R&B & SOUL IN MANCHESTER
R&B & SOUL IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular R&B & Soul in Manchester
What's Love Got To Do With It - A Tribute to Tina Turner
Manchester Opera House
Sun 9 Jun 2024 - Sun 16 Feb 2025
The Magic of Motown
The Bridgewater Hall
Sat 27 Apr 2024 - Fri 25 Apr 2025
Northern Live - Do I Love You
Stockport Plaza
Fri 10 May - Sat 28 Sep 2024
Luther - Luther Vandross Celebration
Stockport Plaza
Sun 26 May - Fri 1 Nov 2024
Lost In Music
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 27 April 2024
Get ready to recreate the Magical 70's and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of Disco!Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge...The Magic of Motown
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 27 April 2024
Get ready for all the hits, glittering costumes, dazzling dance routines and outstanding musicianship in this breath-taking live concert spectacular. You will be going Loco down in Acapulco as we take you back down memory lane with all the ...Olivia Dean
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 April 2024
London soul-pop star Olivia Dean is one of the most original and versatile voices in UK pop. Crafting classic yet conversational hooks with genre-fluid tinges, she's honed a way of exploring universal themes of love, loss and everything in ...Manchester Got Soul
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Saturday 27 April - Sunday 30 June 2024
With live music + DJs across both floors of Blues Kitchen from 10pm - 3am, the house band take to the stage for three live sets. Expect to hear the hits of Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder & The Rolling Stones. ...Last Train to Skaville (9 Piece Band)
The Boulevard, Wigan
Saturday 27 April 2024
LIP UP FATTY, put on your dancing shoes, dust off your fez and jump aboard to be taken on a musical journey from Studio 1 to 2-Tone....Legends - The Divas
The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 28 April 2024
Three icons of music. Six decades of hits. One amazing concert. Celebrate the soundtrack of your life with this brand-new show featuring tributes to three of the most acclaimed and beloved divas of modern times - Diana Ross, Whitney Houston...Cem Adrian
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Sunday 28 April 2024
Turkish singer-songwriter Cem Adrian makes a rare UK appearance. Famed for his incredible vocal range and for mixing a wide variety of genres into his music, he'll be performing songs from his new album Gokyuzumun Yildizlari. ...'Restless Beings' Charity Fundraiser: Listen Up For Palestine
The Hip Hop Chip Shop, Manchester
Sunday 28 April 2024
Listen Up For Palestine is a fundraiser organised by Fiesta La Ginger to raise money for Restless Beings' Palestine Emergency Appeal....
Akon
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 30 April 2024
The son of Senegalese percussionist Mor Thiam, chart-topping New Jersey R&B star AKON is best known for the 2005 international smash hits "Lonely", and "Smack That (featuring Eminem). He has enjoyed great success in the UK with other P...Jess Glynne
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 1 May 2024
Grammy award-winning, chart-topping London pop singer-songwriter Jess Glynne boasts a repertoire of over ten billion global streams and is the only British female solo artist to score seven number ones on the UK Singles Chart. Her Platinum-...Candlelight Jazz - A Tribute to Aretha Franklin
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Discover the music of Aretha Franklin at this awe-inspiring location performed by a jazz band under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...Candlelight Jazz - A Tribute to Nina Simone
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Discover the music of Nina Simone in this awe-inspiring location performed by a jazz band under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...The Untold Orchestra - The Music of Lauryn Hill
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
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 ...Elephunk in the Room
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 3 May - Friday 12 July 2024
Come dance with the Elephunk in the Room...The Allergies Live - Band On The Wall
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Dynamite funk and hip-hop crew, The Allergies, are back on the road with their explosive live show. Support from DJ Woody...Craig Charles Funk & Soul House Party + Heather Small + The Real Thing + Loose Ends
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 4 May 2024
Craig Chales delivers the ultimate house party featuring live performances from M People's Heather Small, The Real Thing and Loose Ends. This all-new DJ show for 2023 invites you to enter the Red Dwarf star's living room as he delves into h...Ledisi
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 4 May 2024
Grammy Award-winning New Orleans artist and actor Ledisi brings her signature R&B and jazz vibe to the UK! This acclaimed recording artist, songwriter, music producer, author and actress is a powerhouse vocalist with a career spanning almos...Black & White Part 2 Megatone Sound John Mclean & Martini Spec
West Indian Sports An Social Club, Manchester
Saturday 4 May 2024
Megatone Sound featuring live on stage, John Mclean and Martinin special, and also dj's Original Major, Kenny B...LEGENDS LIVE : Amy Winehouse & Whitney Houston Tribute
Lower Kersal Social Club, Manchester
Saturday 4 May 2024
2 of the UK's no.1 tributes to the late legends Whitney Houston & Amy Winehouse back together again for one night only Not to be missed...Tommy Blaize - The Voice of Strictly Come Dancing
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 5 May 2024
Toxteth, Liverpool, vocalist Tommy Blaize has one of the most recognisable voices in the UK. As the lead singer on Strictly Come Dancing for 20 glorious years, he's sung live each week to up to 12 million people. And in a remarkable caree...Crazy P (DJ Set)
Cuckoo Prestwich, Manchester
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...
Tokio Myers
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Britain's Got Talent winner TOKIO M¥ERS announces his debut solo classical piano tour, performing his new solo classical album featuring an array of beautiful and reflective pieces of original music inspired by the birth of his first...
Bryson Tiller
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 8 May 2024
Hip-hop-drenched Kentucky "trap soul" star Bryson Tiller's smooth vocals seamlessly move between rap and breezy R&B crooning. With two UK Top 20 albums to his name, he has scored chart hits with "Outta Time" (featuring Drake), "What Woul...Northern Live - Do I Love you
The Albert Halls, Bolton
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 ...Rat Pack - Swingin' at the Sands
Middleton Arena, Manchester
Friday 10 May 2024
Take three great West End Singers, add a dash of comedy and rousing camaraderie with a pinch of the greatest songs ever written and what do you get? A perfect day's entertainment with The Rat Pack tribute show, "Swingin' At The Sands!" rec...NinaRosa
Manchester Academy, Manchester
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...Blue
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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...Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
New York City's pop-jazz sensation, Postmodern Jukebox, are returning to the UK. Bringing their innovative twist on classic sounds, performing 'today's hits yesterday', on an unforgettable tour. Famed "Pop music in a Time Machine" concert a...Brutus Gold's Love Train
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
Lock up your daughters.... your mothers.... your self-tan spray and your cheap cologne! Brutus Gold and his Love Train are steaming into town for a night thick and heavy with 70s grooves. Self-proclaimed Puerto Rican Love God, Brutus Gold ...
Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over
The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 12 May 2024
In person and in Her Own Words Meet the real Dionne Warwick, the artist behind timeless hits such as What the World Needs Now, Say A Little Prayer, and Don't Make Me Over. What few people know is that behind the iconic music is a strong wom...Teddy Swims
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 15 May - Saturday 1 June 2024
Born and raised in Atlanta as a pastor's grandson, Jaten Dimsdale played American football and was involved in musical theatre while in high school. In addition, he joined bands of different genres, performing everything from hip hop, soul ...BBC Concert Orchestra - Northern Soul Orchestrated
Aviva Studios, Manchester
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...Rebecca Ferguson
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Rebecca Ferguson returns, celebrating the release of her fifth and final album, Heaven Part II. Due for release on 5 December - 12 years to the day since the release of her debut album, Heaven - Rebecca says of the record: "This new album i...The Drifters
Middleton Arena, Manchester
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 May 2024
Continuing the legacy of George and Faye Treadwell, the latest line-up of The Drifters are back on tour in the UK with a brand-new show, performing all the classic hits of the soul legends from the last six decades, such as 'Saturday Night...Hue and Cry
The Met, Bury
Friday 17 May 2024
Alongside Wet Wet Wet, Texas, and Deacon Blue, blue-eyed soul pop siblings Pat and Greg Kane, aka Hue & Cry, were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the Scottish music scene that dominated the charts in the late '80s. The duo fr...Iyamah
Yes, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Over 18s only. A max of 6 tickets per person and per household applies. Tickets in excess of 6 will be cancelled....Sleeping Ducks + special guests
Grafton Arms, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Manchester's 'ska renegades' return for their first live show in nearly three years, alongside guest performers and DJs....The Real Thing
The Grand, Clitheroe
Saturday 18 May 2024
The Real Thing, with original vocalists Chris Amoo and Dave Smith and their live five piece band, will perform A Brand New Day, their first new album of original material in 44 years. Their new soulful single 'Hang On Never Let Go' will...Deptford Northern Soul Club
Yes, Manchester
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...Leee John (Imagination)
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 19 May 2024
After emerging from the underground scene on the UK's pirate jazz-funk and soul stations, Imagination, with their charismatic lead singer, Leee John, burst onto the scene in 1981, when their debut single "Body Talk" peaked at no.4 in the...Nubiyan Twist
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 23 May 2024
Woven around soul searching, cautionary tales and parables for modern life, the Leeds / London collective effortlessly fuse different soul, jazz and global styles with great musicianship and lyrics. You can hear touches of broken beat, blun...Legends of Motown
New Mills Art Theatre, New Mills
Friday 24 May 2024
Legends of Motown is a high energy tribute show jam packed with all of Motown's biggest hits, with stunning vocals and amazing live band, celebrating the music of the iconic and timeless Motown era. Undoubtedly the golden era of music, the ...Mali Hayes
