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The Charlotte live-music scene, by the registry

Ground Frequency tracks 38 live-music rooms in Charlotte, 19 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 81 events in that window and 374 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.

rooms tracked

active in 28 days

events, 28 days

374

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 Charlotte?

rooms by the genre on their registry record

DJ / Electronic 9Rock / Band 8Vocal 5World Music 3Pop / Hiphop 2Jazz 1

Which rooms in Charlotte are actually running?

ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance

ROOM	GENRE ON FILE	EVENTS 12M	28D
Amos’ Southend Back Room	Rock / Band	55	20
Blackbox Charlotte	Rock / Band	35	4
Petra's	Vocal	34	5
The Fillmore Charlotte	DJ / Electronic	34	5
Spectrum Center	World Music	29	3
Visulite Theatre	Rock / Band	28	7
The Music Yard	DJ / Electronic	25	3
RSVP South End	DJ / Electronic	13	5
Crown Station	DJ / Electronic	13	3
Neighborhood Theatre	Rock / Band	10	9
The Evening Muse	Vocal	10	1
Salud Cerveceria	DJ / Electronic	9	2

Who has played Charlotte this year?

artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete

ARTIST	LAST DATE	DATES
Aurorawave	2026-07-30	1
John Legend	2026-05-19	1

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Ground Frequency. “The Charlotte live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/charlotte/

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