The Houston live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 76 live-music rooms in Houston, 50 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 216 events in that window and 1,195 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.
76
rooms tracked
50
active in 28 days
216
events, 28 days
1,195
events, 12 months
66% 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 Houston?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 23DJ / Electronic 22Rock / Band 17Pop / Hiphop 5Jazz 3Vocal 3
Which rooms in Houston are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downstairs at White Oak Music Hall | Rock / Band | 71 | 17 |
| Secret Group Houston | Pop / Hiphop | 51 | 5 |
| Revention Music Center | Rock / Band | 50 | 10 |
| Scout Bar | Rock / Band | 46 | 17 |
| Toyota Center Houston | Vocal | 45 | 13 |
| House of Blues Houston Bronze Peacock | Rock / Band | 43 | 5 |
| Ways | World Music | 43 | 5 |
| Noto Houston | DJ / Electronic | 41 | 7 |
| 713 Music Hall Bronze Peacock | Pop / Hiphop | 39 | 15 |
| The Foundry | DJ / Electronic | 39 | 4 |
| Paradise Palace | Pop / Hiphop | 37 | 4 |
| Henke & Pillot | World Music | 32 | 6 |
Which Houston rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Houston this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Alfredo Rodriguez | 2026-06-12 | 2 |
| Curse Mackey | 2026-09-11 | 2 |
| Keith Jacobs | 2026-05-17 | 2 |
| Night Verses | 2026-10-10 | 2 |
| Don Omar | 2026-05-30 | 1 |
| Keith Sweat | 2026-06-06 | 1 |
| The Marley Brothers | 2026-04-22 | 1 |
| Ballyhoo! | 2026-04-23 | 1 |
| Tita Lau | 2026-05-24 | 1 |
| MOHAMA SAZ | 2026-07-23 | 1 |
| Bosse-de-Nage | 2026-07-07 | 1 |
| Virga | 2026-10-09 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Houston live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/houston/
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 Houston · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean