The North Rhine-Westphalia live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 27 live-music rooms in North Rhine-Westphalia, 16 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 63 events in that window and 479 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.
27
rooms tracked
16
active in 28 days
63
events, 28 days
479
events, 12 months
59% 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 North Rhine-Westphalia?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 17World Music 5Rock / Band 3Vocal 2
Which rooms in North Rhine-Westphalia are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulttempel Oberhausen | Rock / Band | 52 | 3 |
| Open Ground | DJ / Electronic | 43 | 7 |
| Vortex Surfer | Rock / Band | 38 | 7 |
| M´s Club Detmold | DJ / Electronic | 37 | 6 |
| Stapeltor | Vocal | 31 | 3 |
| Die Börse | World Music | 30 | 7 |
| Rheinriff | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 3 |
| U-Club Wuppertal | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 4 |
| Zeche Carl | DJ / Electronic | 25 | 5 |
| Barmer Bahnhof | DJ / Electronic | 25 | 4 |
| Gleis8 | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 4 |
| Palm Beach | DJ / Electronic | 17 | 1 |
Who has played North Rhine-Westphalia this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Culture Kultür | 2027-02-12 | 2 |
| AMVN | 2026-09-12 | 1 |
| A Guy from Laurentum | 2026-07-18 | 1 |
| Don't Panic | 2026-10-10 | 1 |
| 𝑫𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒂𝒏 | 2026-09-12 | 1 |
| Matilda Greiner | 2026-08-30 | 1 |
| Rene Wise | 2026-09-12 | 1 |
| Thejacksonpollockband | 2026-04-25 | 1 |
| SPEAR | 2026-10-16 | 1 |
| Hometown Crew | 2026-10-16 | 1 |
| Tristan Brusch | 2026-03-12 | 1 |
| 2026-10-02 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The North Rhine-Westphalia live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/germany/north-rhine-westphalia/
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