TRADITIONAL FOLK & ACOUSTIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
TRADITIONAL FOLK & ACOUSTIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Traditional Folk & Acoustic Concerts in Manchester
Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Lowry
Sun 19 Oct 2025 - Sat 21 Mar 2026
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
The Bridgewater Hall
Mon 23 Jun - Thu 17 Jul 2025
Lily Seabird
Gullivers, Manchester
Monday 1 September 2025
Since 2023, Lily Seabird?s life has been in perpetual motion, spending nearly half of that time on the road performing her own music and as a touring bassist. While she thrives in transit, back home she is anchored by ?Trash Mountain?, a pi...Bob Log III
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Tucson, AZ-based blues-punk primitive Bob Log III first surfaced a member of the art-noise group Mondo Guano, later serving as one half of the duo Doo Rag. Wearing his now-trademark motorcycle helmet onstage for protection from crowds, he p...Dope Lemon (Angus Stone)
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
One half of Angus & Julia Stone, Dope Lemon (aka Angus Stone) has amassed over 400 million streams from his two widely acclaimed albums, Smooth Big Cat (2019) which came in at #2 on the Australian ARIA Album charts, and Honey Bones (2016), ...Cameron Whitcomb
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 7 September 2025
Canadian alt-country and folk pop star who has charted charted internationally with the singles "Quitter", "Medusa", "Hundred Mile High", and "Options". ...Jack Botts
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 7 September 2025
Jack Botts is breath of fresh air out of the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, creating a brand of surf folk drenched in depth and substance. In just a handful of years on the scene, Jack Botts has gone from chippy-turned-busker-into full...Surprise Chef
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Now Wave presents Surprise Chef at YES Pink Room on 10th September 2025...Creedence Clearwater Review - Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 11 September 2025
Creedence Clearwater Review are the UK's premier tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of America's greatest bands who, despite their relatively short career, left an enduring legacy of classic songs written and sung by lead guitaris...Black Country, New Road
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 12 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Melding klezmer, post-rock, indie, jazz, art-pop, and an often intense spoken word delivery, the Mercury Prize nominated Cambridge six-piece's unique concoction creates a singular sonic middle ground that traverses classical minimalism, in...AURI
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
In the fleeting moments between the state of being awake and reaching the doors of dreamworld lies a borderland whence comes the mood music of ancient stories told - the celestial unison of three creative souls known as AURI. Originally bor...Jolie Holland (The Be Good Tanyas)
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Yes, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
One of the founding members of Canadian folk act The Be Good Tanyas, Jolie Holland is a Texan singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional country, jazz, and blues. Over the span of her career, she has knotted together a ...Cian Ducrot
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
Hailing from Cork, singer-songwriter Cian Ducrot's breakthrough single, the tender ballad All For You, found massive success on TikTok and was a Top 10 hit in his native Ireland, and has been issued as a duet with Ella Henderson. Signed to ...Rend Collective
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 14 September 2025
Originally birthed out of Bangor, genre-blurring Northern Irish Christian folk rock worship band Rend Collective have never lacked imagination. From the bewildering array of children's toys and whimsical, handmade oddities they call instrum...Oliver Anthony
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 14 September 2025
In August 2023, Hank Williams-influenced Virgina country-folk singer-songwriter Christopher Lunsford - who performs under his grandfather's name "Oliver Anthony" in homage to the Depression era in which he lived - became the first artist ...Daddy Long Legs
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 16 September 2025
New York City?s most beloved blues bashers Daddy Long Legs have been huffing and puffing and blowing houses down on a nightly basis on their infinite world tour and always bring an elevated level of rough and ready intensity to contemporary...
Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings (Bellowhead)
The Met, Bury
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Bellowhead frontman and one half of Spiers & Boden, Jon Boden founded his band The Remnant Kings in 2009 to perform the album 'Songs from the Floodplain', the first in his post-apocalyptic trilogy of self-penned albums. They were reunited t...
James Yorkston & Nina Persson (The Cardigans)
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 19 September 2025
Acclaimed Scottish folk songwriter and author James Yorkston once more joins forces with Nina Persson (lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish rock band The Cardigans) and returns with a brand new set of songs, plus choices from their wide...Lord Huron
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 21 September 2025
Good-time Californian indie folk rock bootscooters with guitars, cymbals, pianos, pedal steel, mandolins, microphones, saxophones and a gigantic string and woodwind orchestra deliver tales of hard luck, heartbreak and redemption. Lord Hu...Old Time Sailors
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 21 September 2025
Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing! You will be sailing back to the 19th century for an immersive experience of traditional seafaring music perfor...Eivør
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 21 September 2025
Faroese electro folk pop artist Eivor Palsdottir has appeared on Later.... With Jools Holland and soundtracked the current series of Netflix/BBC flagship The Last Kingdom (co-written with Ivor Novello/BAFTA-nominated John Lunn), with her mu...Poor Creature
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 21 September 2025
Now Wave presents Poor Creature at YES Basement on 21st September 2025...FAUN
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 24 September 2025
With influences of Celtic folk and medieval music fusing with driving beats, Platinum-selling Munich ensemble FAUN combines medieval & ancient instruments with modern influences to create an enchanting and powerful atmosphere, taking the au...
The Stars Of Irish Country
Waterside, Manchester
Thursday 25 September 2025
Featuring the Queen of Country Music Philomena Begley who is celebrating 60 years in the music business and has had a glittering career that spans over 6 decades at the top, the accordion maestro and hugely popular Sean Wilson who makes ...James Morrison
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 26 September 2025
From the West Midlands town of Rugby, the Brit Award winning Best British Male Solo Artist singer James Morrison became an overnight sensation in the U.K. with the release of his debut album, 2006's "Undiscovered", which wasted little ti...
The Crane Wives
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 26 September 2025
Born of the 2010's folk boom and now comfortably stationed in their rock and roll era, Michigan's The Crane Wives epitomise the evolving landscape of indie folk. Their high-energy performances have been described as "charged with emotion an...Kerry Ellis
Waterside, Manchester
Friday 26 September 2025
Kerry Ellis is the Queen of the West End. From My Fair Lady to We Will Rock You, from Les Miserables to Wicked, in both the West End and on Broadway, she has starred in musical theatre's biggest roles, making shows her own and earning ...Robert Vincent
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 26 September 2025
A distinctive voice within the British Americana and folk-rock scene, blending elements of country, blues, and rock to create a sound that is both timeless and deeply evocative, award-winning Crosby artist Robert Vincent has been described ...Self Esteem
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 27 - Monday 29 September 2025
After ten years in the indie pop duo Slow Club, Rebecca Lucy Taylor finds herself musically reincarnated as Self Esteem. Drawing influence from everything and anything - pop culture, the dark and light within her own life, her experiences o...Roy Harper
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
Celebrated Manchester-born, Blackpool-raised folk icon Roy Harper makes his final tour, and will be joined by special guest, his son, Nick Harper. Roy Harper is a man whose name everyone knows, many people may not be sure why they know it, ...Barbara Dickson
Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
Barbara Dickson returns to perform both classic and more recent material from her extraordinary canon of music across both pop and folk, all with her exceptional band. As a multi-million selling recording artist with an equally impressiv...Nearly Dan - The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear the meticulously crafted grooves and allusive lyrical style of Donald Fagen & Walter Becker. Nearly Dan's approach is faithful, thou...The New Eves
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
Now Wave presents The New Eves at The Castle Hotel on 27th September 2025...Tales From The Lighthouse
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 28 September 2025
Written and performed by Oliver Bishop, with original songs by David Gibb, and live music from two-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Nominee Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Tales From The Lighthouse is the perfect voyage into the world of theatre, pu...Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash)
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Sunday 28 September 2025
Martin Turner is a founding original member of Wishbone Ash and lead vocalist, bassist and key creative force on iconic albums such as the original version of Argus along with Pilgrimage, There's the Rub and New England. Wishbone Ash was fo...Dean Johnson
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Monday 29 September 2025
For over ten years, Seattle singer Dean Johnson's rustic tenor and simply strummed acoustic guitar have been perking up ears around the Pacific North West and beyond. Dean has gradually built a devoted fan base - strictly through live perfo...Ellur
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Hailing from Halifax, Ellur is an infectiously authentic indie-pop artist who sings about the challenges and thrills of modern day romance and break-ups with compelling originality. Since writing her first songs when she was just 11, Ellur ...Erin Rae
Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Nashville singer/songwriter Erin Rae and her group the Meanwhiles emerged in 2012 with a sound rooted in dreamy indie folk, Americana, and ?70s pop/rock. Rae issued her minimalist solo debut, Putting on Airs, in 2018, followed in 2022 by th...Ethel Cain
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 2 - Friday 3 October 2025
Florida-born, Pittsburgh-living Goth-pop trans artist Hayden Anhedonia, aka Ethel Cain, produces music with lyrics focused on nostalgic and Southern Gothic themes, such as poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, death, and transgenera...
Billy Nomates
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 2 October 2025
Billy nomates, the fierce, funny, outspoken force of nature who hails from Melton Mowbray and now flits between Bournemouth and Bristol, has arrived to rattle cages. Her songs all come from a place of defiance. Rebellion against Brexit. Aga...James TW
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Thursday 2 October 2025
Warwickshire singer/songwriter James Taylor-Watts is known for his romantic ballads and thoughtful acoustic pop songs, such as his 2016 international Platinum-selling hit "When You Love Someone." Popular in Scandinavia, his singles "Say Lo...Ye Vagabonds
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 2 October 2025
Delivering harmony rich folk music, influenced by Irish traditional music, Appalachian singing, and the 1960's folk revival, brothers Brian and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn grew up playing music together around their hometown of Carlow, a small town...Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish)
AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 3 October 2025
With ten #1 Country hits that span over 10 years, including the 4 million-selling hit single "Wagon Wheel", multi-Platinum smash "Alright" and "Don't Think I Don't Think About It", Hootie & the Blowfish vocalist and Nashville superstar Dari...Al Stewart
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 3 October 2025
Al Stewart celebrating his 80th Birthday with a Farewell Tour of the United Kingdom. In Al's own Words: "I'm just a folk singer that is interested in history and wine that got lucky with some hit records! It's as simple as that really"...The Springsteen Sessions
