HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Hard Rock & Metal Concerts in Manchester
Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Manchester Academy
Fri 19 Dec 2025 - Fri 2 Oct 2026
Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
Manchester Academy
Sat 22 Nov 2025 - Fri 10 Apr 2026
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
From lo-fi garage/surf-rock to thrash metal, Stu Mackenzie's Australian psychedelic rock band have morphed into a prolific, constantly-evolving group, releasing over 48 albums between September 2012 and June 2023, seventeen of which entered...Arch Enemy
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
Sweden's extreme metal titans Arch Enemy return with more guttural force, powerful signature guitar riffs and clean vocal surprises. ...Lord Of The Lost
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
Not only the sound is massive, but the German Eurovision genrefluid visionaries deliver a sophisticated offering, with the Hamburg gothic metal five-piece cementing their position as exceptional artists that can't be pigeonholed and have...Asylum's Halloween Special
Postern Gate, Warrington
Friday 31 October 2025
Our biggest & Scariest night of the year in 2025, Asylum invites you to join us in the Upside Down.. finally ON Halloween...Emofest
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
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 ...A Tribute to Jilly's Rockworld
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
A celebration of a Manchester institution, the legendary Oxford Road rock club opened in the 1970s - originally known as Fagan's before being renamed Jilly's in 1983 - attracting punks, rockers, goths, metalheads, skaters, moshers and ind...Heaven Can Wait - A Tribute to the Music of Meat Loaf
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 1 November 2025
Carlton Entertainment brings you their brand-new production featuring Meat Loaf's greatest hits. Following a Sold Out tour of Spain in 2024, This showstopping concert launches across Europe in 2025. Featuring the incredible vocals of Lee Br...Hanabie
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
Hanabie. (花冷え。) is a Japanese metalcore band from Tokyo known for combining loud and heavy music with contrasting Harajuku aesthetics in a style self-described as "Harajuku-core". Their songs incorporate elements of metalcore, hardc...Band of Gypsies St.Helens Rock Music Club
The Brickhouse, St Helens
Saturday 1 November 2025
Band of Gypsies make their debut for a full on Rock Fest...
TURNSTILE
Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Monday 3 November 2025
Proper 90s hardcore mixed with today's melodic hardcore sounds, the Baltimore punk band are charting new ground for hardcore, expanding stylistic boundaries and celebrating new possibilities. With an utopic vision that is fully realised;...Marilyn Manson
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Combining the name of sex symbol Marilyn Monroe with serial killer Charles Manson, Marilyn Manson (aka Brian Hugh Warner) is the lead singer and only constant member of the industrial metal band he formed in 1989. They have scored UK Top 20...GAG + Ingrown
Star and Garter, Manchester
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:GAG + Ingrownplus support:Plastics...Wednesday 13 (Murderdolls)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Theatrical horror punk alter-ego of Murderdolls frontman Joseph Poole. Wednesday 13 is the stage name of Joseph Poole, frontman of Murderdolls, the theatrical metal outfit that also includes members of Static-X and Slipknot. Starting off...Saxon
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 7 November 2025
1979 was a momentous year for British Hard Rock, with the birth of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and the subsequent rise of future giants of the genre. After 40 years and 22 studio album releases, Saxon remain as one of those giants o...Damnation Presents: A Night of Salvation
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Friday 7 November 2025
The night before Damnation Festival featuring world exclusive sets from French blackened post-metallers CELESTE performing their stunning Assassine(s) album and Australian post-rock royalty, WE LOST THE SEA - performing arguably the best po...Scarlxrd
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 7 November 2025
SCARLXRD is the moniker of Wolverhampton-born rapper Marius Lucas Antonio Listhrop, whose music generally blends elements of heavy metal and trap. Pronounced as "Scarlord", he likes to replace the letter "o" with "x" not only in his stag...Rushed - A Tribute to Rush
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 7 November 2025
Rushed are a three piece authentic tribute act performing the music of Canada's finest progressive Rock trio - Rush. ...Volbeat
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Danish rock trio VOLBEAT has topped the album charts all across Europe, graced the UK Top 10 and scored no less than ten #1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart in the USA, the most ever for a band based outside North Ameri...The Plot in You
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
With an eclectic style and creative flair Ohio rock band The Plot in You have spent years crafting their unique take on modern rock, transcending genres from metalcore to alternative. ...Malevolence
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Emerging onto the scene in 2013, the Sheffield rockers have proven themselves worthy as the UK's undisputed Kings of Heavy Metal with a depth and diversity that is uncommon in modern metal. Described by Rock Sound as ""the perfect crossover...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...Aviana
Rebellion, Manchester
Sunday 9 November 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:AVIANAEUROPE TOUR 2025With Special Guests:THE GLOOM IN THE CORNERDIAMOND CONSTRUCTATENA...Focus
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 November 2025
With their unique brand of progressive rock, Focus manifested themselves at the start of the '70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their ...CKY
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 12 - Wednesday 19 November 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:CKYPlus support:Jools+ Matt Stocks DJ...The Ultimate Classic Rock Show
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Friday 14 November 2025
Dust off your air guitars for an evening of the very best classic rock anthems from legends past and present! Let The Ultimate Classic Rock Show take you on a roller coaster journey of classic rock nostalgia. Performing hit after hit live w...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...Wait And Bleed - Nu Metal Party
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 15 November 2025
Calling all Maggots, join us for a night of Nu Metal anthems. We are going to take you back to the days of early 2000s where Hip-Hop and Metal merged into one genre that rule for almost a decade. We are here to bring it all back again!Expec...Thecityisours
Star and Garter, Manchester
Wednesday 19 November 2025
London based melodic metalcore 5-piece THECITYISOURS have been making strides in the alternative rock & metal scene. High octane-fuelled live appearances have swiftly gained fans and garnered attention. Following the departure of long-stand...Svalbard
Rebellion, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:SvalbardFinal UK TourPlus special guests:Cage FightKnife Bride...Still Remains
Rebellion, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Still RemainsMichigan-based metalcore band Still Remains is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed Roadrunner Records debut, ?Of Love and Lunacy.? Formed in Grand Rapids in 2001, the ban...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...FIREVOLT Xmas Party 2025- THE BREAD SHED
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
FIREVOLT XMAS PARTY 2025With Scarlet Rebels, The Karma Effect & Thieves of Liberty...Halestorm
AO Arena, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
Founded by sister and brother, Lzzy and Arejay Hale, in 1997, Pennsylvania heavy metal act Halestorm have scored three UK Top 10 albums. In 2012, they became the first female-fronted band to both nominated and win the Grammy for Best Hard...HARDLINE - The Bread Shed Manchester
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Hardline headline The Bread Shed with special guests:Sevi; and Heaven's Reign...Pintglass
Rebellion, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:PintglassPlus supports:Negative FrameOnly Pain...Electric Six
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 26 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...Stray From The Path
