The Madison live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 36 live-music rooms in Madison, 17 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 66 events in that window and 445 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.
36
rooms tracked
17
active in 28 days
66
events, 28 days
445
events, 12 months
47% 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 Madison?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 15DJ / Electronic 6Vocal 6Rock / Band 5Pop / Hiphop 2Jazz 2
Which rooms in Madison are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Bar Madison CHARTED | DJ / Electronic | 55 | 7 |
| High Noon Saloon | Rock / Band | 51 | 8 |
| The Crucible | DJ / Electronic | 41 | 4 |
| Majestic Madison | Vocal | 38 | 5 |
| Gamma Ray Bar | Rock / Band | 36 | 4 |
| Orpheum Theatre Madison | Vocal | 33 | 7 |
| Segredo | Rock / Band | 26 | 2 |
| Liquid Madison | DJ / Electronic | 21 | 1 |
| The Sylvee | Rock / Band | 17 | 4 |
| Barrymore Theatre | Vocal | 16 | 2 |
| Atwood Music Hall | World Music | 14 | 5 |
| Mickey's Tavern | World Music | 14 | 5 |
Which Madison rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Madison this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Band of Horses | 2026-04-27 | 1 |
| Diana Ross | 2026-03-17 | 1 |
| Mihali | 2026-05-28 | 1 |
| Nduduzo Makhathini | 2026-05-15 | 1 |
| Buddy Guy | 2026-08-27 | 1 |
| Devon Kay & the Solutions | 2026-11-12 | 1 |
| Thierry Ennui | 2026-06-19 | 1 |
| Dan Kimpel | 2026-08-30 | 1 |
| Baiabebo | 2026-09-09 | 1 |
| SKitz Kraven | 2026-09-11 | 1 |
| Soda Blonde | 2026-09-22 | 1 |
| The SoapGirls | 2026-06-07 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Madison live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/madison/
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