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 14 Nov 2025 - Fri 27 Feb 2026
The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
St Mary's Chambers
Sun 28 Dec 2025 - Fri 2 Oct 2026
CKY
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 12 - Wednesday 19 November 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:CKYPlus support:Jools+ Matt Stocks DJ...Fickle Friends
Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
It's seven years into the saga of euphoria-pursuing indie pop band Fickle Friends. After beginning in Brighton, the band signed a deal with Polydor and dropped their sparkling, electronic-infused debut album 'You Are Someone Else' in 2018 t...Formal Sppeedwear
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Now Wave presents Formal Sppeedwear at YES Basement on 12th November 2025...
The Subways
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Displayed a melodic maturity far beyond the band's tender years, Welwyn Garden City rockers The Subways veer from rambunctious punk thrash to tender acoustic pop through grungy blues-infected dynamos like the addictive top 30 singles, 'Oh...BLEEP 31 - Birthday 3 Edition
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Expect more eclectic electronic music from Manchester's emerging artists, all performed live to a warm, welcoming crowd....SCALER
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Now Wave presents Scaler at YES Pink Room on Thursday 13th November 2025...The Schizophonics & Top Left Club
Golden Lion, Todmorden
Thursday 13 November 2025
The SchizophonicsTop Left Club Thursday 13th November 2025Golden Lion / Todmorden The wildest live band in America...Bastille
AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Originally the solo project of London-based singer/songwriter Dan Smith, UK chart-topping act Bastille combine glossy '80s synth textures and arena-friendly choruses into dramatic yet earnest, brooding yet joyful songs, like their UK no.2 h...Mac DeMarco
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 14 - Saturday 15 November 2025
Indie icon Mac DeMarco is a Canadian self-produced multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and recording artist. A magnetic live performer, he was catapulted to fame in 2014 with the release of Salad Days - his era-defining, slacker rock third ...
BC Camplight
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Brian Christinzio is the force behind the lo-fi indie rock moniker BC Camplight, who originally played live with members of The War on Drugs and appeared as a session piano player for Sharon Van Etten among other collaborations before near...Blood Orange
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
New York-based London indie rock producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter and vocalist Devonte Hynes started out as a teenage punk in the UK band Test Icicles, scoring Top 40 hits with "Circle. Square. Triangle" and "What's Y...Maruja
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
The extraordinary Manchester four piece are a creative force of nature, a deeply emotional and empathetic band concerned primarily with the power of community, both in the nuclear sense, as a tight knit creative unit, but also as a wider fo...Willie J Healey
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
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 Yo...Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Waterside, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
A live tribute to Coldplay and performing all the Coldplay hits and more in a brilliant sound and look-a-like show. The vocals, mannerisms and atmosphere these guys deliver are second to none. Giving the audience that same high energy perfo...Space Monkeys
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Manchester band Space Monkeys were the last act signed to Factory Records, between 1995 and 2000. In 1997 their debut album 'The Daddy Of Them All' sold in excess of 100,000 copies worldwide with the single "Sugar Cane" reaching no. 58 ...Luvcat
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
The London alt rock band from Liverpudlian singer Sophie Morgan. ...When in Rome UK
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Manchester synth-pop/new wave group When in Rome, which originally consisted of vocalists Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann, and keyboardist Michael Floreale are best known for their 1988 single "The Promise", which reached no.11 in the USA ...Pretty Green - A Tribute to The Jam
The Sound Lounge Darwen, Blackburn
Friday 14 November 2025
Pretty Green - A Tribute to The Jam are a hard working and dedicated band who are passionately devoted to the music of The Jam. Pretty Green have a no song left out guarantee from songs like Burning Sky or Scrape Away to classics like Go...The Madchester Experience
Lower Kersal Social Club, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
A reincarnation of the MADCHESTER era bringing the Pills & Thrills to you. The Madchester Experience recreate the iconic sounds of BRIT bands such as THE STONE ROSES, THE HAPPY MONDAYS, OASIS, BLUR, THE VERVE, THE FARM,EMF, THE CHARLATANS a...Willy Mason
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Willy Mason is returning on tour to Europe in 2025. Since 2020 Willy has been touring with increasing regularity, steadily honing his live sound and playing. His band includes Charlotte Anne Dole on drums (Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hammydown, Cu...
Albertine Sarges
Gullivers, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Albertine Sarges? new album, Girl Missing, is the highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed 2021 debut, The Sticky Fingers. Set for release on 21 February 2025 via Moshi Moshi, the album explores sisterhood, resilience, and healing from...
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
The White Hotel, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Now Wave presents Man/Woman/Chainsaw at The White Hotel on 14th November 2025...Awkward second event @ Habitat After Dark
Habitat Studios, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Featuring Moss Valley Banana Undertones Le Bone...Brand New
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Long Island rockers Brand New have earned critical recognition as one of the most influential emo bands. In the UK, they scored Top 40 hits with "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" and "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades". After lead v...Baxter Dury
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
The son of the late rocker Ian Dury, Baxter Dury's idiosyncratically louche music, a universe of late-night London meet-ups, shuffling basslines and comedown disco tunes, all run through with a wry bleakness and sweet love of humanity. Inte...Alex G
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Previously known as "(Sandy) Alex G", and dubbed as "America's greatest living songwriter" by The Fader, Frank Ocean-collaborator Alex G is the stage alias of Alex Giannascoli, a Pennsylvanian indie folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instr...shame
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Originally fuelled by pint-sloshing teenage vitriol, UK Top 10 charting South London pop-punksters shame now delve into a different kind of intensity. Wading into uncharted musical waters, emboldened by their wit and earned cynicism, they h...UK Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Tribute Band
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
This world-famous tribute band takes you on a journey spanning 25 years of music from the now legendary rockers Foo Fighters and their charismatic leader, Dave Grohl. They absolutely nail the true vibe of a Foos live experience, all perfor...The Smiths Ltd - The Smiths Tribute Band
The Grand, Clitheroe
Saturday 15 November 2025
The Smiths Ltd was formed in Manchester, UK the hometown of The Smiths. After an extensive search to find the perfect Morrissey, the band played their first gig in Manchester to an audience of avid Smiths fans. The response was spectacular...Last Race Home
Lion's Den, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Last Race Home is a six-piece band from Manchester. Compared to Talking Heads and Arcade Fire. ...TOPS
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Now Wave presents Tops at Band On The Wall on 15th November 2025...MOOD SWINGS: Adore Child Of Prague Teethe Lovers Skit
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Now Wave presents MOOD SWINGS: Adore, Child Of Prague, Teethe, Lovers Skit...PG Ciarletta - Manchester
Off The Square Manchester, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...
Sight and Sound .transmission 4 at grit studios m/c/r
Grit Studios, Manchester
Saturday 15 - Tuesday 18 November 2025
sight and sound collective return to grit studios for 4 days of sound,vision...The Offspring
AO Arena, Manchester
Sunday 16 November 2025
Californian quartet The Offspring were uniquely positioned to take advantage of the grunge boom of the early to mid '90s. Though usually labeled as a punk band, over the course of their self-titled 1989 debut and 1993's Ignition, Dexter Hol...Levellers
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 16 November 2025
Some bands have fans, others have followers. Nobody would question the assertion that the Levellers are most definitely of the latter. Ever since five lads from Brighton came together in the late '80s to brew up a heady concoction of ant...Nell Mescal
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 16 November 2025
Influenced by artists including Phoebe Bridgers, Frank Ocean, and Bon Iver to Billie Joel and Paul Simon (many of whom she has covered on her popular Instagram page), London-based Co. Kildare Irish singer-songwriter Nell Mescal is drawn t...Pictish Trail
