ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Indiepalooza Tribute Festival
King George's Hall
Sat 13 Feb - Sat 29 May 2027
Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Manchester Academy
Fri 13 Nov 2026 - Fri 16 Jul 2027
Bridge City Sinners
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 3 October 2026
Find tickets and full event details for Bridge City Sinners live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for Bridge City Sinners?Tickets for Bridge City Sinners can be purchase...
The Cavs - Manchester
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 3 October 2026
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Snug Live Sessions w/The Velvetines + Callum Codd + Seymour
The Snug Coffee House, Manchester
Saturday 3 October 2026
One of the most talented acts to emerge from the North West, The Velvetines, make their Snug debut...The Harbours - Manchester
Off The Square, Manchester
Saturday 3 October 2026
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Mike Joyce & Stephen Street (The Smiths)
New Century, Manchester
Sunday 4 October 2026
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Smiths' seminal The Queen Is Dead with an evening dedicated to one of the most acclaimed and influential albums of all time. Voted NME's Greatest Album of All Time and consistently ranked among the f...The Skinner Brothers
Gorilla, Manchester
Sunday 4 October 2026
An indie band with an arena sound, The Skinner Brothers tell stories of football, drugs, booze, sex and love, while their unforgettable, blistering live shows continue to shake things up on London's scene. The riotous, rebellion-tinged ban...
Paranoid Void
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Tue 06 Oct - 7:30 pmParanoid Void+ God Alone£14 adv...The Lemonheads
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Evan Dando's Boston, Massachusetts, grunge rockers The Lemonheads finally found popularity in 1992 with their fifth album, which spawned the hit singles "Mrs. Robinson", "It's a Shame About Ray", "Confetti", and "My Drug Buddy." The...Beyond The Music
MediaCityUK, Salford
Wednesday 7 - Friday 9 October 2026
Manchester's global music conference and showcase festival. Building a fairer future for artists and delegates. Join the revolution....Shaun Ryder
The Met, Bury
Wednesday 7 October 2026
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure. Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is hitting the road for a new, spoken word tour. The star of more-TV-shows-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-feature-on - including Cele...
DICE
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Find tickets and full event details for DICE live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for DICE?Tickets for DICE can be purchased safely and securely from Eventim UK. We rec...Alt Blk Era Gen & The Degenerates BEX Cody Frost
GANS + more TBA
Media City Studios, Salford
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Beyond The Music curated by Louder Than War....Mouth Ulcers walt disco + more TBA
Media City Studios, Salford
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Beyond The Music - curated by Louder Than War...The Slow Readers Club
Media City Studios, Salford
Thursday 8 October 2026
Manchester's The Slow Readers Club deliver an energetic blend of driving drums and infectious guitar lines with evocative verses and anthemic choruses, imbued with their idiosyncratic brand of insightful and confronting lyricism, all set ...The Hoosiers
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
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)...The 9075 - Tribute to The 1975
FAC251, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
Catch the world's first tribute to The 1975 direct all the way from Italy playing the biggest hits from the bands' extensive catalogue....Alice Costelloe
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
Now Wave presentsAlice Costelloe live at YES Basement, Manchester8th Oct 2026...SILVERWINGKILLER Bloodworm LIINES Georgian
Media City Studios, Salford
Thursday 8 October 2026
Beyond The Music - curated by Dot 2 Dot Festival....Sons of Sevilla
The Abbey, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
Now Wave presents Sons of Sevilla at The Abbey on 8th October 2026...
Spiral
Klang, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
Join us on the 8th October at Klang in Fallowfield to see the amazing Spiral perform, supported by Torn Canvas and Venus in Spirals...Tom A. Smith Marie Franc + more TBA
Media City Studios, Salford
Thursday 8 October 2026
Beyond The Music - Curated by Chris Hawkins Awesome Friends...The Cheap Thrills
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 9 October 2026
Fiercely independent. What started with modest beginnings in a Liverpool basement has now snowballed into the band taking on the largest capacity venues in their home city. In rock 'n' roll spirit, the Scouse trailblazers have also caused ...The Lilacs
The Boulevard, Wigan
Friday 9 October 2026
Wigan band The Lilacs have hit the scene with a bang already performing on stages at Manchester Academy, o2 Ritz and London's O2 Academy Islington ...The Lilacs
Boulevard Wigan, Wigan
Friday 9 October 2026
Wigan band The Lilacs have hit the scene with a bang already performing on stages at Manchester Academy, o2 Ritz and London's O2 Academy Islington ...Matilda Mann
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 9 October 2026
From lyrics pencilled in her diary and playing demos on the kitchen speaker, to writing songs in the mountains of the Peak District and a light-filled apartment in Archway, young West London indie-folk musician Matilda Mann was inspir...Nirvanah - Nirvana Tribute Act
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 9 October 2026
Relive the magic of one of the most influential bands of the 1990s, performing all your favourite anthems from the Seattle band that defined a generation. Nirvanah are a touring 3 piece tribute band, paying homage to the iconic 90's grung...The Crooks - Manchester
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Friday 9 October 2026
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Col&Ric Live
Eagle Inn, Salford
Friday 9 October 2026
Manchester, we're back Col&Ric return to The Eagle Inn on 9 October with new music and support from Canguru....Born at Midnite
JayaHadADream OneDa Che3kz Lady Ice
The Leather Gallery (FR) // Cob
Big Hands, Manchester
Friday 9 October 2026
Post punk power from French band The Leather Gallery, supported by one of the most exciting local groups Cob...Band Of Horses
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 10 October 2026
Delivering strikingly beautiful woodsy, dreamy indie folk rock with sophisticated arrangements which ooze amorphous tension, longing and hope, the raw ethos that lies at the heart of the Charleston, South Carolina band is the emotionally ...The Amity Affliction
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 10 October 2026
An Aussie metalcore group with highly confessional lyrics and a melody-driven emo-tinged sound, the Amity Affliction emerged in 2008 and have since soared to the top of the Australian charts four times. ...The Amity Affliction
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 10 October 2026
An Aussie metalcore group with highly confessional lyrics and a melody-driven emo-tinged sound, the Amity Affliction emerged in 2008 and have since soared to the top of the Australian charts four times. ...Crash Test Dummies
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 10 October 2026
Hailing from Manitoba, Canada, Crash Test Dummies are a Juno Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated folk/alt-rock band. Beginning in 2017, the group reunited for a 25th anniversary tour of its most commercially successful album, "God ...Pure Weller - A Tribute to the Music of Paul Weller
