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The Tennessee live-music scene, by the registry

Ground Frequency tracks 37 live-music rooms in Tennessee, 21 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 77 events in that window and 486 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.

rooms tracked

active in 28 days

events, 28 days

486

events, 12 months

57% 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 Tennessee?

rooms by the genre on their registry record

World Music 14DJ / Electronic 8Vocal 7Rock / Band 6Pop / Hiphop 2

Which rooms in Tennessee are actually running?

ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance

ROOM	GENRE ON FILE	EVENTS 12M	28D
Nocturnal	DJ / Electronic	42	5
Level 10	DJ / Electronic	41	6
Pilot Light	Rock / Band	38	6
Haven Haus	Rock / Band	36	4
The Fairbanks	Pop / Hiphop	29	7
Crosstown Arts	Vocal	28	8
Earnestine & Hazel's	Vocal	26	3
The Buccaneer	World Music	25	3
Hi-Tone	Rock / Band	23	3
The Caverns	Rock / Band	21	6
Brinson's	Pop / Hiphop	21	3
Marathon Music Works	Rock / Band	19	4

Who has played Tennessee this year?

artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete

ARTIST	LAST DATE	DATES
NORMAL BIAS	2026-08-01	1
Kirk Whalum	2026-09-27	1
Stephen O'Malley	2026-10-03	1
EXTORTIONIST	2026-09-29	1

CITE THIS PAGE

Ground Frequency. “The Tennessee live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/tennessee/

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