The San Diego live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 104 live-music rooms in San Diego, 53 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 191 events in that window and 1,224 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.
104
rooms tracked
53
active in 28 days
191
events, 28 days
1,224
events, 12 months
51% 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 San Diego?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 39DJ / Electronic 34Rock / Band 15Pop / Hiphop 8Jazz 4Vocal 4
Which rooms in San Diego are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soda Bar San Diego | Rock / Band | 70 | 10 |
| Soma San Diego | Rock / Band | 61 | 9 |
| Music Box San Diego | Rock / Band | 45 | 7 |
| The Lamplighter | Rock / Band | 45 | 6 |
| Stage | Vocal | 43 | 7 |
| Observatory North Park Main | Rock / Band | 42 | 11 |
| Winston's Beach Club | Rock / Band | 41 | 7 |
| Rich's Nightclub | DJ / Electronic | 40 | 7 |
| Whistle Stop | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 3 |
| EQ San Diego | DJ / Electronic | 37 | 6 |
| Spin | DJ / Electronic | 35 | 5 |
| Nova SD | DJ / Electronic | 34 | 7 |
Who has played San Diego this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Gabe Vega | 2026-08-19 | 3 |
| Fraktal | 2026-09-18 | 2 |
| Alicia Keys | 2026-04-23 | 1 |
| Los Mirlos | 2026-05-29 | 1 |
| Big Mountain | 2026-06-19 | 1 |
| Monsieur Periné | 2026-08-06 | 1 |
| OBSKUROS | 2026-06-14 | 1 |
| Gata Galáctica | 2026-08-02 | 1 |
| MOHAMA SAZ | 2026-07-16 | 1 |
| Thrownintoexile | 2026-05-28 | 1 |
| RIVA | 2026-09-11 | 1 |
| Soft Palms | 2026-08-07 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The San Diego live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/san-diego/
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 San Diego · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean