The Virginia live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 28 live-music rooms in Virginia, 12 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 25 events in that window and 220 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.
28
rooms tracked
12
active in 28 days
25
events, 28 days
220
events, 12 months
43% 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 Virginia?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordDJ / Electronic 11Rock / Band 3World Music 2Pop / Hiphop 1Vocal 1Jazz 1
Which rooms in Virginia are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy's Place 2 | Rock / Band | 41 | 3 |
| Peabody's | DJ / Electronic | 23 | 4 |
| The Norva | Rock / Band | 19 | 3 |
| Norfolk Scope | Jazz | 18 | 2 |
| The Southern | Rock / Band | 17 | 3 |
| BOE | World Music | 13 | 1 |
| Reston Community Center | Vocal | 12 | 2 |
| The O Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 11 | 1 |
| The Old Fire Station | DJ / Electronic | 11 | 0 |
| Clarendon Ballroom | DJ / Electronic | 10 | 3 |
| Don Tito | Pop / Hiphop | 9 | 0 |
| Greenhouse Bistro | DJ / Electronic | 5 | 0 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Virginia live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W36. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-states/virginia/
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