The North Rhine-Westphalia live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 27 live-music rooms in North Rhine-Westphalia, 15 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 54 events in that window and 385 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.
27
rooms tracked
15
active in 28 days
54
events, 28 days
385
events, 12 months
56% 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 Rhine-Westphalia?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 17World Music 5Rock / Band 3Vocal 2
Which rooms in North Rhine-Westphalia are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulttempel Oberhausen | Rock / Band | 45 | 7 |
| Open Ground | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 8 |
| Vortex Surfer | Rock / Band | 31 | 12 |
| M´s Club Detmold | DJ / Electronic | 28 | 3 |
| Die Börse | World Music | 27 | 1 |
| Zeche Carl | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 4 |
| Rheinriff | DJ / Electronic | 22 | 4 |
| Stapeltor | Vocal | 21 | 0 |
| U-Club Wuppertal | DJ / Electronic | 19 | 0 |
| Barmer Bahnhof | DJ / Electronic | 17 | 4 |
| Gleis8 | DJ / Electronic | 13 | 2 |
| AJZ Lüdenscheid | DJ / Electronic | 13 | 0 |
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Ground Frequency. “The North Rhine-Westphalia live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/germany/north-rhine-westphalia/
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