The San Jose live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 31 live-music rooms in San Jose, 15 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 45 events in that window and 228 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.
31
rooms tracked
15
active in 28 days
45
events, 28 days
228
events, 12 months
48% 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 Jose?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 13World Music 10Jazz 5Vocal 2Rock / Band 1
Which rooms in San Jose are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAP Center | Vocal | 38 | 7 |
| The Continental Bar | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 4 |
| Mosaic Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 6 |
| The Ritz | World Music | 15 | 7 |
| Liquid Lounge | Vocal | 14 | 2 |
| GOOD KARMA Fine Ales / Food / HiFi | Jazz | 13 | 2 |
| Caravan Lounge | World Music | 12 | 5 |
| Poor House Bistro | Jazz | 10 | 3 |
| Era Lounge | World Music | 8 | 3 |
| TIKI PETE | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 1 |
| Unzipped Gardens | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 1 |
| Noite | DJ / Electronic | 8 | 0 |
Who has played San Jose this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Future Dead Ringers | 2026-09-12 | 3 |
| TRAITRS | 2026-10-09 | 2 |
| Mike Sherm | 2026-10-02 | 2 |
| Bokani Dyer | 2026-09-25 | 1 |
| Weeping | 2026-09-25 | 1 |
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Ground Frequency. “The San Jose live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/san-jose/
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