the scene by the numbers
337in 2026
the handlebarbusiest venue · 682 shows
Scattrbrain 1× · Night Moves 1× · Rufus McBlack 1×3 most active bands this month
Other 11× · Lesion 11× · Conflict of Interests 9×3 most active bands this year
3shows on this day: the dangerous summer, bad luck (2025), certainly so, siren & the mudpuppies (2023), kid dead, adam selene (2017)
the diypensacola record as numbers, rebuilt every day from the show archive. it only knows what's on the flyers we've logged, so the early years thin out, but the shape of the scene is here.
1646shows, incl. upcoming
22years with shows
100venues
2686acts
42coming up
1,646 shows on record: 1,604 behind us plus 42 still coming up. the archive shows 1,616 past nights because it also lists the 12 cancelled or postponed ones, marked. they are not counted here.
november in past years
shows by year
shows by month (last 24)
busiest months ever
- 1august 202650 shows
- 2october 202644 shows
- 3september 202639 shows
- 4june 202636 shows
- 5july 202635 shows
- 6june 202332 shows
- 7july 202428 shows
- 8november 202528 shows
- 9april 202427 shows
- 10october 202226 shows
show nights
new acts on the record by year
most-active venues
- 1the handlebar675 shows
- 2sluggo’s165 shows
- 3chizuko132 shows
- 4subculture124 shows
- 5easy going gallery104 shows
- 6betty’s80 shows
- 730979 shows
- 8the bugghouse26 shows
- 9vinyl music hall22 shows
- 10night moves18 shows
- 11the den13 shows
- 12the undergrowth12 shows
- 13odd colony brewing co.10 shows
- 14american legion post 3310 shows
- 15the break8 shows
- 16end of the line cafe7 shows
- 17emerald republic brewing7 shows
- 18dixeyland6 shows
- 19alabama music box6 shows
- 20sisi’s store6 shows
most-booked acts
- 1cookies & cake42 shows
- 2ego death32 shows
- 3cavae mundi30 shows
- 4the taints29 shows
- 5feed lemon28 shows
- 6pauper’s grave28 shows
- 7glsnr26 shows
- 8crow road25 shows
- 9the mid evil times24 shows
- 10kairo22 shows
- 11other22 shows
- 12statement of pride21 shows
- 13katie dineen21 shows
- 14infernem20 shows
- 15hemlock20 shows
- 16earl’s killer squirrel19 shows
- 17surrounder19 shows
- 18big lo18 shows
- 19glazed eyes18 shows
- 20dalton wright17 shows
counts come straight from flyers and listings, so a misspelled name splits into two, and touring acts count every stop. close, not gospel.
