MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Manchester Bands & Artists On Stage in Manchester
Sun 26 Apr - Mon 18 May 2026
Sat 22 Nov 2025 - Sat 28 Mar 2026
Starsailor
Saturday 29 November 2025
Selling out some of Manchester's biggest venues long before they had even released a record, Starsailor burst onto the scene in 2001 when their single "Fever" earning them the title of "Britain's best new band". Formed at Wigan & Leigh Musi...
The Orielles
Saturday 29 November 2025
Manchester-based indie rockers The Orielles formed in Halifax when sisters Sidonie B and Esme Dee Hand-Halford met Henry Carlyle Wade at a birthday party. Still in their teens, the threesome bonded over a love of '90s music (like the Pixies...
Oasis LTD
Saturday 29 November 2025
Oasis LTD are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is! Everything the band does is all about what the fans want to see and hear a lot of hard work goes on in the background making sure that th...
Oasish - Oasis Tribute
Saturday 29 November 2025
Official UK no.1 Winner at the National Tribute Music Awards in 2016 and 2017, Oasis tribute band Oasish formed in 2004 and have gone on to perform at Wembley Stadium, The National Indoor Arena, Manchester Academy and are the only band to ...
Still Dangerous - A Tribute to Thin Lizzy
Saturday 29 November 2025
Still Dangerous are a UK based band that play the greatest hits from legendary rockers Thin Lizzy. With blisteringly precise dual guitars, heavy drums and the signature vocals of Phil Lynott. ...
GoGo Penguin
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Manchester's leftfield piano trio GoGo Penguin defy genres, pulling together influences from trip-hop, classical, jazz and more. GoGo Penguin have been internationally hailed as electrifying live performers, innovative soundtrack composers,...
The Hallé - Rush Hour: Nutcracker Selection
Thursday 4 December 2025
Hear the magic of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, conducted by Maria Seletskaja, Music Director of the English National Ballet. From the 'Chinese Dance' (Tea), through the 'Trepak', to the 'Arabian Dance', Tchaikovsky's abridged score of the ...
A Tribute To Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
A Tribute to Manchester: 10th Anniversary Special featuring The Clone Roses, Oasish, The Smiths Ltd, Mani (Stone Roses) DJ Set, DJ Dave Sweetmore. ...
Inspiral Carpets
Friday 5 December 2025
Regarded as one of the main components of the Madchester movement in the early 90s, indie chart-topping Oldham legends Inspiral Carpets return after taking a hiatus following the tragic loss of drummer, Craig Gill. Although 90s frontman ...
Rioghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet
Friday 5 December 2025
Still residing as BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year, Rioghnach Connolly's taste for musical adventure is eclectic. Along with her folk-hop & barrelhouse-pop companion players, as Honeyfeet, they collectively drive a broad terrain of music...
Ohasis - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 5 December 2025
Ohsais play the songs in the most current live arrangements, with amazing accuracy. Nailing the Oasis look was very important, as image is everything; and was everything to Oasis. The band take the stage show very seriously, meticulously re...
The Hallé - Messiah
Saturday 6 December 2025
Grammy winner Jeannette Sorrell is joined by some of the country's finest opera stars and the Halle Choir for an innovative and theatrical production of Handel's classic. Jeannette Sorrell's approach to Handel's Messiah has been universally...
The Lancashire Hotpots Big Bash
Saturday 6 December 2025
The fifth annual Big Bash from Bernard and the boys features Abba Arrival + Black Lace + Pet Shop Boys tribute act, Pound Shop Boys. Strap yourself in for an unbeatable night of music and laughs. The good times are back!...
Pure Garage
Saturday 6 December 2025
Ms Dynamite and Wiley headline the 2025 Pure Garage festival in Manchester, with [a-z]: 3 of a Kind + Artful Dodger + Dennis G + DJ Luck & MC Neat + DJ Pied Piper + DJ Sean Harvey + Heartless Crew + Kele Le Roc + Lonyo + MC Kie + Monsta B...
Thea Gilmore
Saturday 6 December 2025
Nantwich-based, Oxford-born indie folk star Thea Gilmore is a formidable performer on stage and among the finest singer songwriters of her generation - a frank and fearless pursuer of home truths who has constantly adapted to remain relevan...
The Hallé - Christmas Family Concert: Sleigh Ride Adventure
Sunday 7 December 2025
Hop aboard for a musical sleigh ride adventure with the Halle! With a little help from conductor Euan Shields, your fantastic orchestra, and the brilliant Halle Youth Training Choir, we'll explore Christmas music, old and new. Together, we'...
The Charlatans
Thursday 11 December 2025
The West Midlands-formed, Northwich-relocated Madchester legends have notched up seventeen Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 Top 40 singles, including nineties Top 10 hits "One to Another", "The Only One I Know...
Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman
Thursday 11 December 2025
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...
The Hallé - Christmas Cracker
Friday 12 December 2025
Let the Halle add a little extra sparkle to your festive season with a selection box of your all-time favourite Christmas hits. Deck the halls and get ready for the most wonderful time of the year with the Halle's Christmas Cracker - a fest...
The Slow Readers Club
Saturday 13 December 2025
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 a...
The Hallé - Carol Concerts
Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 December 2025
Step into the timeless magic of Christmas with the Halle's ever-popular carol concerts. This cherished tradition truly signifies the start of the festive season for many of you, so immerse yourself in the heart-warming music and carols, per...
Inspiral Carpets
Saturday 13 December 2025
Regarded as one of the main components of the Madchester movement in the early 90s, indie chart-topping Oldham legends Inspiral Carpets return after taking a hiatus following the tragic loss of drummer, Craig Gill. Although 90s frontman ...
808 State
Saturday 13 December 2025
Graham Massey's Manchester dance legends and Acid House pioneers have been described as "masters of their art" (Q), "pioneers" (Future Music), "for sonic trailblazing and inestimable influence, among our most important groups" (Record Colle...
Harp & a Monkey
Saturday 13 December 2025
Award-winning modern folk song and storytelling trio Harp & a Monkey perform traditional and original songs and stories with a heavy bias towards content from their native Greater Manchester. Critically acclaimed, but often criminally u...
Jesca Hoop
Saturday 13 December 2025
Beautiful, subtle and stark the Manchester-based Californian folk star serves up stunningly original songs - minimalist yet brimming with energy, emerging from a wealth of life experience, great emotional depth, and years of honing the craf...
Britpop Curious
Saturday 13 December 2025
DJs spin Britpop all night long. Expect to dance to the likes of... Blur / Pulp / Suede / Oasis / Elastica / Sleeper / Placebo / Garbage / Manic Street Preachers / Catatonia / Shed Seven / Supergrass / Longpigs / James / Super Furry Animals...
NQ Jazz Orchestra
Monday 15 December 2025
The 18-piece NQ Jazz Orchestra - a collection of some of the North's most exciting musicians - perform music from some of the greatest jazz composers of recent years, some rare outings for celebrated British composers, and some hot off the...
Big Country
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Formed in Dunfermline, Scotland by the former-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson and childhood friend Bruce Watson, Celtic-inspired Big Country quickly broke worldwide with their ringing, bagpipe-like guitars and anthemic songs helping their...
Delights
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Dubbed as "kaleidoscopic guitar janglers", Manchester-based 4-piece guitar band Delights formed in 2017 while at sixth form together. The band draw their inspirations from an eclectic catalogue of music, influenced both by what their par...
Xaverian College Christmas Concert
Wednesday 17 December 2025
With the largest sixth form music department in the North of England, Xaverian College returns to the RNCM for their festive music showcase. ...
Toss The Feathers
Friday 19 December 2025
Manchester's most exciting Celtic export since Phil Lynott, legendary folk rockers Toss the Feathers are known for their contemporary blending of traditional Irish music with various music styles. Originally formed in 1987 after Dave Smylie...
Arkayla
Friday 19 December 2025
Bursting onto the scene with a string of captivating singles, Arkayla are tipped to be the next band added to a long list of brilliant musical exports hailing from Manchester. Drawing on the grit of The Strokes, the lyricism of The Smiths, ...
Doves
Saturday 20 December 2025
Doves had something of an usual genesis in '90s Madchester. Founding members Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams were all members of Sub Sub, best remembered for their 1993 hit single Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use). After a fire at ...
Black Grape
Saturday 20 December 2025
Featuring Happy Mondays legend Shaun William Ryder and Ruthless Rap Assassins frontman Paul "Kermit" Leveridge, Black Grape could only have been made in Manchester. The swagger, fun and cryptic humour seem hewn from a city historian AJP Tay...
The Hallé - The Snowman & Shaun the Sheep
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 December 2025
The Snowman will be walking in the air, followed by a 'ewe'-nique performance from Shaun the Sheep, as the Halle brings the captivating music of these beloved characters to life in this enthralling concert for all ages. Sit back and enjoy t...
Absolva
Saturday 20 December 2025
Manchester hard rock, British heavy metal. ...
Sea Fever
Saturday 20 December 2025
Sea Fever - a five piece collective from Manchester. Fronted by Iwan Gronow (Haven, Johnny Marr) on vocals and guitars, alongside singer Bethany Cassidy (Section 25), New Order's Tom Chapman and Phil Cunningham - with Tom on bass, guitars, ...
The Man From Delmonte
Sunday 21 December 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. Between 1988 and 1991 they shone brightly creating some of the most memorable pop songs of the "Madchester" era. Water in My Eyes, My Love is Li...
Baked A La Ska - Ska of Wonder Christmas Party
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Baked A La Ska are the heavy heavy sound of Manchester; an 11 piece band of assembled oddballs and pranksters fronted by an unholy trio of singers and featuring one of the tightest rhythm sections in Manchester with the "chops to make you ...
D.O.D
Saturday 27 December 2025
Bury progressive house DJ Daniel O'Donnell debuted at number 96 at the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list, going on to score Platinum-selling UK Top 20 hits "Somedays" (with Sonny Fodera and Jazzy) and "So Much in Love". ...
Stax of Soul & The Soul Review
Saturday 27 December 2025
The original. A reputation that needs no introduction. Born in Manchester in 1983, 9-piece 100% live band Stax of Soul feature incredible musicians (including a powerful brass section), meticulously and energetically recreating the very...
The Hallé - Gatsby & The Jazz Age
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Round off 2025 in style and get ready to step back in time for a night of glitz and glamour! Featuring a full orchestra, sensational singers Vanessa Haynes, Joe Stilgoe and Strictly Come Dancing's Tommy Blaize, along with the silky soun...
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Tuesday 30 December 2025
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 guis...
The Hallé - Viennese New Year
Saturday 3 January 2026
Celebrate the New Year with an uplifting afternoon of beautiful music full of Viennese charm. Join conductor Stephen Bell and the Halle, along with incredible soprano Soraya Mafi for a trip around the ballrooms of Vienna in this much-loved ...
The Velvetines
Saturday 10 January 2026
The Velvetines are a Hard Rock indie/alt band from Bolton, Lancashire. With Cameron Tonge fronting the band with lead vocals and rhythm guitar. To George Parmenter's infectious riffs and solos on lead guitar! And Zakori Waring's heavy bass ...
The Magic of the Bee Gees - A Tribute to The Bee Gees
Friday 16 January 2026
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...
Jim Moray
Thursday 22 January 2026
Described by The Guardian as "one of the most inventive figures on the folk circuit", over the past two decades of British folk music, Macclesfield multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Jim Moray has marked himself out as having a singul...
Third Kulture
Thursday 22 January 2026
Third Kulture are a hybrid rock-rap band formed in Manchester. The dynamic trio are loud and unapologetically themselves, embodying the essence of diversity, innovation, and cultural fusion. Third Kulture's unique sound draws from all corne...
The Unthanks
Wednesday 28 January 2026
Using the traditional folk music of the North East of England as a starting point, the influence of Miles Davis, Steve Reich, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Wyatt, Antony & The Johnsons, King Crimson and Tom Waits, Mercury Music Prize-nominated Th...
Ren Harvieu & Romeo Stodart (The Magic Numbers)
Friday 30 January 2026
A unique duo show from Romeo Stodart, the lead singer/songwriter in the multi-Platinum-selling London based rock n roll harmony group The Magic Numbers, and UK Top 5 charting Salford soul star Ren Harvieu. They will be playing much loved so...
