VENUE · SOUTH AFRICA · CAPE TOWN
Trenchtown Obs
@trenchtown_obs National
Trenchtown Obs is a DJ / Electronic room in Cape Town, ranked #4 of 179 scored venues in South Africa for Week 43, 2026. We hold 17 publishable dates for it across the trailing year and 5 in the last 28 days. We do not hold a capacity figure for this room and do not estimate one. Its programme leans Thu and Sat — 41% of the dates we hold fall on a Thu. We track 8 other rooms within 2 km of it, 4 of them inside 1 km.
17
publishable dates, 12 months
5
last 28 days
#4
rank in South Africa
8
rooms within 2 km
Dates are what the room announced and our registry holds — not a complete programme, and not attendance. How we count
MiSFY Score
80.6
Rank
#4
Scored pool
179
Dated events
17
Ranked #4 of 179 scored venues in South Africa for Week 43, 2026, on momentum rather than size. Audience tier National — 10,000 to 100,000 followers — which the ranking does not weigh. How the score works · The South Africa chart
What we hold on Trenchtown Obs — and what we do not
so you can tell in one screen whether this page answers your questionON FILE
- 17 dated nights this room announced in the trailing twelve months, listed in full below
- 1 matched line-up naming an artist we track
- a genre on its registry record — DJ / Electronic, recorded on the venue itself
- where it sits — Cape Town, 8 other tracked rooms within 2 km
- its position on our venue chart: #4 of 179 in South Africa, on audience momentum
NOT ON FILE
- Capacity. We hold no capacity or seat count for this room, and we do not estimate one. Nothing on this page should be read as a size claim.
- Ticket prices, box office takings or attendance.
- Ownership, licensing, opening hours or a booking contact.
- A complete programme. What is below is the dates this room announced that our registry matched — a room routinely runs nights we never see.
- Anything from a visit. We have not been to this room and have not spoken to it.
Hold one of these and want it on the record? Write to the desk — we log what changes.
Which nights does this room run?
the dates we hold, by weekday of the trailing yearWhat else is nearby?
8 tracked rooms within 2 km — the walk-up competition, and the routing| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duchess Lounge | World Music | 8 | 0.1 km |
| Cafe Ganesh | World Music | 3 | 0.1 km |
| Marley Coffee | World Music | 1 | 0.1 km |
| Straight No Chaser | Vocal | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Cape of Storms Distillery | World Music | 1 | 1.4 km |
| The Old Biscuit Mill | World Music | 0 | 1.6 km |
| Woodstock Brewery | Rock / Band | 10 | 1.8 km |
| The Alma Café | Vocal | 10 | 1.9 km |
Who has played Trenchtown Obs?
what our registry has matched — not a complete line-up history| 2026-09-19 | Dreadlines | Mother City Core |
What is on at Trenchtown Obs?
what this room announced and our registry holds — the last twelve months and the dates already set ahead, not a complete programme| 2026-12-1612:00 | Fuzi Fest 2026 |
| 2026-10-1020:00 | LOVE, LIVE & LOUD - Music Fundraiser |
| 2026-10-0918:30 | Bottomless Vodka Friday - Lip Sync Battle |
| 2026-09-3018:00 | OBSERVATORY: Culture Capital of Cape Town’s CBD Area - MisFits Open Mic Night |
| 2026-09-27 | Shamrock420 Sundaze |
| 2026-09-0317:00 | OBS 1st Thursdays - September Spring Edition |
| 2026-09-03 | Obz First Thursdays |
| 2026-08-0913:00 | Wathint’ Abafazi: You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock! |
| 2026-08-06 | First Thursdays in Obs: Women's Month Edition |
| 2026-08-0617:00 | OBS 1ST THURSDAYS: Women's Month Edition |
| 2026-08-0121:00 | IT’S GIVING Y2K |
| 2026-07-1813:00 | Match for Third Place France vs England |
| 2026-07-1817:40 | Springboks vs WRU |
| 2026-07-0220:00 | HALF PRICE THURSDAY: QUIZ NIGHT & KARAOKE |
| 2026-07-0217:00 | OBS 1ST THURSDAYS |
| 2026-06-0420:00 | HALF PRICE THURSDAY: QUIZ NIGHT & KARAOKE |
| 2026-06-0313:00 | KARAOKE at TRENCHTOWN |
96 Station Rd; Observatory; Cape Town, 7925
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “Trenchtown Obs — South Africa venue record”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/venues/south-africa-trenchtown-obs/
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