MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Manchester Bands & Artists On Stage in Manchester
Fri 10 May - Sat 28 Sep 2024
Fri 7 Jun - Fri 1 Nov 2024
AC/DC UK + Dizzy Lizzy - AC/DC & Thin Lizzy Tributes
Saturday 4 May 2024
A tribute to two classic rock giants. AC/DC UK are Europe's most explosive tribute to AC/DC and have established themselves as one of the globe's forerunners in the tribute scene, not only emulating the genuine article at their most succes...
Pastel
Saturday 4 May 2024
Pastel are a 5-piece tripped out shoegaze guitar band signed to independent Manchester label; Spirit of Spike Island. ...
Manchester Music Tours - Oasis Tour
Saturday 4 May - Saturday 31 August 2024
You have the opportunity to see first-hand where Manchester's most famous brothers grew up. Acclaimed by Noel and Liam themselves, the tour includes visits to the iconic Boardwalk where the band rehearsed and performed their first gig. Cana...
A Country Night in Nashville
Sunday 5 May 2024
Prepare to be transported on a musical journey through the history of Country, featuring songs from its biggest stars both past and present. Hits from Johnny Cash to Alan Jackson, Dolly to The Chicks, Willie Nelson to Kacey Musgraves, are s...
Crazy P (DJ Set)
Sunday 5 May 2024
Nobody embodies the vintage boogie disco spirit like the Manchester/Nottingham electronic wonder-band Crazy P. The lush vocals of ebullient Bury frontwoman Danielle Moore glide over swung house beats and funky synth-work bringing pure eup...
Indie Disco - Clint Boon + Oasish + Steriotonics + Kazabian
Sunday 5 May 2024
After the success of 2023 by popular demand we are back with a huge night of tunes featuring 3 of the UKs biggest and best tribute acts and of course the legend himself....... CLINT BOON. A true renaissance man, Clint delivers a DJ set gua...
These Smiths - The Smiths Tribute Band
Sunday 5 May 2024
A tribute to The Smiths and Morrissey from their home city of Manchester. Formed shortly after the lead singer appeared on the UK television show Stars In Their Eyes, they are renowned a the closest sounding tribute to the real thing. ...
Take That
Tuesday 7 - Sunday 12 May 2024
One of the UK's most successful bands, Manchester favourites Take That - now with the line-up of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, and Howard Donald - return to celebrate the band's past and present, an emotional journey through all their incarnation...
Nemzzz
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Hailing from one of Manchester's most deprived areas rapper and singer Nemzzz is determined to stand out through his lyrics and distinct musical sound. Naturally introverted, Nemzzz is someone who keeps his thoughts to himself but through h...
Manchester Collective, Ruth Gibson & Sansara
Friday 10 May 2024
The mighty Manchester Collective returns for a typically adventurous night of new music - including a quartet of new pieces from four of today's freshest and most original composers. Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel is a towering work of Am...
Northern Live - Do I Love you
Friday 10 May 2024
Keeping the faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect to ...
NinaRosa
Friday 10 May 2024
NinaRosa is an English/Portuguese Artist from Jersey, Channel Islands now based in Manchester, where she studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. She takes inspiration from the likes of artists such as Jill Scott, Amber Mark, Espera...
The KVB
Friday 10 May 2024
Like a hazily remembered dream, underground coldwave post-punk electro duo the KVB blend reverb-soaked shoegaze with minimalist electronic production to create their delicate and ephemeral sound. Formed in London in 2010 by Southampton's Ni...
Chetham's School of Music Students
Friday 10 May 2024
Once again, The Bridgewater Hall welcomes talented young musicians from Chetham's School of Music, the specialist music school with its home in the heart of Manchester. This performance features a range of small school ensembles from the sc...
Blue
Saturday 11 May 2024
Mainstays of the UK pop scene for more than 20 years, 2024 will see BRIT Award winners Blue embark on their Greatest Hits Tour, stopping off at some of the country's most stunning theatre spaces, performing their best-loved songs and sharin...
James Walsh (Starsailor)
Saturday 11 May 2024
Front man of multi-million selling band Starsailor, Chorley's James Walsh has proven his own worth as a singer-songwriter in his own right. He's written songs with Eliza Doolittle, Melanie C, Suzanne Vega, and Professor Green - to name a fe...
George Borowski
Saturday 11 May 2024
Manchester's own "Guitar George" is off to France permanently, so catch him to wish a fond "Au Revoir"! "I have never seen a rock 'n roll performer so completely connected with what he was doing on stage" Frank Black - Pixies. "Great songs ...
Kathryn Stott, Pavel Fischer & Petr Prause
Monday 13 May 2024
After announcing her intention to retire from giving professional concerts in December 2024, world-renowned Manchester pianist Kathryn Stott joins forces with two Manchester-based Czech musicians, violinist Pavel Fischer and cellist Petr Pr...
Elbow
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Elbow are an English rock band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1997. The band consists of Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner. They have played together since 1990, adopting the name Elbow in 1997Having built a dese...
Nonunonu
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Nonunonu have been making waves playing major gigs around the North West including Manchester International Festival, Lancaster Jazz Festival and Manchester Jazz festival. Groove based jazz loaf fresh out the oven, Nonunonu are a Guitar tri...
Bugzy Malone
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Born in Crumpsall, Manchester, Aaron Davis had a rough childhood in a poverty-stricken household with an absent father, violent stepfather and gangster uncle. He started getting into trouble with the law at the age of 11. Excluded from scho...
BBC Concert Orchestra - Northern Soul Orchestrated
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Following the sold-out night at the Royal Albert Hall's BBC Proms, the BBC Concert Orchestra take their dedicated to northern soul, curated by Wigan's Stuart Maconie and Manchester's Joe Duddell, on the road. A celebration of raw, rare Amer...
Lucy Spraggan
Thursday 16 May 2024
Canterbury-born, Buxton-raised and Cheshire-living folk pop star Lucy Spraggan was the first contestant on the X Factor to perform her own compositions in 2021 with her introspective acoustic hip-pop style festival anthems since helping sc...
Kaiden Nolan (Scuttlers)
Thursday 16 May 2024
Kaiden Nolan is a solo artist/producer who used to front Manchester indie band Scuttlers, and since January 2022 performs his anthemic rock & funk music with his band up and down the country now under his own name. His first single 'Move' w...
A Certain Ratio
Friday 17 May 2024
Mancunian Post-Punk legends ACR's greatest strength has always been their unpredictability. They've always moved with gleeful disregard for the boundaries of style and genre, their eye fixed firmly on constant progression. It's an ethos tha...
Spendlove
Friday 17 May 2024
Spendlove are a dreampop/altrock band from Manchester. They formed originally as an acoustic duo in mid 2023 of Shauna Spensley (vocals) and Nat moss (guitar). Later that year, Hari Stone (drums) , Dan Allsop (bass) and River Gregory (guita...
Afflecks Palace
Friday 17 May 2024
Formed in Manchester in summer 2019, and named after the city's famous Northern Quarter indoor market, Afflecks Palace are a 4-piece psyche guitar band described as "The birth of Nu-Madchester". The group take influence from The Stone Roses...
Manchester Camerata - Mozart, Made in Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Manchester Camerata are back with another edition of their hugely successful Mozart, Made in Manchester series. Achieving 5-Star reviews from The Telegraph and BBC Music Magazine, this is Mozart, at his very best, performed with the undenia...
Florentenes
Friday 17 May 2024
Manchester indie band Florentenes was born from two bedroom musicians with a passion for creating music and showing off to others. Vocalist Will Smith and lead guitarist Luke Holding spent a long time trying to hone their craft of songwriti...
Abbie Ozard
Friday 17 May 2024
Originating from Nantwich in Cheshire, the Manchester-based singer grew up falling in love with music through listening to her parent's CDs in their car. After years of singing in a choir, Abbie decided it was time to start writing her own ...
The Absolute Stone Roses (Tribute Band)
Friday 17 May 2024
A tribute band to the Manchester legends The Stone Roses who create a "Resurrection" of that iconic sound and vibe that you got at a Roses' concert. The band themselves are big fans with an obvious great love for The Stone Roses and have w...
NOMAD
Friday 17 May 2024
NOMAD are a prize-winning, shape-shifting Manchester-based ensemble, crafting music that moves your heart, moves your feet and moves you around the world. Though co-founded in 2021 by three classically trained musicians - Ailsa Burns, Iona ...
The Lancashire Hotpots
Saturday 18 May 2024
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...
Deptford Northern Soul Club
Saturday 18 May - Saturday 8 June 2024
Deptford Northern Soul Club are childhood friends, Will Foot and Lewis Henderson, whose early love of soul developed after discovering Lewis' Dad's record collection. After finally bringing their musical heritage to the forefront with their...
Crywank
Wednesday 22 May 2024
Crywank are a Manchester based anti-folk band. They mostly write "sad songs for smelly losers" and have been told they are the worst named band in the country. Originally a solo project in 2009 by James Clayton, despite having no previous e...
Hallé’ - Chamber Series at Hallé St Peter’s
Wednesday 22 May 2024
The Halle's lunchtime Chamber Series at Halle St Peter's provides a unique opportunity to hear players and guest artists perform in more intimate surroundings. ...
Hallé’ - Chamber Series at Hallé St Peter’s
Wednesday 22 May 2024
The Halle's lunchtime Chamber Series at Halle St Peter's provides a unique opportunity to hear players and guest artists perform in more intimate surroundings. ...
Yes
Thursday 23 May 2024
Formed in 1968 by Jon Anderson and the late, and much-missed, Chris Squire, YES have been one of the most innovative, influential and best-loved bands in rock music history. Their 1970s albums The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge,...
Tim Booth: In Conversation
Thursday 23 May 2024
Join James frontman Tim Booth in an evening to celebrate his book launch. This will be an intimate evening of conversation with special guests, readings from the legendary Seth Brakes manuscript 'When I Died For The First Time', and some lo...
The Wedding Present
Friday 24 May 2024
Stalwarts of the flourishing independent scene from the mid-eighties onwards and continuing to impact to this day, the Leeds-formed indie band, fronted by Manchester-raised David Gedge, were avidly championed by BBC Radio One's John Peel. T...
Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio
Friday 24 May 2024
Twenty years ago, Canterbury saxophonist Tim Garland launched his Lighthouse Trio - a truly unmatched and formidable acoustic band where interplay is paramount. 2024 sees the 20th anniversary of this international trio that also features pi...
Alex Spencer
Friday 24 May 2024
First discovered while busking on the streets of Manchester, new indie talent Alex Spencer has already been hailed as one of the UK's most promising songwriters at just 16 years old. Combining infectious guitar lines with his street-savvy v...
The Untold Orchestra - A Celebration of Frank Ocean
Friday 24 May 2024
Take time to explore Frank Ocean's two pivotal albums, "Blonde" and "Channel Orange", performed by a 12-piece orchestra. From "Channel Orange" classics 'Lost' and 'Thinking Bout You' to Blonde's seminal 'Pink + White' and 'Nights', Manches...
Dave Haslam & Jez Kerr (ACR) in Conversation
Friday 24 May 2024
In his new small format book, Strawberry and the Big Apple: Grace Jones in Stockport, 1980, Dave Haslam explains a seemingly unlikely scenario; the day in 1980 when glamorous jet-setting Grace Jones visited post-industrial Stockport to meet...
Mali Hayes
Friday 24 May 2024
Mali Hayes's music is perfumed with vibrant real-life stories and coloured with honesty and soul. Described by Jamie Cullum as "A really great new British female vocalist from Manchester. She's got a real un-flashy kind of approach which I...
Platform Manchester - 10th Anniversary
Saturday 25 May 2024
Following on from last years' epic sold out show, Platform Manchester celebrates their ten year anniversary with a high energy performance showcasing the most talented and exciting hip-hop and commercial dance artists from our city. Using a...
Aziz Ibrahim
Saturday 25 May 2024
Aziz Ibrahim is best known as a guitarist with The Stone Roses and Ian Brown, co-writing songs such as "My Star", "Corpses in Their Mouths", "Longsight M13", "One Way Ticket to Paradise" and numerous other tracks from "Unfinished Monkey Bus...