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
Wed 16 Sep - Thu 22 Oct 2026
Vox & Stephen Rice (Chameleons)
Sunday 26 July 2026
Vox (Mark Burgess) & Stephen Rice perform Chameleons classics stripped back at a small intimate venue. ...
Siames
Friday 31 July 2026
Argentine electropop rockers Siames are known for their animated music videos. ...
BLOCO DO CAOS - The Bread Shed Manchester
Friday 31 July 2026
The Sao Paulo-based band presents a vibrant live show that blends reggae, rock, rap and tropical rhythms into a true celebration of Brazilian music...
The Loft
Friday 31 July 2026
Creation Records originals The Loft release a brand new single, Campervan, on 5 March, followed by the new album, Badges, on 8 May. The record features 10 new songs, recorded at producer Sean Read?s (Dexys, Edwyn Collins, Iggy) Famous Time...
Sight and sound 6
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 August 2026
sight and sound audio and visual collective return to grit studios m/c/r for transmission 6....
Spanish Horses
Saturday 1 August 2026
Spanish Horses comes to The Abbey...
Animals As Leaders
Sunday 2 August 2026
When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker ANIMALS AS LEADERS in 2009, few would have predicted the now ground-breaking, critically-acclaimed, genre defying instrumental Washington D.C. trio...
David Byrne's American Utopia
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show in 4K. In his wildly popular Broadway show American Utopia, David Byrne reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it. ...
Jimi Goodwin (Doves) with Guy Garvey (Elbow)
Saturday 8 August 2026
An evening with Doves star Jimi Goodwin with special guest host Elbow's Guy Garvey and interactive DJ Agent J. Rising to prominence in the 1990s with the dance Music Group, Sub Sub, Jimi and his Bandmates, brothers Andy and Jez Williams ac...
Freight - Manchester
Saturday 8 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...
Roundhouse Rocks
Saturday 8 August 2026
Three great local bands play at The Roundhouse on 8th Aug 2026The VelvetinesPull the PinRusty Strings and the Bone Shakers...
Plastic Plant
Sunday 9 August 2026
Sun 09 Aug - 7:30 pmPlastic Plant+ Guests£8 adv...
Last Race Home
Thursday 13 August 2026
Last Race Home is a six-piece band from Manchester. Compared to Talking Heads and Arcade Fire. ...
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...
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...
Life In Neon
Sunday 16 August 2026
Sun 16 Aug - 7:30 pmLIFE IN NEON+ Guests£8 adv...
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...
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...
