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Inspiral Carpets

Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
  Regarded as one of the main components of the Madchester movement in the early 90s, indie chart-topping Oldham legends Inspiral Carpets return after taking a hiatus following the tragic loss of drummer, Craig Gill. Although 90s frontman ...

808 State

New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Graham Massey's Manchester dance legends and Acid House pioneers have been described as "masters of their art" (Q), "pioneers" (Future Music), "for sonic trailblazing and inestimable influence, among our most important groups" (Record Colle...

Pink By Vicky Jackson

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Vicky Jackson's tribute to Pink has been a run-away success and has consistently been her most booked act since 2008. Whilst the Pink tribute show was not her first tribute act, Vicky found herself being compared both physically and vocally...

Stereo MC's

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Formed in 1985, Stereo MCs hit the public's attention with 1990 album Supernatural and single Elevate My Mind. It was 1992 follow up Connected, with hit singles of the same name and Step It Up that confirmed their status at the front of a b...

Orange Goblin

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Originally formed in London under the name 'Our Haunted Kingdom' back in 1995, celebrated UK metal greats Orange Goblin entered the world of heavy music as wide-eyed enthusiasts, eager to channel the fire & fury of their favourite bands. Em...

The Style Councillors - Tribute to The Style Council

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
The Style Councillors are the world's one and only tribute to The Style Council. Formed in 2013 by Darren Fletcher (Paul Weller) and Steve Hayes (Mick Talbot), The Style Councillors have quickly built a loyal fanbase for the group w...

Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 13 December 2025
Fleetwood Bac are the world's first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, the only Mac tribute to authentically replicate the classic 'Rumours' line-up. The show focuses on the 'Rumours' era of the band ...

Jesca Hoop

Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Beautiful, subtle and stark the Manchester-based Californian folk star serves up stunningly original songs - minimalist yet brimming with energy, emerging from a wealth of life experience, great emotional depth, and years of honing the craf...

Dark Matter presents Smote + Slow Knife + DJ Sie Norfolk

Golden Lion, Todmorden
Saturday 13 December 2025
Smote are an unforgettable sonic presence, a near religious experience. With Slow Knife - Noir jazz meets ham horror rock and eclectic vinyl DJ Sie...

ABBA DIVAZ - An Abba Tribute

George Lawton Hall, Oldham
Saturday 13 December 2025
The George Lawton Hall proudly presents Helen Ward-Jackson and Alex Schofield with their fabulous ABBA Tribute Concert - ABBA DIVAZ...

Soul Night with The DeeVines

The Brickhouse, St Helens
Saturday 13 December 2025
Our go to guys on the Soul Tip The DeeVines one of our best Shows for the Christmas Special...

RnB Xmas Ball - Boyz II Men + Toni Braxton + Dru Hill + Joe

Co-op Live, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025
  The heavyweight lineup for the RnB Xmas Ball features a feast of RnB superstars who will be performing live. Leading the pack is the greatest RnB group of all time Boyz II Men, alongside the one and only R&B icon Toni Braxton, who makes ...

Manchester Camerata & AMC Gospel Choir - A Festive Happening

Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025
'Warm your soul at this Christmas carol concert with a gospel twist' -Manchester Evening News To close out the year Manchester Camerata have what has become very much a Christmas tradition, their annual Christmas celebration with AMC Gospe...

Candlelight - A Tribute to Taylor Swift

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025
Enjoy some of the best Taylor Swift songs of all time like never before! Surrounded by the gentle glow of candlelight, you'll listen to a string quartet's rendition of top hits by Taylor Swift. Be ready to rediscover Taylor's catalogue of h...

CG5

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 14 December 2025
YouTube sensation Charlie Green (CG5) is a prolific producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Phoenix, Arizona, influenced by '70s and '80s pop, and artists like Hall & Oates and Phil Collins.  In 2014, Charlie launched C...

Big Country

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 16 December 2025
  Formed in Dunfermline, Scotland by the former-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson and childhood friend Bruce Watson, Celtic-inspired Big Country quickly broke worldwide with their ringing, bagpipe-like guitars and anthemic songs helping their...

Kids in Glass Houses

Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 17 December 2025
The return of the Cardiff alt-rockers who scored four UK Top 40 albums between 2008 and 2013. Their boundlessly entertaining collection of songs prove beyond all doubt that Kids in Glass Houses can write thoroughly modern guitar tunes with ...

Neck Deep

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 17 December 2025
The "biggest band you've never heard of" has stepped onto the world stage, but it won't be long before that adage is a distant memory. The Wrexham underground heroes turned breakout stars with three UK Top 10 albums continue carving out the...

The Wonder Stuff

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 17 December 2025
  Stourbridge indie rockers The Wonder Stuff boast an extensive catalogue which includes UK Top 20 hits "The Size of a Cow", "Unbearable", "Caught in My Shadow", "Don't Let Me Down, Gently",  "Circlesquare" and the chart-topping cover "D...

London African Gospel Choir - Paul Simon's Graceland Reimagined

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
  Hot off the back of multiple sell-outs across the UK, the 23-strong London African Gospel Choir (LAGC) return with their totally uplifting rendition of Paul Simon's iconic 1986 Graceland album. Don't miss this astounding musical reinte...

The Clause

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 18 December 2025
The Clause are an indie four-piece from Birmingham who bring together the swagger of the 60s, the rolling groove of the 80s and the riotous verve and attitude of the 90s.  Pearce Macca (front man), Niall Fennell (drummer) Jonny Fyffe (bass...

Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 19 December 2025
Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra are a rhythm and blues band led by boogie-woogie pianist Jools Holland. Holland formed the band in 1994 and the current 20-piece band consists of piano, organ, drums, female vocals, electri...

Clutch

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 19 December 2025
While musical trends have come and gone since Clutch originally formed in Maryland, USA in 1991, they've always thrived by just sitting back and doing their own thing. Coming from American punk and hardcore influenced roots, they moved more...

Trevor Horn & His Band

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 19 December 2025
Trevor and his band are playing an exclusive run of UK tour dates with a new career-spanning 'Video Killed The Radio Star' live show ...

Arkayla

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 19 December 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, ...

Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show

Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 19 December 2025
Live/Wire is the AC/DC Show. The hugely successful and unique six-man tribute to rock music's greatest band, AC/DC - complete with cannons, a wall of Marshalls and over two hours of High Voltage Rock 'n' Roll, in a show critically acclaimed...

Black Grape

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 20 December 2025
Featuring Happy Mondays legend Shaun William Ryder and Ruthless Rap Assassins frontman Paul "Kermit" Leveridge, Black Grape could only have been made in Manchester. The swagger, fun and cryptic humour seem hewn from a city historian AJP Tay...

Absolva

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 20 December 2025
Manchester hard rock, British heavy metal. ...

Guns N' Yorkshire Roses - Tribute to Guns N' Roses

The Sound Lounge Darwen, Blackburn
Saturday 20 December 2025
Hailing from God's own county, Yorkshire, England, Guns N' Yorkshire Roses are an authentic tribute to the band Guns N' Roses, focusing on the classic era from 1987-1993. Featuring veteran members of the Yorkshire music scene, the band have...

The Man From Delmonte

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 21 December 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. Between 1988 and 1991 they shone brightly creating some of the most memorable pop songs of the "Madchester" era. Water in My Eyes, My Love is Li...

HIGH FADE

Gorilla, Manchester
Sunday 21 December 2025
Discover the electrifying, intoxicating High Fade: the most exciting thing to happen to funk since the '70s. Get your funk on. ...

Dave Hill's Slade

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 22 December 2025
The farewell tour from Dave Hill and the boys end with a Christmas gig at the O2 Ritz in Manchester. Slade's unique blend of pop and rock'n'roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top 20 singles, they have become a fi...

Pil (Public Image LTD)

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 28 December 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...

The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon

Fatbird, Wigan
Sunday 28 December 2025
Gary Digan Aka is the UKs Premier & Definitve Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon. With his Strong Scottish Accent, his infamous live shows are a mixture of up-beat acoustic guitars, soulful harmonica and heartfelt vocals. The anthemic sing along tra...

Queen by Candlelight - The Ultimate Tribute to Queen

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Friday 9 January 2026
Featuring a live cast of West End singers and a live rock band, experience Queen as you have never heard them before at this tribute night of Queen anthems, performed by candlelight. The concert will feature some of the most iconic songs of...

New Purple Celebration - The Music of Prince

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 9 January 2026
Formerly known as Purple Rain, New Purple Celebration celebrate the life, legacy and The Music of Prince, with their brilliantly funky show featuring world class musicians delivering a non-stop 2 hour hit packed extravaganza. Expect to see,...

Bowie Experience - David Bowie Tribute

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 10 January 2026
Bowie Experience is a spectacular concert celebrating the sound and vision of David Bowie. A must see for all Bowie fans, the latest production features all the hits from A to Ziggy. Bowie Experience continues to amaze audiences with an ast...

Luke Combs UK - Tribute to Luke Combs

Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 11 January 2026
The World's leading tribute to the Grammy-nominated country megastar Luke Combs! Experience the heart and soul of country music as we pay homage to one of the genre's biggest stars. A night of incredible songs, authentic Southern vibes, an...

The Magic of the Beatles

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 15 January 2026
The Magic of The Beatles is one of the UK's leading Beatles tribute shows who play to ecstatic sell-out audiences all over the world. The stars of this lavish production not only look and sound like John, Paul, George and Ringo, they also g...

Paleface Swiss

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 15 January 2026
Switzerland's finest metal band. The guys from Zurich have destroyed everything that wasn't nailed down. Whether it was their last US tour as direct support for The Ghost Inside or the nearly sold-out tour with West Coast outfit Lionheart...

Beyond The Black

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 15 January 2026
German Symphonic Metal shooting stars Beyond the Black are a stratospheric success story. Already their 2015 debut album hit like a bomb in their home country. 'Songs of Love and Death' besieged the German Top 15 for weeks and led up to the...

Tommy Emmanuel

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 16 January 2026
  If you like guitar playing, it simply doesn't get any better than Tommy Emmanuel. Widely acknowledged as the international master of the solo acoustic guitar, Tommy has achieved enough musical milestones to satisfy several lifetimes. Or ...

The Magic of the Bee Gees - A Tribute to The Bee Gees

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 16 January 2026
Direct from London's West End. Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, when the feeling's gone and you can't go on, it's time to put on your dancing shoes, for the night out of the year you have been waiting for to celebrate th...

Biffy Clyro

Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 17 January 2026
Festival-headlining Ayrshire favourites Biffy Clyro, with four UK #1 albums, make their highly anticipated return. One of Britain's most beloved bands, they are best known for the Platinum-selling hits "Mountains", "Many of Horror", and ...

Slaughter To Prevail

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 17 January 2026
Russian deathcore band from Yekaterinburg, Slaughter to Prevail, relocated to Orlando, Florida in 2022 after condemning the Russian illegal invasion of Ukraine. Their song "1984", inspired by the George Orwell novel, was released in protest...

ELO Again - ELO Tribute Show

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 17 January 2026
ELO AGAIN are back with their stunning 'Re-Discovery Tour' celebrating the truly universal music of Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra. ELO AGAIN really give you a dramatic taste of what a legendary ELO concert would have been like...
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