ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
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 - Fri 31 Oct 2025
Moovin Festival
Whitebottom Farm, Stockport
Saturday 14 June 2025
Big names, booming basslines, boutique festival in a bull field... it can only mean one thing... Moovin Festival is back and promises to get you dancing to a music lover's mix of bass, funk, soul, reggae, house and d&b until the cows com...Candlelight - A Tribute to Oasis
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Thursday 11 September 2025
Discover the music of Manchester legends Oasis performed by violin under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...Arkayla
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 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, ...Manchester Music Tours - Tour Special
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 13 September 2025
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...
Farfisa Live at Yes Basement
AKOUSTIK ANARKHY: Poor Effort / Shock Horror / Slab + More
The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Seminal Music Night Akoustik Anarkhy at The Rat & PigeonLive Slab / Poor Effort / Shock Horror / Merlo / Charlesworth+ DJ Astrolayb...Ghosts In Space - Theatrical
Old Pint Pot, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
The Ghosts In Space are back with a new variety for you, branching beyond just music and trinkets into poetry, plays and motion....Butler, Blake & Grant
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Sunday 15 June 2025
Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant are three of the most renowned and respected musicians in Britain. Norman- the centrifugal force in Teenage Fanclub; Bernard-renowned for his song writing with Suede and several artists, and most...Yeah Yeah Yeahs
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 16 June 2025
After supporting the Strokes and the White Stripes, New York's art punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs earned a significant buzz for their arty yet sexy take on garage punk. Their clean sound and eclectic songwriting won critical acclaim and ...
Dion Lunadon (NZ) Live at Big Hands
Big Hands, Manchester
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Dion Lunadon brings his unpredictable live set to Big Hands on June 18th...Whip Round
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 19 - Thursday 26 June 2025
Your favourite weekly Alt club night is back with three rooms of Indie classics, post punk, new wave, and Kowgirl Karaoke ...Interzone Presents: Rapture
The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
Rapture is a post punk and alt pop event headlined by Banana Undertones with support from Sisters, Brides and Eve O Riordon...The June Sweetface Showcase
The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
The June edition of Sweetface's evening of presenting the best new upcoming unsigned acts from around the UK....Could Be Real Tribute Festival
Walton Hall & Gardens, Warrington
Friday 20 June 2025
Touring the UK, the Could Be Real Tribute Festival stops at the stunning grounds of Walton Hall & Gardens with some of the very best tribute artists in the country. Full line up to be announced! ...Seb Lowe
Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Friday 20 June 2025
Manchester-based Seb Lowe has burst out of nowhere. (Okay Saddleworth...). Good in that this can be a younger child with a head stuffed with phrases which are his weapons and telling his fact and a guitar that could be a machine gun of riff...FANTASY OF A BROKEN HEART
Yes, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
Now Wave presents Fantasy of a Broken Heart at YES Basement on 20th June 2025...
Jamie Webster
Haydock Park, Newton-le-Willows
Saturday 21 June 2025
Jamie Webster is an English folk singer, songwriter and guitarist from Liverpool. A former electrician who initially sang cover versions in local pubs in Liverpool city centre, his shows have become synonymous with Liverpool F.C. and their ...Blossoms
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 21 June 2025
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 indi...
Blossoms
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 21 June 2025
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 indi...Blossoms
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 21 June 2025
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 indi...Pulp
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Although formed in Sheffield in 1978 by 15 year old schoolboy Jarvis Cocker, the critically acclaimed indie rock band Pulp only first came to fame in the Britpop era, scoring their first Top 40 hit in 1994 with "Do You Remember the First Ti...Bright Eyes
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Uncommon intensity and tenderness, communal exorcism and personal excavation are qualities that fans of American indie folk rockers Bright Eyes have come to expect, nearly three decades into their career. The tight-knit band of Conor Obe...Ohasis - Tribute to Oasis
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Saturday 21 June - 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...Gaol Bird (Cabbage)
Golden Lion, Todmorden
Saturday 21 June 2025
Manchester's Gaol Bird are led by former Cabbage front man Lee Broadbent and describe themselves as an "anti-band bored of societies hypocrisy." ...Summer Solstice: Brown Wimpenny + Special Guests
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Now Wave presents Summer Solstice: Brown Wimpenny + Special Guests at YES on Saturday 21st June 2025...Tea Eater (NY) Live at Big Hands
Chris Helme (The Seahorses)
The Green Room Goose Green Altrincham, Warrington
Sunday 22 June 2025
Rising to fame in the 1990s as frontman of indie band The Seahorses York singer-songwriter Chris Helme is now producing acclaimed folk-infused tracks as a solo artist. His enviable back catalogue includes Britpop classics such as 'Love is t...Tate McRae
Co-op Live, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Tate McRae started out as a child dancer, but has since turned her sights towards pop stardom. Born in Calgary, her family moved to Oman during the first six years of her life. Her mother taught dance lessons, and when they returned to Cana...
Start to End - Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 26 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
A group of Scotland's leading young musicians perform a selection of albums from Start to End. Organised by Admiral Fallow's Joe Rattray with Pronto Mama duo Craig McMahon and Martin Johnston. ...The Peer Hat June
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Thursday 26 June 2025
Bad Saint Promotions are back at The Peer Hat for their monthly showcase of talent....Silver Chamber
The Yard, Manchester
Thursday 26 June 2025
An evening progressive of metal & classical music: where orchestral grandeur fuses with the incendiary energy of heavy music in a rare must-see event....TV On the Radio
