This study investigates innovation within live music scenes by analyzing the extent to which live music venues, with varying types and levels of legitimacy, conform to or diverge from their counterparts in terms of band and artist selection. Based on a self-collected dataset with information on 175 live music venues and some 5000 performing acts they featured in a year, this study reveals that economic and cultural legitimacy have distinct effects on the innovativeness of live music venues. Specifically, it is observed that venues with low economic legitimacy but high cultural legitimacy, particularly regarding music genre, tend to exhibit greater levels of innovation. Conversely, venues possessing moderate economic legitimacy and high cultural legitimacy, particularly related to media attention, tend to display lower levels of innovation. The findings underscore the role of artistic and low-status venues in enriching the innovativeness and diversity of local music scenes. By considering various types and levels of legitimacy, this study contributes to the sociology of music and culture as it deepens our understanding of the intricate interplay between legitimacy and innovation within the context of cultural production.

本研究通过分析具有不同类型和合法性水平的现场音乐场所在乐队和艺术家选择方面与同行的一致或分歧程度，调查了现场音乐场景中的创新。这项研究基于自行收集的数据集，其中包含 175 个现场音乐场所及其一年内约 5000 场表演的信息，揭示了经济和文化合法性对现场音乐场所的创新性有明显的影响。具体而言，据观察，经济合法性较低但文化合法性较高的场所，特别是在音乐流派方面，往往表现出更高水平的创新。相反，具有中等经济合法性和较高文化合法性（特别是与媒体关注度相关）的场所往往表现出较低水平的创新。研究结果强调了艺术和低地位场所在丰富当地音乐场景的创新性和多样性方面的作用。通过考虑各种类型和水平的合法性，这项研究对音乐和文化社会学做出了贡献，因为它加深了我们对文化生产背景下合法性与创新之间错综复杂的相互作用的理解。