The Cologne live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 85 live-music rooms in Cologne, 62 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 238 events in that window and 1,402 across the trailing year. That is what our registry sees announced in this city as of 2026-10-22, not a census of everything that happened in it.
85
rooms tracked
62
active in 28 days
238
events, 28 days
1,402
events, 12 months
73% of the rooms we hold in this city announced something dated in the last four weeks. Counts are of announced, dated events at tracked venues — a coverage-weighted signal. How we count
What kind of scene is Cologne?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 45World Music 17Rock / Band 14Jazz 3Pop / Hiphop 3Vocal 2
Which rooms in Cologne are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artheater Cologne | DJ / Electronic | 59 | 8 |
| Die Kantine | Rock / Band | 52 | 4 |
| Bollwerk Cologne | DJ / Electronic | 49 | 7 |
| Garagen | DJ / Electronic | 46 | 7 |
| Gewölbe | DJ / Electronic | 45 | 5 |
| Schrotty | DJ / Electronic | 44 | 5 |
| MTC Cologne | Rock / Band | 42 | 10 |
| Apollo-Aachen | Pop / Hiphop | 41 | 6 |
| Helios37 | DJ / Electronic | 41 | 3 |
| Reineke Fuchs | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 3 |
| Hotel Europa | DJ / Electronic | 37 | 6 |
| Live Music Hall Köln | Rock / Band | 37 | 5 |
Which Cologne rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Cologne this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Pamela Rave ❤️🔥 Päm Päm Power 🚀 | 2026-10-03 | 3 |
| LEO.PARDYY 🐆🪩 | 2026-08-14 | 3 |
| AAMAA aka NIIKAA 007 ✨️ | 2026-11-20 | 2 |
| Stevinski | 2026-09-11 | 2 |
| SERA | Charlie | 2026-09-18 | 2 |
| DJ Palga | 2026-07-04 | 2 |
| One and Only Slaymira aka Samira | 2026-09-05 | 2 |
| MARRED | 2026-09-18 | 2 |
| Dj.mixery | 2026-05-23 | 2 |
| Hüftschwung Mukke | 2026-07-24 | 2 |
| Irwin Leschet | 2026-09-19 | 2 |
| Krackk | 2026-03-07 | 2 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Cologne live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/germany/cologne/
Figures are as of 2026-10-22 and move weekly. Data is published under CC BY 4.0 — reuse it with attribution and a link. How the numbers work
Every tracked room in Cologne · The Germany rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean