Seattle scene guide
Seattle scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at Substation. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Seattle’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Baauer: Substation, Level 1 @ Cannonball Arts, Hidden Hall
- Techno — if you like Restricted: Kremwerk-Timbre Room-Cherry Complex, Substation, TBA - Day of Show
- Bass — if you like Ivy Lab: Substation, Nectar Lounge, TBA - 313 FIRST AVE S in Pioneer Square
- Club — if you like DJ SWISHA: Kremwerk-Timbre Room-Cherry Complex, Massive, Substation
- Dubstep — if you like Pressha: Substation, Nectar Lounge
- Progressive House — if you like Afrojack: Substation, Level 1 @ Cannonball Arts, Ora
- Pop — if you like SASSY 009: Substation, Asylum Collective, Q Nightclub
Busiest venues
- TBA - The Jack, 74 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104
- Substation
- Kremwerk-Timbre Room-Cherry Complex
- Level 1 @ Cannonball Arts
- Q Nightclub
- Hidden Hall
- Pony
- TBA - Day of Show
How big is Seattle’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 940 club nights across 115 venues in Seattle, featuring 738 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Seattle tonight.
Which Seattle venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
| Venue | Nights (12 mo) |
|---|---|
| Q Nightclub | 131 |
| Kremwerk-Timbre Room-Cherry Complex | 127 |
| Substation | 110 |
| The Monkey Loft | 81 |
| Massive | 54 |
| Chop Suey | 40 |
| Ora | 37 |
| Nectar Lounge | 34 |
| Hidden Hall | 23 |
| Crystal Lounge | 22 |
What time do Seattle club nights actually start and end?
From the 940 listings publishing door times: the median Seattle night opens at 21:00 — 51% open before 22:00, 48% between 22:00 and midnight, and 1% after midnight. Of the 151 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 11% run past 04:00 and 4% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Seattle cost?
Across the 219 listings publishing prices (23% of all nights): the median advance ticket is 5, with half of all nights between
0 and $20. 21% of listed nights are free.When does Seattle go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (41% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 79% of the week. The busiest month of the year is September.
What does Seattle sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 35% · Techno 20% · Deep House 11% · Club 9% · Bass 8% · Tech House 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.