JAZZ CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
JAZZ CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Jazz Concerts in Manchester
Emilio Santoro As Elvis
Thursday 5 November 2026 - Wednesday 17 November 2027
Internationally acclaimed youngster Emilio Santoro brings his award-winning Elvis Presley theatre show to the UK. Emilio has won both European and World Championships as Elvis in the past year, and wowed America's Got Talent viewers wit...
Olivia Joseph
Thursday 5 November 2026
Manchester musician Olivia Joseph serves up a blend of soft rock and hip-hop that gives a nod to the new and old flavours across UK and US sounds. Inspirations can be traced strongly to 'Frank' - Amy Winehouse, 'Brown Sugar' + 'Voodoo' - ...
Wasia Project
Friday 6 November 2026
Croydon siblings Will Gao and Olivia Hardy encorporate a diverse mix of genres including Jazz, Pop, and Classical inspired by their mixed British-East Asian heritage and training. Will is perhaps best known for his debut role as Tao Xu...
Pygmy Twylyte - The Music of Frank Zappa
Friday 6 November 2026
Navigating the vast Zappa oeuvre then is no mean feat, but Scotland's Pygmy Twylyte have embraced the challenge with gusto. So prolific was Frank Zappa's output, that it is nearly impossible to present a representative sample of his work i...
Mr Scruff
Friday 6 November 2026
A true national treasure, Manchester's Andrew Carthy (aka Mr. Scruff) is a producer, cartoonist and cross-genre selector who loves to play long DJ sets, and occasionally B2B sets with similarly wide-eared end excitable DJs. He has be...
The Mouse Outfit
Friday 6 November 2026
Celebrated Manchester collective The Mouse Outfit are a nationally prominent household name in Hip Hop, collaborating with a Who's Who of the Mancunian rap and urban soul scene. Since the heady days of debut record Escape Music, through t...
Joan As Police Woman
Saturday 7 November 2026
Described by The Guardian as having "a voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else's seem ordinary and mundane", highly acclaimed Connecticut songwriter Joan Wasser returns to Europe performing key songs from throughout her c...
The Allergies
Saturday 7 November 2026
Dynamite funk / hip hop crew, The Allergies bring high-energy grooves to town. Spinning bangers is DJs Rackabeat and Moneyshot, and joining them on stage is soul diva Marietta Smith, LA rap icon Andy Cooper (Ugly Duckling), and UK sax star...
M&P's Jazz Brunch
Saturday 7 November - Saturday 5 December 2026
Enjoy a swinging jazz quartet accompanied by a specially-curated brunch pizza menu, in the heart of Manchester's Northern Quarter...
Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock
Sunday 8 November 2026
The new project bringing together the talents of celebrated Welsh pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock and rising star saxophonist and composer Emma Rawicz. Expect a seamless blend of original music from each of these distinctive composers ...
Pete Roth Trio Featuring Bill Bruford
Sunday 8 November 2026
The Pete Roth Trio features leader Pete on guitar, Mike Pratt on bass, and the incomparable former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford. The band creates jazz for a new generation of music enthusiasts, exploring beyond traditional jaz...
Nadine Shah
Sunday 8 November 2026
Mercury Prize-nominated Tyneside indie jazz rock star Nadine Shah returns. ...
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
Sunday 8 November 2026
Idris Ackamoor is an alto and tenor saxophonist, composer, pianist, percussionist, actor, and tap dancer. He is the Founder/Artistic Director of the jazz and world music ensemble IDRIS ACKAMOOR and THE PYRAMIDS, which he founded in 1972. I...
Shabaka
Monday 9 November 2026
Former Sons of Kemet star Shabaka Hutchings is a pioneering voice in the renaissance of British Jazz. Transcending conventional genres and drawing on a vast pallet of cultural influences the Brimingham-raised musician, composer and bandle...
Joshua Idehen
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Joshua Idehen is a British-born Nigerian based in Sweden. A spoken word artist and musician, he has contributed poems to Mercury-nominated albums 'Channel The Spirits' by The Comet Is Coming, 'Your Queen Is A Reptile' and the Mobo winning...
Ray Quinn - A Swinging Christmas
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Led by a bona fide star of swing music, Ray Quinn, this concert spectacular celebrates the fabulous music and tells the incredible story of the world famous Rat Pack. Originally best known for his role as Anthony Murray in Brookside from ...
Chetham's Big Band Concert
Friday 13 November 2026
Enjoy Chetham's Big Bands and Jazz ensembles, featuring young performers showcasing their finest ensemble and solo skills. ...
The Sheepdogs
Saturday 14 November 2026
Built on the solid, classic rock foundation of three-part harmonies and dual guitar leads, Canada's the Sheepdogs blend Southern boogie rock, groove-based psychedelia, and bluesy barroom swagger into a modern rock & roll revival. Based out...
M&P's Big Band Brunch
Saturday 14 November 2026
18-piece powerhouse DG Kollective play utterly epic jazz, funk, Latin, pop, film, TV, & library music KIDS GO FREE *PLEASE READ FULL INFO*...
Zoh Amba
Saturday 14 November 2026
In April, Zoh Amba announced their Matador debut album Eyes Full, out June 5th, an album of tough and soulful songs that feel like a pure transmission from the heart. Today, Amba shares the album?s pensive and darkly hypnotic title track, ...
Caravan Palace
Sunday 15 November 2026
The Platinum-selling group which would define a new sound called "Electro Swing", French gypsy jazz band Caravan Palace incorporate sounds including early swing jazz and big band to create a rip-roaring party, bursting with fun and good hu...
Joyce Moreno
Monday 16 November 2026
Born in Rio de Janeiro, four-times Grammy nominee, singer, composer, arranger, and instrumentalist Joyce Moreno has in her portfolio over 400 recordings of songs she has authored, interpreted by the greatest names in Brazilian popular musi...
Tropical Fuck Storm
Tuesday 17 - Friday 27 November 2026
It?s been two years since our favourite Australian post-apocalyptic acid punk disco scuzzheads, Tropical Fuck Storm, toured Europe. And while we can?t blame EVERYTHING terrible that?s happened since then on their absence, it does make you ...
For Vini - The Music of The Durutti Column
Thursday 19 November 2026
Celebrate the iconic musical moments of Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column, with the band's collaborators Keir Stewart and Bruce Mitchell. For half a century, The Durutti Column have occupied a musical world entirely their own, blending di...
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
Friday 20 November 2026
Co-founder and frontman of '80s New Romantic legends Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley has announced a brand new UK tour for 2025, which will be a spectacular celebration of swing and crooner classics, as well as his own hits reimagined. The ...
Steely Don - A Tribute to Steely Dan & Donald Fagen
Friday 20 November 2026
Steely Don are a ten/eleven piece band made up of professional and semi-professional musicians based in the North-West of England playing the music of Steely Dan & Donald Fagen. ...
Opus Kink
Saturday 21 November 2026
Described by the NME as "Horn-fuelled filth-funk, where punk and jazz combine in grimy circumstances", "Barnstorming, infectious" by BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq, and "One of the most enjoyable genre fusions I've ever seen" by Nels Hylton o...
UK Fleetwood Mac
Saturday 21 November 2026
UK Fleetwood Mac successfully recreates the authentic look and sound and every show is portrayed with the passion, energy and respect that the legendary band deserve. Enjoy favourites including Don't Stop, Dreams, The Chain, You Make Lovin...
Christmas in Ireland
Tuesday 24 November 2026
This Christmas, experience the heart, humour and spirit of Ireland, with Christmas in Ireland. Be transported to a magical Christmas Eve inside a traditional Irish pub, where friends, old and new, gather to share songs, stories and memorie...
Lambchop
Tuesday 24 November 2026
Kurt Wagner's Nashville alt country rockers have moved through a range of genres including low-fi bedroom recordings, post-rock, soul, classical and lounge music since their formation in 1986. ...
Jungle (DJ Set)
Friday 27 November 2026
A DJ Set) from the BRIT Award-winning London electronic neo-soul and funk duo (Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland). ...
Laura Misch
Friday 27 November 2026
The sister of musician Tom Misch, saxophonist Laura Misch writes songs and collages landscapes of sound for them to inhabit. Born in London, but always drawn to edgelands, her work explores the relationship between inner and outer worlds, ...
Dan Patlansky
Friday 27 November 2026
Dan Patlansky is a South African blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Blues & Soul magazine selected him as their Male Artist of the Year in December 2015 and Total Guitar magazine selected him as the number 4 of 10 Best Rock Guitarists...
Madame Claude
Saturday 28 November 2026
The most exciting and original ska band in years! Not our words... the words of Pauline Black, the legendary front woman of the Selecter. Meet Madame Claude, a 5 piece band from Saddleworth, mixing ska, rocksteady, reggae and even disco ...
Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
Sunday 29 November 2026
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ...
