ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Indiepalooza Tribute Festival
King George's Hall
Sat 13 Feb - Sat 29 May 2027
Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Manchester Academy
Fri 13 Nov 2026 - Fri 16 Jul 2027
Just Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Manchester Academy
Fri 2 - Fri 30 Oct 2026
Malcolm Todd
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 28 February 2027
Los Angeles indie pop star Malcolm Todd first shot to fame in 2023 when his singles "Art House" and "Roommates" went viral on TikTok. His song "Earrings" reached no.13 in the UK in 2026. ...Cage the Elephant
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Sunday 28 February 2027
Platinum-selling London-based Kentucky alt-rockers Cage The Elephant are influenced by classic rock, '90s alternative, blues, punk rock, and funk music. They are best know for the hit singles "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked", "Cigarette Da...
Arthur Hill
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 4 March 2027
Arthur Hill is a multifaceted talent making waves both in the music industry and the world of TikTok. Hailing from Buckinghamshire, Arthur has seamlessly blended his musical prowess with a flair for comedic content, captivating audience...The View
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 4 March 2027
Dundee's The View came from humble beginnings to assert themselves as one of the most exciting young rock bands that only happens once in a generation. Plucked from their somewhat bleak youth training jobs and blasting straight into a numb...Editors
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 5 March 2027
The UK album chart-topping electronica-infused Birmingham rockers are famed for their Top 10 hits with "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" and "Munich", while "Papillon" and "No Sound But the Wind" topped the charts in Belgium. Permea...Anna Erhard
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 5 March 2027
With an eclectic mix of distorted guitars and lo-fi, the Swiss-born, Berlin-based artist sounds like Wet Leg and Fiona Apple had a subdued lovechild. ...The Howlers
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 5 March 2027
Liift & Academy Events presentsThe HowlersDeaf Institute, Manchester5 March 2027...The Menzingers
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 6 March 2027
Philadelphia-based Alt-Rock outfit The Menzingers have shown their strength as rough-and-tumble storytellers, turning out bar-room garage-punk 'n' refined power-chord rock which is equally rooted in frenetic energy and lifelike detail. The...REM - A Performance by Stipe
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 6 March 2027
The definitive R.E.M. tribute. R.E.M. remain one of the world's most enigmatic bands. With a string of peerless albums; one eye on the underground and one eye on the soaring chorus; it's safe to say we will never see their like again. Fro...Aka... Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher Tribute Band
The Spinning Top, Stockport
Saturday 6 March 2027
In March 2015, the second Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album, "Chasing Yesterday" was released, and after years of deliberation, Matt put together a band of musicians to recreate the former Oasis leader's songs and shows, and fulfill...Manchester Calling: The Total Stone Roses + The Smiths Presumably + Oaysis
Bar Pop Basement Show Bar, Manchester
Saturday 6 March 2027
Featuring live performances by #1 tribute bands: The Total Stone Roses, The Smiths Presumably and Oaysis, if you're keen to hear your favourite Manchester anthems performed LIVE by exceptional tribute acts, surrounded by like-minded music ...Dan Croll
Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 10 March 2027
Dan Croll is an award-winning indie-pop/folktronica artist. A graduate of the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, his 2012 debut single 'From Nowhere' achieved great success. Since then, he's worked with major figures in the industry t...
Dave McCabe (The Zutons) + James Jay Lewis
Bask, Stockport
Friday 12 March 2027
Making his return to the Bask stage, The Zutons main man Dave McCabe Special guest James Jay Lewis joins him....Britallica (Britney Spears Metal Tribute) - Live in Manchester
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Friday 12 March 2027
Britallica is the world's first metal tribute to Britney Spears, a high energy mashup of pop princess anthems and headbanging metal attitude....SERENITY
Rebellion, Manchester
Friday 12 March 2027
Born Again Concerts proudly presents20th ANNIVERSARY - MELANCHOLIA TOUR 2027SERENITYwith special guests SECRET SPHERESymphonic metal masters Serenity will embark on a major European tour this spring in support of their new album Melancholi...Coldplace - Tribute to Coldplay
The Edge Wigan, Wigan
Saturday 13 March 2027
The World's Leading Tribute to Coldplay is a stunning live concert performance, celebrating the music of one of the most successful bands of all time. The only tribute to have worked for Coldplay, this outstanding band leads you through al...Twenty One Pilots - East Is Up (Manchester Tribute Gig)
Eagle Inn Manchester, Manchester
Saturday 13 March 2027
We are the official Scottish Twenty One Pilots tribute act 'Twenty More Pilots' and we are coming near you for our East Is Up tour in Manchester |-/...Movements
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 14 March 2027
Movements have constantly reinvented themselves since forming in 2015 and the California post-hardcore quartet take their sound to expansive and sometimes unexpected places. Fusing post-hardcore and punk influences with a healthy dose of p...Turnover
New Century, Manchester
Wednesday 17 March 2027
West Virginian indie rockers Turnover demonstrate an eclectic mix of personalities from emo and pop punk to a lo-fi, jazzy sound, with driving drums and delay-drenched guitar. ...Martin Stephenson and The Daintees
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Wednesday 17 March 2027
County Durham singer-songwriter Martin Stephenson's early love of literature and music led to the formation of the first Daintees line-up in his early teens. Never pandering to a particular scene, Stephenson's lightness of touch on a varie...anaiis
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 17 March 2027
?Her powerful voice soothes with words of affirmation over a soft, skipping neo-soul bassline? - CRACK MAGAZINE?A live-sounding organism that sits on the edge of modern soul? - CLASH MAGAZINEBorn in Toulouse, France, anaiis moved around of...
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...
James Marriott
O2 Apollo, Manchester
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 ...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 ...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 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...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...
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...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 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...Laid - James Tribute Band
The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Saturday 24 April 2027
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 "Si...GOAT
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 30 April 2027
Masked Gothenburg-based experimental rockers Goat claim to hail from a small and very remote village called Korpolombolo in deepest darkest Sweden. Legend has it that for centuries, the inhabitants of the village of Korpolombolo were dedic...Supergrass
