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
Sat 1 Nov 2025 - Fri 27 Feb 2026
Just Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Manchester Academy
Fri 31 Oct 2025 - Fri 30 Oct 2026
Antarctic Monkeys - The Official Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band
O2 Ritz
Fri 31 Oct 2025 - Sat 4 Jul 2026
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
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Saturday 29 November 2025
Official UK no.1 Winner at the National Tribute Music Awards in 2016 and 2017, Oasis tribute band Oasish formed in 2004 and have gone on to perform at Wembley Stadium, The National Indoor Arena, Manchester Academy and are the only band to ...
Royel Otis: Stripped Back Album Launch Show
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Jacaranda Records presents a live, stripped back performance from Royel Otis in support of their new album 'hickey'...Cottons - Manchester
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 29 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...Mood Swings: My First Time Morn Lip Worms + More Tba
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Now Wave presents MOOD SWINGS: My First Time, Morn, Lip Worms + More TBA...SETRAKAIN Plus Support at The Old Clubhouse Buxton 29.11.25
The Old Clubhouse, Stockport
Saturday 29 November 2025
After two years, Buxton-based Maniacal Metal Band, SETRAKAIN return to The Old Clubhouse in their home town for a headline show...Cameron Winter (Geese)
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025 - Monday 30 November 2026
In 2024, Cameron Winter stepped out from the whirlwind of life on the road as vocalist of New York rock band Geese to unveil his solo debut Heavy Metal, which has taken the world by storm. Expect a live show that's intimate, unpredictab...Declan O'Rourke
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 November 2025
Descibed by Mojo as "a masterful lyricist and staggering guitarist", Irish folk rocker Declan O'Rourke makes a welcome return, this time celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his debut album 'Since Kyabram'. In October 2004, amongst a thrivi...Tors
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Devon harmonic indie trio Tors have supported Tom Walker and Billy Locket. Brothers Matt and Theo Weedon are the grandsons of UK chart-topping guitar legend Bert "Guitar Wizard" Weedon, whom, alongside a successful solo career penned the mu...OCTOBER DRIFT
Gorilla, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
With influences as varied as The National, Radiohead, Interpol and Nick Drake, Somerset indie rockers October Drift's heavy, pop-inflected rock is delivering a rejuvenating injection of fresh blood to the genre. An immersive wall of distort...
Home Counties
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 30 November 2025
Since forming in January 2020, Home Counties have distinguished themselves as a key act to watch, with radio support from Jack Saunders, Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1), Steve Lamacq, Amy Lame, Tom Robinson (BBC 6Music) and Matt Wilkinson (Beats...
Tough Cookie
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Now Wave presents Tough Cookie at YES Basement on 2nd December 2025...Kar Pouzi / Misery Bacon (Bergen) / ADRA Live in Todmorden
Nan Moor's, Oldham
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Baritone saxophone & electronics from Leeds, found sound audio collaging from Bergen, and experimental ambient music from Halifax....Kling Klang: Live in Todmorden
The Golden Lion Todmorden, Oldham
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Liverpool's underground synth-rock experimentalists Live at the Golden Lion, Todmorden - supported by PLANK....Nothing More
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Founded in San Antonio, Texas, the three-time Grammy nominated rockers Nothing More deliver unapologetically massive anthems with introspective, philosophical lyrics. Since the group's initial emergence in 2003, they have made US rock ra...Porridge Radio
Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Beginning as Dana Margolin's sadcore bedroom project, Porridge Radio developed into an idiosyncratic post-punk 4-piece after she moved to Brighton and met her future bandmates. They inelegantly knot together Margolin's vicious, furious emot...Mood Swings V Hot Take: Mo Dotti Wyatt + More Tba
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Now Wave presents MOOD SWINGS v Hot Take: Mo Dotti, Wyatt + More TBA...
A Tribute To Manchester
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
A Tribute to Manchester: 10th Anniversary Special featuring The Clone Roses, Oasish, The Smiths Ltd, Mani (Stone Roses) DJ Set, DJ Dave Sweetmore. ...Inspiral Carpets
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 5 December 2025
Regarded as one of the main components of the Madchester movement in the early 90s, indie chart-topping Oldham legends Inspiral Carpets return after taking a hiatus following the tragic loss of drummer, Craig Gill. Although 90s frontman ...China Crisis
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Eddie Lundon and Gary Daly are the founder members of the synth pop 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 an...Ohasis - Tribute to Oasis
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 5 December 2025
Ohsais play the songs in the most current live arrangements, with amazing accuracy. Nailing the Oasis look was very important, as image is everything; and was everything to Oasis. The band take the stage show very seriously, meticulously re...Rianne Downey
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Country-indie lullabies with bite, sent to listeners from the equally beautiful and brutally honest heart of Scotland. Music to help us all get by when life isn't easy. Growing up on the outskirts of Glasgow, the music-obsessed youngster i...NIGHT TAPES
Yes, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Now Wave presents Night Tapes at YES Pink Room on Friday 5th December 2025...Novelty Island plus Special Guests
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Novelty Island return to The Castle as part of their Autumn tour following the release of the bands highly anticipated third album, 'Jigsaw Causeway'....Snug Live Sessions w/ Double Yellows + Electric Velvet
The Snug Coffee House, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Local indie favourites Double Yellows return to The Snug for a special headline show this December....Don Broco
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 December 2025
Filtering their charismatic '80s pop-inflected rock seamlessly, almost restlessly, through metal, funk and electronics, the UK chart-topping Bedford four piece have become one of rock's most diverse and charismatic bands, playing huge shows...Year's End Festival - The Twang & more
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Year's End Festival is back Saturday 6th of December 2025! Thousands of fans, Lots of great live music across multiple venues around Manchester city centre! ...Thea Gilmore
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Nantwich-based, Oxford-born indie folk star Thea Gilmore is a formidable performer on stage and among the finest singer songwriters of her generation - a frank and fearless pursuer of home truths who has constantly adapted to remain relevan...
Arctic Numpties - Tribute to Arctic Monkeys
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Barnsley and Sheffield's premium tribute to Arctic Monkeys, playing hits from all their albums. ...Ogrepalooza with The Ogretones: The UK's 1 Shrek Tribute Band
FAC251, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Leave your pitchforks at the door and get in our swamp... Ogrepalooza, is heading to Factory 251 on Saturday 6th December...A Zombie Night Before Christmas
The Sound Lounge Darwen, Blackburn
Saturday 6 December 2025
A charity gig in aid of Shad Chefs Man Hub Headline by Walter Mittys Head with support from Helle, Pre Emptied & Burlesque by Ginger la Rouge....
Atmos Bloom
