MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Manchester Bands & Artists On Stage in Manchester
Fri 14 Jun - Sat 28 Sep 2024
Fri 7 Jun - Fri 1 Nov 2024
Take That
Sunday 12 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...
Yidong Lin - Japanese Anime Music Odyssey
Sunday 12 May 2024
Yidong Lin is a young pianist from Canton, China, and currently a PhD student in Musicology at the University of Manchester. He won the first prize of individual music all-round award from the Ministry of Education of China in 2018 and grad...
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...
Mrs Boon's Cake & Tea Party
Sunday 19 May 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!...
Voices for Gaza - Seamus Og + Rioghnach Connolly + Reem Anbar
Wednesday 22 May 2024
Join for this special evening of artistic solidarity, bringing together Palestinian, Irish and Mancunian musicians in a stellar benefit concert for Gaza. Renowned Palestinian oud player Reem Anbar heads a bill featuring award-winning vocali...
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...
Manchester Music Tours - Joy Division Tour
Saturday 25 May 2024
A four hour musical journey covering all things Joy Division and Factory Records! The chance to visit many of the important venues and locations around Manchester and surrounding areas that helped shape and influence the Joy Division sound....
Tim Gallagher
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Tim Gallagher is a Manchester-based artist, renowned for his signature falsetto vocal tone, which has quickly earned him global appeal across social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. His soulful style is likened melodically to mode...
Barry Adamson
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Musician, composer, writer, photographer, director. The list of creative jobs that Mancunian Barry Adamson has occupied in his career is long. Whether as a member of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Magazine, Buzzcocks, and Visage, as a guest m...
Hallé - Finale: Sir Mark Elder Conducts Mahler 5
Friday 31 May - Saturday 1 June 2024
For Sir Mark's finale as Halle Music Director, a musical coup! A new choral work specially composed by Sir James MacMillan, one of the UK's highest profile composers on the world stage. 'What I wanted', says Sir Mark, 'was a work that would...
Corella
Friday 31 May 2024
A popular act on the festival scene, Corella is a refreshing indie quartet from Manchester whose signature catchy melodic hooks, propulsive multi-layered guitar riffs, and reminiscent lyrics, relay a coming-of-age story of their own. The gr...
Caoilfhionn Rose
Friday 31 May 2024
Caoilfhionn Rose (pronounced Keelin), is a singer, songwriter and producer who was born in Manchester, England, with family roots in Northern Ireland and Yorkshire. Emerging from a diverse music scene, she ties together remnants of Manches...
The Seashell Trust Fundraiser
Friday 31 May 2024
A pre-Brit Fest Party with performances from DJ Jugsy, Manchester folk & country singer Neeve Zahra and more... A great night with friends and raising awareness and money for The Seashell Trust - a charity who help children and young adults...
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 ...
The 1975 Party
Saturday 1 June 2024
Come dance and sing to the incredible back catalogue of Manchester's finest, from their self titled album to Being Funny In A Foreign Language and everything in-between. As well as all the 1975 we can play, our DJ's will also be playing mu...
Manchester Music Tours - Tour Special
Saturday 1 June - Saturday 24 August 2024
You've heard the songs, now see the sights and hear the stories behind Manchester's greatest artists on the Manchester Music Tour. Founded by Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill, the Manchester Music Tour offers a fascinating first-hand ins...
The Magic of the Bee Gees - A Tribute to The Bee Gees
Sunday 2 June 2024
Direct from London's West End. Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, when the feeling's gone and you can't go on, it's time to put on your dancing shoes, for the night out of the year you have been waiting for to celebrate th...
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...
RNCM Opera Scenes
Thursday 6 - Thursday 20 June 2024
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...
