MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Manchester Bands & Artists On Stage in Manchester
Fri 13 Nov 2026 - Thu 20 May 2027
Sat 17 Oct 2026 - Fri 12 Nov 2027
Fri 30 Oct - Sat 5 Dec 2026
RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
Monday 5 October - Monday 14 December 2026
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. Witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series...
Chetham's Lunchtime Concert
Monday 5 October - Thursday 17 December 2026
Take a lunch break and enjoy this free recital by some of the UK's most exciting young musicians! Discover the UK's next big talent with concerts featuring remarkable Chetham's School of Music performers, aged 8-18, from the UK's leading m...
RNCM Jam Night
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Enjoy free live music from the RNCM house band of music students, playing your favourite tracks. Plus why not join in? Sign up to sing with the band when you arrive. ...
Beyond The Music
Wednesday 7 - Friday 9 October 2026
Manchester's global music conference and showcase festival. Building a fairer future for artists and delegates. Join the revolution....
Shaun Ryder
Wednesday 7 October 2026
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure. Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is hitting the road for a new, spoken word tour. The star of more-TV-shows-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-feature-on - including Cele...
Hallé & Pavel Kolesnikov - Prokofiev's Symphony No 5
Thursday 8 - Sunday 11 October 2026
A crowd-pleasing symphony and a majestic piano concerto guaranteed to bring the house down. Prokofiev's defiant and triumphant Fifth Symphony was written in a time of war, and described by the composer as celebrating 'the greatness of the ...
Pet Shop Boys & Manchester Camerata - In Conversation
Thursday 8 October 2026
A full playback of the newly revised album A Man from the Future-a musical biography of computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing originally performed at the 2014 BBC Proms-followed by an in-person conversation with Neil Tennant, Chris ...
The Slow Readers Club
Thursday 8 October 2026
Manchester's The Slow Readers Club deliver an energetic blend of driving drums and infectious guitar lines with evocative verses and anthemic choruses, imbued with their idiosyncratic brand of insightful and confronting lyricism, all set ...
The 9075 - Tribute to The 1975
Thursday 8 October 2026
Catch the world's first tribute to The 1975 direct all the way from Italy playing the biggest hits from the bands' extensive catalogue....
Dominic Halpin & the Hurricanes - A Country Night in Nashville
Friday 9 October 2026
Direct from The Royal Albert Hall, A Country Night In Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing honky tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home of country music. Prepare to be tran...
Northern Live - Do I Love You
Friday 9 October 2026
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...
The Lilacs
Friday 9 October 2026
Wigan band The Lilacs have hit the scene with a bang already performing on stages at Manchester Academy, o2 Ritz and London's O2 Academy Islington ...
Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé - Constellations
Friday 9 October 2026
A joyful musical journey where tradition and spirituality meet science fiction. Join Manchester Collective, percussionist extraordinaire Sidiki Dembele and his band for folksong and storytelling from the Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal. Alon...
Graham Gouldman (10cc)
Friday 9 October 2026
It is only between 10cc's sell-out, bi-annual UK tours that the band's co-founder, Manchester musical legend Graham Gouldman, is able to fully indulge his Heart Full of Songs project. The semi-acoustic four-piece - which includes 10cc live...
Songs for an Unwritten Sky
Friday 9 - Saturday 10 October 2026
Songs for an Unwritten Sky is a performance exploring the past, present, and imagined futures of Pier 8 at Salford Quays. Blending music, poetry, and acrobatics, acclaimed theatre maker Natalie Reckert creates a performance inspired by the...
YAANG + Formal Sppeedwear + Autocamper
Friday 9 October 2026
Hot Take is a brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester. Manchester punk trio YAANG + FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR + AUTOCAMPER....
BBC Philharmonic & Elena Urioste - Tchaikovsky's Pathétique
Saturday 10 October 2026
Tchaikovsky declared multiple times that his Sixth Symphony was 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose.' It's a piece about the journey towards death: of an expiring life-force that's forced to confront the end in a way that his ...
Dominic Halpin & the Hurricanes - A Country Night in Nashville
Saturday 10 October 2026
Direct from The Royal Albert Hall, A Country Night In Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing honky tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home of country music. Prepare to be tran...
Ben P Williams
Saturday 10 October 2026
Moulding the classic song-writing sound of Paul Simon with the laid-back nature of Jack Johnson, Manchester musician Ben P Williams draws inspiration from the greats while injecting his own wit and imagination for lyrics which perfectly en...
Pip Millett
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Calmness is the key to the music of Stockport's Pip Millett (a.k.a Georgia Willacy); a blissful fusion of R&B and soul that's always full of feeling. The Mancunian is determined to make music she insists will always be "chilled but emotion...
Blossoms
Thursday 15 October 2026
Stockport quintet Blossoms burst onto the Manchester scene in the 2010s, quickly rising from local clubs to festival stages and the top of the UK Album charts within a few short years. Their catchy, synth-forward blend of Brit-pop and ind...
RNCM Brass Band
Thursday 15 October 2026
Established during the 1990s by brass innovator Howard Snell, the RNCM Brass Band has always been a flagship ensemble of the institution. Geographically the RNCM is ideally placed in Manchester for brass band students and it boasts a teach...
Crush
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 October 2026
With lush expansive guitar tones, dense instrumentation and textures, Crush are a Manchester based four piece making heady and hypnotic music. Harbouring echoes of shoegaze bands such as Slowdive, the band was formed in 2018 whilst studyin...
The Wanted 2.0
Friday 16 October 2026
Following their remarkable career with The Wanted, which saw massive hits like Glad You Came, Chasing The Sun, and Heart Vacancy, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran return after the tragic death of Tom Parker as The Wanted 2.0. Promising t...
Hallé Orchestra - Classical Extravaganza
Saturday 17 October 2026
Showstopping hits and magical musicianship - enjoy some of the world's favourite classical pieces. A rousing fanfare - Shostakovich's flashy and exciting Festive Overture, alongside Haydn's landmark Trumpet Concerto, performed by R...
Russell Watson
Saturday 17 October 2026
As a child Russell Watson could always carry a tune, but he never dreamed he'd become an opera singer. Today, he's counted among the world's finest classical voices. Born and raised in Salford, Watson worked an array of jobs and started si...
Neighbourhood Festival
Saturday 17 October 2026
Manchester's best and biggest multi-venue festival is back. Since 2016, Neighbourhood Festival has established itself as the premier place to discover the next big act. Past events have hosted BRIT Award winners Sam Fender, Mabel and...
Manchester Music Tours - The Smiths Tour
Saturday 17 October 2026 - Saturday 16 January 2027
The Smiths fans from across the globe will have the opportunity to experience once again how this iconic band made their mark in Manchester and the world. Iconic places that will be visited on the tour include; Strangeways prison, which be...
Starsailor with Strings
Sunday 18 October 2026
Formed at Wigan & Leigh Music College, Starsailor will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their critically-acclaimed, multi-platinum debut album Love is Here with a special tour featuring a string ensemble arranged and conducted by Joe Dudd...
Alabaster dePlume
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Mancunian jazz poet-performer Gus Fairbairn (a.k.a. Alabaster DePlume), who plays the saxophone out of the side of his mouth, is now known across the globe as the saxophonist who creates wonderful, wordless music, however back home he's...
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Thursday 22 October 2026
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 gui...
Talland Quartet
Thursday 22 October 2026
The Talland Quartet formed during their time at the Royal Northern College of Music and are dedicated to sharing their passion for chamber music with others. Named after the serene yet wild Talland Bay in Cornwall, the quartet have won mul...
RNCM Spotlight - Tarweedah
Thursday 22 October 2026
Drawing on folk influences, enjoy songs of resistance and joy from Palestine and Iran. ...
Chetham's Symphony Orchestra
Friday 23 October 2026
Discover some of the UK's most incredible young musicians, as Chetham's Symphony Orchestra takeover The Bridgewater Hall. Chetham's Symphony Orchestra and chorus are joined by Grant Llewellyn (Chets alumni) to conduct Richard Harvey Co...
Antony Szmierek
Friday 23 October 2026
Manchester spoken word and indie hip-hop artist Antony Szmierek has a distinctive way of mixing introspective and poetic lyrics with cool nostalgic beats which have seen him compared to Mike Skinner and The Streets. "He is being lauded as ...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Oasis
Friday 23 October - Thursday 3 December 2026
Discover the music of Manchester legends Oasis performed by violin under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 23 October 2026
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band's top priority is delivering what their fans want to see and hear. They put in a lot of hard work to ensure their sound ...
Montello
Friday 23 October 2026
Montello are a four piece indie-rock powerhouse from Wigan, Greater Manchester. Formed in November 2023, they hit the local indie music scene performing small gigs around the North West of England, and have amassed a small but loyal cult ...
A Certain Ratio
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 October 2026
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 th...
Ten
Saturday 24 October 2026
Mancunian melodic hard rock band Ten were formed in 1994 by frontman Gary Hughes following a prolific solo career. ...
The Wedding Present
Sunday 25 October 2026
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. ...
The Wedding Present
Sunday 25 October 2026
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. ...
Scott Brothers Duo
Monday 26 October 2026
Mancunian brothers Jonathan & Tom Scott perform an unmissable programme of duos for piano and organ, demonstrating the full range of sounds and colours available from this brilliant combination. Their programme includes original works for ...
Thursday Lunchtimes - An American in Paris
Thursday 29 October 2026
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. ...
Shed Seven
Friday 30 October 2026
Perpetual underdogs, Shed Seven seldom received critical acceptance, yet the York-formed indie legends were one of the leading lights of Britpop with two gold albums, 15 Top 40 singles and a legion of loyal fans. Their thunderous indie-roc...
Baked a La Ska
Friday 30 October 2026
Baked A La Ska are the heavy heavy sound of Manchester ska; an 11piece band of assembled oddballs and pranksters fronted by an unholytrio of singers and featuring one of the tightest rhythm sections inManchester with the "chops to make...
