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If New York ever needed fresh receipts to back up its music-world swagger, Bandsintown just handed them over.
According to Bandsintown’s newly released 2025 High Notes report, New York City is setting the pace for the music scene. The live-music discovery platform ranked New York as the fastest-growing music fan city in the world in 2025, beating out other heavy hitters, including Washington, D.C., Madrid, London and São Paulo.
New York also landed among the top three U.S. cities for ticket demand, reinforcing its status as one of the most powerful live-music markets in the country. Fans here don’t just talk about shows—they actually go to them.
The city’s dominance is also clear across the venue landscape. In a year when Bandsintown generated one billion event recommendations, 38 million ticket clicks and two million RSVPs for independent venues nationwide, New York stages were everywhere. Barclays Center ranked number one globally for new venue followers, with Terminal 5 close behind at number three. Terminal 5 and Irving Plaza both cracked the list of venues with the most new followers worldwide, while Madison Square Garden placed third globally for ticket-buying clicks.
Smaller spaces in the city pull serious weight, too. Le Poisson Rouge ranked among the top U.S. independent venues for ticket demand and placed third nationally for profile views, while City Winery New York appeared among the country’s leading independent venues for both views and ticket clicks. Even Broadway joined the party: the Shubert Theatre was named the second fastest-growing independent venue in the U.S. this year.
If you zoom out, the picture gets even louder. Bandsintown’s report draws from a global community of 100 million registered fans and 40 million monthly active users. Within that ecosystem, New York stands out not just as a legacy music capital, but as a modern engine for fan growth that connects arena tours, club shows, Broadway and genre-spanning scenes. Festivals help seal the deal, with Governors Ball ranking second nationally for ticket demand.
From basements to Broadway, stadiums to summer festivals, when it comes to live music right now, everything still runs through New York.