The Midlands live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 89 live-music rooms in Midlands, 39 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 106 events in that window and 725 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.
89
rooms tracked
39
active in 28 days
106
events, 28 days
725
events, 12 months
44% 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 Midlands?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 28Rock / Band 15World Music 11Vocal 10Jazz 2Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in Midlands are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Marrs Bar | Rock / Band | 37 | 1 |
| King George's Hall | Vocal | 34 | 0 |
| The Roadmender | Rock / Band | 26 | 4 |
| Mama Liz's | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 3 |
| Royal & Derngate | World Music | 26 | 1 |
| O2 Academy Leicester | Rock / Band | 24 | 1 |
| The Hairy Dog | Rock / Band | 23 | 9 |
| The Drill, | Rock / Band | 23 | 2 |
| The Engine Shed | Rock / Band | 22 | 4 |
| Picturedrome | Rock / Band | 22 | 2 |
| The Black Prince | DJ / Electronic | 21 | 2 |
| Subscription Rooms | Rock / Band | 20 | 2 |
Which Midlands rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Midlands this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Daft Funk | 2026-08-04 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Midlands live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/midlands/
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 Midlands · The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean