The Seattle live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 100 live-music rooms in Seattle, 56 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 201 events in that window and 1,114 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.
100
rooms tracked
56
active in 28 days
201
events, 28 days
1,114
events, 12 months
56% 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 Seattle?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 30DJ / Electronic 25Rock / Band 24Vocal 8Jazz 7Pop / Hiphop 6
Which rooms in Seattle are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tractor Tavern Seattle Main | Rock / Band | 58 | 7 |
| Showbox Market Seattle | Rock / Band | 57 | 11 |
| Nectar Lounge Patio | DJ / Electronic | 57 | 8 |
| Sunset Tavern Seattle | Rock / Band | 52 | 7 |
| Chop Suey Seattle | Rock / Band | 48 | 1 |
| Substation | DJ / Electronic | 38 | 10 |
| Hidden Hall | Vocal | 38 | 7 |
| Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 5 |
| Fremont Abbey Seattle | Vocal | 31 | 8 |
| The Crocodile | Rock / Band | 31 | 4 |
| Club Sur | Pop / Hiphop | 28 | 8 |
| Neptune Theatre Seattle | Vocal | 27 | 1 |
Who has played Seattle this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| DJ Dance Dance | 2026-09-25 | 2 |
| Spafford | 2026-09-18 | 2 |
| Bob Sumner | 2026-10-08 | 2 |
| Lucero | 2026-07-11 | 1 |
| Cytrus | 2026-04-11 | 1 |
| Prom Date Mixtape | 2026-10-31 | 1 |
| Texas Headhunters | 2026-09-24 | 1 |
| All4Doras - Seattle's Tribute Boy Band | 2026-09-25 | 1 |
| King Youngblood | 2026-09-18 | 1 |
| Pat Mastelotto | 2026-09-14 | 1 |
| Emma Ruth Rundle | 2026-11-24 | 1 |
| NICK HAKIM | 2026-10-02 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Seattle live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/seattle/
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 Seattle · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean