The Virginia live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 28 live-music rooms in Virginia, 14 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 61 events in that window and 302 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.
28
rooms tracked
14
active in 28 days
61
events, 28 days
302
events, 12 months
50% 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 Virginia?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 12World Music 10Rock / Band 3Pop / Hiphop 1Vocal 1Jazz 1
Which rooms in Virginia are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy's Place 2 | Rock / Band | 47 | 15 |
| Peabody's | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 7 |
| Norfolk Scope | Jazz | 26 | 9 |
| The Norva | Rock / Band | 26 | 5 |
| The Southern | Rock / Band | 23 | 4 |
| Reston Community Center | Vocal | 19 | 3 |
| The Old Fire Station | DJ / Electronic | 18 | 6 |
| BOE | World Music | 18 | 1 |
| Clarendon Ballroom | DJ / Electronic | 17 | 2 |
| The O Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 15 | 1 |
| Greenhouse Bistro | DJ / Electronic | 12 | 2 |
| Don Tito | Pop / Hiphop | 10 | 0 |
Who has played Virginia this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| St. Yuma | 2026-09-23 | 1 |
| Amelia Day | 2026-03-15 | 1 |
| Cordovas | 2026-08-11 | 1 |
| Cole Barnhill | 2026-09-27 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Virginia live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/virginia/
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