Philadelphia scene guide
Philadelphia scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at Noto Philadelphia. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Philadelphia’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Rob Paine: Noto Philadelphia, Winston On The Water, Fringe Bar
- Techno — if you like Erol Alkan: Fort Mifflin, TBA - Main Event @ Broad Hall - 699 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19123. Afters Addy Will be Emailed to Ticket Holders, Noto Philadelphia
- Club — if you like hopifer: Bastet, Cousin Danny's/ 50th, Upstairs at the 700
- Pop — if you like Afrobeat: Underground Arts, Trestle Inn, Bar Xiii
- Disco — if you like Particle Ray: Trestle Inn
- Funk / Soul — if you like Duiji 13: Margolis Music Lounge, TBA - Maplewood Mall, Trestle Inn
- Deep House — if you like Rob Paine: Fringe Bar, North Bowl, TBA - Ballers Social Sports
Busiest venues
How big is Philadelphia’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 1,485 club nights across 245 venues in Philadelphia, featuring 901 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Philadelphia tonight.
Which Philadelphia venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Philadelphia club nights actually start and end?
From the 1,485 listings publishing door times: the median Philadelphia night opens at 21:00 — 57% open before 22:00, 43% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 122 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 25% run past 04:00 and 7% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Philadelphia cost?
Across the 179 listings publishing prices (12% of all nights): the median advance ticket is 0, with half of all nights between $0 and
8. 32% of listed nights are free.When does Philadelphia go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (40% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 76% of the week. The busiest month of the year is August.
What does Philadelphia sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 29% · Techno 22% · Club 14% · Disco 8% · Tech House 8% · Funk / Soul 7%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.
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