San Diego’s music scene is one of the best in the country for people who love live music. It only takes second place to Austin, Texas’ legendary music scene. In fact, San Diego had 1,438 live music venues in 2019, which is roughly 4,000 more venues than Austin had.4 However, since San Diego’s population is much larger than Austin’s, it had fewer venues per capita. Of course, if you love a rowdy rock and roll show, you might appreciate that San Diego’s lower per capita number means venues can be a little more crowded than those in Austin. No wonder so many famous rock and rollers came out of San Diego.