RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rap & Hip-Hop Concerts in Manchester
Outbreak Fest
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 June 2025
Finding its roots in hardcore and punk, Manchester's three day Outbreak Fest has built a major platform to the UK's consistently thriving counterculture, while also providing a rite of passage for major touring acts across the world such as...
Lil.Miss.Lady
Saturday 14 June 2025
Part rave, part drama - LIL. MISS. LADY (Lady Lykez) from HighRise Entertainment explores the history of Grime through the eyes of a vigorous female MC. From the early stages of Jungle, ravers will take an immersive journey through the soun...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Saturday 14 June - Saturday 4 October 2025
DJs and live musicians play old and new school hip hop, afrobeats and RnB goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill. ...
Chris Brown
Sunday 15 June - Thursday 3 July 2025
With over 200 million records sold worlwide, Virginian R&B singer Chris Brown is often referred to as the "King of R&B", and he continues to blur the lines between soul, hip hop, pop and dance music with his polyhedric output which has seen...
Rag'n'Bone Man
Sunday 15 June 2025
Rory Graham, best known as Rag'n'Bone Man, rose to prominence in 2016 with his unique blend of hip-hop, traditional blues and his powerfully deep baritone singing style. Growing up in Sussex, he was influenced by his mum and dad playing an...
RA The Rugged Man
Sunday 15 June 2025
The Doctor's Orders presents underground rap legend RA THE RUGGED MAN...
Bastet at the Barbers
Sunday 15 June 2025
An intimate 'Tiny Desk' style concert in Manchesters finest barber shop. all in in aid of Talbot house....
Tropiloco
Thursday 19 June - Thursday 3 July 2025
A UK wide club night with three floors of 80s, 90s, 00s, + RnB, HipHop and Rap + House, Tech and UK Garage ...
9th Wonder
Thursday 19 June 2025
9th WonderSuper Producer for Little Brother, Jay-Z, Drake, Anderson Park, Rapsody, Mary J Blige, Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Destiny?s Child & morePlus Konny Kon (Children of Zeus)For a very special one-off event The Doctor?s Orders bring supe...
Jazzy Jeff
Friday 20 June 2025
legendary dj & hiphop producer...
Aitch
Saturday 21 June 2025
The latest, greatest contender for Manchester's music throne, Aitch has cemented his position as one of the most exciting young British rappers with two UK Top 10 EPs and multi-Platinum Top 10 hits "Taste (Make It Shake)", "Baby", "Rain", "...
Jeru The Damaja
Thursday 26 June 2025
East Coast hip-hop royalty Jeru the Damaja, aka D. Original Dirty Rotten Scoundrel, was born and raised in the East New York section of Brooklyn where the everyday occurrences around him from an early age later became the source from which ...
Mary J Blige
Friday 4 July 2025
Grammy and Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated, "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul," Mary J. Blige announced a special one off Arena performance here at Co-op Live. The show comes on the heels of her new album "Gratitude". The tour and album are a c...
Raplife
Saturday 5 July 2025
RAPLIFE is the UK's biggest indoor rap festival, uniting over 35 established and rising artists for an electrifying celebration of rap music and culture. Experience the next wave of talent shaking up the scene-live, raw, and unstoppable. ...
Rizzle Kicks
Friday 11 July 2025
Multi-Platinum selling Brighton hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens and Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule have sold over 1 million singles and over 600,000 albums in the UK. Their Top 10 hits include "Mama Do the Hump", "Do...
Hobo Johnson
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Californian Frank Lopes, better known in music circles as Hobo Johnson, has emerged as one of the hottest and perhaps most unlikely stars of local hip-hop through his series of lovably low-budget clips. A hardened street soldier of hip-hop,...
Lil Tecca
Thursday 24 July 2025
The New York rapper and singer rose to mainstream fame with the release of his single "Ransom", which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and no.7 in the UK, where it was certified Platinum. The single was included on his debut m...
Drake
Friday 25 - Monday 28 July 2025
The top-selling digital artist of all time and regarded as one of the greatest rappers ever, Canadian Aubrey Drake Graham is credited with popularising R&B sensibilities in hip-hop music. Having released almost 200 singles since 2009, he ha...
The Alchemist
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Beverly Hills Producer, DJ and rapper Alan Maman (a.k.a. The Alchemist) began his music career in 1991 in the hip hop duo the Whooliganz under the moniker Mudfoot, along with Mad Skillz (Hawaii Five-0, Ocean's Eleven, and Entourage actor S...
Evidence
Monday 4 August 2025
Evidence live in concert...
$NOT
Wednesday 13 August 2025
SNOT is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. Born in New York City, he moved to West Palm Beach, Florida at seven years old, where he would begin his rap career through SoundCloud in 2016, rising to fame with the release of his breako...
Chali 2Na
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Chali 2na - founding member of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, brings his signature baritone and sharp lyricism to The Blues Kitchen....
Bartees Strange
Monday 25 August 2025
Now Wave presents Bartees Strange at YES Pink Room on 25th August 2025...
Will Smith
Wednesday 27 August 2025
GRAMMY-Award winning artist, Hollywood actor and multifaceted entertainer, Will Smith brings his "Based on a True Story" Tour, to Europe. These live shows will see the Fresh Prince performing songs from his new album along with his classic ...
Hilltop Hoods
Thursday 28 August 2025
While Australian Hip Hop continues to break new ground, there is only one act synonymous with the term ground-breaking. Within a genre that is growing at an exponential rate, Adelaide's Hilltop Hoods will always remain leaders having record...
Goldie Lookin Chain
Friday 5 September 2025
The Newport comedy rap troupe claim influences through their modifications of songs from artists such as So Solid Crew, the Streets and... Paul Gascoigne. Tracks, such as the UK no.3 hit "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do", tackle topics su...
Lowkey
Sunday 7 September 2025
Lowkey is a British-Iraqi Hip-hop artist, campaigner and playwright who has appeared on BBC TV and Radio, Channel 4, ITV, Al Jazeera, MTV BASE, SBTV and Novara Media. He has written for the Guardian and Ceasefire Magazine. His critically ac...
KNOWER
Friday 12 September 2025
KNOWER are a searing hot music group from Los Angeles spearheading a new musical movement or as they call it CONSCIOUS RACK-ROP. The LA duo are drummer-producer Louis Cole and singer Genevieve Artadi, known for their hard-hitting funk, cool...
Blackgold
Saturday 13 September 2025
Masked British alternative rockers Blackgold fuse nu-metal, industrial rock, and hip-hop influences. Reminiscent of bands like Slipknot, their politically charged sound draws comparisons to Rage Against the Machine and Fever 333, with a ra...
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Sunday 14 September 2025
Slick NYC group The Fun Lovin' Criminals have sold over ten million records worldwide since their debut album 'Come Find Yourself' reached no.7 in the UK charts in 1996, a record that inhabited the UK charts for an amazing 100 weeks. Herald...
Keyshia Cole
Thursday 25 September 2025
Dubbed the "Princess of Hip-Hop Soul", Californian singer Keyshia Cole has gone from being a backing vocalist for MC Hammer to a multi-million selling artist in her own right. Best known in the UK for her hits "Let It Go" (featuring Missy ...
Lil Baby
Friday 26 September 2025
With over 76 million digital units sold and more than 155 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 - the 7th most in the chart's history - Atlanta rapper Lil Baby is among the highest certified artists in the United States. In the UK, he has scored...
Niko B
Saturday 27 September 2025
Often compared to Mike Skinner of The Streets, the Buckinghamshire rapper, named after Grand Theft Auto IV's protagonist Niko Bellic, is best known for his UK Top 30 single "Who's That What's That". ...
GoldLink
Tuesday 7 October 2025
D'Anthony Carlos, better known by his stage name GoldLink, is an American rapper and singer from Washington, D.C. who is best known for his 2016 single "Crew", which went 7 x Platinum in the USA, and was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performa...
The Herbaliser Band
Thursday 9 October 2025
Featuring Ollie Teeba on the decks and touring with the original 8 piece live band* The Herbaliser return. Way back In January 1995, Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry AKA The Herbaliser, a sample- based beatmaking duo from Twickenham, South West ...
Bilk
Saturday 11 October 2025
Bilk are three musicians creating a unique angsty blend of indie, rap, rock n roll and punk from the suburbs of Essex, UK. Their honest social commentary is as real as it gets, reflecting on the highs and lows of British culture today. ...
Nova Twins
Wednesday 15 October 2025
The London heavy rap rock renegades are the zeitgeist-capturing polymath pioneers that our times have been waiting for. Playing with genre and rich in different moods, textures, and layers, all the while retaining that purity and simplic...
Little Simz
Thursday 16 October 2025
Operating at the very heights of what rap can be, with lush, expansive, defiantly sprawling music, the Ivor Novello award-winning, Mercury nominated rapper and actress Simbiatu Ajikawo (a.k.a. Little Simz) delivers undeniable modern classic...
Cymande
Thursday 16 October 2025
The 1970's London Psychedelic funk legends return to form, bringing a fresh modern edge to their iconic sound, which remains foundational to early hip-hop and funk scenes in the United States and UK. A band that never fully got its due back...
McKinley Dixon
Saturday 18 October 2025
Now Wave presents McKinley Dixon at YES Basement on 18th October 2025...
Dan Whitlam
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Poet, spoken word artist, rapper and actor from South London who gained traction from his music videos on TikTok. ...
Duke Dumont
Saturday 25 October 2025
Security ? Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag ? and it?s preferable you don?t, please make sure it?s small. Only one small ba...
