The Portland live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 81 live-music rooms in Portland, 47 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 262 events in that window and 1,398 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.
81
rooms tracked
47
active in 28 days
262
events, 28 days
1,398
events, 12 months
58% 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 Portland?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordRock / Band 27World Music 20DJ / Electronic 19Vocal 10Jazz 3Pop / Hiphop 2
Which rooms in Portland are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris Hall Portland | Vocal | 72 | 21 |
| Revolution Hall | Rock / Band | 72 | 12 |
| Alberta Rose Theatre | World Music | 69 | 9 |
| Mississippi Studios Portland | Rock / Band | 67 | 16 |
| Star Theater Portland Main | Rock / Band | 67 | 5 |
| Alberta Street Pub | Rock / Band | 56 | 13 |
| Aladdin Theater Ballroom | Rock / Band | 56 | 11 |
| The Wonder Ballroom | DJ / Electronic | 54 | 21 |
| Holocene | DJ / Electronic | 45 | 5 |
| Hawthorne Theatre | Rock / Band | 43 | 8 |
| Realm PDX | DJ / Electronic | 43 | 4 |
| Process PDX | DJ / Electronic | 41 | 5 |
Who has played Portland this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Morrison Graves | 2026-09-24 | 3 |
| Adrian Thomas-Eikmann | 2026-07-31 | 2 |
| LAITH | 2026-10-09 | 2 |
| The Lemon Twigs | 2026-06-13 | 1 |
| Lucero | 2026-07-10 | 1 |
| B.B. | 2026-07-24 | 1 |
| Maria BC | 2026-08-14 | 1 |
| Trinity Ace | 2026-11-03 | 1 |
| Renny Conti | 2026-10-14 | 1 |
| Grave Secrets | 2026-08-29 | 1 |
| Gregarious Cline | 2026-10-31 | 1 |
| Austin Shoopman | 2026-09-11 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Portland live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/portland/
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 Portland · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean