The Philadelphia live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 144 live-music rooms in Philadelphia, 78 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 271 events in that window and 1,466 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.
144
rooms tracked
78
active in 28 days
271
events, 28 days
1,466
events, 12 months
54% 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 Philadelphia?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 61DJ / Electronic 42Rock / Band 23Jazz 7Vocal 5Pop / Hiphop 5
Which rooms in Philadelphia are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallser Club | Rock / Band | 48 | 10 |
| Union Transfer | Rock / Band | 47 | 18 |
| Franklin Music Hall | Rock / Band | 42 | 6 |
| Noto Philadelphia | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 7 |
| Cavanaugh's River Deck | DJ / Electronic | 35 | 5 |
| Silk City | DJ / Electronic | 34 | 10 |
| Underground Arts Philadelphia Main | Rock / Band | 33 | 4 |
| Trestle Inn | DJ / Electronic | 33 | 3 |
| The Barbary | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 5 |
| Punch Line Philly | World Music | 32 | 4 |
| Franky Bradley's | World Music | 31 | 4 |
| O'Reilly's Pub | Rock / Band | 30 | 7 |
Who has played Philadelphia this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Making Time | 2026-10-31 | 2 |
| DJ BRIA G | 2026-10-24 | 2 |
| NICK HAKIM | 2026-09-18 | 2 |
| Pepper | 2026-06-18 | 1 |
| Stygian Bough | 2026-06-05 | 1 |
| Local H | 2026-05-22 | 1 |
| Muzak | 2026-07-03 | 1 |
| Nick Hempton | 2026-08-11 | 1 |
| Drook | 2026-06-14 | 1 |
| Tim.rutili/califone | 2026-08-19 | 1 |
| Themontvales | 2026-09-29 | 1 |
| Amber Lynn Ensign | 2026-09-04 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Philadelphia live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/philadelphia/
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 Philadelphia · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean