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
The Met
Fri 27 Nov 2026 - Fri 19 Feb 2027
Just Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Manchester Academy
Sat 20 Jun - Fri 30 Oct 2026
UK Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Tribute Band
Manchester Academy
Sat 14 Nov 2026 - Sat 27 Feb 2027
The Lemon Twigs
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 30 May 2026
Brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario - the sons of New York power pop songwriter Ronnie D'Addario - are receiving accolades from everyone from Elton John, The Zombies and Boy George, to Gilbert O'Sullivan, Flea, and Todd Rundgren, with wh...Teen Spirit - 90s Rock Night
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 30 May 2026
A 90s Rock night with DJs playing: Nirvana + Pearl Jam + Red Hot Chili Peppers + Rage Against The Machine + Guns N' Roses + Foo Fighters + Green Day + Blink 182 + Pixies + Weezer + Oasis + Blur + Faith No More + Radiohead + Offspring + Sub...St Helens Battle Of The Bands 2026
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 30 May 2026
Find tickets and full event details for St Helens Battle Of The Bands 2026 live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for St Helens Battle Of The Bands 2026?Tickets for St Hel...Snug Live Sessions w/Handsome Rat + The Modalities
The Snug Coffee House, Manchester
Saturday 30 May 2026
Handsome Rat make their return to The Snug, Atherton. Better than ever, with a headline set you definitely don't want to miss....Y Live at Big Hands
Big Hands, Manchester
Saturday 30 May 2026
London group Y, hit Big Hands Bar in Manchester on May 30th...Empress Of
The White Hotel, Manchester
Sunday 31 May 2026
Now Wave presents Empress Of at The White Hotel, Salford on 31st May 2026...EMF
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Gloucestershire dance-rock quintet EMF formed in 1989. Their name supposedly stood for "Epsom Mad Funkers" (although it was widely speculated that the initials instead represented "Ecstasy Mother Fuckers"). Their light techno infused roc...Valerie June
LANY
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 3 June 2026
LANY (an acronym for "Los Angeles New York") is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, formed in Nashville in 2014. The band consists of Paul Jason Klein, and Jake Clifford Goss. Signed to Polydor and Interscope, the band have ...Billy Bibby (Catfish And The Bottlemen)
Peter Hook & the Light
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 4 June 2026
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs music from his entire career. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company boss and author was a co-founder of the seminal post-punk band Joy ...Skinner
Rat & Pigeon, Manchester
Thursday 4 June 2026
Skinner is a musician based in Dublin who writes, records and produces songs about growing up and overcoming a dirt-flecked 21st century existence. The DNA of no wave and post-punk acts like The B52s, James Chance and the Contortions and ES...Play For Planet 1
The Castle Hotel 66 Oldham St Manchester M4 1le, Manchester
Thursday 4 June 2026
Enrich your soul & our soil. Gigs to support green space regeneration projects, and showcase new talent. In collaboration with the Castle Hotel....Blue October
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 5 June 2026
Catching listeners off guard is typical of the Texan art-rockers who have made a career out of defying odds. From their mercurial ascent as a local band from Houston, to platinum-selling headliners, to the dramatic alcohol/drug-fuelled s...Scatterchild - A New Ocean Awaits
HOME, Manchester
Friday 5 June 2026
Part gig, part film screening, part theatre sharing. This intimate event will explore the creation of SCATTERCHILD's new album, placing its themes under the lens in a one-of-a-kind live performance that's part gig, part film screening, and ...
THE BEVIS FROND + GERARD LOVE
Yes, Manchester
Friday 5 June 2026
We?re excited to be working The Bevis Frond and special guest Gerard Love!Formed in 1986 in Walthamstow, London, The Bevis Frond is essentially the enduring solo project of guitarist/singer-songwriter Nick Saloman ? though over time the liv...Snug Live Sessions w/The Rolling People + Special Guests
The Snug Coffee House, Manchester
Friday 5 June 2026
Intimate Snug headline show from The Rolling People - Manchester's next big thing. Catch them up close before they outgrow rooms like this....Sabbotage UK. Live at Empire Rochdale
Empire Rochdale, Rochdale
Friday 5 June 2026
Sabbotage. Black Sabbath tribute delivering crushing riffs, dark grooves and the heavy sound that defined metal, played loud and true....Mark Chadwick (Levellers)
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Saturday 6 - Friday 19 June 2026
One of the UK's most successful songwriters, Mark Chadwick has scored fourteen Top 40 chart singles and twelve Top 40 albums (including a Number 1) as part of The Levellers, the band he has fronted for over 25 years. Still going strong,...Space
The Grand - Clitheroe, Clitheroe
Saturday 6 June 2026
Liverpool indie band Space shot to fame in 1996 with with with hit single "Female of the Species", which was also the theme song to the TV series Cold Feet. They followed it up with UK Top 20 singles "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (with Cerys ...
The Absolute Stone Roses (Tribute Band)
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Saturday 6 June 2026
A tribute band to the Manchester legends The Stone Roses who create a "Resurrection" of that iconic sound and vibe that you got at a Roses' concert. The band themselves are big fans with an obvious great love for The Stone Roses and have w...Vinny Peculiar
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Saturday 6 June 2026
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...Dreaming Of Citra - Manchester
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 6 June 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 Sick Fix - Manchester
Off The Square, Manchester
Saturday 6 June 2026
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...North X Northwest - Street Life After Party
The Juggernaut Brew Co', Oldham
Saturday 6 June 2026
Live bands, electronic artists and DJs following the Ashton Under Lyne Steet Life Event. Taking place at the new home of Juggernaut brew co'...Evening4Ricky - A Celebration of Ricky Hatton
AO Arena, Manchester
Sunday 7 June 2026
One Night. One City. One Icon. One Party. This is Manchester's biggest party celebrating one of the city's most beloved icons - Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton!Where else could this event take place but the iconic AO Arena, home of so many of Ric...Trampolene
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Sunday 7 June 2026
Called "the saviours of indie guitar music" by The Guardian, with a psychedelic, cinematic feel to their music, and grandiose layers, brass, strings and distorted guitars, Trampolene are lead by Jack Jones, a spoken word poet, singer and so...Rainbow Kitten Surprise
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 8 June 2026
As if channeling another dimension where genres simply don't exist, Rainbow Kitten Surprise find harmony in unpredictability - weaving together lyrical poetry, hummable melodies, and a rush of instrumental eccentricities. The genre-defying ...Aldous Harding
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 8 June 2026
Cardiff-based New Zealand indie, folk singer Hannah Harding, known by her stage name, Aldous Harding, produces rich and timeless songwriting. She first drew praise for the gothic indie folk and stark emotionality of her 2015 debut that bro...Soul Asylum
Gorilla, Manchester
Monday 8 June 2026
One of the most successful American Alternative Rock bands of the 1990s, Minneapolis's Soul Asylum's folk-influenced grunge beared the roots of the Country-Rock revival with their triple-Platinum certified Grave Dancers Union album, whi...
Lola Young
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 10 - Thursday 11 June 2026
UK singles chart topping Croydon R&B pop rock singer-songwriter Lola Young was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star in 2021. She was chosen to cover the 1980s hit "Together in Electric Dreams" for the John Lewis Christmas advert be...Yasmin Coe
Eagle Inn, Salford
Thursday 11 June 2026
The Manchester-based Hull singer/songwriter takes inspiration from artists like Current Joys, Mazzy Star and the Pixies, with performances and music which bring together storytelling lyrics amongst jangly indie guitar sounds. Self-described...Sylvie Grey & Claremont @ The Talleyrand
The Talleyrand, Manchester
Thursday 11 June 2026
Claremont returns to The Talleyrand with good friend Sylvie Grey, promising a night of atmospheric, intimate electronic music raising money for MAP....Ted Fish Live
