The Houston live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 76 live-music rooms in Houston, 44 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 140 events in that window and 904 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.
76
rooms tracked
44
active in 28 days
140
events, 28 days
904
events, 12 months
58% 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 Houston?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 22Rock / Band 16World Music 6Pop / Hiphop 5Vocal 3Jazz 2
Which rooms in Houston are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downstairs at White Oak Music Hall | Rock / Band | 57 | 5 |
| House of Blues Houston Bronze Peacock | Rock / Band | 43 | 5 |
| Secret Group Houston | Pop / Hiphop | 42 | 9 |
| Revention Music Center | Rock / Band | 38 | 3 |
| Toyota Center Houston | Vocal | 37 | 4 |
| Noto Houston | DJ / Electronic | 34 | 6 |
| Ways | World Music | 33 | 1 |
| The Foundry | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 6 |
| Scout Bar | Rock / Band | 32 | 3 |
| 713 Music Hall Bronze Peacock | Pop / Hiphop | 30 | 0 |
| Paradise Palace | Pop / Hiphop | 29 | 4 |
| FWD | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 4 |
Who has played Houston this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Alfredo Rodriguez | 2026-06-12 | 2 |
| Don Omar | 2026-05-30 | 1 |
| Charlie Wilson | 2025-09-26 | 1 |
| Keith Sweat | 2026-06-06 | 1 |
| The Marley Brothers | 2026-04-22 | 1 |
| Ballyhoo! | 2026-04-23 | 1 |
| Tita Lau | 2026-05-24 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Houston live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/houston/
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 Houston · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean