HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Hard Rock & Metal Concerts in Manchester
Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy
Manchester Academy
Sat 27 Sep - Sat 29 Nov 2025
Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Manchester Academy
Fri 19 Dec 2025 - Sat 28 Mar 2026
Of Mice & Men
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
Californian metalcore band OM&M mix post-hardcore tracks with more melodic metal, nu metal, alternative metal, and hard rock. They reached the UK Top 20 with their 2014 album Restoring Force. ...Orange Goblin
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Originally formed in London under the name 'Our Haunted Kingdom' back in 1995, celebrated UK metal greats Orange Goblin entered the world of heavy music as wide-eyed enthusiasts, eager to channel the fire & fury of their favourite bands. Em...
Clutch
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 19 December 2025
While musical trends have come and gone since Clutch originally formed in Maryland, USA in 1991, they've always thrived by just sitting back and doing their own thing. Coming from American punk and hardcore influenced roots, they moved more...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 19 December 2025
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...Absolva
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 20 December 2025
Manchester hard rock, British heavy metal. ...Guns N' Yorkshire Roses - Tribute to Guns N' Roses
The Sound Lounge Darwen, Blackburn
Saturday 20 December 2025
Hailing from God's own county, Yorkshire, England, Guns N' Yorkshire Roses are an authentic tribute to the band Guns N' Roses, focusing on the classic era from 1987-1993. Featuring veteran members of the Yorkshire music scene, the band have...Paleface Swiss
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 15 January 2026
Switzerland's finest metal band. The guys from Zurich have destroyed everything that wasn't nailed down. Whether it was their last US tour as direct support for The Ghost Inside or the nearly sold-out tour with West Coast outfit Lionheart...Beyond The Black
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 15 January 2026
German Symphonic Metal shooting stars Beyond the Black are a stratospheric success story. Already their 2015 debut album hit like a bomb in their home country. 'Songs of Love and Death' besieged the German Top 15 for weeks and led up to the...Slaughter To Prevail
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 17 January 2026
Russian deathcore band from Yekaterinburg, Slaughter to Prevail, relocated to Orlando, Florida in 2022 after condemning the Russian illegal invasion of Ukraine. Their song "1984", inspired by the George Orwell novel, was released in protest...Justin Hawkins Rides Again
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 17 January 2026
Justin Hawkins - founding member, singer, lead guitarist and frontman of The Darkness - arrived in the public's consciousness along with his band's debut album Permission To Land in 2003. 22 years and eight studio albums later, Justin bri...London Symphonic Rock Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 18 January 2026
Boundary breaking pioneers fusing the omnipotent power of the orchestra with innovative technology the raucous rebellion of rock, London Symphonic Rock Orchestra deliver iconic rock hits in the most spectacular way.A collective of 12 ...Justin Hawkins Rides Again
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Sunday 18 January 2026
Justin Hawkins - founding member, singer, lead guitarist and frontman of The Darkness - arrived in the public's consciousness along with his band's debut album Permission To Land in 2003. 22 years and eight studio albums later, Justin bri...The Classic Rock Show
Lowry, Salford
Monday 19 - Saturday 31 January 2026
The ultimate live juke box is back, bigger and even better, celebrating the very best-of-the-best of Classic Rock. Paying tribute to its favourite rock heroes CRS thunders through legendary performances from the likes of Queen, Led Zeppelin...Epica + Amaranthe
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 23 January 2026
A co-headline tour from symphonic metal pioneers EPICA and metal powerhouse AMARANTHE. As this will be the first tour in Europe in support of their new album "Aspiral" (out April 11th), which has been labelled as "a masterclass in storytell...
DYMYTRY - The Bread Shed Manchester
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Sunday 25 January 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Dymytry Paradox...Jinjer
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 29 January 2026
Leading Ukrainian modern metal juggernauts Jinjer are back. Known for their unmatched progressive groove metal sound, tireless touring and chart-storming albums, Jinjer have gathered tens of millions of cross-platform streams on their bigge...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...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 ...
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...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 ...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...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...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 21 March 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...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
The Grand, Clitheroe
Saturday 28 March 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...Bon Jovi Forever
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 28 March 2026
A high energy electric packed Bon Jovi tribute show guaranteed to raise your hands with a performance that will recreate a stadium style show to any sized venue with all the greatest hits, album tracks... and so much more. Every performan...Suzi Quatro
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 9 April 2026
Following her last UK outing in November 2024 rock icon Suzi Quatro make a triumphant return to UK stages in 2026 with a 10-date tour across some of the country's most prestigious venues, celebrating an incredible 62 years in the music indu...Skynd
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 10 April 2026
The gothic industrial rock band consisting of lead singer, Skynd, and multi-instrumentalist, Father have pioneered the genre of true crime music with a grim aesthetic and songs largely based on disturbing deaths and murders. SKYND's lyrics ...The History of Rock Celebrates Led Zeppelin
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 10 April 2026
The History of Rock show is back and bigger than ever! Celebrating a rock line-up like no other, headlined with the spotlight on Led Zeppelin, one of the greatest bands of all time! A thrilling ride through the history of rock, the iconic...PRESIDENT
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Despite never having released any music, anonymous masked metal band PRESIDENT first appeared on the line-up of the 2025 Download Festival, confusing fans as no other details were released as to who the band was. Shortly afterward, the ban...
Lady Pank
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 17 April 2026
One of the most popular groups in the history of Polish rock, 1980's rockers Lady Pank come to the UK. The chart-topping Wroclaw act garnered some attention in the United States in 1985, when MTV placed the video for the band's single "Mi...Letz Zep - Led Zeppelin Tribute
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Friday 17 April 2026
The Official Number One tribute to Led Zeppelin and Baby, they ain't foolin'. Letz Zep are a truly international act, their tours have taken in over 40 countries on six continents. ...Wrong Jovi - Tribute to Bon Jovi
Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Saturday 18 April 2026
Wrong Jovi are widely considered to be "the best Bon Jovi tribute band in the world!" So much so, that even the former Bon Jovi guitarist, Richie Sambora, has personally thanked the band for their hard work and unforgettable performances. I...The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 19 April 2026
Featuring the classical reimaginings of a 13-piece Chamber Orchestra, guests will be able to re-live and experience some of the most well-known and well-loved Rock & Metal songs from the last 40 years, including the likes of Metallica, L...The Bon Jovi Experience
The Met, Bury
Friday 1 May 2026
The Bon Jovi Experience are the world's first and unquestionably finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi. They are the only tribute to have been featured on the band's official website, not to mention being the only tribute to have been reques...Moretallica - UK Metallica Tribute
