The Cologne live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 85 live-music rooms in Cologne, 44 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 134 events in that window and 1,038 across the trailing year. That is what our registry sees announced in this city as of 2026-09-02, not a census of everything that happened in it.
85
rooms tracked
44
active in 28 days
134
events, 28 days
1,038
events, 12 months
52% 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 Cologne?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 42Rock / Band 14World Music 8Pop / Hiphop 3Jazz 2Vocal 2
Which rooms in Cologne are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artheater Cologne | DJ / Electronic | 46 | 6 |
| Die Kantine | Rock / Band | 44 | 2 |
| Bollwerk Cologne | DJ / Electronic | 41 | 5 |
| Schrotty | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 9 |
| Gewölbe | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 8 |
| Garagen | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 5 |
| Helios37 | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 10 |
| Reineke Fuchs | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 2 |
| MTC Cologne | Rock / Band | 31 | 9 |
| Apollo-Aachen | Pop / Hiphop | 31 | 5 |
| Hotel Europa | DJ / Electronic | 30 | 4 |
| Club Zimmermanns | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 9 |
Which Cologne rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Cologne this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| TWICE | 2026-05-27 | 1 |
| Korn | 2026-10-21 | 1 |
| Klangkuenstler | 2026-02-24 | 1 |
| AXMO | 2026-03-31 | 1 |
| Nathan East | 2026-05-15 | 1 |
| Steel Pulse | 2026-04-01 | 1 |
| Johannes Schuster | 2026-06-12 | 1 |
| Sixpence None the Richer | 2026-10-10 | 1 |
| DJ DIESEL | 2026-07-12 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Cologne live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/germany/cologne/
Figures are as of 2026-09-02 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 Cologne · The Germany rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean