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
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 Panamas
The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Saturday 9 August 2025
The 5 piece Indie rock band from Stockport have been together with the same lineup for 10 years, and have been recording and releasing music for 5 years. The band's sound has been described as "what happens when you cross the indie sound of...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....IBIZA BAND Retro.
53two, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
BAND IBIZA RETRO - a night with the best retro tunes Live. Under the Arches at 53two. All your favorite hits, Greg Scotts from Manchester with all you...PELICAN
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Pink Dot Presents?PELICANAges 18+It?s been a long journey for Pelican?from their sludgy reductionist beginnings in the DIY spaces of Chicago, through their tenure as forerunners to the burgeoning international community of artists fusing po...Fontaines D.C.
Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
Friday 15 August 2025
The London-based, Dublin-raised five piece are back with their fourth album, ROMANCE - and stop off with what's set to be an unforgettable live show. Set for release on 23 August 2024 via XL Recording, ROMANCE builds upon sonic sensibilitie...InFest
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 15 August 2025
After 24 great live (+1 hybrid) years in Bradford, InFest moves to Manchester for 2025 ...
Infest
University Of Manchester Students' Union, Manchester
Friday 15 August 2025
After 24 great live (+1 hybrid) years in Bradford, InFest moves to Manchester for 2025 ...Casino Club - Manchester
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 15 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...Qujaku
Golden Lion, Todmorden
Friday 15 August 2025
QujakuHeavy Psych from Japan Imagine The Swans meets Daughters infused with doom, psychedelia & shoegaze....HONK // Divorce Finance
Big Hands, Manchester
Friday 15 August 2025
A unique blend of countrified noise is headed your way. Live at Big Hands Aug 15th. Buy the ticket, dont be a dick....Sam Fender
Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
Saturday 16 August 2025
Having celebrated his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles, rocketing to the number one spot and a sold out headline winter tour, Sam Fender continues his path to dominance with further live dates, the biggest of his career. ...Sam Fender
Wythenshawe Park, Manchester
Saturday 16 August 2025
Having celebrated his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles, rocketing to the number one spot and a sold out headline winter tour, Sam Fender continues his path to dominance with further live dates, the biggest of his career. ...The Lemonheads
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 16 August 2025
Performing their seminal 1992 album 'It's A Shame About Ray' in its entirety, Boston, Massachusetts, grunge rockers The Lemonheads celebrate 30 years of their their prestigious fifth album, which reached UK no.33 , and spawned the singles ...Dr Sure's Unusual Practice (AUS) // Ahmed & The Romans
Big Hands, Manchester
Saturday 16 August 2025
Aussie group Dr. Sure's Unusual Practice return to Big Hands on their latest European tour Support from Ahmed & The Romans...Greg Mendez
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Greg Mendez has released music in various capacities across 15 years living in Philadelphia and New York, but his self-titled album was what propelled him to a wider attention, a critical breakthrough on best-of lists from Rolling Stone, Pi...Black Honey
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Put it this way: if Lana Del Rey was (in) a rock band, it would sound like Black Honey. Brighton's bad-ass alternative pop-rockers are quite Lush-ish. You might even say they're Lush-ous, only a bit classicist, less 4AD than Telstar. They b...The Maccabees
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Thursday 21 - Friday 22 August 2025
After splitting in 2017, the UK chart-topping London indie rockers - best known for their hits "About Your Dress", "Love You Better", "First Love" and "Toothpaste Kisses" - return. ...Cass McCombs
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 21 August 2025
The Californian musician is a transient storyteller interested in words, music and dreams. Balancing emotional richness, awareness, and wry demeanor in his lyrics, Cass McCombs negotiates styles including Americana, Baroque pop, psychedelia...Brigitte Calls Me Baby
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 21 August 2025
The music of Brigitte Calls Me Baby is equal parts elegant time warp and up-close exploration of our modern-day neuroses. The Chicago-based band ingeniously spans genres and eras, merging the lavish romanticism of mid-century pop with the f...
King Creosote
Todmorden Unitarian Church, Todmorden
Sunday 24 August 2025
Since the mid-late 1990s, Mercury Prize-nominated Scottish singer-songwriter Kenny Anderson, DIY pop voyager, ancestral seaside home restorer, squeezebox lothario, Fife for lifer, diamond miner, hijacker of hearts, and the man also known...Matt Berninger (The National)
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Following the announcement of his new album, The National's very own vocalist and lyricist, Matt Berninger takes to the stage with his much-adored solo works. The Cincinnati, Ohio rocker reached no.21 on the UK album charts in October 2020...Run Remedy 'Xtian Skate Night' album release show
Carlton Club, Manchester
Wednesday 27 August 2025
'Darlin, would you like to roll... out of the way of this lonely gray salvation?'Run Remedy + the Lesbian BOYBAND choir + Bryony Lloyd + skaters...The Bug Club
Golden Lion, Todmorden
Thursday 28 August 2025
"If you ever wondered what Tiny Tim might might have sounded like fronting AC/DC, have a listen. It's 100% fun." - Dusted. The Monmouthshire duo deliver a beefy slab of signature Modern-Lovers-meets-Nuggets garage rock, featuring B-52's ca...Gurriers
Projekts Skatepark, Manchester
Friday 29 August 2025
Dublin's newest alternative addition, Gurriers, embody the emerging Irish genres of post-punk, noise rock and shoegaze. ...Gurriers
Projekts Skate Park, Manchester
Friday 29 August 2025
Dublin's newest alternative addition, Gurriers, embody the emerging Irish genres of post-punk, noise rock and shoegaze. ...Manchester Psych Fest
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 30 August 2025
Multi-venue festival at O2 Ritz, Manchester Albert Hall, Gorilla, CANVAS, YES and Deaf Institute. Ticket gains access to all venues. Venue capacities are based on first come first serve so please arrive early for specific acts. ...Manchester Psych Fest
Various Venues, Manchester
Saturday 30 August 2025
Multi-venue festival at O2 Ritz, Manchester Albert Hall, Gorilla, CANVAS, YES and Deaf Institute. Ticket gains access to all venues. Venue capacities are based on first come first serve so please arrive early for specific acts. ...Festwich Tribute Festival
Heaton Park, Manchester
Saturday 30 August 2025
The tribute act festival that brings you blistering sets from the best rock and indie bands in the universe. Now with 3 stages over 2 days. ...Only The Poets
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Monday 1 September 2025
With delicate guitar tones and catchy pop elements, the unsigned indie band from Reading were picked by One Direction star Louis Tomlinson to support him on his 2020 UK and European tour. ...
Blondshell
New Century Hall, Manchester
Thursday 4 September 2025
Los Angeles indie rocker Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum, better known as Blondshell, moved from a pop-leaning career under the name BAUM, to a more rockier output as Blondshell in 2022. Transforming into a songwriter without fear. The loud-quiet e...Cucamaras
Yes, Manchester
Friday 5 September 2025
Nottingham's hottest prospects, the four piece have been making waves with their definitive, genre-spanning sound that incorporates elements of post-punk, indie and art pop to create something remarkable and unique. Garnering rapturous prai...Dope Lemon (Angus Stone)
