The North Carolina live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 40 live-music rooms in North Carolina, 18 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 67 events in that window and 495 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.
40
rooms tracked
18
active in 28 days
67
events, 28 days
495
events, 12 months
45% 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 Carolina?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 26World Music 8Rock / Band 4Vocal 1Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in North Carolina are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motorco Music Hall | DJ / Electronic | 42 | 11 |
| The Pour House | Rock / Band | 40 | 7 |
| Halcyon | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 7 |
| Asheville Music Hall | Rock / Band | 34 | 7 |
| Strange Magic | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 5 |
| Nightshade. | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 5 |
| Proof | Pop / Hiphop | 27 | 2 |
| Exodos Rooftop | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 1 |
| Berkeley Cafe | Rock / Band | 21 | 2 |
| Lincoln Theater | World Music | 19 | 1 |
| The Fruit | DJ / Electronic | 19 | 0 |
| The Station | Rock / Band | 17 | 1 |
Who has played North Carolina this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Thogmartin | 2026-08-29 | 2 |
| Goodnight, Texas | 2026-09-19 | 2 |
| 🇦🇬🗽 DJ CHEF Silver Star Sound🔊 | 2026-03-24 | 1 |
| Bean | 2026-07-02 | 1 |
| Drook | 2026-06-10 | 1 |
| SAM COLLINS | 2026-09-18 | 1 |
| True North | 2026-09-13 | 1 |
| Robert Lester Folsom | 2026-10-07 | 1 |
| Stereosity | 2026-11-04 | 1 |
| RSquared | 2026-10-04 | 1 |
| TRAITRS | 2026-10-13 | 1 |
| Cordovas | 2026-08-13 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The North Carolina live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/north-carolina/
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 North Carolina · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean