The Dortmund / Essen live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 33 live-music rooms in Dortmund / Essen, 24 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 92 events in that window and 514 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.
33
rooms tracked
24
active in 28 days
92
events, 28 days
514
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 Dortmund / Essen?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 12World Music 9Rock / Band 5Pop / Hiphop 4Jazz 2Vocal 1
Which rooms in Dortmund / Essen are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domicil | Jazz | 44 | 4 |
| Projekt 42 | Pop / Hiphop | 41 | 11 |
| CLUBØNE | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 5 |
| Tresor.West | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 3 |
| FZW | DJ / Electronic | 37 | 9 |
| Großmarktschänke | Pop / Hiphop | 34 | 4 |
| Weststadthalle Essen | Pop / Hiphop | 31 | 8 |
| Drucklufthaus | Rock / Band | 29 | 3 |
| AZ Mülheim | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 2 |
| Theater im Depot | World Music | 21 | 8 |
| Ratskeller Recklinghausen | DJ / Electronic | 20 | 3 |
| Westfalenhallen CHARTED | Vocal | 19 | 2 |
Which Dortmund / Essen rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Dortmund / Essen this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Niklas Beyer | 2026-08-29 | 2 |
| Lara Fein | 2026-08-23 | 1 |
| SHOK GÜZEL | 2026-12-04 | 1 |
| ANNIE TAYLOR | 2026-08-27 | 1 |
| Joules the Fox | 2026-07-30 | 1 |
| Ão | 2026-09-30 | 1 |
| Blaze Bayley | 2026-09-19 | 1 |
| SixTurnsNine | 2026-08-27 | 1 |
| Heavysaurus | 2027-03-20 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Dortmund / Essen live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/germany/dortmund-essen/
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
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