The Dortmund / Essen live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 33 live-music rooms in Dortmund / Essen, 20 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 45 events in that window and 366 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.
33
rooms tracked
20
active in 28 days
45
events, 28 days
366
events, 12 months
61% 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 Dortmund / Essen?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 11World Music 6Pop / Hiphop 4Rock / Band 3Jazz 2Vocal 1
Which rooms in Dortmund / Essen are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domicil | Jazz | 34 | 4 |
| Tresor.West | DJ / Electronic | 33 | 4 |
| Projekt 42 | Pop / Hiphop | 32 | 3 |
| CLUBØNE | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 2 |
| FZW | DJ / Electronic | 29 | 2 |
| Großmarktschänke | Pop / Hiphop | 28 | 3 |
| Drucklufthaus | Rock / Band | 26 | 2 |
| Weststadthalle Essen | Pop / Hiphop | 23 | 0 |
| AZ Mülheim | DJ / Electronic | 16 | 5 |
| Dortmunder U | DJ / Electronic | 14 | 0 |
| Westfalenhallen | Vocal | 14 | 0 |
| Ratskeller Recklinghausen | DJ / Electronic | 13 | 3 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Dortmund / Essen live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/germany/dortmund-essen/
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
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