ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Manchester Academy
Fri 26 Sep 2025 - Fri 27 Feb 2026
Just Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Manchester Academy
Wed 1 Oct 2025 - Fri 30 Oct 2026
Billie Eilish

Co-op Live, Manchester
Sunday 20 - Wednesday 23 July 2025
Born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, the Southern California native went from being a teenager to an international pop star and generational icon in the span of a few short years. She's the product of artistic parents who are both enm...Oasis

Heaton Park, Manchester
Sunday 20 July 2025
Manchester rock legends Oasis have ended years of feverish speculation with the confirmation of a long awaited run of comeback shows after 14 years of bitter seperation/ This will be one of the biggest live moments and hottest tickets of th...Manchester Music Tours - Oasis Tour

Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Sunday 20 July - Saturday 30 August 2025
You have the opportunity to see first-hand where Manchester's most famous brothers grew up. Acclaimed by Noel and Liam themselves, the tour includes visits to the iconic Boardwalk where the band rehearsed and performed their first gig. Cana...Oasis Live 25 Party

Definitely Maybe Bar, Manchester
Sunday 20 July 2025
 Party before and after the gig at the new Oasis themed bar in the heart of the city! They have an exclusive museum with rare memorabilia, signed records and loads more. They have some of the best live talent in Manchester performing for ...Jade Bird: Album Launch Show

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sunday 20 July 2025
Jacaranda Records presents a live performance form Jade Bird in support of her new album 'Who Wants To Talk About Love?'...The Yard Presents: Stranger Ways Festival

The Yard, Manchester
Sunday 20 July 2025
2 days & 2 nights of back to back live indie bands, DJs & the finest tribute acts at Manchester's finest alfresco grassroots space...Oasis garden parties at Barca bar Manchester

Barca, Manchester
Sunday 20 July 2025
This July sees the return of Oasis to Manchester. And we are hosting a huge schedule of garden parties to celebrate this huge occasion....Radio Free Alice

The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Now Wave presents Radio Free Alice at The Castle Hotel on Tuesday 22nd July 2025...Bodega

Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 23 July 2025
With widescreen multi-tracked guitars and a giant sounding rhythm section complementing sharp songwriting and yearning vocal melodies, the Brooklyn art-punk incendiaries attempt to interrogate the external factors that make them who they ar...Pip Blom

The White Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 24 July 2025
Following support slots to the likes of The Breeders, Franz Ferdinand and Garbage, Amsterdam's Pip Blom deliver an undeniable knack for writing a hook-laden, 3-4 minute song; planting it in your head and making it stay there looping days a...Neptune Series: Air CTRL

Off The Square, Manchester
Thursday 24 July 2025
Expect an evening of melodic trance, experimental sounds with dance performances, laser beams, an interactive installation, and psychedelic visuals....Asylum's 4th Birthday Gig & Club Night

Postern Gate, Warrington
Friday 25 July 2025
Can you believe ASYLUM is turning FOUR in July? Well it's about time we brought back live music before the club night kicks off in style...The Complete Stone Roses - Stone Roses Tribute Band

Vibe Wigan, Wigan
Saturday 26 July 2025
The Complete Stone Roses are one of the UK's most well-known, most seen and most successful tribute bands. Selling out venues across the UK and Ireland regularly, they have helped to carry on the music of one of the UK's most influential b...Asthma Attack

Aatma, Manchester
Saturday 26 July 2025
Live music with genres including phonk/memphis/techno rap/house and more. 14+ (With guardian) £7 in pre-sale and £12.5 at the door....Battle of the Manchester Bands

The Irish Heritage Centre Manchester, Manchester
Saturday 26 July 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable all dayer of live music as 10 local Manchester bands go head-to-head for a cash prize and ultimate bragging rights...Maunders Summer Gig

The Peer Hat, Manchester
Sunday 27 July 2025
Maunders School Of Popular Music summer showcase gig. All of our adult bands who attend our Band workshop will be performing our summer themed gig...Big Condo Records Presents Electric Velvet

Peggy Mccools, Warrington
Sunday 27 July 2025
Big Condo Records Presents Electric Velvet, with support from Phrenic, The Cove and more.....LIAR (6 x piece Indonisian psych / funk)

Golden Lion, Todmorden
Monday 28 July 2025
LIAR 6 x piece Indonisian Paych / Funk band Formed in 2018 - take their inspiration from traditional Panturan Tarling....Third Summer Sessions 003: Plastic Plant + more

Lock 91, Manchester
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Third Summer Sessions returns with a lineup of melodic new-wave, guitar pop and indie ft. Plastic Plant, Greg Worden, Soulist and Doctor Yad...N&D Showcase: Sister Envy

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 31 July 2025
Thu 31 Jul - 7:30 pmSister Envy+ Electric Sheep Inc. + Holy Gloam£8 adv...The Hoosiers

Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Friday 1 August 2025
 The Hoosiers are an English pop rock originally formed in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States while on a football scholarship at the University of Indianapolis. The band consists of members Irwin Sparkes (lead vocals, lead guitar) ...RAW 11 - Material Goods Agony Massive & Grief School + More

Stage And Radio, Manchester
Friday 1 August 2025
Industrial northern noise mongerers Material Goods are on headline duties. Agony Massive & Grief School are on support. Expect raw and experimental....Apostles - Manchester

Off The Square, Manchester
Saturday 2 August 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Ghosts In Space - Theatrical

Old Pint Pot, Manchester
Saturday 2 August 2025
The Ghosts In Space are back with a new variety for you, branching beyond just music and trinkets into poetry, plays and motion....Sleep Walkers - Bring Me The Horizon Tribute

Holy Diver, Stockport
Saturday 2 August 2025
Sleep Walkers hit the Holy Diver Stage for a phenomenal tribute to Bring Me the Horizon...N&D Showcase: DBA

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 7 August 2025
Thu 07 Aug - 7:30 pmDBA+ Wupie + The Marigolds + Box Wine£8 adv...Happy Mondaze

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 8 August 2025
Authentically from Manchester, Happy Mondaze were the first musicians to bravely emulate the Madchester legends. Currently touring the UK with a set of hits and fan favourites from the likes of Pills n thrills and Bummed. ...The Warlocks
Yes, Manchester
Friday 8 August 2025
Now Wave presents The Warlocks at YES Pink Room on 8th August 2025...The Panamas

The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Saturday 9 August 2025
The 5 piece Indie rock band from Stockport have been together with the same lineup for 10 years, and have been recording and releasing music for 5 years. The band's sound has been described as "what happens when you cross the indie sound of...The Juice

Gullivers, Manchester
Saturday 9 August 2025
Five Manchester-based northern lads, dishing out scally rock with a sweet pop sheen. Backed by BBC Introducing Lancashire, after landing a slot performing on BBC 5 live on Scott Mills' & Chris Stark's Saturday morning show the lads have gon...Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses / Ian Brown)

Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills
Saturday 9 August 2025
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...The Gospel According to David Black

Lion's Den, Manchester
Saturday 9 August 2025
Vocalist and goth provocateur David Black, a candid spoken word performance with songs and anecdotes....The Illicits - The Final Show

Sunbird Records, Blackburn
Saturday 9 August 2025
The Illicits play their farewell show in the venue where it all began....IBIZA BAND Retro.

53two, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
BAND IBIZA RETRO - a night with the best retro tunes Live. Under the Arches at 53two. All your favorite hits, Greg Scotts from Manchester with all you...PELICAN

Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Pink Dot Presents?PELICANAges 18+It?s been a long journey for Pelican?from their sludgy reductionist beginnings in the DIY spaces of Chicago, through their tenure as forerunners to the burgeoning international community of artists fusing po...Fontaines D.C.

Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
Friday 15 August 2025
The London-based, Dublin-raised five piece are back with their fourth album, ROMANCE - and stop off with what's set to be an unforgettable live show. Set for release on 23 August 2024 via XL Recording, ROMANCE builds upon sonic sensibilitie...InFest

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 15 August 2025
After 24 great live (+1 hybrid) years in Bradford, InFest moves to Manchester for 2025 ...Fontaines DC (DJ Set)
