ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
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
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 ...Osees (The Oh Sees)

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 16 June 2025
With a stage show that's best described as sweat-drenched, a blistering back catalogue and several name changes along the way - Orinoka Crash Suite (1997-2003), OCS (2003-05), The Ohsees (2006), The Oh Sees (2007), Thee Oh Sees (2008-16), O...Nine Inch Nails

Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Pulling the harsh sounds of industrial rock into the mainstream, Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch Nails became the face of industrial music in the '90s with "Head Like a Hole," "Closer," and "Hurt" becoming hits worldwide and their alb...Kim Deal (Pixies / Breeders)

New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 17 June 2025
A solo tour from the original bassist and co-vocalist of Pixies (from 1986 to 1993 and 2004 to 2013) and frontwoman of the Breeders, which she formed in 1989. ...Halocene

Rebellion, Manchester
Tuesday 17 June 2025
The Nashville rock duo, famed for their metal covers on Youtube and Twitch, are renowned for their mesmerizing live performances, delivering riveting shows that leave an indelible impact on all fortunate enough to witness their sonic grande...Power Trip

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Following the death of vocalist Riley Gale in 2020, at the age of 34, from a fentanyl overdose, Grammy-nominated Dallas crossover thrashers Power Trip return. Their crushing, soul mangling, neck bustin' music appeals to fans of both hardc...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...Santana

Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
Mexican-born San Francisco guitar legend Carlos Santana returns with his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted American Latin rock band. Over a career spanning 50 years, the group have sold well in excess of 100 million records scoring intern...SatchVai Band - Joe Satriani & Steve Vai

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
Guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announce they are touring together for the very first time in the same band, the SatchVai Band. ...Whip Round

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 19 - Thursday 26 June 2025
Your favourite weekly Alt club night is back with three rooms of Indie classics, post punk, new wave, and Kowgirl Karaoke ...Oh Bey-have

Amber's, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
The Elemental Orchestra is back with another epic orchestral rendition of Beyonces greatest hits at the famed Ambers nightclub...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...Could Be Real Tribute Festival

Walton Hall & Gardens, Warrington
Friday 20 June 2025
Touring the UK, the Could Be Real Tribute Festival stops at the stunning grounds of Walton Hall & Gardens with some of the very best tribute artists in the country. ...Art Battle Manchester

Stretford Mall, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
A spectacle of painters, illustrators, tattooists, and street artists go head-to-head. Each will be given a blank canvas and 30 minutes to create a masterpiece. Circulate the action and watch the art evolve, and ultimately YOU decide who...Seb Lowe

Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Friday 20 June 2025
Manchester-based Seb Lowe has burst out of nowhere. (Okay Saddleworth...). Good in that this can be a younger child with a head stuffed with phrases which are his weapons and telling his fact and a guitar that could be a machine gun of riff...Kat Von D

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
Katherine von Drachenberg is a Mexican-born American tattoo artist, television personality, entrepreneur and recording artist best known for her work as a tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show LA Ink. She is referenced in the Eag...The Wandering Hearts

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
With their seamless vocal harmonies, London Folk-Americana trio The Wandering Hearts are reminiscent of First Aid Kit and Of Monsters and Men, whilst channelling Fleetwood Mac's pop sensibility and the storytelling of Chris Stapleton, all t...Summertime Sadness Club - The Lana Del Ray Club Night

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
If you were Born To Die, there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard that will take you straight to the most joyfully miserable Sad Girl club night experience. Summertime Sadness is a new night from Throwback Events dedicated to Lana Del Rey and...The Killers Kollective - Tribute to The Killers

The Sound Lounge Darwen, Blackburn
Friday 20 June 2025
The professional Midlands based The Killers tribute band, made up of six highly experienced musicians with many years in the industry. Expect to hear all the classics including 'Somebody Told Me', 'All These Things That I've Done', 'Human...JILUKA

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
Jiluka (: ジルカ) is a Japanese visual kei metal band originally titled as "Modern metal visual kei (V系モダン・メタル)", but later changed to "Electro Gothic Metal (EGM). ...La Fiesta

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 20 June - Friday 1 August 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...Jamie Webster

Haydock Park, Newton-le-Willows
Saturday 21 June 2025
Jamie Webster is an English folk singer, songwriter and guitarist from Liverpool. A former electrician who initially sang cover versions in local pubs in Liverpool city centre, his shows have become synonymous with Liverpool F.C. and their ...Blossoms

Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 21 June 2025
Stockport quintet Blossoms burst onto the Manchester scene in the 2010s, quickly rising from local clubs to festival stages and the top of the UK Album charts within a few short years. Their catchy, synth-forward blend of Brit-pop and indi...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...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...Bright Eyes

Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Uncommon intensity and tenderness, communal exorcism and personal excavation are qualities that fans of American indie folk rockers Bright Eyes have come to expect, nearly three decades into their career. The tight-knit band of Conor Obe...North West Calling

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
All-day punk festival, North West Calling, is back and features another riotous line-up. ...Daresbury Festival

Walton Hall & Gardens, Warrington
Saturday 21 June 2025
A day of House, Disco and happiness at the brand new Daresbury Festival taking place a mile down the road from Daresbury, at the picturesque settings of Walton Hall in Cheshire. - A Boutique Festival set in the grounds of Walton Hall. -...The Amy Winehouse Experience

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 21 June 2025
Fronted by the enigmatic Caroline Lowe with a group of backing musicians, this is the UK's premier tribute to the often misunderstood and sadly missed talent of the late Amy Winehouse. From the creators of Lioness, The Amy Winehouse Experi...Oh What A Night! - Celebration of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

George Lawton Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne
Saturday 21 June 2025
Go back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - now immortalised in the multi-award winning show Jersey Boys, which has been packing theatres worldwide since its debut in 2005. Valli'...Horsegirl

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Horsegirl - the New York-via-Chicago trio of best friends Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, and Gigi Reece - continue their exploration of the lines between indie pop, minimalism, and playful experimentation. ...Ohasis - Tribute to Oasis

Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Saturday 21 June - Friday 5 December 2025
Ohsais play the songs in the most current live arrangements, with amazing accuracy. Nailing the Oasis look was very important, as image is everything; and was everything to Oasis. The band take the stage show very seriously, meticulously re...Gaol Bird (Cabbage)

Golden Lion, Todmorden
Saturday 21 June 2025
Manchester's Gaol Bird are led by former Cabbage front man Lee Broadbent and describe themselves as an "anti-band bored of societies hypocrisy." ...Digitalism (Extended DJ Set)

Yes, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Now Wave presents Digitalism (Extended DJ Set) at YES Basement on 21st June 2025...Bad Manners - 50th Anniversary

Holy Diver, Stockport
Saturday 21 June 2025
Bad Manners take the Holy Diver Stage for their 50th Anniversary TourSupport TBA Doors Open 7pm 18+...Iron Maiden

Co-op Live, Manchester
Sunday 22 June 2025
One of the most influential and successful bands in history, with over 200 million sales, the legendary East London heavy metal heroes return. With a career spanning over four decades, Bruce Dickinson and the boys are best known for th...Some Guys Have All the Luck - The Rod Stewart Story
