HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Hard Rock & Metal Concerts in Manchester
Sat 30 May - Fri 4 Dec 2026
Sat 14 Nov 2026 - Sat 27 Feb 2027
Fri 1 May - Fri 4 Sep 2026
I Killed the Prom Queen
Sunday 21 June 2026
Australian melodic metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2026. ...
Queensryche
Monday 22 June 2026
One of the most distinctive bands of the 80s, American progressive metal band Queensryche scored UK Top 40 hits with "Silent Lucidity", "Best I Can", "Bridge", and "I Am I" between 1990 and 1994, selling over 20 million albums worldwid...
The Black Crowes
Thursday 25 June 2026
Although essentially a modern blues rock group, chart-topping Atlanta, Georgia brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, better known as The Black Crowes, cite many musical influences, such as psychedelic pop from the 1960s, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the ...
Bilmuri (Attack Attack!)
Friday 26 June 2026
Johnny Franck, also known as Bilmuri, is an American hard rock singer-songwriter best known as the former clean vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Attack Attack! ...
femtanyl
Friday 26 June 2026
Canadian digital hardcore act femtanyl, lead singer Noelle Stockwood and multi-instrumentalist Juno Callender, are popular in online spaces, especially among the furry fandom. They take inspiration from a wide variety of sources including g...
Lone
Friday 26 June 2026
Find tickets and full event details for Lone live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for Lone?Tickets for Lone can be purchased safely and securely from Eventim UK. We reco...
Megadeth Uk
Friday 26 June 2026
Megadeth UK was formed in December 2007 by Richie and Darryl when their previous band disbanded. Both had been watching Megadeth since 1987 and are dedicated to bringing Megadeth's music to the masses of the UK, Europe and beyond. The set l...
Outbreak Fest
Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 June 2026
Finding its roots in hardcore and punk, Manchester's three day Outbreak Fest has built a major platform to the UK's consistently thriving counterculture, while also providing a rite of passage for major touring acts across the world such as...
Classic Albums Live - Led Zeppelin II
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Do you remember dropping the needle on the world's greatest albums? Classic Albums Live does. Since 2003, Classic Albums Live has been performing iconic albums, live on stage, using the world's best musicians. Classic Albums Live is the mod...
Sammy Hagar (Van Halen)
Saturday 4 July 2026
For almost forty years, Sammy Hagar has been one of rock music's most dynamic and prolific artists. From first bursting onto the scene in San Francisco as the lead singer of seminal hard rock band Montrose to his multiplatinum solo career ...
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Saturday 4 July 2026
The "Godmother of Punk", California hard rocker Joan Jett is an originator, an innovator, and a visionary. As the leader of the hard-rocking Blackhearts, with whom she has become a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, she's had eight platin...
Def Leppard
Monday 6 July 2026
Blending glam metal gloss with hard rock heft and pop hooks, Sheffield titans Def Leppard have spent over five decades defining - and defying - the sound of stadium-sized rock, selling over 100 million records in the process. Tapping int...
Sammy Hagar (Van Halen)
Tuesday 7 July 2026
For almost forty years, Sammy Hagar has been one of rock music's most dynamic and prolific artists. From first bursting onto the scene in San Francisco as the lead singer of seminal hard rock band Montrose to his multiplatinum solo career ...
Alkaline Trio
Wednesday 8 July 2026
With multiple world tours and numerous chart successes under their belts, Chicago's high-energy melodic cult rockers Alkaline Trio have cemented their legacy as one of dark punk's greatest forces. They have scored UK Top 40 singles with "Me...
Bring Me the Horizon
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 July 2026
Sheffield Metalcore giants-turned-arena rockers Bring Me The Horizon have been on a journey of stratospheric proportions, playing sell-out shows around the globe as well as scoring BRIT and Grammy nominations. From being named Best British...
Breaking Benjamin
Thursday 16 July 2026
Forming in 1998, and led by vocalist and guitarist, Benjamin Burnley, Pennsylvania hard rockers Breaking Benjamin have forged their own path through their angst-fuelled lyrics, crunching guitars and swelling choruses, that has seen them sel...
Breaking Benjamin
Thursday 16 July 2026
Forming in 1998, and led by vocalist and guitarist, Benjamin Burnley, Pennsylvania hard rockers Breaking Benjamin have forged their own path through their angst-fuelled lyrics, crunching guitars and swelling choruses, that has seen them sel...
S8nt Elektric
Friday 17 July 2026
S8NT ELEKTRIC has quickly become a force in the heavy music scene for their colorful and adrenaline-fueled approach to the genre....
Steel Panther
Tuesday 21 July 2026
The comedic glam metal band from Sunset Strip, Los Angeles are a living, breathing study in the art of "hair metal". With tongues firmly lodged in their cheeks, Steel Panther celebrate and ridicule all that was good and bad about the "great...
Wolfmother
Thursday 30 July 2026
Australian Grammy-winning rockers Wolfmother's burst on to the scene in 2005 with their self-titled debut album, which featured classic songs like the UK Top 40 hit "Woman" (which earned them Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2007 Grammys...
RADAR Festival
Friday 31 July - Sunday 2 August 2026
The progressive rock and metal festival is back with a stella line-up: FRIDAY 31 JULY -THY ART IS MURDER +CHELSEA GRIN +SIKTH +VIANOVA + GRAPHIC NATURE + PINTGLASS + GHOST IRIS + HACKTIVIST +CAGE FIGHT + CLT DRP + SIXTH WONDER + ROZEMARYS...
AN AFTERNOON OF ROCK
Saturday 1 August 2026
An Afternoon of ROCK & METAL brings a daytime rock and metal party to all you over 30s. With a mix of well known rock, hair metal, pop-punk, grunge and nu-metal hits from across the decades, there will be something for everyone. Come and ro...
Firevolt Rock Festival
Thursday 6 August 2026
Formally FIRESTORM Festival, Manchester's Best Camping Rock Fest, bringing you the best rock bands on 2 stages over 3 days on a picturesque farm through Etherow Country Park. ...
Biohazard + Life of Agony
Thursday 6 August 2026
Celebrating their 35th anniversary as a band, Brooklyn based hardcore metal legends Biohazard have returned, reuniting their original lineup of Billy Graziadel, Bobby Hambel, Danny Schuler and Evan Seinfeld. Biohazard pioneered a genre, wi...
Arch Enemy
Tuesday 11 August 2026
Sweden's extreme metal titans Arch Enemy return with more guttural force, powerful signature guitar riffs and clean vocal surprises. ...
Primus
Monday 17 August 2026
Described by Kirk Hammett, guitarist of fellow Californian band Metallica, as "unique, they're a square peg in a round hole", since 1984, Primus have followed in the footsteps of boundary-pushing artists like Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd t...
Primus
Monday 17 August 2026
Described by Kirk Hammett, guitarist of fellow Californian band Metallica, as "unique, they're a square peg in a round hole", since 1984, Primus have followed in the footsteps of boundary-pushing artists like Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd t...
Hollywood Vampires
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Hollywood Vampires is the rock supergroup which lives and breathes the spontaneous magic of three megastars - the legendary Alice Cooper, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, and Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp. With some of the purest, most una...
Sabbotage - A Tribute to Black Sabbath
Friday 21 August 2026
Formed from the ashes of the already established Sabbath Tribute Snowblind in 2014, immediately it was obvious that this band would become the most authentic and by far the best Black Sabbath tribute in the UK. All of the band are highl...
AFI
Saturday 22 August 2026
Californian rockers AFI (A Fire Inside) formed in 1991, originally as a hardcore punk band, before since delving into many genres, starting with horror punk and following through post-hardcore and emo into alternative rock and gothic rock. ...
AFI
Saturday 22 August 2026
Californian rockers AFI (A Fire Inside) formed in 1991, originally as a hardcore punk band, before since delving into many genres, starting with horror punk and following through post-hardcore and emo into alternative rock and gothic rock. ...
A Foreigner's Journey - The Music of Foreigner and Journey
Saturday 22 August 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 ...
Rushed - A Tribute to Rush
Saturday 22 August 2026
Rushed are a three piece authentic tribute act performing the music of Canada's finest progressive Rock trio - Rush. ...
