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Columbia Gorge
Hood River, Wasco counties. About 50,000 people.
The venue directory’s estimate, from each room’s size and how often it has music. A work in progress. How it’s worked out.
Counted through 15 October 2026: 47 live music rooms · 31 festivals, concert series and fairs · 0 recording studios · 6 music businesses, in 9 towns. Studios and businesses count those read on their own websites so far.
42 of the 47 live music rooms have an address and are on the map, with 31 of 31 festivals, concert series and fairs, 0 of 0 recording studios and 6 of 6 music businesses. Home and project studios, and businesses without a public address, sit at their town’s center, never at a home. Places close together gather into a count until you zoom in. For every room’s details, open the full live map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, served by OpenFreeMap.
Live music rooms
31 of the 47 rooms have a level: 2 with music three or more times a week, 16 once or twice a week, 13 about monthly.
- Hood River24
- The Dalles14
- Maupin3
- Cascade Locks1
- Dufur1
- Mosier1
- Mount Hood Parkdale1
- Odell1
Festivals, concert series and fairs
31 in the region, each confirmed on its own source page; 10 with a published attendance figure.
- Wasco County Fair & RodeoTygh Valley · 4,000 people (2023)
- Hood River Festival LatinoHood River · 2,000 people, the organizer’s estimate (2025)
- Hood River Orchard & Ale FestivalHood River · 2,000 people (2026)
- Mosier FestMosier · 800 people, the organizer’s estimate (2026)
- pFriem Anniversary Party / Music Festival of the GorgeHood River · 500 people, the organizer’s estimate (2026)
Recording studios
0 studios, each read on its own website. None found yet; the research continues.
Music businesses
6 businesses, each read on its own website.
- Music shops1
- Instrument and gear makers2
- Repair and luthiers1
- Sound, lighting and backline rentals2
Federal numbers for its counties
| County | People, 2025 | Live music rooms | Recording studios with paid staff | Record labels and distributors with paid staff | Musical groups and artists with paid staff | One-person sound recording businesses | One-person instrument and supply shops | One-person independent artists, writers and performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood River County | 23,720 | 27 | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. | 119 |
| Wasco County | 26,310 | 20 | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. | 3 | n.p. | 77 |
| Columbia Gorge | 50,030 | 47 | n.p. | n.p. | n.p. | at least 3 | n.p. | 196 |
n.p.: not published. The Census file has no number for that county and industry, often because the count is small; it is not zero. A total with “at least” leaves those counties out. The independent artists line counts writers and visual artists too, not only musicians. Sources: County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and county population estimates for July 2025, U.S. Census Bureau.
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This map is built from public information and checked against each source. A Recording Ecosystem Lab goes further with the people who make the music: a survey of local musicians, studios and venues, a report, and recommendations for the city or region. Most cities start with The Crisis of Perfect Music, a 60- to 90-minute session for music offices and their local recording communities.