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
Manchester Music Tours - Oasis Tour
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Friday 11 July - Saturday 30 August 2025
You have the opportunity to see first-hand where Manchester's most famous brothers grew up. Acclaimed by Noel and Liam themselves, the tour includes visits to the iconic Boardwalk where the band rehearsed and performed their first gig. Cana...
Wheezed at 33 Oldham St
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Friday 11 July 2025
Wheezed (Weezer tribute act) return to Manchester for their longest, most complete set to date...The Smiths Ltd - The Smiths Tribute Band
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Saturday 12 July 2025 - Friday 4 September 2026
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...The Jack Off II: The Second Coming
Aatma, Manchester
Saturday 12 July 2025
The Jack Off is back An all-dayer at AATMA in Manchester raising money for The Christie's charity...Maunders School Of Popular Music At 33 Oldham St
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Saturday 12 July 2025
All of our under 18's bands will be performing in one night. See everyone that has attended our fabulous band workshops...Ben Ottewell (Gomez) at The Green Room Altrincham
The Green Room, Altrincham
Sunday 13 July 2025
Join us for a special evening with Ben Ottewell, as he brings his soulful sound and powerful songwriting to The Green Room....Jessica Pratt
New Century Hall, Manchester
Thursday 17 July 2025
The revered Californian folk artist Jessica Pratt has become one of the most singular and distinctive songwriters of her generation, largely through the bewitching sound of her acoustic guitar and vocals: a mystical, elusive blend that conj...Midway Still
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 17 July 2025
Midway Still are back and in Manchester in July...Geordie Greep (Black Midi)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 18 July 2025
Frontman and lead guitarist of London math rock band Black Midi, Geordie Greep has long been considered part of the emerging wave of British rock music known as the Windmill scene. Influenced by Frank Zappa and classical music, his debut so...
MOOD SWINGS vs HOT TAKE: Faerybabyy Catbandcat + more
Yes, Manchester
Friday 18 July 2025
MOOD SWINGS vs HOT TAKE: Faerybabyy, Catbandcat, TV For Cats + Mleko...Big Condo Records Presents The Fix
Peggy Mccools, Warrington
Friday 18 July 2025
Big Condo Records Presents The Fix with support from Zenith, Villanova and The Mandrills with Special Guest Emilie Culshaw........Billie Eilish
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 19 - Wednesday 23 July 2025
Born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, the Southern California native went from being a teenager to an international pop star and generational icon in the span of a few short years. She's the product of artistic parents who are both enm...Maya Hawke
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 19 July 2025
The daughter of Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, New York folk singer, model and actress Maya Hawke gained recognition for starring as Robin Buckley in the Netflix series Stranger Things She has also appeared in the films Onc...Hot Take: Umarells Olivesque + Maggie Challinor
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 19 July 2025
HOT TAKE: UMARELLS, OLIVESQUE + MAGGIE CHALLINOR at YES Basement on 19th July 2025...K-ESTATE LIVE - The Peer Hat. MCR. 19th July.
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Saturday 19 July 2025
Mancunian Synth Disco outfit K-ESTATE play their first headline show at Manchesters The Peer Hat on July 19th 2025....The Yard Presents: Stranger Ways Festival
The Yard, Manchester
Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 July 2025
2 days & 2 nights of back to back live indie bands, DJs & the finest tribute acts at Manchester's finest alfresco grassroots space...DAMMIT: A (daytime) Elder Emo event
Postern Gate, Warrington
Saturday 19 July 2025
Well I guess this is growing up... now we do daytime events for all you elder emo's Best of all.. free entry...Bodega
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 23 July 2025
With widescreen multi-tracked guitars and a giant sounding rhythm section complementing sharp songwriting and yearning vocal melodies, the Brooklyn art-punk incendiaries attempt to interrogate the external factors that make them who they ar...Pip Blom
The White Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 24 July 2025
Following support slots to the likes of The Breeders, Franz Ferdinand and Garbage, Amsterdam's Pip Blom deliver an undeniable knack for writing a hook-laden, 3-4 minute song; planting it in your head and making it stay there looping days a...
Asylum's 4th Birthday Gig & Club Night
Postern Gate, Warrington
Friday 25 July 2025
Can you believe ASYLUM is turning FOUR in July? Well it's about time we brought back live music before the club night kicks off in style...The Complete Stone Roses - Stone Roses Tribute Band
Vibe Wigan, Wigan
Saturday 26 July 2025
The Complete Stone Roses are one of the UK's most well-known, most seen and most successful tribute bands. Selling out venues across the UK and Ireland regularly, they have helped to carry on the music of one of the UK's most influential b...Asthma Attack
Aatma, Manchester
Saturday 26 July 2025
Live music with genres including phonk/memphis/techno rap/house and more. 14+ (With guardian) £7 in pre-sale and £12.5 at the door....Maunders Summer Gig
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Sunday 27 July 2025
Maunders School Of Popular Music summer showcase gig. All of our adult bands who attend our Band workshop will be performing our summer themed gig...LIAR (6 x piece Indonisian psych / funk)
Golden Lion, Todmorden
Monday 28 July 2025
LIAR 6 x piece Indonisian Paych / Funk band Formed in 2018 - take their inspiration from traditional Panturan Tarling....The Hoosiers
Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Friday 1 August 2025
 The Hoosiers are an English pop rock originally formed in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States while on a football scholarship at the University of Indianapolis. The band consists of members Irwin Sparkes (lead vocals, lead guitar) ...Apostles - Manchester
Off The Square, Manchester
Saturday 2 August 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Sleep Walkers - Bring Me The Horizon Tribute
Holy Diver, Stockport
Saturday 2 August 2025
Sleep Walkers hit the Holy Diver Stage for a phenomenal tribute to Bring Me the Horizon...Happy Mondaze
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 8 August 2025
Authentically from Manchester, Happy Mondaze were the first musicians to bravely emulate the Madchester legends. Currently touring the UK with a set of hits and fan favourites from the likes of Pills n thrills and Bummed. ...The Warlocks
Yes, Manchester
Friday 8 August 2025
Now Wave presents The Warlocks at YES Pink Room on 8th August 2025...The Juice
Gullivers, Manchester
Saturday 9 August 2025
Five Manchester-based northern lads, dishing out scally rock with a sweet pop sheen. Backed by BBC Introducing Lancashire, after landing a slot performing on BBC 5 live on Scott Mills' & Chris Stark's Saturday morning show the lads have gon...
Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses / Ian Brown)
Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills
Saturday 9 August 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...The Gospel According to David Black
Lion's Den, Manchester
Saturday 9 August 2025
Vocalist and goth provocateur David Black, a candid spoken word performance with songs and anecdotes....The Illicits - The Final Show
Sunbird Records, Blackburn
Saturday 9 August 2025
The Illicits play their farewell show in the venue where it all began....PELICAN
