The Portland live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 81 live-music rooms in Portland, 37 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 146 events in that window and 1,062 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.
81
rooms tracked
37
active in 28 days
146
events, 28 days
1,062
events, 12 months
46% 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 Portland?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordRock / Band 22DJ / Electronic 16Vocal 10World Music 5Jazz 3Pop / Hiphop 2
Which rooms in Portland are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris Hall Portland | Vocal | 62 | 11 |
| Alberta Rose Theatre CHARTED | World Music | 58 | 16 |
| Revolution Hall | Rock / Band | 57 | 5 |
| Mississippi Studios Portland | Rock / Band | 54 | 7 |
| Star Theater Portland Main | Rock / Band | 53 | 6 |
| Alberta Street Pub | Rock / Band | 46 | 3 |
| Aladdin Theater Ballroom | Rock / Band | 43 | 2 |
| Hawthorne Theatre | Rock / Band | 41 | 6 |
| The Wonder Ballroom | DJ / Electronic | 41 | 3 |
| Holocene | DJ / Electronic | 36 | 7 |
| Realm PDX | DJ / Electronic | 34 | 5 |
| Process PDX | DJ / Electronic | 32 | 5 |
Which Portland rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Portland this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| The Lemon Twigs | 2026-06-13 | 1 |
| Lucero | 2026-07-10 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Portland live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/portland/
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 Portland · The United States rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean