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Castlefield Bowl Pre Parties at Barca bar Manchester

Barca Bar, Manchester
Wednesday 2 - Saturday 12 July 2025
8 huge shows take place this July from 2nd July to 12th July at Castlefield Bowl. And we are hosting garden parties before hand at Barca on each date...

Chris Brown

Co-op Live, Manchester
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...

Tropiloco

FAC251, Manchester
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 ...

Mary J Blige

Co-op Live, Manchester
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...

Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Friday 4 July - 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. ...

Raplife

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
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. 20...

Rizzle Kicks

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
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...

Candlelight - Tribute to Bad Bunny

Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 11 July 2025
Discover the music of Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny performed by a string quartet under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...

Hobo Johnson

Gorilla, Manchester
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

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
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

Co-op Live, Manchester
Friday 25 July - Monday 4 August 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...

RnB Rewind

The Hideout Warrington, Warrington
Sunday 27 July 2025
RnB Rewind the ultimate throwback day partyJoin us for smooth vibes, classic tunes, and golden-era energy as we rewind to the best in R&B...

The Alchemist

New Century Hall, Manchester
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

Yes, Manchester
Monday 4 August 2025
Evidence live in concert...

Redman

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
New Jersey rapper Redman rose to fame in the early 1990s as an artist on the Def Jam label and as a member of the Def Squad. He is well known for his collaborations with his close friend Method Man, including their starring roles in films ...

$NOT

Manchester Academy, Manchester
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

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
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

Yes, Manchester
Monday 25 August 2025
Now Wave presents Bartees Strange at YES Pink Room on 25th August 2025...

Will Smith

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
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

New Century Hall, Manchester
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

Manchester Academy, Manchester
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

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
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

Band On The Wall, Manchester
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

Manchester Academy, Manchester
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

Gorilla, Manchester
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...

Lord Finesse

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
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

AO Arena, Manchester
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

Co-op Live, Manchester
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

O2 Ritz, Manchester
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

Gorilla, Manchester
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...

GoldLink

Manchester Academy, Manchester
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

Band On The Wall, Manchester
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

Soup Kitchen, Manchester
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

Yes, Manchester
Monday 13 October 2025
Now Wave presents Chuch Strangers at YES Basement on Monday 13th October 2025...

Nova Twins

O2 Ritz, Manchester
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

Co-op Live, Manchester
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

Albert Hall, Manchester
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

Yes, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Now Wave presents McKinley Dixon at YES Basement on 18th October 2025...

Dan Whitlam

New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Poet, spoken word artist, rapper and actor from South London who gained traction from his music videos on TikTok. ...
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