The Midlands live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 89 live-music rooms in Midlands, 46 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 190 events in that window and 973 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.
89
rooms tracked
46
active in 28 days
190
events, 28 days
973
events, 12 months
52% 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 Midlands?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 33DJ / Electronic 28Rock / Band 15Vocal 10Jazz 2Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in Midlands are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Marrs Bar | Rock / Band | 47 | 9 |
| King George's Hall | Vocal | 38 | 14 |
| Mama Liz's | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 10 |
| The Roadmender | Rock / Band | 34 | 12 |
| The Hairy Dog | Rock / Band | 32 | 3 |
| Royal & Derngate | World Music | 31 | 8 |
| O2 Academy Leicester | Rock / Band | 31 | 5 |
| The Drill, | Rock / Band | 31 | 2 |
| The Squirrel | Jazz | 29 | 5 |
| The Black Prince | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 2 |
| Unit Nine | DJ / Electronic | 28 | 3 |
| Picturedrome | Rock / Band | 27 | 7 |
Who has played Midlands this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Elvana Elvis Fronted Nirvana | 2026-11-06 | 3 |
| Tom Byrne | 2026-09-27 | 3 |
| Polly | 2026-09-22 | 2 |
| Daft Funk | 2026-08-04 | 1 |
| Ultimate RnB | 2026-09-04 | 1 |
| DFKDS | 2026-10-13 | 1 |
| Jay Epstein | 2026-10-01 | 1 |
| Pretty Bleed 🪲 | 2026-10-24 | 1 |
| DJ Rusty | 2026-10-03 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Midlands live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/midlands/
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 Midlands · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean