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 13 Nov 2026 - Fri 16 Jul 2027
Indiepalooza Tribute Festival
King George's Hall
Sat 13 Feb - Sat 29 May 2027
Westside Cowboy
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Wednesday 24 March 2027
With echoes of fellow Manchester bands, The Travelling Band and Alfie, "Britainicana" indie band Westside Cowboy formed after meeting at The University of Manchester. With millions of streams on Spotify, they have supported Geese on the Eu...Hope Of The States
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 24 March 2027
Named after Albert Deutsch's 1948 book on the state of mental healthcare in the United States, Chichester indie rockers Hope of the States have developed their post-Radiohead sound, scoring UK Top 40 hits with "The Red the White the Blac...James Marriott
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 25 - Friday 26 March 2027
With influences such as Foals, The Strokes, Two Door Cinema Club, and Sam Fender, Swiss-born, Buckinghamshire-raised multi-disciplinary indie rocker James Marriott originally gained popularity on YouTube, with over 2 million subscribers...Ian McNabb (The Icicle Works)
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 26 March 2027
Part of the Liverpool renaissance movement of the eighties, alongside acts such as Echo And The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, WAH!, Heat, OMD, Black, Dead Or Alive, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Lotus Eaters, and China Crisis, in 1981 ...EMEI
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 27 March 2027
Two years after breaking TikTok with her slinky hit "Late to the party," rapidly rising alt-pop confessionalist Emei has fallen down her own rabbit hole and undergone a metamorphosis. Following the release of her previous widely embraced p...Palaye Royale
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 30 March 2027
Adrenaline-fueled Canadian-American Rock n' roll siblings Palaye Royale are leading a generation in togetherness through honesty, danger and infectious art-punk that is, in turn, dark, lush, angry, vulnerable, caustic and warm. Palaye Roya...James Emmanuel
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 1 April 2027
Live Nation PresentsJames Emmanuel?The Deaf Institute?...RY X
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 2 April 2027
Australian transcendental folk artist RY X, born Ry Cuming, showcases a boundless ability to create thought-provoking atmospheric pop music, engulfed with his distinctively ethereal vocal lines, cloudy orchestral arrangements and accomany...The Lilacs
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 3 April 2027
Wigan band The Lilacs have hit the scene with a bang already performing on stages at Manchester Academy, o2 Ritz and London's O2 Academy Islington ...The Smiths Utd - A Tribute to The Smiths
FAC251, Manchester
Saturday 3 April 2027
Lincoln-based tribute band The Smiths Utd play all the hits from The Smiths and Morrissey solo. ...
Dallahan
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 4 April 2027
Forged in Scotland and Ireland's traditional music scene, but drawing on the music of the Balkans and North America, Dallahan take their listeners on a journey. Traversing styles and countries of the world in a dazzling live show, they cre...
Ministry
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Tuesday 6 April 2027
Chicago pioneers of industrial music Ministry were established in 1981 by Al Jourgensen. Despite frequent descriptions of the band's music as industrial, Jourgensen prefers to call his style as "aggro" or "industrious". ...Emma Ruth Rundle
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 6 April 2027
Emma Ruth Rundle's forthcoming Engine of Hell is stark, intimate, and unflinching. For anyone that's endured trauma and grief, there's a beautiful solace in hearing Rundle articulate and humanise that particular type of pain not only wit...Buffalo Traffic Jam
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 8 April 2027
Having first connected at Montana State, folk duo Frankie Cassidy and Nathan Ross are anchored by vocals which deliver a kind of raw emotion that resonates deeply with audiences everywhere. Their 14-track debut album, 'Pictures of You', is...Buffalo Traffic Jam
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Thursday 8 April 2027
Having first connected at Montana State, folk duo Frankie Cassidy and Nathan Ross are anchored by vocals which deliver a kind of raw emotion that resonates deeply with audiences everywhere. Their 14-track debut album, 'Pictures of You', is...The Sidiki Dembélé Ensemble ft. Yahael Onono
The Wombats
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 April 2027
Helped by the viral success of Oliver Nelson's remix of their 2015 hit 'Greek Tragedy' on TikTok, The Liverpool-formed indie rockers marked lockdown by topping the UK charts with their fifth studio album 'Fix Yourself, Not The World' - som...Brass Against
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 10 April 2027
Brass Against is collective of artists, led and curated by Brad Hammonds, who share in the goal of creating brass protest music that calls fans to action. Brass Against was formed in 2017 due to the political climate and feeling there was ...
Pins
Deaf Institute Manchester Tbc, Manchester
Saturday 10 April 2027
Now Wave presents PINS at Deaf Institute on 10th April 2027...Spiritualized
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 11 April 2027
Warwickshire space rock band Spiritualized - formed in 1990 by Spacemen 3's Jason Pierce (a.k.a. J. Spaceman) - return with their beautiful waves of blissful noise, spectral waltzes, gorgeous lullabies, mesmerizing cinematic songs, and ...
The Ninth Wave
The Abbey, Manchester
Thursday 15 April 2027
Gloom pop from Glasgow. "Dreamy-yet-industrial... steering boldly back into their glassy, opulent dancefloor fillers" - DIY Magazine. "The most undeniably alive thing we've heard" - The Guardian. "Sharp percussion, melancholic keys, hau...The Slow Readers Club
The Grand, Clitheroe
Friday 16 April 2027
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 ...Nieve Ella
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 16 April 2027
Albrighton genderqueer indie pop singer Nieve Ella Pickering has supported Dylan, Inhaler, and the Courteeners. Her earlier works were inspired by Billie Eilish, while her later works were inspired by Sam Fender, who she saw live in B...The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 16 April 2027
Gary Digan Aka is the UKs Premier & Definitve Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon. With his Strong Scottish Accent, his infamous live shows are a mixture of up-beat acoustic guitars, soulful harmonica and heartfelt vocals. The anthemic sing along tr...Archie
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 16 April 2027
Archie is the 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist and producer tearing up the rulebook of modern pop. After weaponising social media to build a fiercely loyal community of over half a million followers, he translated the internet hype into a...Kavus Torabi Live + Justin Robertson's Five Green Moons
The Sherlocks
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 17 April 2027
Sheffield alt-rock stalwarts The Sherlocks became the first unsigned act since fellow Sheffield rockers Arctic Monkeys to sell out the city's iconic Leadmill venue. They have undergone a rebirth with brothers Kiaran and Brandon Crook in...The Lathums
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Monday 19 April 2027
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive chang...The Lathums
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 20 April 2027
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive chang...The Lathums
Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 21 April 2027
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive chang...Willie J Healey
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 21 April 2027
Is Oxfordshire musician Willie J Healey your favourite artists' favourite artist? You better believe it. Alex Turner, Joe Talbot of IDLES, Jamie T and Orlando Weeks are among those who believe, most having come onboard following the Neil Y...The Coronas
New Century, Manchester
Thursday 22 April 2027
The award-winning, arena-conquering Dublin indie rock band fuse their arms-aloft melodic pop with lush electronics, spine-tingling atmospherics and a sense of adventure. Dreamy vocoder vocals, electronic drums and space as much as sound ma...
The Lathums
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 23 April 2027
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive chang...Overpass
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 23 April 2027
Known for their anthemic guitar music, Birmingham's Overpass boast influences spanning decades, including 90s rock and 2010s indie. ...The Academic
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 23 April 2027
Irish chart-toppers The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland's midlands. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared...Bess Atwell
New Century, Manchester
Friday 23 April 2027
Since the release of 'Already, Always' Brighton indie folk star Bess Atwell has been through a number of personal transformations including tapering off antidepressants, after "years of avoiding it". Reflections on her upbringing and re...The Phonics - Tribute to Stereophonics
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 23 April 2027
Described by Kelly Jones himself as "Awesome" The Phonics are the Uk's most authentic tribute to Stereophonics. Fresh from their UK o2 academy tour, you will hear all of the biggest hits from every Stereophonics album including their lates...The Lathums
