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
St Mary's Chambers
Fri 27 - Sat 28 Nov 2026
Just Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Manchester Academy
Sat 20 Jun - Fri 30 Oct 2026
UK Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Tribute Band
Manchester Academy
Sat 14 Nov 2026 - Sat 27 Feb 2027
Radio 6 Radio Music Festival - Courtney Barnett + Jacob Alon
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
Australian indie rocker Courtney Barnett is best known for her deadpan singing style and witty, rambling lyrics. Acottish indie folk star Jacob Alon Jacob Alon rose to prominence after appearing on Later... with Jools Holland. ...Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
FAC251, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 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 a...INME
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
InMe's debut album 'Overgrown Eden' reached #15 in the UK Album Chart and #1 in the Rock Album Chart upon its release in 2003. Since then, the Essex-based alt rockers have enjoyed a highly successful career, scoring UK Top 40 hits with "Cru...John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Sunbird Records, Blackburn
Saturday 28 March 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 guis...Laid - James Tribute Band
The Met, Bury
Saturday 28 March 2026
Fully endorsed by the band themselves, Laid are the UK's no.1 tribute to Manchester legends, James. Laid have hit the tribute scene with lightning pace, receiving high praise everywhere they play, performing all the hits including "Sit...The 9075 - Tribute to The 1975
Lion's Den, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 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....Factory 251 Fridays
FAC251, Manchester
Saturday 28 March - Saturday 4 April 2026
3 floors of music, all your favs with 899 other party goers. DJs spinning dance & RnB, Indie & Cheese, and Tech, Bass & DnB. ...
Formal Sppeedwear
The White Hotel, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
Now Wave presents Formal Sppeedwear at The White Hotel, Salford on 28th March 2026...INME- The Bread Shed Manchester
Snug Live Sessions w/ Arcane Moon + Support
The Snug Coffee House, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
Arcane Moon bring their powerful indie rock sound to The Snug this March - don't miss out...Snug Live Sessions w/Chimaeras + Dead Kalm
The Snug Coffee House, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
The Snug Live presents Chimaeras - a band formed from the loose threads of several Manchester outfits, coming together 30 years later....Brokenwingclub: Kahula // OCEANLESS // Nico Harmony // VENTR
Kamera At Lloyd And Platt, Manchester
Saturday 28 March - Saturday 5 December 2026
Anthemic band Kahula headline an evening supporting grass roots venues at the new 100 cap Kamera Ballroom above the old Lloyds CHORLTON £10 ENTRY...
On The Irwell
Old Pint Pot, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
A Manchester showcase featuring Naomi Kalu, Pomona, Scatterchild, Tay Temple and Plastic Plant....SHLUG // I Create Deathrays
Big Hands, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
Welsh dark wave group SHLUG hit Big Hands, supported by local death ray creators, I Create Deathrays....Nordic Giants
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 29 March 2026
Descibed by The Guardian as making "a sound as if they were Sigur Ros's more epic, cinematic and majestic siblings," seeing Nordic Giants has been described as akin to a religious experience: the multi-screen visuals, powerful strobes and e...Factory 251 Saturdays
FAC251, Manchester
Sunday 29 March - Sunday 5 April 2026
3 floors of music, all your favs with 899 other party goers. DJs spinning dance & RnB, Indie & Cheese, and Tech, Bass & DnB. ...Weird Frequency Presents : WATW
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Sunday 29 March 2026
We Are The Weirdos29th March 2026The Peer Hat, ManchesterSupport: Leibniz, Victim Unit, Will Walton...Aqualung
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Monday 30 March 2026
Southampton songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Matt Hales, aka Aqualung, first came to attention in 2002 when the debut single 'Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)' became a surprise UK Top 10 after being discovered vi...Off Symmetry with Kulku and The Universal Veil
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Thursday 2 April 2026
After a series of successful UK and European tours in Spring 2025 - including acclaimed performances at Cafe OTO (London), The Cube (Bristol), Stereo (Glasgow), and Les Ateliers Claus (Brussels), as well as festival appearances such as Brai...
The Ultimate Stone Roses & Oasis Tribute Night - Freight Island
Freight Island, Manchester
Friday 3 April 2026
Live tributes to legendary Manchester bands The Stone Roses and Oasis, plus DJ Paul Ezi Eden (MCR ROCKS)...COSM at Castle Hotel
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Friday 3 April 2026
Transatlantic, psych-shoegaze quartet 'COSM' make their debut in Manchester on tour promoting their latest single 'Black Holes'....5 Seconds of Summer
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
The chart-topping Aussie band 5 Seconds Of Summer (aka 5SOS) have earned a reputation for bringing punk energy to a pop-esque sound, while also weaving in elements of R&B, electronica and dance in their music. They've been recognised with n...MIKEY KENNEY
Gullivers, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
Mikey Kenney is an original. A passionate and well-respected advocate for traditional music - a brilliant Liverpool-style fiddler drawing primarily on his native North West English and Irish heritage - but grounded in a present-day, urban...A Tribute to Jilly's Rockworld
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
A celebration of a Manchester institution, the legendary Oxford Road rock club opened in the 1970s - originally known as Fagan's before being renamed Jilly's in 1983 - attracting punks, rockers, goths, metalheads, skaters, moshers and ind...Badly Drawn Boy
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Saturday 4 April 2026
Dunstable-born, Bolton-raised, Manchester-living Mercury-prize winning folk rocker Damon Gough has always been one to wear his heart on his sleeve, and his truly personal and heartfelt catalogue of glorious, colourful warming, honest pop so...Concrete Club
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
Manchester indie band Concrete Club formed at the end of 2022 and haven't slowed down since. They've completed a UK tour, headlined multiple sold-out shows, featured on BBC Introducing Manchester, and taken the stage at Manchester's iconic...The Smiths Utd - A Tribute to The Smiths
FAC251, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
Lincoln-based tribute band The Smiths Utd play all the hits from The Smiths and Morrissey solo. ...Metallica -Metalicish
Holy Diver, Stockport
Saturday 4 April 2026
No 1 tribute to Metallica- Metalicish storm back to the Holy Diver Stage this April due to phenomenal demand. Tickets will not hang around long...Project J Fest
The Weind Bar, Wigan
Saturday 4 April 2026
Project J is all about autism awareness Join in a day full of music and even a raffle in between....The Boojums Live at The Castle
The Castle Hotel, Warrington
Saturday 4 April 2026
From garage punk to grunge rock, the Nova Scotian trio never miss the spot. - Backseat Mafia...
Joshua Radin
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Joshua Radin emerged in 2004 as an empathetic, engaging, and often enthralling troubadour. Over the years, he's tallied north of 1 billion streams, moved 1 million-plus albums worldwide, and scored a gold certification for the single "I'd R...STONE
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 7 April 2026
In true Gen Z fashion, STONE are a diffusion of the limitless cultures and subcultures they've had access to growing up in the digital age. In keeping with the idea of 'punk' being more an ethos than any one genre or scene - the band cite i...Searows
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Kentucky-born, Oregon-raised indie folk singer-songwriter Alec Duckart, aka Searows, was the first signing to Matt Maltese's brand-new record label 'Last Recordings on Earth'. Duckart's intimate, hushed and compelling music soon found an a...Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
