WHAT'S ON AT NEW CENTURY HALL, MANCHESTER
What's On at New Century Hall, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at New Century Hall, Manchester
What's On at New Century Hall, Manchester
Nadine Shah
Saturday 27 April 2024
Mercury Prize-nominated Tyneside indie jazz rock star Nadine Shah returns. ...
The Paper Kites
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Known for their ethereal, moody sound, Australian indie-folk rock outfit The Paper Kites' music has been featured on numerous television shows including Grey's Anatomy, Forever and Reign. The Australian band's melancholic, mid-tempo music ...
Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane
Friday 3 May 2024
Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane present a unique song-and-story performance of their stunning album, Lost in the Cedar Wood. Created during the pandemic, the album bases itself loosely upon the world's oldest written work of literature,...
Mount Kimbie
Saturday 4 May 2024
London-based electronic music duo Dominic Maker from Brighton and Cornwall's Kai Campos demonstrate the two sides of Mount Kimbie's aesthetic coin - Dom's colourful and melody-led tunes and Kai's tactile and unpredictable aesthetics. The t...
Marsh Presents Aria + Leo Wood + ALLKNIGHT
Saturday 11 May 2024
Brighton-raised, Los Angeles based deep and progressive house producer Tom Marshall has been a fan favourite on the roster of renowned UK label Anjunadeep and one of the breakout stars of the melodic house scene, sculpting a distinctly warm...
Faye Webster
Sunday 12 May 2024
Emotional and musical alchemy, Atlanta, Georgia, Faye Webster's indie folk sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap an...
Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey
Monday 13 May 2024
Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the release of The double Platinum, UK chart-topping, 1984 album "Into The Gap", which spawned the hits "Hold Me Now", "You Take Me Up", and "Doctor! Doctor!" ...
Wes Nelson
Thursday 16 May 2024
Newcastle-under-Lyme reality TV star Wes Nelson first appeared on Love Island in 2018, and has since competed on Dancing on Ice, The X Factor: Celebrity, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and won The Games. He released his debut hip hop single...
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...
The Magic Gang
Wednesday 22 May 2024
A harmony-rich band, The Magic Gang have a flair for narrative as well as blending the sounds of pop and alt rock. Jack Kaye, Angus Taylor, Kristian Smith and Paeris Giles - who were previously members of the groups Home School, Yrrs and Ec...
The Vivienne
Thursday 23 May 2024
The Vivienne emerged as the original champion of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK for the BBC, before going on to star in Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars All Winners globally. Her brand-new show of comedy, music and audience participa...
Bad Dreams Festival
Friday 24 - Monday 27 May 2024
Now Wave presents a two all-dayer events at New Century, Manchester taking place on May Bank Holiday weekend. Friday May 24th:Crumb + Babe Rainbow + Ducks LTD + more tba. Monday May 27th:Bodega + Model/Actriz + Maruja + Panic Shack. ...
Tourist
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 May 2024
UK Grammy Award-Winning electronic artist, Tourist (aka William Phillips). ...
Kompnd AfterDark
Sunday 26 May 2024
KOMPND presents AfterDark, a 1,300 capacity immersive musical and culture club night experience showcasing everything from R&B and Afrobeats to HipHop & Dancehall. ...
Georgie Carroll
Thursday 30 May 2024
As seen on Britain's Got Talent 2023, and winner of 'Best Comedy Show' at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, don't miss Nurse Georgie Carroll - she is just what the doctor ordered. Hospital-grade humour from everyone's favourite Mancunian nurs...
The Lovely Eggs
Saturday 1 June 2024
Lancaster indie rock duo the Lovely Eggs were formed in 2006 by Holly Ross and David Blackwell following the breakup of all-girl punk band Angelica, which Ross fronted between 1994 and 2003. Blackwell, a member of psychedelic drone outfit ...
Matthew Halsall
Thursday 6 June 2024
Manchester based jazz musician, composer, producer and Gondwana Records boss Matthew Halsall has carved out a niche for himself as one of the UK's brightest jazz talents, with his languid, soulful records winning international acclaim and...
Scam Fender + Kopycat Killers + Subarctic Monkeys + Oasis 96
Friday 7 June 2024
With 3 hours of bangers, a quadruple tribute night to Sam Fender, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. Kopycat Killers are next level with vocalist Stu featuring on Killers Covers with over 10 MILLION streams. They given the Killers 'bles...
Fat White Family
Thursday 13 June 2024
Peckham experimental rockers Fat White Family are eclectic and chaotic, yet always coherent, as they take no prisoners, with growling swaggering synths, taking in spoken word and even shades of Robert Palmer's insistent 80's pop. Working w...
Dogstar
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Dogstar is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California. They were initially active from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, during which time the band found moderate success but garnered significant media attention due to t...
CSS
Sunday 23 June 2024
Brazilian electro rockers CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) reunited in 2019 following a six year hiatus after founding member Adriano Cintra left the band. Known for the frenetic energy of their live shows, their music is tough and street ready, a...
Ty Segall
Monday 24 June 2024
Glam rock inspired Californian multi-instrumentalist, grunge singer-songwriter Ty Segall will melt your face with his psych-pop sensibilities and fullthrottle, go-for-the-throat bombast with fuzz riffs, bratty howl and feedback freakout. ...
Crosses
Wednesday 26 June 2024
†††is the electronic gothic dark wave side project of Deftones singer Chino Moreno and Far guitarist Shaun Lopez. The duo skillfully craft immersive soundscapes that evoke a profound sense of emotion and empathy, a testament to their...
KISSTORY
Saturday 29 June 2024
It's been a little while, but KISSTORY is back with all your fave Old Skool and Anthems. Playing all those classics, your fave KISSTORY DJs and residents drop the biggest RnB, Hip Hop, Garage and Dance anthems!...
Jungle (DJ Set)
Thursday 11 July 2024
A DJ Set) from the BRIT Award-winning London electronic neo-soul and funk duo (Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland). ...
Waxahatchee
Saturday 27 July 2024
A solo tour from American indie folk singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield. While her previous records featured a backing band with the kind of big guitars, well-honed noise, and battering sounds that characterised her Philadelphia scene, an...
Hermanos Gutiérrez
Friday 23 August 2024
Latin instrumental band Hermanos Gutierrez (Spanish for "Gutierrez Brothers") are made up of Ecuadorian-Swiss brothers Alejandro Gutierrez (guitar and lap steel) and Estevan Gutierrez (guitar and percussion) from Zurich. The band's genre ha...
Bonnie Prince Billy
Friday 30 August 2024
With an eclectic blend which lends not only to a flow of moments so fluidly encompassing of a wide range of musics from classical to Japanese acid folk and elsewhere, prolific Kentucky freak folk singer-songwriter and actor Will Oldham, bet...
Ride
Friday 13 September 2024
Since their 2015 reunion, 1990's Oxford shoegaze pioneers Ride continue to connect all the dots, taking the frenzied guitar attacks, hypnotic grooves and dreamy melodic hooks of their early work and setting it to a more expansive sonic temp...
Stand Atlantic
Saturday 14 September 2024
After early incarnations under other names, pop-punk outfit Stand Atlantic formed in 2014 with a desire to be inventive, take risks and push boundaries. Hailing from Sydney, their music features the dynamic vocal talents of Bonnie Fraser ba...
The Go! Team
Friday 27 September 2024
"One sick party record bursting with overdriven guitars, triumphant trumpet lines, and battling drum assaults that seem to break through walls with the barrelling force of a thousand Kool-Aid men" was how Pitchfork described the Gold-Certif...
Mudhoney
Saturday 28 September 2024
Having emerged in 1989 and become a mainstay of the American alternative scene, Mudhoney may not have achieved the household name status enjoyed by a handful of their contemporaries but the band maintained a strong following, and the admira...
Cosmo Sheldrake
Thursday 3 October 2024
Cosmo Sheldrake, the prodigiously talented and profoundly unique singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist from London, writes songs under the influence of a diverse group of musicians - ranging from The Beatles and T...
John Maus
Thursday 10 October 2024
Minnesota synth-pop musician, composer, singer, and songwriter John Maus is known for his baritone singing style and his use of vintage synthesizer sounds and Medieval church modes, a combination that often draws comparisons to 1980s goth-p...
Maximo Park
Saturday 12 - Sunday 13 October 2024
Rakish Newcastle post-punks Maximo Park are a hyper-tuneful indie-rock outfit in the vein of XTC, Gang of Four, and particularly modern peers The Futureheads. They turn out the sort of breathless, keyboard-drenched art-pop numbers that ne...
Tindersticks
Wednesday 23 October 2024
The Nottingham alternative rock band led by the singer Stuart A. Staples have recorded several albums which became popular years after their release. Their melancholic melodies develop themselves into intimidate and destructive pearls with ...
Urzila Carlson
Thursday 24 October 2024
Multi award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is back with her brand-new show, Just Jokes. We live in trying times where we are acutely aware of each other's opinions and shortcomings, making us the most frustrated populati...
The Covasettes
Friday 25 October 2024
If you'd asked indie rockers The Covasettes when they first met at uni in Manchester what they'd expect to be doing in 2024, they could never have predicted what was to come. Fast forward to today and the lads have quite the list of achieve...
Iron and Wine
Saturday 26 October 2024
The delightful folk music of South Carolina singer/songwriter Sam Beam, better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake. Exhibiting jazz and R&B influences, as well as collaborati...
John Grant
Thursday 31 October 2024
John Grant is an American singer-songwriter from Colorado originally known as the lead singer of alternative rock band The Czars. Called "one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation," by The New York Times, singer-songwriter...
Crystal Fighters
Monday 4 November 2024
The purveyors of boundary shattering Electro, London/Spanish alt-folk outfit Crystal Fighters' music melds Animal Collective toned delicacy with Soulwax inspired rave through the use of both electric and acoustic guitars, synths, drums, an...
Giolì & Assia
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Talented duo Gioli & Assia, from Palermo, Italy, blend techno, house, indie, folk and pop to create a sound which is uniquely their own. Gioli plays the piano, cello, drums, guitar, and handpan, and Assia handles lead vocal duties as well a...
Kneecap
Friday 15 November 2024
Belfast hip hop trio - Mo Chara, Moglai Bap and DJ Provai - sing in Irish and often reference their support for republicanism including on the single "Get Your Brits Out". ...
Delain
Thursday 21 November 2024
Former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt's Dutch symphonic metal band Delain begins a new chapter with a new line-up ready to storm the globe again with their signature catchy melodic metal sound, which has seen them score t...
Bonny Light Horseman
Saturday 23 November 2024
American folk trio project Bonny Light Horseman consist of Grammy-award winning folk artist Anais Mitchell, Fruit Bats founder and former member of The Shins, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman, a collaborator of Taylor Swift, Josh Ritter, T...
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Wednesday 27 November 2024
The songwriter and frontman of Manchester three-piece, I Am Kloot also possesses an enviable back catalogue as a solo artist - previously known around his hometown as Johnny Dangerously - and continues to work on new material under the guis...
Sprints
Friday 29 November 2024
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808 State
Friday 6 December 2024
Graham Massey's Manchester dance legends and Acid House pioneers have been described as "masters of their art" (Q), "pioneers" (Future Music), "for sonic trailblazing and inestimable influence, among our most important groups" (Record Colle...
Most Popular Shows and Events at New Century Hall, Manchester
