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 14 Nov 2025 - Fri 27 Feb 2026
The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
St Mary's Chambers
Sun 28 Dec 2025 - Fri 2 Oct 2026
Arthur Hill
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
Arthur Hill is a multifaceted talent making waves both in the music industry and the world of TikTok. Hailing from Buckinghamshire, Arthur has seamlessly blended his musical prowess with a flair for comedic content, captivating audiences...Reverend And The Makers
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Sunday 23 November 2025
The Sheffield indie band, fronted by Jon McClure, nicknamed The Reverend, gained success in Britain with their debut album "The State of Things", which reached no.5 in 2017, and spawned the UK top 10 single "Heavyweight Champion of the Worl...Tune-Yards
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
California-based, experimental pop duo tUnE-yArDs were formed by Connecticut-raised Merrill Garbus in 2006, and have become synonymous with creativity and forward motion. Known for explosive performances, surprising song structures and da...MARSEILLE
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
FORM Presents MARSEILLE + Special GuestsSunuday 23rd November 2025Manchester, YES (Basement)Age Restrictions: 18+...
My Bloody Valentine
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
Shattering the boundaries of genre and convention, Dublin shoegaze pioneers my bloody valentine emerged in the 1980s with a sound that felt like nothing before it. After a series of more typically indie releases, they pursued a far more si...The Primitives
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
The Primitives are an English indie pop band from Coventry, best known for their 1988 international hit single "Crash". Formed in 1984, disbanded in 1992 and reformed in 2009, the band's two constant members throughout their recording caree...Softcult
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
Canadian grunge duo, twin siblings Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn, are known for their melding of grunge with shoegaze, as well as their DIY and riot grrrl-inspired ethics. ...EEVAH
Yes, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
Haifax-based alt-indie band EEVAH's distinctive fusion of anthemic rock hooks and driving synths has seen them draw comparisons from the moody atmospherics of The National, Wolf Alice, and The XX to the shimmering indie pop energy of HAIM ...People Person
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
People Person are a 4-piece Manchester based indie-rock band formed by schoolmates in 2022. Since then, People Person have taken their time writing and recording a plethora of tracks, whilst constantly refining their sound. ...CMAT
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
CMAT is the stage name of Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, the North Dublin-born global country-pop star who after relocating to Manchester aged 17 and forming the band Bad Sea, returned home to live with her grandparents before settling down in ...Joe Talbot (Idles) Q&A
AO Arena, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Joe Talbot talks intimately to Chris Hawkins via his most important musical chapters of his life, his stunning musical journey from resident DJ at one of Bristol's hottest clubs, through to headlining Glastonbury festival. With raw honesty ...An Evening with Lou Barlow
The Last Dinner Party
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Fresh from supporting Florence and The Machine the heavily-hyped Guildhall School of Music and Drama-formed all-female quintet - who "have been compared, variously, to Kate Bush, Sparks, Florence and the Machine, Queen and Abba, and dress l...Electric Six
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Detroit's fun-loving alternative garage rock collective Electric Six celebrate 20 years of their UK Top 10 debut album "Fire" in 2003. The high-octane collection, mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-y...
Seb Lowe
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Manchester-based Seb Lowe has burst out of nowhere. (Okay Saddleworth...). Good in that this can be a younger child with a head stuffed with phrases which are his weapons and telling his fact and a guitar that could be a machine gun of riff...Matt Maltese
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Reading indie rocker Matt Maltese first established himself as a songwriter with a knack for dry one liners and a keen eye for self-deprecation with his baroque piano-led tunes racking up over a billion streams on Spotify. ...Keyside
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Liverpool four-piece Keyside play pristine jangle-pop of powerful substance. With lyrics evidencing a social conscience that goes deeper than their uplifting melodies might suggest, frontman Dan Parker's nuanced songcraft will charm you as ...
N&D Birthday Bash: Madame Claude
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Thu 27 Nov - 7:30 pmN&D Birthday Bash: Madame Claude+ Special Guests£12 adv...Cosmic Culture 3
Aatma, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Cosmic Culture is a live music showcase of the city's top emerging artists join us 27 NOV at Aatma for live performances and Dj sets. Don't Miss Out ...TTSSFU
The White Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Now Wave presents TTSSFU at The White Hotel on 27th November 2025...Wolf Alice
AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion, North London rockers Wolf Alice started out as a folky two-piece formed by guitarist Joff Oddie and singer Ellie Rowsell in 2010. Equal parts...
The Hives
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Swedish rock-n-roll heroes The Hives are back, channelling the electrifying energy of the group's greatest hits with their first new album in over 10 years. The Hives unleashed their debut album on the world in 1997 and since then they exp...Royel Otis
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 28 - Saturday 29 November 2025
Australian duo - childhood friends Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell - swing between melodic, pop-inspired indie and woozy psych, but it never feels tied to one lane. As soon as one style or mood has outstayed its welcome, they handbrake turn...The Horrors
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
After nearly 20 years making music, there are few bands who've created a canon as determinedly innovative and consistently critically-acclaimed as The Horrors. Emerging as zeitgeist-shaking garage-goths on their 2007 debut, 'Strange House',...Oceans On Mars
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Oceans on Mars are a five-piece alternative-rock band based in Manchester. Heavily inspired by the likes of '90s grunge and early alternative rock, their influences are emphasised through their fuzz-fuelled riffs, raw vocals, and distortion...PET NEEDS
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Colchester's PET NEEDS play fractured party music. With explosive live performances of singalong anti-anthems, they began smashing sets on stages throughout the UK, screaming stories of disastrous job interviews, self-destruction and headi...Low Girl
Gullivers, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
The Hemel-Hempstead based newcomers offer irresistible alt-pop, which has been playlisted by BBC 6Music and picked up support from BBC Radio 1, DIY Magazine and Radio X. With a slot already confirmed at SXSW, a support tour with Pom Poko an...Brown Horse
Yes, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Now Wave presents Brown Horse at YES Pink Room on 28th November 2025...CatbandCat
Yes, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Now Wave presents Catbandcat at YES Basement on 28th November 2025...Lola Kirke
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Born in London and raised in New York, Lola Kirke may not be *exactly* who you picture when you imagine a vital voice in Country, but with her forthcoming four song EP "Country Curious," produced by one of the newest stars of the genre, Ell...Clickbait (US) Live at Big Hands
Big Hands, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Chicago post punk art music from Clickbait Live in Big Hands....Everything Everything
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Twice Mercury Prize nominated, 5 time Ivor Novello nominated and critically acclaimed off-kilter indie rockers Everything Everything set about revolutionising modern pop music, pushing the ribbon on melody & rhythm with a heavy helping of e...Starsailor
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Selling out some of Manchester's biggest venues long before they had even released a record, Starsailor burst onto the scene in 2001 when their single "Fever" earning them the title of "Britain's best new band". Formed at Wigan & Leigh Musi...The Pigeon Detectives
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
With platinum and gold selling accolades across their back catalogue, Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives return with their high octane live show, peppered with sing-a-long hits that have passed the test of time with flying colours attracting ...The Gerry Cinna-man Experience + Cortinas
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
The ultimate tribute to Gerry Cinnamon is back with special guests Cortinas!...
Old Mervs
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Australia's fastest rising indie-rock duo, loveable larrikins Old Mervs bring their high-energy shows to cities across Europe....The Orielles
The White Hotel, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Manchester-based indie rockers The Orielles formed in Halifax when sisters Sidonie B and Esme Dee Hand-Halford met Henry Carlyle Wade at a birthday party. Still in their teens, the threesome bonded over a love of '90s music (like the Pixies...The Belair Lip Bombs
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Often compared to The Strokes, Australian indie rock band The Belair Lip Bombs have been described by the NME as genre-defying with elements of "punk, post-punk, jangle pop and new wave". ...Oasis LTD
Icons, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Oasis LTD are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is! Everything the band does is all about what the fans want to see and hear a lot of hard work goes on in the background making sure that th...Oasish - Oasis Tribute
