
| Joe | 2026-07-25 | 1 |
| Polycat | 2026-07-04 | 1 |
| Dru Hill | 2026-07-25 | 1 |
| Moon Hooch | 2025-12-13 | 1 |
| A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS | 2026-05-31 | 1 |
| Interpol | 2026-09-26 | 1 |
| MEMORIALS | 2026-09-04 | 1 |
| Frances Baker | 2026-09-11 | 1 |
| Rostam Batmanglij | 2026-11-09 | 1 |
| Fonville x Fribush | 2026-09-22 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Brooklyn live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/brooklyn/
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
The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean