WHAT'S ON AT MANCHESTER ACADEMY, MANCHESTER
What's On at Manchester Academy, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at Manchester Academy, Manchester
What's On at Manchester Academy, Manchester
Bailey Zimmerman
Monday 13 May 2024
As a spellbinding storyteller, sharp songwriter, powerhouse performer and history-making, double platinum-certified phenomenon, celebrated Illinois Country Music singer/songwriter Bailey Zimmerman has personified the American dream from th...
Natalie Jane
Monday 13 May 2024
New Jersey alt-pop star and former American Idol contestant Natalie Janowski has clocked millions of streams and reached no.68 on the UK singles chart in the process with the single "AVA". ...
Bellah Mae
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Solihull Tik Tok sensation Bellah Mae grew up obsessed with Miley Cyrus which has clearly influenced her pop song writing sensibilities. ...
Rise of the Northstar
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Paris heavy metal band ROTNS combine heavy metal, hip-hop, and hardcore punk with Japanese pop culture influences. ...
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...
Patrick Droney
Thursday 16 May 2024
 A child of the dedication line and VHS era, soulful Brooklyn-based artist, producer and virtuosic guitar sensation Patrick Droney survives on sentimentality. It hits him every time he hears Delilah on late-night radio or passes by the Blo...
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...
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...
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Sunday 19 May 2024
One of the world's most storied musicians legendary Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson returns with new solo music. Known for his wide-ranging operatic vocal style and energetic stage presence, alongside his multi-million selling care...
Leah Kate
Monday 20 May 2024
Los Angeles pop singer Leah Katefirst charted in the UK Top 30 with the single "10 Things I Hate About You", before supporting Madison Beer's European tour. ...
Indoor Pets
Thursday 23 May 2024
Indie pop act Indoor Pets (formerly known as Get Inuit), formed straight after leaving school in Sittingbourne, Kent, and it wasn't long before their effortless songs were attracting attention, with one of them making Record Of The Week on ...
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...
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...
Sons Of The East
Friday 24 May 2024
Sons Of The East are an indie-folk band from the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Band mates Dan Wallage, Nic Johnston and Jack Rollins have already seen their music achieve 130 million streams and over 30 million YouTube views a...
The Orchestra Lords of the Sound - The Music of Hans Zimmer
Saturday 25 May 2024
The renowned Ukrainian symphony orchestra Lords of The Sound presents the musical program "The Music of Hans Zimmer," featuring the most iconic compositions by the musical genius of our time, Hans Zimmer! "The Music of Hans Zimmer" is an e...
Blancmange
Saturday 25 May 2024
The London electronic duo Neil Arthur (vocals, guitar) and Stephen Luscombe (keyboards) interlaced the arty, exotic dance rhythms of Talking Heads with the quirky melodrama of early-'80s British synth pop, enjoying success with four UK t...
Kizz Daniel
Sunday 26 May 2024
One of Africa's highly sort after Afropop/Afrobeat kings, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, formerly known as Kiss Daniel, is a Nigerian recording artist, performer and entertainer best known for his chart-topping single "Woju" and his crit...
The Staves
Sunday 26 May 2024
English indie folk trio-turned-duo, Watford sisters Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor, take to the road for the first time following the departure of sister Emily, who has stepped away to focus on motherhood. ...
49 Winchester
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Virginia-based 49 Winchester is ready and roaring to break onto the scene with its unique brand of tear-in-your-beer alt-country, sticky barroom floor rock-n-roll, and high-octane Appalachian folk. ...
Elephant Gym
Thursday 30 May 2024
Formed in 2012 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, the experimental trio Elephant Gym interlace variousthreads of jazz, electronic, and classical into a singular patchwork of contemporary math and post-rock. At once evoking the towering, boisterous...
Myslovitz
Friday 31 May 2024
Myslovitz is a Polish alt-rock band who take their name from their industrial hometown of Myslowice in the Upper Silesia region of southern Poland. Inspired by Ride, The Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, and The Housemartins, guitarist and...
North West Calling
Saturday 1 June 2024
All-day punk festival, North West Calling, is back and features another riotous line-up: The Exploited + Buzzcocks ("Singles Going Steady" 45th anniversary show) + Cockney Rejects + The Rezillos + Anti-Nowhere League + Resistance 77 + Gimp ...
Infinity Song
Saturday 1 June 2024
When we say family, there is no marketing or hyperbole attached. These are the sons and daughters of Detroit's esteemed Boyd's. Homeschooled academically and musically by parents who founded the Boys & Girls Choir of Detroit, they have perf...
Shellac
Sunday 2 June 2024
Chicago noise rockers Shellac have been classified as post-hardcore and math rock, but describe themselves as a "minimalist rock trio." They have a distinctive, minimalist sound based on asymmetric time signatures, repetitive rhythms, an a...
Smith & Thell
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Smith & Thell are a Swedish Grammy-winning folk pop duo, composed of Maria Smith and Victor Thell who first met one another as young teenagers at a local music event in their hometown of Helsingborg. Their music has now accumulated over 20...
Red
Saturday 8 June 2024
Since bursting on the scene with breakout single 'Breathe Into Me' and album 'End Of Silence' (2006), both certified gold, GRAMMY ® nominated band RED have a career built on more than music. Blending Nu-metal and Alternative hard rock with...
DEKAYTAH
Saturday 8 June 2024
Hailing from the North West of England, Manchester-based Dekaytah are a hard hitting, electrifying heavy metal band that are starting to make their mark on the UK metal scene. With their inspirations from the likes of Slipknot, Gojira, Lam...
Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy
Saturday 8 June 2024
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world reno...
Talia Mar
Tuesday 11 June 2024
Not one to hold back, the singer has already amassed a huge legion of fans through her two YouTube channels (1.3M subscribers) who love her for saying exactly what she thinks in her lifestyle videos, and now her "bad bitch anthems" music. M...
Eli 'Paperboy' Reed
Friday 14 June 2024
MOJO has called Boston-via-Mississippi singer Eli Paperboy Reed the "king of rhythm & soul," while Rolling Stone hailed his "classic soul and horn-heavy R&B soaked with the blues," and NPR raved that "he conveys the heart-wrenching emotion ...
girli
Wednesday 19 June 2024
London electropop singer-songwriter and rapper, GIRLI sings about feminism, sexuality, queer culture, and mental health. The Guardian has described her sound as veering "between PC Music, bubblegum pop, pop punk and rap, each one treading ...
NSG
Saturday 22 June 2024
With a lively diasporic afro bashment sound and a larger-than-life personality, all rolled into one East London six-member group, at first, NSG stood for No Sleep Gang, then Non-Stop Grinding, Nipple Sucking Gang, and Nigeria Slash Ghana. A...
Riskee & The Ridicule
Saturday 22 June 2024
Kent band Riskee And The Ridicule combine grime, hip hop and metal influences to make an exciting and unique sound. ...
We The North
Saturday 22 June 2024
Loud. Honest. Emotion Driven. The Greater Manchester trio are all three and then some with their brand of punchy, riff based dirty rock and gritty anthems. ...
Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman
Thursday 27 June 2024
Legendary Bolton broadcaster, writer and musician Mark Radcliffe met David Boardman a few years ago when he moved to Knutsford and they found each other in the Builder's Arms. David is a seasoned singer/songwriter, guitar teacher and fine a...
Lil Darkie
Sunday 30 June 2024
Provocative Californian animated cartoon experimental trap artist Joshua Hamilton lays down tracks that cover everything from Country to R&B. ...
The Acacia Strain
Wednesday 3 July 2024
New York-based, Massachusetts-formed metalcore act The Acacia Strain appeared next to Deftones and Run The Jewels in the '25 Best Albums of 2020' list assembled by Revolver, who also counted the band's decade-old 'Wormwood' as one of 15 Ess...
Most Popular Shows and Events at Manchester Academy, Manchester
