ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
Michael Starring Ben - The Magic of Michael Jackson
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Fri 26 Feb - Fri 12 Nov 2027
What's Love Got To Do With It - A Tribute to Tina Turner
Manchester Opera House
Wed 21 Oct 2026 - Fri 26 Mar 2027
Candlelight - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Hallé St Peter's
Thu 26 Nov 2026 - Fri 5 Feb 2027
Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran
Manchester Cathedral
Thu 15 Oct - Thu 3 Dec 2026
The Choir of Man
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 October 2026
Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award-nominated, worldwide smash hit is now on its first ever UK tour. Welcome to THE CHOIR OF MAN, the best pub in the world... Come ready to drink in the excitement!Brimming with hits from artists su...Blossoms
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 15 October 2026
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 ind...Masego
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
An artist who thrives on mixing contemplation with extroversion, smoldering romance with knowing humour, studied musical discipline with exhilarating flights of intuition, Jamaican-American jazz fusion and future soul saxophone player, ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
Discover the music of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran performed by a string quartet at this awe-inspiring location under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Queen and ABBA
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026 - Friday 19 February 2027
Discover the music of Queen and ABBA performed by a string orchestra at this awe-inspiring location. ...Mary Coughlan
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan has been one wild Irish girl determined to live a life less ordinary. A prolific artist by anyone's standards, Coughlan is c...Ian McNabb (The Icicle Works)
Carlton Club, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
Part of the Liverpool renaissance movement of the eighties, alongside acts such as Echo And The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, WAH!, Heat, OMD, Black, Dead Or Alive, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Lotus Eaters, and China Crisis, in 1981 ...Ditz
The White Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
Abrasive but accessible, Brighton experimental rockers Ditz made one of the most important British guitar debuts when they first appeard on the scene in 2016. The band has been compared to IDLES, Yak, Daughters, Gilla Band and even Foals ...Crush
Contact, Manchester
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 October 2026
With lush expansive guitar tones, dense instrumentation and textures, Crush are a Manchester based four piece making heady and hypnotic music. Harbouring echoes of shoegaze bands such as Slowdive, the band was formed in 2018 whilst studyin...Baby Dave
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
Baby Dave is the alter ego of SOFT PLAY?s Isaac Holman - a solo project that allows him the freedom to purge his emotions through music and push his creativity in any direction that his instinct desires. Now Baby Dave?s chameleonic adventu...
The Early November & Hellogoodbye
Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 15 October 2026
Find tickets and full event details for Core. Presents: The Early November & Hellogoodbye live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for Core. Presents: The Early November & ...Alice Cooper Book Tour
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
The definitive autobiography and an evening of unforgettable stories from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the world's iconic musicians, with a career spanning six decades. Alice Cooper announces the release of his defi...
The Mountain Goats
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific former California nurse John Darnielle and whatever cast of musicians he's working with at the moment, which means the indie folk sound may change from p...Ruby Turner
Lowry, Salford
Friday 16 October 2026
Ruby Turner was born in Jamaica and grew up in Montego Bay. Her Grandfather sang the lead in one of the Island's Gospel Groups. Moving to England when she was 9, Ruby has lived here ever since. Her career to date has always had many unexpe...Gurriers
New Century, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
Dublin's newest alternative addition, Gurriers, embody the emerging Irish genres of post-punk, noise rock and shoegaze. ...Mercury Rev
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
Purveyors of a cosmic brand of the popular American songbook Buffalo New York act Mercury Rev merge jazz, folk, sweeping orchestration, and a dose of 60's rock. Their 1998 album Deserter's Songs remains one of the essential records of the ...This Flight Tonight - A Tribute To Joni Mitchell
Waterside, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
Acclaimed singer/songwriters Zervas & Pepper present 'This Flight Tonight' an intimate acoustic tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. Featuring songs such as 'California', 'Blue', 'Woodstock' 'Both Sides Now', 'Coyote', 'Big Yellow Taxi',...And So I Watch You from Afar + Caspian
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
A co-headline gig from Belfast instrumental rockers And So I Watch You From Afar and American post rock group Delta Sleep. ...Man of the World - The Music of Peter Green
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 16 October 2026
Celebrating the life and music of Peter Green, founder of the original Fleetwood Mac. Guitarist Remi Harris will be joined by vocalist Dave Small, bassist Tom Moore and Shane Dixon on drums to perform music from throughout Peter Green's ca...Kiioto (Lou Rhodes + Rohan Heath)
Aatma, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
Kiioto is the brand new musical project from two of Manchester most celebrated musicians. Lou Rhodes, the Mercury-nominated electro folk singer/songwriter and founder member of the highly acclaimed top 30 duo Lamb, has joined forces with m...Lime Garden
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
Four girls from Brighton who, whilst growing into adulthood together, are writing coming of age indie-rock with the influence of the modern pop culture that surrounds them. Their sound is a love letter to the indie music they surrounded th...Bootleg Blondie - Blondie Tribute Band
The Met, Bury
Friday 16 October 2026
The world's No. 1 official Debbie Harry and Blondie tribute band. Established in 2001 this band are the only Blondie tribute to play the legendary CBGB in New York City before it's demise in 2006 and unique in that not only have they had t...
Sports
Yes, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
Now Wave presents Sports at YES Pink Room on 16th October 2026...
Makeshift Art Bar
Fat Freddy's Drop
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
Fat Freddy's Drop is a New Zealand seven-piece band from Wellington, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by ...Courtney Barnett
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
In the hands of indie rocker Courtney Barnett, fragments of everyday life become rich and riveting. A deft lyricist and virtuosic guitarist, she is an emblem of millennial wit and one of Australia's most successful musical exports. Base...The Clone Roses + Oas-is + The James Experience
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Saturday 17 October 2026
The UK's leading tribute to The Stone Roses, who have performed at some of the most iconic venues in the UK, respectfully replicating some of the classic shows from The Stone Roses careers. From selling out Blackpool Empress Ballroom to p...Neighbourhood Festival
Various Venues, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
Manchester's best and biggest multi-venue festival is back. Since 2016, Neighbourhood Festival has established itself as the premier place to discover the next big act. Past events have hosted BRIT Award winners Sam Fender, Mabel and...Beyond the Barricade
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 17 October 2026
Beyond the Barricade, the UK's longest running Musical Theatre Concert Tour, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2024. Join the cast for two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, featuring the songs that have made audiences re...
Margaret Glaspy
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
In an era of excess and endless distraction, New York-based Californian artist Margaret Glaspy rejects the noise in favour of something far more essential. Before setting to work on her fourth full-length album I Am Both, she stepped away ...Blue Rose Code
The Met, Bury
Saturday 17 October 2026
In the space of a few short years Blue Rose Code (aka acclaimed Edinburgh-raised, London-based singer-songwriter Ross Wilson), has built a growing reputation as a powerful writer and performer, gaining extensive radio play and the praise o...Hannah Wicklund
The Met, Bury
Saturday 17 October 2026
Growing up on the beaches of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Hannah Wicklund has always had music in her bones. Through hard work and determination, she built her career on her own covering many genres such as gospel, soul, pop, rock a...Ian Prowse & Amsterdam
Unitarian Church Todmorden, Oldham
Saturday 17 October 2026
Ian Prowse is a singer/songwriter from Ellesmere Port who wears his heart on his sleeve and writes straight from the cuff. Formed in 1999 with former Blow Monkeys drummer Tony Kiley and cousin Johnny Barlow, his Liverpool pop rock outfi...Roxy Magic - Celebrating the Music of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 17 October 2026
A fabulously entertaining evening celebrating the music of Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry as performed by Roxy Magic, with a great combination of high quality musicianship and a wonderful Bryan Ferry look and sound-alike in Kevin Hackett. Forme...Pet Needs
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026
Colchester's PET NEEDS play fractured party music. With explosive live performances of singalong anti-anthems, they began smashing sets on stages throughout the UK, screaming stories of disastrous job interviews, self-destruction and head...Manchester Music Tours - The Smiths Tour
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 17 October 2026 - Saturday 16 January 2027
The Smiths fans from across the globe will have the opportunity to experience once again how this iconic band made their mark in Manchester and the world. Iconic places that will be visited on the tour include; Strangeways prison, which be...
Trash Panda - Live At The Log Cabin
The Log Cabin Greenmount Cricket Club, Bolton
Saturday 17 October 2026
Rock Night Trash Panda LIVE playing Thin Lizzy, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Billy Idol & more, plus a rock DJ Sat 17 Oct. Tickets £10...Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 18 October 2026
The Martians are back! Based on HG Wells' dark Victorian tale, the production remains a favourite to millions around the world, exciting audiences of all ages. In October 2026, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Liv...Brandi Carlile
Co-op Live, Manchester
Sunday 18 October 2026
Known as one of music's most respected voices, Brandi Carlile is an 11 times Grammy Award, 2 time EMMY-winning singer/songwriter, and a #1 New York Times Bestselling author. Throughout her acclaimed career, the Washington State country a...Starsailor with Strings
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 18 October 2026
Formed at Wigan & Leigh Music College, Starsailor will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their critically-acclaimed, multi-platinum debut album Love is Here with a special tour featuring a string ensemble arranged and conducted by Joe Dudd...Guilt Trip
