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
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 ...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. ...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...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. ...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)
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
One half of Angus & Julia Stone, Dope Lemon (aka Angus Stone) has amassed over 400 million streams from his two widely acclaimed albums, Smooth Big Cat (2019) which came in at #2 on the Australian ARIA Album charts, and Honey Bones (2016), ...The Southmartins - A Tribute to The Beautiful South & The Housemartins
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
The Southmartins are a tribute act to the songs of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, The Beautiful South and The Housemartins. The seven-piece collective has built up a loyal following playing arenas, festivals, clubs and pubs (including Paul ...Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 6 - Tuesday 9 September 2025
Where can I buy tickets for Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners ?Tickets for Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners can be purchased safely and securely from Eventim UKWhen Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners are playing?Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners are playin...Teenage Dads
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
Where can I buy tickets for Teenage Dads ?Tickets for Teenage Dads can be purchased safely and securely from Eventim UKWhen Teenage Dads are playing?Teenage Dads are playing at -YES Manchester (Pink Room) on 6th September 2025Exchange, Bris...Noasis - The Definitive Oasis Tribute Band
FAC251, Manchester
Tuesday 9 - Friday 19 September 2025
Noasis is the definitive tribute band to Manchester's five piece Oasis. Since their formation in 2006 and with over 800 performances to date Noasis has justly earned its reputation as the best tribute on the circuit packing out venues up an...Greg Freeman
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Now Wave presents Greg Freeman at YES Basement on 9th September 2025...Turnover
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 10 September 2025
West Virginian indie rockers Turnover demonstrate an eclectic mix of personalities from emo and pop punk to a lo-fi, jazzy sound, with driving drums and delay-drenched guitar. ...Surprise Chef
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Now Wave presents Surprise Chef at YES Pink Room on 10th September 2025...Black Country, New Road
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 12 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Melding klezmer, post-rock, indie, jazz, art-pop, and an often intense spoken word delivery, the Mercury Prize nominated Cambridge six-piece's unique concoction creates a singular sonic middle ground that traverses classical minimalism, in...KNOWER
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
KNOWER are a searing hot music group from Los Angeles spearheading a new musical movement or as they call it CONSCIOUS RACK-ROP. The LA duo are drummer-producer Louis Cole and singer Genevieve Artadi, known for their hard-hitting funk, cool...The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Friday 12 September 2025
Gary Digan Aka is the UKs Premier & Definitve Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon. With his Strong Scottish Accent, his infamous live shows are a mixture of up-beat acoustic guitars, soulful harmonica and heartfelt vocals. The anthemic sing along tra...
Cian Ducrot
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
Hailing from Cork, singer-songwriter Cian Ducrot's breakthrough single, the tender ballad All For You, found massive success on TikTok and was a Top 10 hit in his native Ireland, and has been issued as a duet with Ella Henderson. Signed to ...
Flyte
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
London-based Flyte began to form when Will Taylor (vocals, guitar) and Jon Supran (drums, vocals) started playing together aged 11 at their local comprehensive school. Later, Nick Hill (bass, vocals) would join after a series of line-up cha...The Cases - Manchester
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Spoonfest III
