ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Sat 13 Feb - Sat 29 May 2027
Fri 30 Oct - Sat 5 Dec 2026
Wed 16 Sep - Thu 22 Oct 2026
Last Race Home
Thursday 13 August 2026
Last Race Home is a six-piece band from Manchester. Compared to Talking Heads and Arcade Fire. ...
Factory 251 Fridays
Friday 14 August - Friday 4 September 2026
3 floors of music, all your favs with 899 other party goers. DJs spinning dance & RnB, Indie & Cheese, and Tech, Bass & DnB. ...
Unit 17 - Manchester
Friday 14 August 2026
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...
The Panamas
Saturday 15 August 2026
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 o...
Factory 251 Saturdays
Saturday 15 August - Saturday 12 September 2026
3 floors of music, all your favs with 899 other party goers. DJs spinning dance & RnB, Indie & Cheese, and Tech, Bass & DnB. ...
The Lavellles - Manchester
Saturday 15 August 2026
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...
Prayers Electric - EP Launch
Saturday 15 August 2026
Manchester fuzzy alt-rock two-piece Prayers Electric launch 'Going Round Again' at Stage & Radio. support TBANew single/video 'Eyeballs' out now...
Life In Neon
Sunday 16 August 2026
Sun 16 Aug - 7:30 pmLIFE IN NEON+ Guests£8 adv...
Charlesworth Live at Café Blah
Sunday 16 August 2026
Celebrating the release of their debut single, Charlesworth will be joined at Cafe Blah by poet, Sam Tovey, and singer-songwriter, Isabella Pieri....
James - Getting Away With It
Monday 17 August 2026
The theatrical premiere of documentary James: Getting Away With It - featuring a live performance and Q&A from the band. Following a world festival premiere at SXSW London, James: Getting Away With It gets its theatrical release back home ...
Greg Freeman
Thursday 20 August 2026
Now Wave presents Greg Freeman at YES Pink Room on 20th August 2026...
The Cure
Friday 21 August 2026
Establishing an introspective and gloomy gothic rock style in the 1980s, influential Crawley rockers The Cure emerged from the post-punk and new wave movements of the late 1970s. From scoring their first hit in 1979 with 'Boys Don't Cry...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Oasis
Friday 21 August 2026
Discover the music of Manchester legends Oasis performed by violin under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...
Infest
Friday 21 August 2026
After 24 great live (+1 hybrid) years in Bradford, InFest moves to Manchester for 2025 with a weekend of EBM, Industrial, synthpop, noise, darkwave and post-punk from: Friday -Eisfabrik // Auger // Harpy // William Bleak // Junkie Kut // P...
Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses / Ian Brown)
Friday 21 August 2026
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 Bu...
Lewis Capaldi
Saturday 22 August 2026
Despite his young age BRIT Award-winning Glaswegian acoustic soul pop singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi has already topped the charts around the world with his debut becoming the biggest selling album of both 2019 and 2020 in the UK - a foll...
Cheshire Fest
Saturday 22 August 2026
Cheshire Fest returns in 2026 with a bold new setting - bringing together live music, electronic energy, premium hospitality and peak summertime celebration in one of the region's most iconic outdoor locations. Set within the stunning ...
The Velvetines
Saturday 22 August 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...
Pretty Green - A tribute to The Jam
Saturday 22 August 2026
Pretty Green - A Tribute to The Jam are a hard working and dedicated band who are passionately devoted to the music of The Jam. Pretty Green have a no song left out guarantee from songs like Burning Sky or Scrape Away to classics like G...
Ora Cogan
Monday 24 August 2026
Now Wave presents Ora Cogan at The Abbey, Manchester on 24th August 2026...
Violet Grohl
Tuesday 25 August 2026
The eldest daughter of Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, grunge singer Violet Grohl has also performed on stage with the Foo Fighters alongside her own solo career. ...
Violet Grohl
Tuesday 25 August 2026
The eldest daughter of Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, grunge singer Violet Grohl has also performed on stage with the Foo Fighters alongside her own solo career. ...
Way Dynamic
Wednesday 26 August 2026
NOW WAVE PRESENTSWay Dynamic...
Golomb
Wednesday 26 August 2026
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Golomb
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Golomb comes to The Abbey...
Clarion
Thursday 27 August 2026
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Pulp
Friday 28 August 2026
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 T...
The Bluetones
Friday 28 August 2026
Formed in 1993, Britpop legends The Bluetones had an impressive run of hit singles throughtout the late 90's/early 00's, including 'Bluetonic', 'Slight Return', 'Marblehead Johnson', 'Solomon Bites The Worm', 'If' and 'Keep the Fires Burni...
Amplifier
Friday 28 August - Saturday 19 September 2026
Described as "Soundgarden, Tool, Black Sabbath, Oceansize and Pink Floyd taking copious amounts of mind-altering substances and venturing on a trip through time and space (to another dimension), and back again," Manchester progressive roc...
Whatever - Oasis Tribute
Friday 28 August 2026
Hailing from Manchester, the hometown of The Gallagher brothers, Oasis Tribute Whatever were formed in 2019 and have played in top venues and festivals up and down the country. They have recreated the look and iconic sound of the UKs best ...
