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
Montello - Manchester
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...
Made of Stone Roses - Echoes of the Bunnymen
Frodsham Community Centre, Warrington
Saturday 8 November 2025
High quality tribute bands to 2 of the most iconic and influencial acts the North West has produced....Electric Six
The Grand, Clitheroe
Sunday 9 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...Martin Stephenson and The Daintees
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 9 November 2025
County Durham singer-songwriter Martin Stephenson's early love of literature and music led to the formation of the first Daintees line-up in his early teens. Never pandering to a particular scene, Stephenson's lightness of touch on a varied...Renny Conti & No Windows
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 9 November 2025
Now Wave presents Renny Conti & No Windows at YES Basement on Sunday 9th November 2025...Yogi G & The Family Tree
G Flip
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Australian indie pop drummer, singer, songwriter and producer Georgia Flipo is cutting through the masses with their rebellious and refreshing sound and identity. The pop/rock non-binary icon's heightened songwriting, musical genius and ra...
Agabas
The Rapture
New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Mixing post-punk intensity with dance-floor energy, The Rapture captured the zeitgeist of an entire era of indie dance rock in the early 2000s. Formed in 1998 by Luke Jenner, the band quickly made waves in New York City with their raw mix o...
Fickle Friends
Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
It's seven years into the saga of euphoria-pursuing indie pop band Fickle Friends. After beginning in Brighton, the band signed a deal with Polydor and dropped their sparkling, electronic-infused debut album 'You Are Someone Else' in 2018 t...
The Subways
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Displayed a melodic maturity far beyond the band's tender years, Welwyn Garden City rockers The Subways veer from rambunctious punk thrash to tender acoustic pop through grungy blues-infected dynamos like the addictive top 30 singles, 'Oh...SCALER
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Now Wave presents Scaler at YES Pink Room on Thursday 13th November 2025...The Schizophonics & Top Left Club
Golden Lion, Todmorden
Thursday 13 November 2025
The SchizophonicsTop Left Club Thursday 13th November 2025Golden Lion / Todmorden The wildest live band in America...Bastille
AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Originally the solo project of London-based singer/songwriter Dan Smith, UK chart-topping act Bastille combine glossy '80s synth textures and arena-friendly choruses into dramatic yet earnest, brooding yet joyful songs, like their UK no.2 h...Mac DeMarco
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 14 - Saturday 15 November 2025
Indie icon Mac DeMarco is a Canadian self-produced multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and recording artist. A magnetic live performer, he was catapulted to fame in 2014 with the release of Salad Days - his era-defining, slacker rock third ...BC Camplight
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Brian Christinzio is the force behind the lo-fi indie rock moniker BC Camplight, who originally played live with members of The War on Drugs and appeared as a session piano player for Sharon Van Etten among other collaborations before near...Maruja
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
The extraordinary Manchester four piece are a creative force of nature, a deeply emotional and empathetic band concerned primarily with the power of community, both in the nuclear sense, as a tight knit creative unit, but also as a wider fo...
Willie J Healey
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Is Oxfordshire musician Willie J Healey your favourite artists' favourite artist? You better believe it. Alex Turner, Joe Talbot of IDLES, Jamie T and Orlando Weeks are among those who believe, most having come onboard following the Neil Yo...Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Waterside, Manchester
Friday 14 November 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...Luvcat
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
The London alt rock band from Liverpudlian singer Sophie Morgan. ...When in Rome UK
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Manchester synth-pop/new wave group When in Rome, which originally consisted of vocalists Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann, and keyboardist Michael Floreale are best known for their 1988 single "The Promise", which reached no.11 in the USA ...Pretty Green - A Tribute to The Jam
The Sound Lounge Darwen, Blackburn
Friday 14 November 2025
Pretty Green - A Tribute to The Jam are a hard working and dedicated band who are passionately devoted to the music of The Jam. Pretty Green have a no song left out guarantee from songs like Burning Sky or Scrape Away to classics like Go...The Madchester Experience
Lower Kersal Social Club, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
A reincarnation of the MADCHESTER era bringing the Pills & Thrills to you. The Madchester Experience recreate the iconic sounds of BRIT bands such as THE STONE ROSES, THE HAPPY MONDAYS, OASIS, BLUR, THE VERVE, THE FARM,EMF, THE CHARLATANS a...Willy Mason
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Willy Mason is returning on tour to Europe in 2025. Since 2020 Willy has been touring with increasing regularity, steadily honing his live sound and playing. His band includes Charlotte Anne Dole on drums (Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hammydown, Cu...
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
The White Hotel, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Now Wave presents Man/Woman/Chainsaw at The White Hotel on 14th November 2025...Awkward second event @ Habitat After Dark
Habitat Studios, Manchester
Friday 14 November 2025
Featuring Moss Valley Banana Undertones Le Bone...Baxter Dury
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
The son of the late rocker Ian Dury, Baxter Dury's idiosyncratically louche music, a universe of late-night London meet-ups, shuffling basslines and comedown disco tunes, all run through with a wry bleakness and sweet love of humanity. Inte...Alex G
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Previously known as "(Sandy) Alex G", and dubbed as "America's greatest living songwriter" by The Fader, Frank Ocean-collaborator Alex G is the stage alias of Alex Giannascoli, a Pennsylvanian indie folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instr...shame
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Originally fuelled by pint-sloshing teenage vitriol, UK Top 10 charting South London pop-punksters shame now delve into a different kind of intensity. Wading into uncharted musical waters, emboldened by their wit and earned cynicism, they h...
UK Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Tribute Band
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
This world-famous tribute band takes you on a journey spanning 25 years of music from the now legendary rockers Foo Fighters and their charismatic leader, Dave Grohl. They absolutely nail the true vibe of a Foos live experience, all perfor...The Smiths Ltd - The Smiths Tribute Band
The Grand, Clitheroe
Saturday 15 November 2025
The Smiths Ltd was formed in Manchester, UK the hometown of The Smiths. After an extensive search to find the perfect Morrissey, the band played their first gig in Manchester to an audience of avid Smiths fans. The response was spectacular...TOPS
