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 Oct 2025 - Fri 30 Oct 2026
Skating Polly
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Fusing elements of '90s-inspired alt-rock and riot grrrl with classic D.I.Y. punk and indie pop, savvy Oklahoma siblings Kelli and Kurtis Mayo, with step-sister Peyton Bighorse found national exposure in the early 2010s, earning both critic...
d4vd
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Houston indie musician David Burke, better known as d4vd (pronounced "David"), is an artist that's unable to be boxed into a specific genre, with familiar hits including his UK Top 40 hits 'Romantic Homicide,' a grungy, guitar-driven breaku...LEAP
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Indie rock sad boys LEAP are on the verge, in every sense of the word. Bubbling with anticipation, whether it's the palpable energy at their explosive sold out shows across the UK and Europe, or landing in Shazam's top 50 viral playlist, th...
Pale Waves
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
The Manchester indie-pop icons step up once more, fulfilling the promise of that widely-lauded UK Top 10 debut album My Mind Makes Noises, in 2018, and striding towards pop megastardom with the UK no.3 2021 follow-up Who Am I?. The slick f...Panic Shack
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
Cardiff punks Panic Shack aren't interested in the keys to the boys' clubhouse or fighting with sharp-elbows for a seat at the table. They're with you, out there: in the pit, at the bar, in the group chat - and their sound, collar-grabbing ...Sleeper
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
The Platinum-selling Manchester-formed Britpop band are back. Sleeper enjoyed huge critical and commercial success in the mid 90s: achieving 8 Top 40 singles across 3 Top 10 albums with well over 1,000,000 sales. They garnered front cove...Pop Will Eat Itself
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
With the help of John Peel, the industrial/alt-rock Stourbridge band's earliest singles became surprise chart hits in the late 80s and early 90s thanks to their many samples of other songs and musical scores. Tracks like "Get the Girl! Kill...
The Phonics - Tribute to Stereophonics
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 17 October 2025
Described by Kelly Jones himself as "Awesome" The Phonics are the Uk's most authentic tribute to Stereophonics. Fresh from their UK o2 academy tour, you will hear all of the biggest hits from every Stereophonics album including their latest...
The Camden Grunge Scene Presents: NeverUnder The Peer Hat
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
The Camden Grunge Scene finally arrives in Manchester with its main band, NeverUnder (+ supports TBA soon)....The Vamps
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
The Vamps had never really had the chance to be bored before 2020 struck. Since their platinum-selling debut album, 'Meet The Vamps', crashed into the UK charts at number 2 in 2014, the band have been holding onto a dream-like rush of album...Men I Trust
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 October 2025
The Quebecois electo-pop band's rise to indie fame is a bit more abnormal than most. The group initially started without their lead singer, as a duo with programmed robotic electronic drums alongside boisterous synthesizers heavily inspire...Idlewild
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Raucous cult Scottish Highlands curiosity turned chart bothering national treasures, Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, and Colin Newton, plus Allan Stewart, Luciano Rossi and Andrew Mitchell return. Their form of alternative rock woven together...NewDad
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Growing up in Galway, Ireland, the four members of NewDad thank a random band name generator for their unusual moniker. Dark and stormy with undeniably beautiful moments amid the mammoth guitars, there's a heaviness to the music, which t...Tamino
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
The spellbinding arrival of the classically trained Belgian-Egyptian indie rocker with a divine falsetto is enough to make even an agnostic ponder predestination. The grandson of one of Egypt's most famed singers, the great Muharram Fouad, ...New Model Army
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Formed in Bradford in 1980, New Model Army's beginnings were inspired by Northern Soul, Punk Rock and the incendiary atmosphere of the times. Since then, they have had a long, creative and eventful journey. They have been massively influent...Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff)
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Sunday 19 October 2025
Miles Hunt is the singer of highly successful late 80s / early 90s indie band The Wonder Stuff, and also briefly of Vent 414. His solo career began in 1999 and he will perform tracks from his new album together with classic Top 20 hits s...ΣTella
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Now Wave presents Σtella at YES Pink Room 19th October 2025...Lucy Gooch
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Now Wave presents Lucy Gooch at YES Basement on 19th October 2025...Tom Hingley - Live at The Green Room Altrincham
The Green Room, Altrincham
Sunday 19 October 2025
Tom Hingley, the legendary former frontman of Inspiral Carpets, takes to the stage at The Green Room for a special show....
Beach Bunny
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 20 October 2025
Chicago bedroom pop star Lili Trifilio's songwriting project are getting back to basics: urgent, guitar-based indie rock with pop melodies, echoing dynamic '90s indie rock courtesy of fuzzed-out guitars and crashing drums, while slashing...The Cat Empire
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Formed in Melbourne, Australia and adored the world over, jazz/funk band The Cat Empire is a musical success story that continues to be written, crafting infectious, genre-embracing anthems and releasing chart-topping, multi-platinum albums...Somebody's Child
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Somebody's Child is a rising young Irish male singer-songwriter who has been making serious waves in the Irish music scene, having supported acts like The War on Drugs and headlined the 3Olympia Theatre. His music has drawn comparisons to ...Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Most recognised as front-woman of iconic 80's alternative rock band TRANSVISION VAMP, Wendy enjoyed massive chart success with a string of hits including Baby I Don't Care, I Want Your Love and Revolution Baby. Her sexually charged and rebe...Joe Armon-Jones + Support
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
influential songwriter spanning jazz, dub, electronic, pop, and hip-hop...
Mild Orange
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Since forming in Dunedin in 2017, New Zealand's Mild Orange have become a band belonging to the world that has built an international following on the back of songs that have unfolded like secrets shared between friends and lovers. Or as Bi...Those Damn Crows
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Modern Rock's unstoppable force, Welsh powerhouse Those Damn Crows have gone from strength to strength since achieving an official UK Top 15 with their sophomore album 'Point Of No Return' in 2020 and reaching no.3 with their 2023 follo...John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Wednesday 22 October 2025
The songwriter and frontman of Manchester three-piece, I Am Kloot also possesses an enviable back catalogue as a solo artist - previously known around his hometown as Johnny Dangerously - and continues to work on new material under the guis...Gregory Alan Isakov
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Recently nominated for a Grammy award for Best Folk Album, the Colorado based South African horticulturist-turned-musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his five full-length studi...The Royston Club
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
The Royston Club are the Wrexham band tipped by Gigwise as 'the new band from Wales most likely to do a Catfish'. Despite only being active for two years, the young four-piece have already completed two UK headline tours totalling 30 dates,...
Spanish Love Songs
New Century Hall, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Los Angeles based punk band Spanish Love Songs are self-described as "grouchrockers" making "music for fans of boxed wine, divorce, and crushing self-doubt", tapping into the emotions we all seem to feel but harbour. ...Echoes of the Bunnymen - An Aural Tribute to Echo & The Bunnymen
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Echoes of the Bunnymen are an aural tribute to the alternative Fab Four. "A bloody good tribute, go check them out" - Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen). After Will Sergeant bought tickets and surprised Echoes of the Bunnymen by showing up...Sunflower Bean
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
New York glam rockers described by Billboard as "even though no one in Sunflower Bean is of legal drinking age, the Brooklyn indie trio's Human Ceremony is one of the most fully realized, sonically eclectic debut albums (everything from ps...The Velvet Hands
