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
Tue 7 May - Wed 12 Jun 2024
BBC Philharmonic - Nordic Noir
Saturday 27 April 2024
A slow musical procession leads us through the gate into one of Bruckner's 'cathedrals of sound', his Fifth Symphony. This music is as spacious and reverential as a place of worship. Fear not, there are no hard pews to sit on here as Bruckn...
Tom Walker
Saturday 27 April 2024
Scottish-Mancunian singer-songwriter Tom Walker is one of the most successful breakthrough stars. His song, Leave a Light On, has been a hit in various countries worldwide. Walker has enjoyed a phenomenal start to 2019. He released his debu...
Galina Vale
Saturday 27 April 2024
Flamboyant Manchester-based internationally renowned Ukrainian guitar diva Galina Vale plays a program of flamenco and classical pieces. A child prodigy raised in a family of musicians, Galina's performing career began at the age of eight ...
Manchester Wind Orchestra - 10th Anniversary Concert
Saturday 27 April 2024
Manchester Wind Orchestra are celebrating their 10th Anniversary! Ralph Corrigan will conduct an evening of wind orchestra classics, including Gregson's Piano Concerto featuring close friend of the band and RNCM Deputy Head of School of Ke...
Chetham's Big Band Concert
Saturday 27 April - Tuesday 25 June 2024
Enjoy Chetham's Big Bands and Jazz ensembles, featuring young performers showcasing their finest ensemble and solo skills. ...
Joe Martin
Saturday 27 April 2024
"Primed for bigger things," according to the New York Times, and described by Six Shooter Country as "a rare original glimmer in a sea of Nashville wannabes", Ribble Valley singer-songwriter Joe Martin writes with a quality of empathy beyo...
Hallé & Carolin Widmann - Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Sunday 28 April 2024
Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra and of Opera National de Lyon, Daniele Rustioni returns to the Halle having been named 'Best Conductor of the Year' at the 2022 International Opera Awards. Wagner's Prelude to Act One of Die Meistersi...
Mrs Boon's Cake & Tea Party
Sunday 28 April 2024
Established back in 2006 Mrs Boon's Fabulous Tea Party is back! Come along to enjoy a laid back, family friendly, couple friendly, first date friendly, catch up with your best mates friendly, Sunday afternoon.. oh and it's dog friendly too!...
RNCM Brand New Orchestra - In Focus: The Climate Agenda
Wednesday 1 May 2024
This year the RNCM are taking an in-depth look at the relationship we have with the planet we live on, asking ourselves what role could, and should, musicians and creative artists have in response to the climate emergency? Their innovativ...
Victoria String Quartet
Wednesday 1 May 2024
The Quartet began life in 2017 in a swimming pool, with a gala concert in aid of the historic Victoria Baths in Manchester's Hathersage Road. Since then, they have moved on from pools to perform all over the country, for music societies a...
Hallé - Fauré's Requiem
Thursday 2 May 2024
Since his first visit last season when he wowed Halle audiences, Kahchun Wong has taken up his new post as Chief Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Characterised by The Guardian as 'This Singapore-born ball of energy and charm...
Manchester Camerata & Ethan David Loch - Disruptors
Thursday 2 May 2024
A full orchestra set right in the centre of Manchester's Albert Hall. This show will put you within the performance, bringing you a brand new commission by Carmel Smickersgill alongside two of Beethoven's greatest works. Performed in the ...
Riot Ensemble & RNCM New Ensemble - In Focus: The Climate Agenda
Thursday 2 May 2024
Part of The Future is Green, RNCM's In Focus: The Climate Agenda takes place across two days. Students will delve into the connection between music and climate change through contemporary chamber works by a range of composers, including new...
Carrot Revolution - In Focus: The Climate Agenda
Thursday 2 May 2024
Part of The Future is Green, RNCM's In Focus: The Climate Agenda takes place across two days. Students will delve into the connection between music and climate change through contemporary chamber works by a range of composers, including new...
Endless Space - In Focus: The Climate Agenda
Thursday 2 May 2024
Part of The Future is Green, RNCM's In Focus: The Climate Agenda takes place across two days. Students will delve into the connection between music and climate change through contemporary chamber works by a range of composers, including new...
Noasis - The Definitive Oasis Tribute Band
Friday 3 May 2024
Noasis is the definitive tribute band to Manchester's five piece Oasis. Since their formation in 2006 and with over 800 performances to date Noasis has justly earned its reputation as the best tribute on the circuit packing out venues up an...
The Untold Orchestra - The Music of Lauryn Hill
Friday 3 May 2024
Celebrating 25 years of Lauryn Hill's seminal album with a 13-piece orchestra. One of the greatest mysteries in modern music, Lauryn Hill released the straight-to-classic "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" back in 1998, before disappearing ...
The Mancunium Consort
Friday 3 May 2024
Founded in February 2023, The Mancunium Consort have been described as "one of the rising stars of the Choral Music scene" by world-renowned ensemble, The Gesualdo Six. The Manchester-based choir are led by Harry Mobbs and Joseph Taylor, wi...
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...
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...
Take That
Tuesday 7 May - Wednesday 12 June 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...
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...
