The Charlotte live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 38 live-music rooms in Charlotte, 28 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 112 events in that window and 575 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.
38
rooms tracked
28
active in 28 days
112
events, 28 days
575
events, 12 months
74% 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 Charlotte?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 11World Music 10Rock / Band 9Vocal 5Pop / Hiphop 2Jazz 1
Which rooms in Charlotte are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos’ Southend Back Room | Rock / Band | 70 | 12 |
| Blackbox Charlotte | Rock / Band | 48 | 12 |
| The Fillmore Charlotte | DJ / Electronic | 41 | 6 |
| Petra's | Vocal | 39 | 3 |
| Spectrum Center | World Music | 37 | 5 |
| Visulite Theatre | Rock / Band | 35 | 5 |
| The Music Yard | DJ / Electronic | 33 | 8 |
| The Milestone Club | Rock / Band | 24 | 8 |
| The Evening Muse | Vocal | 24 | 5 |
| Neighborhood Theatre | Rock / Band | 22 | 6 |
| Thirsty Beaver Saloon | Vocal | 19 | 6 |
| Middle C Jazz | Jazz | 18 | 5 |
Who has played Charlotte this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Management | 2026-09-26 | 4 |
| Braxton Bateman | 2026-09-13 | 2 |
| MESSA | 2026-09-08 | 2 |
| North Mississippi Allstars | 2026-09-17 | 2 |
| Aurorawave | 2026-07-30 | 1 |
| Ramona & the Holy Smokes | 2026-11-21 | 1 |
| Soft Palms | 2026-08-21 | 1 |
| MEMORIALS | 2026-09-09 | 1 |
| John Howie Jr | 2026-10-09 | 1 |
| DJ That Guy Smitty | 2026-06-18 | 1 |
| Goodnight, Texas | 2026-09-20 | 1 |
| Prostitute 🇱🇧 🇵🇸 | 2026-09-27 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Charlotte live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/charlotte/
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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