HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Hard Rock & Metal Concerts in Manchester
Sanctum Sanctorium - The Dark Side Of The 80s
Manchester Academy
Sat 19 Dec 2026 - Sat 27 Feb 2027
Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sat 19 Sep 2026 - Sat 15 May 2027
JILUKA
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Jiluka (: ジルカ) is a Japanese visual kei metal band originally titled as "Modern metal visual kei (V系モダン・メタル)", but later changed to "Electro Gothic Metal (EGM). ...Dance Gavin Dance
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Where most bands erroneously claim wholly distinct identities, Dance Gavin Dance truly defies categorization. The Sacramento based outfit possess the kind of artistic compass shared with broadminded but heavy metal & hardcore-punk rooted i...Evanescence
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 10 September 2026
Since bursting on to the scene in 2003 with their UK chart-topping hit "Bring Me to Life", Little Rock, Arkansas, gothic metal act Evanescence have gone on to be one of the world's selling rock acts with over 30 million sales worldwide. Th...
Mothership - Tribute to Led Zeppelin
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 11 September 2026
No Costumes, No Wigs, No Nonsense... Led Zeppelin tribute MOTHERSHIP - described in Classic Rock Magazine as "the most authentic-sounding Zep tribute in the UK" - are bringing their brand new show, celebrating the music of the greatest roc...Gaerea
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 11 September 2026
Portuguese Post-Black-Metal-Band GAEREA is nothing short of a beautiful enigma rooted in musical extremity and utter passion. In under a decade, the masked collective, born in the Portuguese town of Porto, has navigated countless darkened...Mantra - Bring Me The Horizon Tribute
Holy Diver, Stockport
Friday 11 September 2026
MANTRA is the ultimate BMTH tribute, delivering the energy and chaos of "Bring Me The Horizons" live shows. From crushing metalcore to genre-bending hits, they recreate the power, passion, and atmosphere fans know and love. ...Rainbow Rising - Tribute to Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
The Met, Bury
Friday 11 September 2026
Rainbow Rising recreate the 'live' Ritchie Blackmore experience selecting material from the entire Ritchie Blackmore back catalogue, including Rainbow in all it's many forms. ...Emofest
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 12 September 2026
Put on your eyeliner, lace up your high-tops and get ready to rock to all your favourite nostalgic emo anthems as the Emo Festival is the greatest tribute night to the music that was never just a phase... Teenage Nostalgia featuring all...Atlas
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 12 September 2026
The five-piece Modern Metal band hailing from Finland is blending ancient echoes with a contemporary edge. The messengers of melancholy craft a sound that channels the raw intensity and mysticism of the North, fusing haunting atmospheres w...Pearl Scam - The UK's Premier Pearl Jam Tribute
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Saturday 12 September 2026
The UK's Premier Pearl Jam Tribute. Close your eyes and you will think you're there, Seattle 1991, the birth of a sound. As the tones of Alive and Evenflow fill the room, you will remember how you felt when you first heard Ten. As you hear...Square Wild
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Saturday 12 September 2026
Find tickets and full event details for Square Wild live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for Square Wild?Tickets for Square Wild can be purchased safely and securely fr...
Square Wild
Kable, Manchester
Saturday 12 September 2026
Find tickets and full event details for Square Wild live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for Square Wild?Tickets for Square Wild can be purchased safely and securely fr...Scorpions Tribute
Empire Warrington, Warrington
Sunday 13 September 2026
Get ready for a high-energy afternoon celebrating the music of Scorpions, one of rock's most legendary bands....Mimi Barks
Star and Garter, Manchester
Monday 14 September 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Mimi BarksPlus special Guest:Swarm6ix...Spiritbox
Co-op Live, Manchester
Wednesday 16 September 2026
The Canadian metal outfit fronted by vocalist Courtney LaPlante showcase the fluidity that is inherent in heavy music, ranging from atmospheric to industrial, reaching UK no.19 with their dubut album in 2021. ...
Electric Wizard
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 17 September 2026
Considered by many to literally be The Heaviest Band In The World, Electric Wizard is more like a cult than a band. Taken their name from two Black Sabbath songs - "Electric Funeral" and "The Wizard" - the Dorset stoner metal act conjure u...Xandria
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 18 September 2026
German symphonic metal icon Marco Heubaum marks a steadfast return with more facets than ever and a new line-up of his band, Xandria, which has given them their first ever Top 10 album in their home country, and their biggest commercial su...VUKOVI
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 19 September 2026
Scottish pop-rock outfit Vukovi (which means "wolves" in Serbian) demand your attention with songs taking in themes of individuality, drug abuse, depression and suicide. ...Ultimate Power
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 19 September - Saturday 7 November 2026
Why go anywhere else when you can go to a place where everyone has a sole aim: to embrace the greatest power ballads ever written, all night long. The Ultimate Power DJs will take you on a ride through the very best of the genre: from forg...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 19 September 2026
Live/Wire is the AC/DC Show. The hugely successful and unique six-man tribute to rock music's greatest band, AC/DC - complete with cannons, a wall of Marshalls and over two hours of High Voltage Rock 'n' Roll, in a show critically acclaime...Gutalax - Manchester
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Saturday 19 September 2026
Gutalax, Basement Torture Killings & Coprocephalic Mutation at The Bread Shed...Korn & The Spouky Kids
Holy Diver, Stockport
Saturday 19 September 2026
Are you ready for the ultimate double header of the year? Korn Again & Spouky kids head to the Holy Diver stage this September...
Steve Steinman's Anything For Love - The Meat Loaf Story
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Steve Steinman, the highly acclaimed show producer and No. 1 recording artist, brings you his smash-hit production Anything for Love. The show will feature Steve's very own No. 1 hit, Everything They Said Was True, written by Meat Loaf and...I Prevail
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Tuesday 22 September 2026
I Prevail is an American metalcore band formed in New Baltimore, Michigan in 2013. They released their debut EP Heart vs. Mind (2014) and rose to popularity from releasing a metal cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" as a single, which ev...Jazz Sabbath
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 24 September 2026
Created by Adam Wakeman, touring keyboard and guitar player for Black Sabbath (2004-2017) and Ozzy Osbourne band member (2004-present), Jazz Sabbath is a fictional English jazz trio said to be from the late sixties. The band plays jazz ren...New Jovi - Tribute to Bon Jovi
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 25 September 2026
Fronted and founded by Gary Williams - the leading Jon Bon Jovi vocalist and impersonator - this brilliant tribute show captures the energy and feel you would expect from a real Bon Jovi concert. New Jovi's amazing look-alike and sound-ali...Laibach
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Laibach is a music and cross-media group from Slovenia established in 1980 in Trbovlje. The name of the band is the historic German version of the name Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. From the start Laibach has developed a "Gesamtkunstwerk" ...Shadow of Intent
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 1 October 2026
New England's Shadow of Intent employs a lethal blend of punitive melodic deathcore and depressive symphonic death metal that utilises the dense mythologies inherent in the popular military science fiction video game franchise Halo for its...Fear Factory
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 1 October 2026
Action! Presents: Fear Factory + Crystal Lake + Hate + The Nocturnal Affair Security -- Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag -...Don Broco
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 2 October 2026
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 show...Wishbone Ash
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 2 October 2026
The 1970's Torquay Prog-rock legends are noted for their extensive use of harmony twin lead guitars which helped Andy Powell and Ted Turner to be voted "Two of the Ten Most Important Guitarists in Rock History" and to appear in Rolling St...Reanimation - Linkin Park Tribute
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 2 October 2026
Find tickets and full event details for Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin Park live in the UK, including venue, performance date, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for Reanimation - A Tribute to Linkin Park?Tickets for...Metallica Tribute
Empire Warrington, Warrington
Friday 2 October 2026
Prepare for an evening of pure heavy metal as Metallicish, one of the UK's leading Metallica tribute acts, brings the thunder to Empire Warrington....
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show
