ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music in Manchester
Fri 21 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Sat 22 Feb - Sat 29 Mar 2025
Fri 14 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Fri 28 Mar - Fri 16 May 2025
Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches)
Monday 24 March 2025
A solo tour from Glasgow singer, musician, songwriter multiple philanthropist and leading feminist Lauren Mayberry, the vocalist and percussionist of Scottish pop band Chvrches. ...
David Gray
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Multi-platinum British singer-songwriter David Gray is hitting the road in 2020 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of White Ladder, his fourth studio album which sold seven million copies. Not only did it propel him into the mainstream, b...
Dayglow
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Texan indie pop singer Sloan Struble, aka Dayglow, embraces an elevated sonic maturity. Inspired by the danceable feel and melancholy of 80's pop duets, he draws heavily on some unlikely influences such as Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle, Mi...
The Hoosiers
Wednesday 26 March 2025
The Hoosiers are an English pop rock band formed in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The band consists of members Irwin Sparkes (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Alan Sharland (drums, percussion, vocals). Their first single "Worried...
Panchiko
Friday 28 March 2025
The Nottingham indie band formed in 1998 but, unsigned, soon disbanded. It was only after a 4chan user found one of just 30 self-produced copies of their emo/industrial/dream pop single D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L  in an Oxfam charity store in...
China Crisis
Friday 28 March 2025
Eddie Lundon and Gary Daly are the founder members of the band which started in Kirkby, Merseyside back in 1979. China Crisis found major success in the UK with five Top 40 singles, ten Top 50 singles and three Top 40 albums and hits across...
PAVÉ - Manchester
Friday 28 March 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...
Oasiz - A Tribute to Oasis
Saturday 29 March 2025
When a short clip of Oasiz front man Steve, performing as Liam, went viral on social media with over half a million views, many fans were convinced the clip was actually of Liam Gallagher himself which led to the story being covered in the ...
Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Saturday 29 March 2025
A live tribute to Coldplay and performing all the Coldplay hits and more in a brilliant sound and look-a-like show. The vocals, mannerisms and atmosphere these guys deliver are second to none. Giving the audience that same high energy perfo...
Shade
Saturday 29 March 2025
'SHADE' are a brand new, exciting alt-rock band hailing from the UK's most vibrant music hub:Â Manchester ...
Thus Love
Saturday 29 March 2025
Now Wave presents Thus Love at The White Hotel on 29th March 2025...
Peat & Diesel
Sunday 30 March 2025
The story began when three Stornoway Cove's (Innes, Uilly and Boydie) met up in the house to have the craic on a Saturday nights playing music with just the dog and the cat watching. After a few tunes getting thrown across the room Boydie s...
Dehd
Monday 31 March 2025
Love is everyday magic. Thats the impression you get listening to Chicago trio Dehd. Veterans of Chicagos increasingly fruitful DIY scene Jason Balla (Ne-Hi and Earring) Emily Kempf (Vail and formerly with Lala Lala) and drummer Eric McGr...
Ryan Adams
Thursday 3 April 2025
The 7 time Grammy nominated North Carolina indie folk rock star, famed for being one of music's most talented songwriters and charismatic stars, has sold millions of records, produced albums for some of the industry's most influential artis...
The Academic
Thursday 3 April 2025
Irish chart-toppers The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland's midlands. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared ...
Vinny Peculiar
Thursday 3 April 2025
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...
Divorce
Thursday 3 April 2025
Now Wave presents Divorce at Gorilla, Manchester on 3rd April 2025...
Oracle Sisters
Thursday 3 April 2025
The Oracle Sisters come to Band on The Wall in April 2025...
Jools
Thursday 3 April 2025
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Skunk Anansie
Friday 4 April 2025
With an unparalleled influence, the iconic multi-racial Platinum-selling British Hard Rock band Skunk Anansie, fronted by female vocalist Skin, are famed for their incendiary live sets over the years, during a career that was kickstarted w...
Jane Weaver
Friday 4 April 2025
Abusing, evading, and obliterating 20 years of whimsical pop trends, Jane Weaver's experience as a truly independent and resilient songwriter and sound-carrier commands respect and inspiration in equal measures. Complete with unpretentious ...
Delights
Friday 4 April 2025
 Dubbed as "kaleidoscopic guitar janglers", Manchester-based 4-piece guitar band Delights formed in 2017 while at sixth form together. The band draw their inspirations from an eclectic catalogue of music, influenced both by what their par...
The Zutons
Saturday 5 April 2025
Back together for their first album in 16 years, recorded with legendary songwriter and producer Nile Rodgers and the band's original producer, Ian Broudie, the multi-platinum selling Liverpool band scored nine UK Top 40 singles be,tween 2...
Badly Drawn Boy
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 April 2025
Dunstable-born, Bolton-raised, Manchester-living Mercury-prize winning folk rocker Damon Gough has always been one to wear his heart on his sleeve, and his truly personal and heartfelt catalogue of glorious, colourful warming, honest pop so...
Spangled
Saturday 5 April 2025
The genre-spanning Manchester four-piece dance on the fringe between jangly guitars and yesterdays promises, offering an eclectic blend of witty, heartfelt lyrics, lively attitudes and punch the air riffs proving there is still decadence in...
Phoebe Green
Saturday 5 April 2025
Sunkist-haired, Manchester-based artist Phoebe Green has been steadily accruing fans and buzz for her darkly witty and very danceable indie rock tunes about the cringe-worthy and often cold behavior at play in contemporary relationships. "O...
Rosie Rowe
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Now Wave presents Rosie Rowe at YES Pink Room on 8th April 2025...
The Lathums
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 April 2025
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive change...
Peach Pit
Thursday 10 April 2025
 If friendship had a sound, it would be Peach Pit. The wistful grooves, glassy guitars, and sun-kissed melodies feel like they could only be made by musicians who have spent close to a lifetime (or at least half of their lives) together. ...
Heather Nova
Thursday 10 April 2025
Bermudian folk rock singer-songwriter and poet Heather Nova first hit the radio in 1994 when her breakthrough album "Oyster" charted worldwide and put her firmly on the indie pop map. Her cool, infectious songs, critically acclaimed albums...
Proud Mary
Thursday 10 April 2025
Celebrating 20 years of their classic album "The Same Old Blues", Manchester band Proud Mary are very pleased to announce a series of special anniversary gigs, including an unmissable homecoming set on 24th September. The five-piece will be...
Lambrini Girls
Thursday 10 April 2025
Now Wave presents Lambrini Girls at Gorilla Manchester on 10th April 2025...
Primal Scream
Friday 11 April 2025
Primal Scream's career could in many ways be read as a microcosm of British indie rock in the '80s and '90s. Bobby Gillespie formed the band in the mid-'80s while drumming for noise-pop pioneers The Jesus and the Mary Chain. Primal Scream p...
Toploader
Friday 11 April 2025
Since forming in 1997 Eastbourne's Toploader have over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album 'Onka's Big Moka,' sold over one million copies and remained in the Top 5 of th...
Ocean Colour Scene
Saturday 12 April 2025
In their 30 years together, multi-Platinum selling Birmingham indie legends OCS have enjoyed five Top 10 albums, six Top 10 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards. But behind all the swagger and the style there are great songs, with words...
The Man From Delmonte
Saturday 12 April 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. Between 1988 and 1991 they shone brightly creating some of the most memorable pop songs of the "Madchester" era. Water in My Eyes, My Love is Li...
Northside
Saturday 12 April 2025
Formed in 1989, Manchester favourites Northside released their only album, Chicken Rhythms, on Factory Records in 1991, reaching no.19 in the UK charts. The band became part of the 1990s Madchester baggy scene and are best remembered for th...
Father John Misty
Sunday 13 April 2025
Internationally acclaimed, UK Top 10 charting indie folk star Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, sounds and acts a bit like solo-era John Lennon, Scott Walker, Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, and Dory Previn, while taking more than a few cue...
