ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music in Manchester
Fri 21 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Sat 22 Feb - Sat 29 Mar 2025
Fri 14 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Fri 28 Mar - Fri 16 May 2025
Mark Morriss (The Bluetones)
Thursday 19 December 2024
One of Britain's finest songwriters, the phenomenal frontman of UK chart-topping indie stalwarts The Bluetones performs an intimate solo show. Combining his impressive solo material with the bands hits - such as Top 10 singles Slight Retu...
Cooper T Christmas Party
Thursday 19 December 2024
Cooper T are throwing a big Christmas Party, at their local - Stage and Radio. Expect lots and lots and lots of special guests... its gonna be a party...
An Evening with Danny McNamara (Embrace)
Friday 20 December 2024
Lead singer from Embrace, Danny McNamara talks about his time in the band in this unique "An Evening With" tour - featuring an interview, Q&A and signings. ...
The Rolling People
Saturday 21 December 2024
Named after The Verve's Urban Hymns album track, The Rolling People are a Mancunian 4-piece rock and roll band with a big sound and Brit-pop style choruses. Taking influence from a wide variety of artists based on the classic Manchester sou...
Deja Vega
Saturday 21 December 2024
Deja Vega are vocalist and guitarist Jack Fearon, drummer Tom Webster and bassist Mike Newton. After forming in Cheshire, they made the short journey to Manchester, a fitting backdrop to their gritty, guitar-led psychedelia. Rhythmic and r...
Jordan Allen
Saturday 21 December 2024
Rampant, lyrical Indie for fans of The Streets, James, Franz Ferdinand, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, Jamie T and The Strokes. After emerging from the Manchester Scene alongside Blossoms, The Sherlocks, The Blinders and ...
Manchester Music Tours - Tour Special
Saturday 21 December 2024 - Saturday 15 March 2025
You've heard the songs, now see the sights and hear the stories behind Manchester's greatest artists on the Manchester Music Tour. Founded by Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill, the Manchester Music Tour offers a fascinating first-hand ins...
The Illicits - Manchester
Saturday 21 December 2024
The Illicits play their final headline show of the year at Manchester's Fuel The Music....
Whitehorse (The Blinders)
Sunday 22 December 2024
Thomas Haywood, frontman of The Blinders beings the inevitable next chapter with his new outfit, Whitehorse. As was to be expected, the Manchester-based, Doncaster singer did not wait long to reinstall himself back on the scene with what is...
Danny Mahon
Sunday 22 December 2024
Danny Mahon returns to the stage for a rare and intimate hometown show ...
Tom Meighan (Kasabian)
Monday 23 December 2024
As former lead singer of multi-platinum band Kasabian, Tom Meighan has sold 4 million albums, headlined Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds (twice) and most other major festivals in the EU and he's had five no.1 albums. Now, as a solo artist, he r...
The Lottery Winners
Friday 27 - Sunday 29 December 2024
Born in Salford and raised on romance, unstoppable indie-pop four-piece The Lottery Winners blend fizzing anthems and momentous guitar pop melodies with a humorous and wistful lyricism. The band has built an extensive and loyal fanbase thro...
The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
Friday 27 December 2024
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 tra...
Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
Friday 27 December 2024
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ ...
James Walsh (Starsailor)
Saturday 28 December 2024
Front man of multi-million selling band Starsailor, Chorley's James Walsh has proven his own worth as a singer-songwriter in his own right. He's written songs with Eliza Doolittle, Melanie C, Suzanne Vega, and Professor Green - to name a fe...
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Monday 30 December 2024
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...
Live Forever - The Rise of Oasis
Friday 10 January 2025
The first ever production of its kind, Live Forever celebrates the story of the greatest rock 'n' roll band the UK has ever seen... Oasis! You'll be transported back to the 90s where audiences will follow the band's meteoric rise to fame; f...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Oasis
Friday 10 January - Friday 28 February 2025
Discover the music of Manchester legends Oasis performed by violin under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...
Death or Glory - Tribute to The Clash
Friday 10 January 2025
Formed on International Clash Day in 2023, Manchester-based tribute band provide a young and energetic stage show, delivering a near like-for-like night of live music that is as close to the intensity of The Clash as you can get. With a lo...
The Blockheads
Saturday 11 January 2025
Performing a large selection of their classic songs spanning over 5 decades. Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Dury's album New Boots and Panties on the first Stiff Records tour of the UK. The Blockheads are now fronted by one of Ian's best fri...
Ghosts In Space
Saturday 11 January 2025
Forest Fawn presents Ghosts In Space - A series of gigs featuring independent artists from Manchester in goth, darkwave, rock and adjacent genres....
BrassWerk - A 10-Piece Brass Band Perform Arctic Monkeys
Wednesday 15 January 2025
Celebrating the Arctic Monkeys' anthemic album 'AM', a 10-piece brass band perform it cover to cover alongside some other Arctic Monkeys favourites. From the foot-stomping 'Do I Wanna Know?' and 'R U Mine?' to the clever lyricism of 'Arabe...
That Old Quiet Lighthouse Headline Show
Wednesday 15 January 2025
Come join your favourite unheard of, unsigned indie-emo-folk band at the legendary Band on the Wall bar stage, with special guests galore...
Joshua Bassett
Thursday 16 January 2025
The Californian actor and pop rock singer-songwriter is best known for his starring role as Ricky Bowen in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. As a solo musician, he has scored the international hit "Lie Lie Lie" and collaborated...
Good Looks
Thursday 16 January 2025
Good Looks at YES BASEMENT on 16th January 2025....
Art Battle Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
Ten fearless artists will go head-to-head in a live painting competition. Each will be given a blank canvas and 30 minutes to create a masterpiece. Circulate the action and watch the art evolve, YOU decide which artist should progress to...
IST IST
Friday 17 January 2025
Regularly condemned as too 'out there' to be successful; through sheer determination, hard work and a bulging catalogue of songs, Ist Ist continue to silence the doubters and move from strength to strength. Displaying an arrogance akin to t...
Martyn Joseph
Friday 17 January 2025
A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, the jaw dropping guitar player has developed a unique percussive style with a powerful show stopping voice, which has seen him dubbed "The Welsh Springsteen". Take ...
The Belair Lip Bombs
Friday 17 January 2025
Now Wave presents The Belair Lip Bombs at YES Basement, Manchester on 17th January 2025...
Greg Mendez
Friday 17 January 2025
Now Wave presents Greg Mendez at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on 17th January 2025...
The Magic Numbers
Saturday 18 January 2025
The Magic Numbers are a UK-based four-piece comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters (Romeo and Michele Stodart, Sean and Angela Gannon) who are known for their unique harmonies, melodic hooks, songwriting craftsmanship and their timele...
Lunar Sounds Album Launch
Saturday 18 January 2025
It's been 5 years in the making but the day has finally arrived. Join Lunar Sounds plus special guests to celebrate their debut album launch....
Better Lovers
Sunday 19 January 2025
A Buffalo, New York, hardcore punk supergroup of tried-and-true musicians got together and found the sort of camaraderie and kinship you typically only find once in a lifetime. Formed in 2023, the group consists of Fit For An Autopsy vocal...
Ron Pope
Monday 20 January 2025
Critically-acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Ron Pope has drawn comparisons to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, while also refusing to put him squarely into one category. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one ...
Ron Pope
Monday 20 January 2025
Critically-acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Ron Pope has drawn comparisons to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, while also refusing to put him squarely into one category. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one ...
An Audience with Mark & Lard
Thursday 23 January 2025
The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the 'Mark and Lard Show' come to an end with a resounding: 'STOP...!' Now fully twenty-one years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: '... CARRY ...
Say Anything
Friday 24 January 2025
Max Bemis's Los Angeles emo pop-punk band Say Anything return. Famed for their sardonic, literary sense of humour balanced out with a sense of intense catharsis, they scored five Top 40 albums in the USA between 2007 and 2016. ...
The Rainband
Friday 24 January 2025
Manchester's The Rainband are back! Founded in 2010 by lead singer Martin Finnigan and guitarist Phil Rainey - who made his name with Peter Hook's cult combo Monaco - their single "Rise Again", a tribute to legendary MotoGP rider Marco Simo...
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