The San Francisco live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 26 live-music rooms in San Francisco, 19 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 76 events in that window and 377 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.
26
rooms tracked
19
active in 28 days
76
events, 28 days
377
events, 12 months
73% 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 Francisco?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordRock / Band 12DJ / Electronic 9Vocal 2Jazz 1World Music 1Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in San Francisco are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chapel San Francisco | Rock / Band | 57 | 9 |
| Cafe Du Nord Lounge | Rock / Band | 31 | 6 |
| The Independent SF Main | DJ / Electronic | 31 | 4 |
| DNA Lounge SF Main Stage | DJ / Electronic | 31 | 3 |
| Great American Music Hall SF Main | Rock / Band | 28 | 8 |
| Yoshi’s San Francisco | Jazz | 28 | 5 |
| Brick & Mortar Music Hall | Rock / Band | 25 | 5 |
| The Great American Music Hall | Rock / Band | 16 | 7 |
| Chase Center | Vocal | 16 | 1 |
| DNA Lounge Above DNA | DJ / Electronic | 14 | 5 |
| Brick & Mortar Music Hall SF Main | Rock / Band | 13 | 0 |
| Cafe Du Nord SF Main | Rock / Band | 12 | 6 |
Who has played San Francisco this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Don Carlos | 2026-06-12 | 2 |
| The Breaks (ft. Roberts, Walter, Moore) | 2026-10-08 | 2 |
| Maria BC | 2026-08-12 | 1 |
| The Fiery Furnaces | 2026-02-26 | 1 |
| American Hi-Fi | 2026-10-24 | 1 |
| Trinity Ace | 2026-11-05 | 1 |
| Chromeghostband | 2026-09-05 | 1 |
| Blood Rave | 2026-10-28 | 1 |
| MOON DESTROYS | 2026-09-27 | 1 |
| Aux Animaux | 2026-10-23 | 1 |
| Past Self | 2026-11-09 | 1 |
| Emma Ruth Rundle | 2026-11-27 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The San Francisco live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/san-francisco/
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
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