RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rap & Hip-Hop Concerts in Manchester
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Saturday 16 August - 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. ...
Asco
Sunday 17 August 2025
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Tropiloco
Thursday 21 August - Thursday 4 September 2025
A UK wide club night with three floors of 80s, 90s, 00s, + RnB, HipHop and Rap + House, Tech and UK Garage ...
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...
OsamaSon
Tuesday 9 September 2025
South Carolina rapper OsamaSon became widely known within the underground rap scene after his breakout hits "Cts-V" and "Troops" gained traction online in early 2023, but his quick rise to stardom didn't exactly happen overnight. He came up...
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...
Smolasty
Friday 19 September 2025
Polish rapper, singer and record producer, Norbert Smolinski, better known as Smolasty, icreates R&B, pop, and rap music. The Warsaw rapper has gained tens of millions of views on YouTube, with platinum-selling hits such as "Nim zajdzie slo...
Jehst
Sunday 21 September 2025
Kent-born, Huddersfield raised hip hop star and graffiti artist Jehst performs live. ...
Lord Finesse
Wednesday 24 September 2025
A true legend of golden-era hip-hop, Lord Finesse - co-founder of the iconic D.I.T.C. crew - makes a rare appearance in Manchester....
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 ...
Jim Legxacy
Thursday 25 September 2025
Today, generational talent Jim Legxacy releases his long-awaited new mixtape black british music (2025) on XL Recordings. A rapper with intensity, a vocalist with passion and a producer who harnesses nostalgia to command the future, the pro...
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". ...
Corbin
Sunday 5 October 2025
Known for limited public appearances, genre-defying American Polish cloud rapper Corbin Smidzik (FKA Spooky Black) makes captivating, honest, and raw music that harkens back to the days when the singer-songwriter's artistic vision prioritis...
Nxdia
Sunday 5 October 2025
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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...
Jev.
Tuesday 7 October 2025
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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 ...
Redzed
Thursday 9 October 2025
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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. ...
Chuck Strangers
Monday 13 October 2025
Now Wave presents Chuch Strangers at YES Basement on Monday 13th October 2025...
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...
SL
Friday 17 October 2025
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The Pharcyde + Souls of Mischief
Saturday 18 October 2025
Los Angeles alternative hip hop crew The Pharcyde scored UK hits in the 1990s with "Passin' Me By" and "Runnin'" and have collaborated with Brand New Heavies and Rae & Christian among others. Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from O...
McKinley Dixon
Saturday 18 October 2025
Now Wave presents McKinley Dixon at YES Basement on 18th October 2025...
CANNIBAL OX
Monday 20 October 2025
FORM Presents CANNIBAL OX+ Special Guests?Age Restrictions: 18+...
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...
EZHEL
Tuesday 28 October 2025
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Skindred
Thursday 30 October 2025
From hard-hitting metal to reggae, rock to pop, dub to electro, nothing's off limits for Welsh ragga rock pioneers Skindred as their heavy, distortion-laden riff punches melt into vocalist Benji Webbe's frenzied rapping. Explosive metal an...
Joey Valence & Brae
Monday 3 November 2025
Pennsylvania rap duo Joey Bertolino and Braedan Lugue (a.k.a. Joey Valence & Brae), scored a TikTok viral hit during Lockdown with their song "Crank It Up," a celebration of rap music's early boom bap sound. ...
Scarlxrd
Friday 7 November 2025
SCARLXRD is the moniker of Wolverhampton-born rapper Marius Lucas Antonio Listhrop, whose music generally blends elements of heavy metal and trap. Pronounced as "Scarlord", he likes to replace the letter "o" with "x" not only in his stag...