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
The Met
Sat 14 Mar - Fri 10 Apr 2026
A Foreigner's Journey - The Music of Foreigner and Journey
The Citadel Theatre
Sat 21 Feb - Sat 22 Aug 2026
Buzzcocks
The Grand, Clitheroe
Friday 30 January 2026
With their crisp melodies, Pete Shelley's biting lyrics and Howard Devoto's vocals complementing Shelley's and Steve Diggle's driving guitars, Manchester's Buzzcocks were one of the most influential bands to emerge in the initial wave of ...Mutagenic Host
Star and Garter, Manchester
Friday 30 January 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Mutagenic Host...Downpour
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 6 February 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Downpour...Motionless in White
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 7 February 2026
With their unique combination of industrial metal dissonance, captivating gothic bombast and powerful, contemporary metalcore, Pennsylvania's Motionless In White have become one of the most important forces in modern US rock music. With ove...Fozzy
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 8 February 2026
After scoring four Top 10 hits in the States, Atlanta, Georgia, powerhouse rockers Fozzy bring their kick ass, hooky heavy metal songs on a wild ride to the UK. Fozzy has always been about a heavy groove and a good time. And when you have t...Bell Witch + Aerial Ruin - Stygian Bough
Rebellion, Manchester
Monday 9 February 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Stygian BoughA collaboration between Bell Witch & Aerial RuinPlus support:40 Watt Sun...Lorna Shore
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Tuesday 10 February 2026
The New Jersey-born extreme metalists are back, rising from the ashes like a phoenix, with a triumvirate of songs which are nothing short of an exorcism - and a plunge into something darker. Expect orchestral passages, bombast of blackened ...Visions Of Atlantis + Warkings
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Visions Of Atlantis+Warkings...The Cost
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 12 February 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:The CostTHE COST was formed in Valencia, Spain in 2023 when drummer El Estepario Siberiano, bassist ChrisAttwell and guitarist & vocalist Peter Connolly met at their producer?s acclaimed recording st...Smith/Kotzen
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 13 February 2026
The exciting partnership between guitarists & vocalists Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden, and Richie Kotzen of The Winery Dogs has been described by the Ultimate Classic Rock as a mix of "blues, hard rock, traditional R&B and more". Part-time LA...MØL
Rebellion, Manchester
Friday 13 February 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:M?LSpecial Guests: Tayne, Cold Night For Alligators...Deftones
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 14 February 2026
Describe as "the Radiohead of metal", Californian alternative metal act Deftones scored a UK Top 20 hit in 2003 with "Minerva" and have scored three Top 10 albums. ...Avatar
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 15 February 2026
A mix of Nu Metal, melodic Death Metal and their always expanding dark roots, Gothenburg, Sweden's AVATAR the band, featuring His Royal Highness The King ("Kungen") and his elite backing orchestra offer superior examples of how metal should...Counterparts
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Counterparts are a Canadian melodic hardcore band who muse on many of the topics vocalist Brendan Murphy has in the past: life's darkness, self-destructive tendencies and the self-flagellation they beget. ...
Green Lung
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 21 February 2026
Green Lung are a cult band in every sense of the word. Formed in London in 2017, they brought a folk horror sensibility to occult rock, attracting a fanatical following in their native South London and beyond, and resulting in international...Sylosis
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 21 February 2026
Reading metal powerhouse Sylosis combine thrash metal with melodic and technical elements, demonstrating an ability to create both aggressive and thoughtful music, earning them recognition and respect among modern metal fans. Fueled by the...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
King George's Hall, Blackburn
Saturday 21 February 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 acclaimed...A Foreigner's Journey - The Music of Foreigner and Journey
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 21 February 2026
Legendary bands Foreigner and Journey are giants of the AOR (Adult Orientated Rock) and Classic Rock genres, attracting huge audiences as live acts since forming in the 1970's. Sadly for those in the UK, their shows over here have been few ...Crowbar
Rebellion, Manchester
Saturday 21 February 2026
The moment you hear them, you know it's Crowbar, the powerful, atmospheric and crushingly heavy sludge metal band from New Orleans. Praised by Pitchfork, VICE and Metal Hammer and twice immortalised by MTV's Beavis And Butt-Head, the group ...Kataklysm
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 22 February 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:FREEDOM OR DEATH TOUR 2026KATAKLYSM+ special guestsVADERBLOOD RED THRONE...False Thoughts + Support @ The Peer Hat 22/02/2026
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Sunday 22 February 2026
False Thoughts headline The Peer Hat, Manchester. With support from HollowKin, Pew Pew Laser Force & Struggler....Airbourne
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 25 February 2026
All-action Aussie hard rockers Airbourne are back with music cut from the same frayed cloth as classic late-'70s recordings - from an age before technology was driving the show, when it was all about energy, spirit and on-the-spot performa...Heaven Shall Burn
Alter Bridge
AO Arena, Manchester
Thursday 26 February 2026
Formed by Creed band members Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall, and recruiting vocalist Myles Kennedy, Florida's Alter Bridge combine progressive metal and hard rock. It doesn't matter if you like to call it metal or hard r...SikTh
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 26 February 2026
Formed in 1999, Watford progressive metal forefathers SikTh incorporate many different elements of metal, rock and hardcore include avant-garde metal and mathcore with the complex nature of their instrumental playing abilities compl...Sanctum Sanctorium - The Dark Side Of The 80s
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 27 February 2026
Formed through a mutual love of 80's goth and alternative rock music. Sanctum Santorium are a live 5-piece tribute band that faithfully recreate classic hits by artists such as The Cult, Killing Joke, Sisters of Mercy, Billy Idol, Bauhaus a...
John Doe x Spinfest Presents: A Night Of Brutal Slams And Groove
Old Pint Pot, Manchester
Saturday 28 February 2026
2 man violent slam .357 Homicide headline the old pint pot with very special guests, desecrated extinction, carnal rot, 12 gauge autopsy and erectomy....Michale Graves UK Tour
Holy Diver, Stockport
Saturday 28 February 2026
Michale Graves UK Tour is bringing the horror punk legend known for his work with Misfits back to the UK playing all the classics...Poppy
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 6 March 2026
The American singer, songwriter, musician, and YouTuber gained viral fame in 2014 by starring in performance art videos as an uncanny valley-like android entity who commented on and satirised internet culture and modern society. Embarking o...The Freddie & Queen Experience - Queen & Freddie Mercury Tribute
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 6 March 2026
One of the UK's premier, internationally and critically acclaimed Queen & Freddie Mercury tribute bands, delivering a passionate and energy packed show chock full of Queen's greatest hits! Ian Adams as Freddie Mercury replicates Freddie M...
Louder Than War Live - Sea Power + more
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 14 March 2026
John Robb's music and culture website Louder Than War launch its own festival in 2026. Based in Manchester, the debut event will be headlined by the great Sea Power and a full bill of bands will be announced soon over three stages at Manch...Thrice
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 14 March 2026
The Californian rockers celebrate the 20th anniversary of their third album, "The Artist in the Ambulance", which brought them their first commercial success in 2003, reaching no.16 in the U.S. Billboard charts and spawning the hits "All Th...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 14 March 2026
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...Fit For A King
