POP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
POP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Pop Concerts in Manchester
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Thu 29 Jan - Fri 26 Jun 2026
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
The Grand
Fri 11 Jul 2025 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 2 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Martin Kemp - Back To The 80s DJ Set
Uppermill Civic Hall
Fri 7 - Fri 14 Nov 2025
Gary Barlow
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 14 June 2025
One of Britain's most successful songwriters and record producers, as part of the Manchester group Take That, Frodsham's Gary Barlow has won eight BRIT Awards and sold over 45 million records. Aside from his achievements with Take That, he ...Brutus Gold's Love Train
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Lock up your daughters.... your mothers.... your self-tan spray and your cheap cologne! Brutus Gold and his Love Train are steaming into town for a night thick and heavy with 70s grooves. Self-proclaimed Puerto Rican Love God, Brutus Gold ...JD McPherson
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Oklahoma's JD McPherson has created something unique and amazing, taking the inspiration from multiple decades and styles and incorporating them into his own sound. He describes it as "It's like if The late-60s Ventures were the session ban...Arkayla
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Bursting onto the scene with a string of captivating singles, Arkayla are tipped to be the next band added to a long list of brilliant musical exports hailing from Manchester. Drawing on the grit of The Strokes, the lyricism of The Smiths, ...Dancing In The Daylight
Freight Island, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 27 September 2025
Step back in time and let loose at Dancing in the Daylight hosted by BrunchBaby. The party will come alive with the sounds of the past as the day is transformed into a lively, nostalgia-filled disco for grown-ups with the DJ spinning all th...Ariana Goes Wicked Brunch
Area, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 29 November 2025
A spellbinding fusion of pop perfection and Broadway magic at this live vocal show by the UK's no. 1 Ariana Tribute, Hariana, and her dancers. It's going to be a "Defying Gravity" experience with a show-stopping performance by the UK's #1 A...RNCM Spotlight - Suit Up Barbershop Quartet
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
An evening of close harmony classics and modern tunes alike, presented in Suit Up's debut performance. ...Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 4 October 2025
DJs and live musicians play old and new school hip hop, afrobeats and RnB goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill. ...Sound Of The Crowd - A Night Of Retro Electro
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Saturday 14 June - Monday 14 July 2025
If you like New Wave, Synthpop, Italo, Hi-NRG and all things Retro Electro from 1980 until now, then Manchester-based Welsh DJ Dinsdale Godfrey and Liam Moody will take you through the night playing anything from ABC to ZYX. Expect to hear...Chris Brown
Co-op Live, Manchester
Sunday 15 June - Thursday 3 July 2025
With over 200 million records sold worlwide, Virginian R&B singer Chris Brown is often referred to as the "King of R&B", and he continues to blur the lines between soul, hip hop, pop and dance music with his polyhedric output which has seen...Rag'n'Bone Man
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Sunday 15 June 2025
Rory Graham, best known as Rag'n'Bone Man, rose to prominence in 2016 with his unique blend of hip-hop, traditional blues and his powerfully deep baritone singing style. Growing up in Sussex, he was influenced by his mum and dad playing an...Yeah Yeah Yeahs
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 16 June 2025
After supporting the Strokes and the White Stripes, New York's art punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs earned a significant buzz for their arty yet sexy take on garage punk. Their clean sound and eclectic songwriting won critical acclaim and ...Busted
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Thursday 19 June 2025
The Southend boy band are back for a 20th anniversary greatest hits tour of their signature pop-punk, heavy electronics, effervescent riffs and huge arena-filling choruses. Between 2002 and 2004, the trio topped the UK charts with "Thunder...Tropiloco
FAC251, Manchester
Thursday 19 June - Thursday 3 July 2025
A UK wide club night with three floors of 80s, 90s, 00s, + RnB, HipHop and Rap + House, Tech and UK Garage ...Rob Lamberti - Perfectly George (George Michael Tribute)
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
'Stars in Their Eyes' live finalist Rob Lamberti has earned the title of the UK's number one George Michael tribute artist and has even worked on behalf of the late Wham legend for Sony Music to promote the album 25 Live. In a 2014 interv...
Pulp
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Although formed in Sheffield in 1978 by 15 year old schoolboy Jarvis Cocker, the critically acclaimed indie rock band Pulp only first came to fame in the Britpop era, scoring their first Top 40 hit in 1994 with "Do You Remember the First Ti...Nadiya Bychkova & The Overtones - Jukebox Idols
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Strictly Come Dancing star Nadiya Bychkova and the platinum-selling vocal harmony group The Overtones have announced they will star together in a brand new show for 2025 called Jukebox Idols. From the producers of the West End smash hit Rip...Sparks
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 June 2025
The provocateurs of pop return. Masters of reinvention, with an unappeasable ambition and a ravenous hunger for the now, Sparks - Californian brothers Ron and Russell Mael - have been creating eye-poppingly brilliant pop music for more t...Aitch
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
The latest, greatest contender for Manchester's music throne, Aitch has cemented his position as one of the most exciting young British rappers with two UK Top 10 EPs and multi-Platinum Top 10 hits "Taste (Make It Shake)", "Baby", "Rain", "...Day Fever
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 21 June - Sunday 24 August 2025
The day-time clubbing event started by Line of Duty actress Vicky McClure, her husband, Welsh actor and filmmaker Jonny Owen and Sheffield indie kings, Reverend & The Makers has swept the UK since it's launch in 2024 "The day-time disco tha...Bingo Jamz
Freight Island, Manchester
Saturday 21 June - Saturday 29 November 2025
Step back in time for an epic 90s and 00s RnB-themed bingo night at Bingo Jamz! Enjoy soulful hits from Mariah Carey, Usher, Destiny's Child, and Alicia Keys, while playing bingo with a musical twist. Each player receives a bingo sheet fill...Absolutely Britney Bottomless Brunch
Area, Manchester
Saturday 21 June - Saturday 20 December 2025
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless cocktails, and all the Britney hits you can handle? Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party that was born to make you happy! This Britney special features the UK's number 1 Britney impersonator, sound-a...Funk Street!
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 21 - Saturday 28 June 2025
Get your groove on at Funk Street, a free night of live funk, soul and disco brought to you by resident bands. Traversing the finest in funk, soul, disco, house and more. Expect soul-heavy beats, infectious rhythm, and free-flowing danceflo...An Evening Without Kate Bush
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 22 June 2025
Howl with the Hounds of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heights! She's not there - but you are. Whether you've been a fan for decades or recently joined the shoal via the 'Stranger Things' phenomenon, there has never been a bette...Kid Creole & The Coconuts
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 22 June 2025
Incorporating a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco and Latin American, Caribbean, and Cab Calloway styles conceptually inspired by the big band era, Platinum-selling "Tropical Gangsters" Kid Creole and the Coconu...Macy Gray
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, Macy Gray - real name Natalie Renee McIntyre - moved to Southern California in the '80s to attend university. She studied scriptwriting and was even in film classes with Ally Sheedy and Rob Lowe. During t...Tate McRae
Co-op Live, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Tate McRae started out as a child dancer, but has since turned her sights towards pop stardom. Born in Calgary, her family moved to Oman during the first six years of her life. Her mother taught dance lessons, and when they returned to Cana...Diana Ross & Hallé Orchestra - A Symphonic Celebration
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 26 June 2025
Diana Ross presents her "Symphonic Celebration" surrounded by an ensemble of great musicians of Soul, Jazz, Rock, Pop and more. She will be performing alongside the Manchester based Halle Orchestra. For the first time ever on tour, Ms Ross ...Something About Lennon - The John Lennon Story
Waterside, Manchester
Thursday 26 June 2025
Imagine a show that tells the story of one of popular music's most iconic figures in a totally unique way. A tale of controversy, genius, politics and protest, Something About Lennon charts John's story from the breakup of The Beatles to h...Start to End - Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 26 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
A group of Scotland's leading young musicians perform a selection of albums from Start to End. Organised by Admiral Fallow's Joe Rattray with Pronto Mama duo Craig McMahon and Martin Johnston. ...
Tim Minchin
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 27 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
Get ready for an evening packed with unforgettable songs and stories, as the Northampton-born, Australia-raised award-winning actor, comedian, author and music virtuoso looks back on how a Perth cabaret pianist ended up building one of the...Showaddywaddy
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Friday 27 June 2025
'The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World' is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy has lived up to that title for the last 4 decades! Formed in the 1970s in Leicester from several local bands, they have sold more than 20 million records ...The G-dfather Returns - James Brown Tribute
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 28 June 2025
"The G-dfather Returns" is a thrilling new theatre production that pays homage to the legendary James Brown, often hailed as the Godfather of Soul. This electrifying show promises to take audiences on a musical journey through the life and ...ABBA Believe In Angels Brunch - ABBA Tribute
Area, Manchester
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 13 December 2025
Live your best dancing queen life, all afternoon, to your favourite ABBA and pop hits with this ABBA tribute show and delicious brunch. Get ready for the biggest ABBA-TASTIC bottomless brunch show the city has ever seen! Featuring a fu...Electromantics
The Penketh And Sankey Conservative Club, Warrington
Saturday 28 June 2025
Electromantic's are a 1980's Electronica/New Wave Tribute band from Merseyside. Gold is the lead vocalist / frontman, Green is the second vocalist / guitarist / keyboard player and Red is the main keyboard player / backing vocalist. They ar...HANNAH MAZEY
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
Hailing from the working-class town of Wigan, Hannah Mazey's talent has quickly caught the attention of major platforms like BBC Radio, XS Manchester, Fresh on the Net and an A-List artist on Future Hits Radio. Tongue in cheek lyrics and No...Japanese Breakfast
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 29 June 2025
South Korean born, American raised indie pop artist Michelle Zauner, frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast, has garnered acclaim for the way she pours her own life into the universe of each song to tell real stories, and allowing those universes...Faye Webster
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Emotional and musical alchemy, Atlanta, Georgia, Faye Webster's indie folk sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap an...Pil (Public Image LTD)
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Tuesday 1 July 2025
After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd in 1978 and, with a shifting line-up and unique sound, PiL have gone on to become widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all time. Their musi...YEULE
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 1 July 2025
yeule (aka Nat Cmiel), the Singaporean cyborg alchemist coalescing the soundscapes of glitch-pop electronica, alt rock, and trip-hop. After their breakthrough sophomore album in 2022, 'Glitch Princess', Nat Cmiel crystallised their place as...This is your tribute
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 2 - Sunday 6 July 2025
A brand new interactive cabaret show from the creators of 'An Evening Without Kate Bush' and 'Julie Madly Deeply'. 'Expect to laugh, sing and be merry!' (★★★★★ Quinntessential Review). Your sparkling host Sarah-Louise Young (Fasci...Squeeze + Badly Drawn Boy + China Crisis
Ashley Hall Showground, Altrincham
Thursday 3 July 2025
As one of the most traditional pop bands of the new wave, London's Squeeze provided one of the links between classic British guitar pop and post-punk providing the vehicle for the wry, subtle lyric writing of Chris Difford and traditiona...Lady Wray
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 3 July 2025
Multi-million streamed R&B artist "Lady Wray carries the charisma of a Jackson 5 family member, while also boasting similar vocal prowess to an icon such as Aretha Franklin." -Consequence of Sound. Only a few people in the world can take th...Mary J Blige
Co-op Live, Manchester
Friday 4 July 2025
Grammy and Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated, "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul," Mary J. Blige announced a special one off Arena performance here at Co-op Live. The show comes on the heels of her new album "Gratitude". The tour and album are a c...Legend - The Music of Bob Marley
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 4 July 2025
Legend - the Music of Bob Marley is an unforgettable evening celebrating the musical icon, the reggae legend that was Bob Marley, in one fantastic stage show extravaganza. Combining his superb, distinctive vocals with flawless musicianship...
Let The Music Play - Dedicated to the Legend of Barry White
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 4 July 2025
Direct from the USA, a critically-acclaimed revue featuring the incredible vocalist William Hicks also know as "the big man with the big voice". 100 million records sold, 20 gold and 10 platinum singles - the world loves Barry White and Ba...The Kate Bush Song Book
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 4 July 2025
The Kate Bush Song Book is an acoustic offshoot of tribute band Cloudbusting, a chance to indulge in Kate Bush's piano-based compositions and to re-imagine some of her larger scale works with stripped back, more intimate arrangements. Cl...Lee Mead
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 4 July 2025
Lee Mead, star of Television and award winning West End leading man, is back for 2025! Lee shot to fame in 2007 on the BBC reality TV show 'Any Dream Will Do'. Beating 10,000 other hopefuls in the live finals to be crowned as Joseph in Andr...Man in the Mirror - A Tribute to Michael Jackson
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 4 July 2025
Join us for a Thriller of an evening, as we celebrate the legendary music of the KING OF POP. This is the "Man in the Mirror" - The brand new must-see, electrifying tribute concert to Michael Jackson. Starring CJ, one of the world's greates...Stevie Wonder
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 5 July 2025
American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Stevie Wonder is one of the most celebrated and prominent figures in popular music who, at the age of 12, was the youngest recording artist to have achieved a #1 single with "Fingertips P...Manc 25 - The Mancunian Way
