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 26 Sep 2025 - Fri 27 Feb 2026
Just Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Manchester Academy
Wed 1 - Fri 31 Oct 2025
Arkells
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 27 June 2025
Hamilton, Ontario alt-rockers Arkells have built an undeniable reputation as one of the most passionate, high-energy, live-rock authorities working today with an unmistakable spirit and energy in their live shows. Their 2017 single "Knockin...Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses / Ian Brown)
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Friday 27 June 2025
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 Bus...
HANNAH MAZEY
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
Hailing from the working-class town of Wigan, Hannah Mazey's talent has quickly caught the attention of major platforms like BBC Radio, XS Manchester, Fresh on the Net and an A-List artist on Future Hits Radio. Tongue in cheek lyrics and No...Manchester Music Tours - Joy Division Tour
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
A four hour musical journey covering all things Joy Division and Factory Records! The chance to visit many of the important venues and locations around Manchester and surrounding areas that helped shape and influence the Joy Division sound....Glacmanis at the Eagle Inn Salford - 28th June
Eagle Inn, Salford
Saturday 28 June 2025
Glacmanis headline the Eagle Inn, Salford, on June 28th with very special guests Coast Noir and Brides....This Feeling - Manchester
Off The Square, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Japanese Breakfast
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 29 June 2025
South Korean born, American raised indie pop artist Michelle Zauner, frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast, has garnered acclaim for the way she pours her own life into the universe of each song to tell real stories, and allowing those universes...Faye Webster
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Emotional and musical alchemy, Atlanta, Georgia, Faye Webster's indie folk sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap an...Elbow
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Elbow are an English rock band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1997. The band consists of Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner. They have played together since 1990, adopting the name Elbow in 1997Having built a dese...Lucy Dacus
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 2 July 2025
From Richmond, Virginia, indie folk rocker Lucy Dacus's voice, both audible and on the page, has a healer's power to soothe and ground and reckon while her lyrics feel destined for countless yearbook quotes and first tattoos. She is full of...
The Backseat Lovers
New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Utah's The Backseat Lovers are an alt-rock indie quartet based in Salt Lake City. Their radio hit "Kilby Girl" made the US Billboard Alternative Airplay singles chart in late 2020. ...The Charlatans
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Thursday 3 July 2025
The West Midlands-formed, Northwich-relocated Madchester legends have notched up seventeen Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 Top 40 singles, including nineties Top 10 hits "One to Another", "The Only One I Know...Lower Slaughter + Slow Knife + Lands & Body in Todmorden
The Golden Lion Todmorden, Oldham
Thursday 3 July 2025
Noise rock, hardcore and experimentalism from Brighton, Manchester and Yorkshire...Shed Seven
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Friday 4 July 2025
Perpetual underdogs, Shed Seven seldom received critical acceptance, yet the York-formed indie legends were one of the leading lights of Britpop with two gold albums, 15 Top 40 singles and a legion of loyal fans. Their thunderous indie-rock...Arctic Numpties - Tribute to Arctic Monkeys
The Met, Bury
Friday 4 July 2025
Barnsley and Sheffield's premium tribute to Arctic Monkeys, playing hits from all their albums. ...YAANG + Formal Sppeedwear + Autocamper
Yes, Manchester
Friday 4 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Hot Take is a brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester. Manchester punk trio YAANG + FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR + AUTOCAMPER....Hot Take: Angel B Valentine Oli Boyden + Frances Glass
Yes, Manchester
Friday 4 July 2025
Now Wave presents HOT TAKE: ANGEL B VALENTINE, OLI BOYDEN + FRANCES GLASS...Maanta Raay (US) // The Bear Around Your Neck
Big Hands, Manchester
Friday 4 July 2025
MAANTA RAAY bring their heavy psych in from Nashville, supported by Manchester's own The Bear Around Your Neck...The Kings Of Leon Tribute at The Mill Todmorden
The Mill Venue, Oldham
Friday 4 July 2025
The Kings Of Leon Tribute and their show 'Only For The Night' celebrate the music of one of the world's greatest stadium bands of the last decade....WULL - Manchester
The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Friday 4 July 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Antarctic Monkeys - The Official Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 5 July 2025
The Official International Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band formed from a jamming session, and became a phenomenon in their own right, travelling the UK and Europe with numerous tours. The demand is now more than ever. Firmly established on the ...
THE CORONAS
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 5 July 2025
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 mak...Cottons - Manchester
The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Saturday 5 July 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...FIDLAR
Gorilla, Manchester
Monday 7 July 2025
Muscular jacked-up party-punk 'n' snotty garage-surf from the SoCal skating kooks, aka "Fuck It Dawg, Life's a Risk." The Los Angeles band are known for their short, fast songs about partying and drugs. ...The Black Keys
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Wednesday 9 July 2025
Entering the third decade of their existence, chart-topping Ohio duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their 2002 debut album 'The Big Come Up' with more rough blues-rock directly linking back to the ban...Bloc Party
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Thursday 10 July 2025
Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Their ...Gustaf
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 10 July 2025
Brooklyn's Gustaf have built a kind of buzz that feels like it comes from a different era. The art punk 5 piece rapidly established a reputation as one of New York's "hardest working... and most reliably fun bands" (BrooklynVegan), and exci...
Nick Shoulders
Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 10 July 2025
All Bad, the latest album from Nick Shoulders, released via Gar Hole Records (a label founded and co-owned by Shoulders), ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Shoulders? inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of...Oasis
Heaton Park, Manchester
Friday 11 - Sunday 20 July 2025
Manchester rock legends Oasis have ended years of feverish speculation with the confirmation of a long awaited run of comeback shows after 14 years of bitter seperation/ This will be one of the biggest live moments and hottest tickets of th...Oasis Official Aftershow
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 11 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Manchester Music Tours presents the Oasis Official Aftershow party with guest DJs including: Bez (Happy Mondays) + Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets) + Mani (Stone Roses) + Tin Tin (New Order's tour DJ) + Col White (Vinyl Revival) + Ricco (Cream...That Night In Manchester
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 11 July 2025
That Night in Manchester is a brand new musical regaling the audience with a nostalgic and emotional journey through the heady days of the 80s and 90s Manchester indie scene. The audience will be taken back to the vibrant and exhilarating ...Definitely Mightbe - Tribute to Oasis
Definitely Maybe Bar, Manchester
Friday 11 - Sunday 20 July 2025
The longest established Oasis tribute in the world with over 2,000 shows under their belt. So, as good as the real thing? Well the lengendary Alan McGee thought so when he recently introduced the band live on stage! So they..... DEFINITELY ...Oas-is - Oasis Tribute Band
