The North Carolina live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 40 live-music rooms in North Carolina, 23 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 55 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.
40
rooms tracked
23
active in 28 days
55
events, 28 days
385
events, 12 months
57% 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 Carolina?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 25Rock / Band 4World Music 3Vocal 1Pop / Hiphop 1
Which rooms in North Carolina are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motorco Music Hall | DJ / Electronic | 34 | 5 |
| The Pour House | Rock / Band | 30 | 5 |
| Halcyon | DJ / Electronic | 27 | 9 |
| Asheville Music Hall | Rock / Band | 27 | 3 |
| Proof | Pop / Hiphop | 22 | 1 |
| Nightshade. | DJ / Electronic | 19 | 4 |
| Exodos Rooftop | DJ / Electronic | 19 | 2 |
| Strange Magic | DJ / Electronic | 18 | 1 |
| Lincoln Theater | World Music | 17 | 3 |
| The Fruit | DJ / Electronic | 16 | 0 |
| Berkeley Cafe | Rock / Band | 15 | 1 |
| The Armory | DJ / Electronic | 13 | 5 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The North Carolina live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/north-carolina/
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 North Carolina · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean