ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
Michael Starring Ben - The Magic of Michael Jackson
The Bridgewater Hall
Fri 23 Jan - Sat 25 Apr 2026
What's Love Got To Do With It - A Tribute to Tina Turner
Lowry
Thu 30 Apr 2026 - Thu 21 Jan 2027
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Sat 6 Dec 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 13 Dec 2025 - Sat 17 Oct 2026
Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Manchester Academy
Fri 19 Dec 2025 - Fri 2 Oct 2026
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025 - Saturday 3 January 2026
West End mega-hit TINA - The Tina Turner Musical announces its first ever UK & Ireland tour. From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn't just...Don Broco
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 December 2025
Filtering their charismatic '80s pop-inflected rock seamlessly, almost restlessly, through metal, funk and electronics, the UK chart-topping Bedford four piece have become one of rock's most diverse and charismatic bands, playing huge shows...The Saw Doctors
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
The Saw Doctors are one of Ireland's most successful rock bands, racking up Twenty Top 30 hits including three number 1's and Ireland's biggest ever selling single. This unlikely group of rock superstars continue to win over new fans and we...Homobloc
Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
A queer block party for all. For homos, hetros, lesbos, don't knows and disko asbos. Featuring a vast array of genres, cultures and experiences, the 2024 Homobloc Festival Line-up includes: Hailed as one of the most inventive and vital a...The Lancashire Hotpots Big Bash
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
The fifth annual Big Bash from Bernard and the boys features Abba Arrival + Black Lace + Pet Shop Boys tribute act, Pound Shop Boys. Strap yourself in for an unbeatable night of music and laughs. The good times are back!...Year's End Festival - The Twang & more
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Year's End Festival is back Saturday 6th of December 2025! Thousands of fans, Lots of great live music across multiple venues around Manchester city centre! ...Thea Gilmore
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Nantwich-based, Oxford-born indie folk star Thea Gilmore is a formidable performer on stage and among the finest singer songwriters of her generation - a frank and fearless pursuer of home truths who has constantly adapted to remain relevan...FROM BIG COUNTRY
Sunbird Records, Blackburn
Saturday 6 December 2025
After splitting with Bruce Watson in October 2024, original Big Country drummer Mark Brzezicki and long time vocalist Simon Hough formed From Big Country with The Icicle Works bassist Chris Leyhe and Steeleye Span guitarist Ken Nicol. Fo...Arctic Numpties - Tribute to Arctic Monkeys
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Barnsley and Sheffield's premium tribute to Arctic Monkeys, playing hits from all their albums. ...Metallicish - Tribute to Metallica
Harleymoon Kemp
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Harleymoon won Best New Artist at BCMA and was nominated as UK Best Female. Her latest single "Back in Tennessee" was picked up as the only UK artist track to be playlisted on Absolute Radio Country. ...
Snug Live Sessions w/ TV Smith + Avid Fan
The Snug Coffee House, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
We are thrilled to welcome TV Smith from The Adverts to The Snug for the very first time on Saturday December 6th....Twisted Lick Christmas Rock Special
The Brickhouse, St Helens
Saturday 6 December 2025
Twisted Lick one of our original first ever bands to grace the stage take of the Christmas Special Rock Night...King Princess
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 7 December 2025
Genderqueer Brooklyn pop singer-songwriter King Princess, aka Mikaela Straus has seen the likes of Mark Ronson, Foushee, and the late Taylor Hawkins appear on her records and has opened tours for Harry Styles, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cas...Katatonia
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 7 December 2025
Considered by many to be one of Sweden's most prominent metal bands, Katatonia's long, storied career has seen them shift from a rough, sludge-like doom metal sound to a more streamlined approach that embraces prog rock, assonant vocal h...Snow Strippers
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 7 December 2025
Detroit electronic music duo Tatiana Schwaninger and Graham Perez produce EDM tracks which contain elements of new rave, witch house, electroclash, shoegaze, hyperpop, and techno. They have frequently been compared to the music of Canadia...Heartworms
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 7 December 2025
Now Wave presents Heartworms at Band On The Wall on 7th December 2025...The Electric Stars Christmas Spectacular
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Sunday 7 December 2025
The Electric Stars are back in their hometown this December at the Legendary 'Night and Day'....Ice Nine Kills
Co-op Live, Manchester
Monday 8 December 2025
Like the undead slashers celebrated in their songs, visionary heavy metal trailblazers and multimedia raconteurs INK carve out a fresh, bloody homage to the VHS celluloid classics that possessed singer Spencer Charnas at an early age, with...Band of Skulls
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Russell Marsden's acclaimed Southampton blues rockers are perhaps best known for their 2019 single "Sweet Sour" which won Best Rock/Hard Rock Song at the Independent Music Awards 2013. ...
The Band CAMINO
New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Blending indie rock and electropop, the Memphis-formed, Nashville-based trio, self-described as "your mom's favorite band", come to Europe. ...Divorce
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
For Nottingham quartet Divorce, home is a feeling. Initially meeting as teenagers through the city's close-knit DIY scene, the band came together as Divorce in mid-2021, releasing a slew of genre-defiant singles that quickly caught the atte...Dub FX
Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Melbourne born Dub FX lived in a van for 6 years performing on street corners worldwide to build an underground fan base that rivals some of the most successful artists today. A pioneer of live looping, Dub FX builds each track in the momen...Crobot
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:CrobotPlus support:Ingenue...The Charlatans
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
The West Midlands-formed, Northwich-relocated Madchester legends have notched up seventeen Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 Top 40 singles, including nineties Top 10 hits "One to Another", "The Only One I Know...Tony Hadley
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
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 C...Stereolab
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
South London's Anglo-French premiere exponents of experimental lounge electronica air a breezy melodious approach with Laetitia Sadier's lilting Gallic vocals meandering merrily throughout with an irresistibly melodious bass-driven joy and ...Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman
The Roundhouse, Bolton
Thursday 11 December 2025
Legendary Bolton broadcaster, writer and musician Mark Radcliffe met David Boardman a few years ago when he moved to Knutsford and they found each other in the Builder's Arms. David is a seasoned singer/songwriter, guitar teacher and fine a...Sunflower Bean
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
New York glam rockers described by Billboard as "even though no one in Sunflower Bean is of legal drinking age, the Brooklyn indie trio's Human Ceremony is one of the most fully realized, sonically eclectic debut albums (everything from ps...Spike and the Gimme Gimmes
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Spike and the Gimme GimmesPlus support:Bad Cop Bad Cop...Lebrock
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:LebrockPlus support:Wolf ClubFenix...Stereophonics
Co-op Live, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
As Stereophonics celebrate over 25 years as one of the UK's most loved bands, Kelly Jones continues to cement his place amongst the great British songwriters. The Welsh rockers have developed an enduring success and deep-seated bond with th...Three Days Grace
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
Combining elements of angst-fueled alternative rock, metal, and grunge, the Canadian rockers quickly established themselves as lynchpins of the post-grunge movement. Emerging in 2003, the band have topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock singl...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
San Francisco alt rockers BRMC return. Best known for their early 2000's UK Top 30 hits "Stop", "Ain't No Easy Way", "Spread Your Love", their music is influenced by classic hard rock, especially Led Zeppelin, while also encompassing slo...SG Lewis
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
The Reading songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and deep house producer creates expansive and ambitious music made of two halves: on one end of the spectrum, he crafts the kind of nocturnal bangers that dancefloors, underground raves, pool pa...Ultimate Power
Yes, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
Why go anywhere else when you can go to a place where everyone has a sole aim: to embrace the greatest power ballads ever written, all night long. The Ultimate Power DJs will take you on a ride through the very best of the genre: from forgo...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. ...Pogue Traders - Tribute to The Pogues
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
An 8 piece tribute band to the legendary Pogues. ...Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
