The Orange County live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 30 live-music rooms in Orange County, 16 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 45 events in that window and 218 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.
30
rooms tracked
16
active in 28 days
45
events, 28 days
218
events, 12 months
53% 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 Orange County?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 11DJ / Electronic 10Jazz 4Rock / Band 3Pop / Hiphop 2
Which rooms in Orange County are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat Ultra Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 34 | 5 |
| Yost Theater | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 4 |
| The Continental Room | Pop / Hiphop | 26 | 6 |
| Kitsch Bar | DJ / Electronic | 17 | 2 |
| Campus JAX | Jazz | 14 | 5 |
| Garden Amp (Garden Grove Amphitheater) | Rock / Band | 14 | 3 |
| The Doll Hut | Rock / Band | 13 | 3 |
| The Harp Inn | DJ / Electronic | 11 | 3 |
| The Copper Door | Pop / Hiphop | 11 | 2 |
| Queens Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 10 | 4 |
| Woody's Wharf | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 0 |
| Programme Skate & Sound | Rock / Band | 6 | 2 |
Which Orange County rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Orange County this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| In The End | 2026-11-15 | 2 |
| Los Huevos Rancheros! | 2026-09-19 | 2 |
| Buried In Spring | 2026-09-05 | 1 |
| Dôrmencē 🐉 | DJ, Promoter & Curator | 2026-08-20 | 1 |
| 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐒 | 2026-10-18 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Orange County live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/orange-county/
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