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 - Wed 27 May 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 13 Dec 2025 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Manchester Academy
Fri 19 Dec 2025 - Sat 28 Mar 2026
Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran
Hallé St Peter's
Sat 25 Oct - Sat 27 Dec 2025
Keyon Harrold

The Royston Club

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
The Royston Club are the Wrexham band tipped by Gigwise as 'the new band from Wales most likely to do a Catfish'. Despite only being active for two years, the young four-piece have already completed two UK headline tours totalling 30 dates,...Igorrr

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
 Boasting an idiosyncratic experimental style, combining black metal, baroque music, breakcore, and trip hop into a singular sound, Igorrr is the pseudonym of French multi-instrumentalist and electronic producer Gautier Serre of electroni...SPANISH LOVE SONGS

New Century Hall, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Los Angeles based punk band Spanish Love Songs are self-described as "grouchrockers" making "music for fans of boxed wine, divorce, and crushing self-doubt", tapping into the emotions we all seem to feel but harbour. ...Echoes of the Bunnymen - An Aural Tribute to Echo & The Bunnymen

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Echoes of the Bunnymen are an aural tribute to the alternative Fab Four. "A bloody good tribute, go check them out" - Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen). After Will Sergeant bought tickets and surprised Echoes of the Bunnymen by showing up...Mother's Cake

Star and Garter, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
 Disorder makes Austria's Mother's Cake feel comfortable. Lunacy is their fuel. Psychedelia is their ecstasy. Join them on an edgy journey off the beaten tracks. Six years of constant touring, writing, using - and abusing, made them who t...Sunflower Bean

Yes, Manchester
Thursday 23 October - 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...The Velvet Hands

Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
London-via-Cornwall indie rockers The Velvet Hands blend hedonistic hooks reminiscent of The Strokes with a slacker kind of storytelling plucked straight from Pavement's playbook, delivered with an easy-going, lackadaisical charm. ...Disturbed

AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Emerging out of Chicago in 1994 with an insidious, infectious, and inimitable vision without comparison, Disturbed have quietly dominated hard rock on their own terms. They make the kind of heavy metal music that pushes you to hold on tight...Counting Crows

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Introspective Californian roots rockers with a string of high-profile hits including Mr Jones and Accidentally In Love. It's easy to see Counting Crows as a band out of time. While their neighbours to the north spent the early 90s backing t...The Divine Comedy

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
 Having now completed his third full decade as a recording artist, The Divine Comedy (aka Neil Hannon) is back. With monumental tracks 'National Express', 'Something For The Weekend', 'Songs of Love', 'Our Mutual Friend', 'A Lady of A Ce...Spacey Jane

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Fremantle, Australia's very own garage pop outfit Spacey Jane went from backyards to bright lights, sharing the stage with the likes of Car Seat Headrest, Nothing But Thieves, Alex Lahey, The Jungle Giants & more. For relatively new kids on...Candlelight - A Tribute to Adele

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025 - Friday 16 January 2026
Whether you're looking for a beautifully unique concert or a romantic candlelit evening, this music experience is for you. The performance will feature incredible tributes to Adele's greatest songs, played by an all-female, electric-acousti...Ultimate Power

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 24 October 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...New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division and Manchester

The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 October 2025
The brand-new stage production of New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division & Manchester celebrates its 10th anniversary. The new touring production is written by Brian Gorman, produced & directed by Giles D Bastow and Sean Mason fo...The Jerseys - Tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 24 October 2025
Join The Jerseys as they celebrate the timeless music of the one-hundred million album selling Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Incredible falsettos, beautiful a capellas -  the authenticity of the sublime harmonies of the 60s and 70s ...Kid Kapichi

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
With their big punch 'beat punk' sound, and explicitly political songs the Hastings four piece have been praised by Liam Gallagher as 'like Noel when he was good'. They tried to debut their Partygate polemic 'Party At No. 10' with a busking...The Freddie & Queen Experience - Queen & Freddie Mercury Tribute

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 24 October 2025
One of the UK's premier, internationally and critically acclaimed Queen & Freddie Mercury tribute bands, delivering a passionate and energy packed show chock full of Queen's greatest hits! Ian Adams as Freddie Mercury replicates Freddie M...Wuthering Nights - A Kate Bush & Friends Discotheque

Yes, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Strange things are about to happen when the UK's finest Kate Bush club night returns. Get ready to exchange the experience with hundreds of Kate Bush fans as we romp through Kate's back catalogue with an overuse of smoke machines, visuals a...Split Frenz - Tribute to Split Enz

The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Tribute Band to the Mighty 'Split Enz'. 80's New Wave Pop Nostalgia. Recreating the 'New Zealand Beatles' who enjoyed the 1980 UK hit  "I Got You" before brothers Tim and Neil Finn would go on to create Crowded House. ...Robyn Hitchcock

Kamera At Lloyd And Platt, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England's most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. Despite having been persistently branded as eccentric or quirky for much of his career, Hitchcock has continued to develop his whimsical ...Marti Pellow

AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Scottish singer Marti Pellow is back. The BRIT and Ivor Novello award-winning singer-songwriter was the lead singer of the Scottish pop group, Wet Wet Wet, from their formation in 1982 until their split in 1997, and then again when they re...The Amazons

Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Following three huge Top 10 records and sold out shows across the globe, one of the UK's most exciting guitar bands, Reading 4-piece The Amazons, take their stratospheric anthems, loose blues grooves, religious references and falsetto backi...Chris Connor - The World Famous Elvis Show

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 25 October 2025
Chris Connor is voted as The Greatest Elvis Tribute in the World by the first ever worldwide Elvis Presley fan poll and accepted the accolade in Memphis. Joe Esposito, Elvis' best friend and tour manager, says, "Wow! That boy is good - he...Little Man Tate

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Back together once more, the original line up of the Sheffield indie rock band - who enjoyed UK Top 40 hits "Sexy In Latin", "Man I Hate Your Band", "House Party at Boothy's", "This Must Be Love" and "What? What You Got?" - pick-up exa...Tina Turner by Candlelight

The Monastery, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Let's Stay Together for this euphoric night of Simply The Best Tina Turner hits, performed by Dixie Daye and her incredible live band, by candlelight. Performing all of Tina's biggest hits including River Deep Mountain High, Nutbush City Li...Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay and Ed Sheeran

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 25 October - Saturday 27 December 2025
Discover the music of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran performed by a string quartet at this awe-inspiring location under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...Sanctum Sanctorium - The Dark Side Of The 80s

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Formed through a mutual love of 80's goth and alternative rock music. Sanctum Santorium are a live 5-piece tribute band that faithfully recreate classic hits by artists such as The Cult, Killing Joke, Sisters of Mercy, Billy Idol, Bauhaus a...Ten

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Mancunian melodic hard rock band Ten were formed in 1994 by frontman Gary Hughes following a prolific solo career. ...Go Gaga Bottomless Brunch

Area, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Drag queens, brunch, bottomless bubbles & all the Gaga hits you you handle?... Look no further for a pop-tastic brunch party you'll never forget. A full show from Lady Gaga Impersonator Donna Marie & her backing dancers ...Purple - Deep Purple Tribute Show
