RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rap & Hip-Hop Concerts in Manchester
Rico Ace
Wednesday 13 May 2026
UK rapper Rico Ace mixes fast paced beats with sounds reminiscent of UK grime. He is best known for the single "Phantom" (with EsDeeKid) which reached no.12 on the UK charts in 2025. ...
TrueMendous
Wednesday 13 May 2026
TrueMendous is a British hip-hop artist and lyricist celebrated for her dynamic flow, genre-blending sound and powerful storytelling. Born in Birmingham and now London-based, she first gained attention busking in city streets before steadil...
Deya Collective
Friday 15 May 2026
Deya Collective are a five-piece funk-hop and rap group based in Manchester, with a jazz-inspired sound and a focus on live energy. Their name comes from the Caribbean word "deya" - meaning "we're there" - a mindset they bring to every trac...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 15 May - Friday 14 August 2026
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. ...
Tricky
Saturday 16 May 2026
Bristol trip hop rapper Adrian "Tricky" Thaws began his career as an early member of the band Massive Attack before going solo in 1995 and scoring the Top 20 hit "Hell Is Round the Corner" among other hits. His work is noted for its dark, l...
M.O.P.
Sunday 17 May 2026
Brooklyn hip-hop duo M.O.P. (Mash Out Posse) -rappers Billy Danze and Lil' Fame - are best known for their hits "Ante Up" and "Cold as Ice" which reached the UK Top 10 in 2001. ...
Pishro + Arta + Koorosh
Sunday 17 May 2026
Persian rap from exiled Iranian hip hop star Reza Pishro, Canadian Arta Mir Hosseini, and Istanbul-living Iranian Istanbul Koorosh. ...
Celebrating Drake
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Manchester's creme de la creme of musicians will be performing some of Drake's biggest hits, followed by a live set of hip hop, afrobeats and RnB. Expect old and new school goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill....
Jimothy Lacoste
Thursday 21 May 2026
Ever since his breakthrough track 'Getting Busy' in 2017, rapper Jimothy Lacoste has smashed a series of viral hits including FUTURE BAE, I Can Speak English and Fashion. The Camden based rapper embarks on a UK tour. ...
Doja Cat
Saturday 23 May 2026
The "Queen of Pop-Rap", GRAMMY Award-winning L.A. rapper and global superstar Doja Cat is best known for the UK no.1 single and International chart topper "Paint the Town Red". With over 65 million records sold worldwide, her Platinum-sell...
Example
Sunday 24 May 2026
Rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer extraordinaire, London-born Elliot John Gleave (a.k.a. Example) took his stage name from his initials "e.g.", the abbreviation of the Latin phrase meaning "for example". The first artist signed...
Pinkpantheress
Monday 25 - Tuesday 26 May 2026
With a UK no.2 single and three Top 30 albums to her name, Bath singer and TikTok star PinkPantheress serves up garage influenced songs which are frequently short in length and include samples of music from the 1990s and 2000s. Spanning ...
Pitbull
Friday 29 May 2026
Florida rapper Armando Christian Perez, Pitbull, invites disruption on a global scale as a GRAMMY Award winning independent international superstar, education ambassador, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. With billions of audio stream...
Buckshot
Saturday 30 May 2026
With a dark, cult-followed sound Irish artist Buckshot, a core member of the Haunted Mound collective, boasts over 1.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify. ...
Music and Mental Health with Hypes
Saturday 30 May 2026
Manchester-based grime artist, rapper and performer Hypes is one of the leading figures in the northern urban music scene, known for his complex lyrics addressing topics such as mental health, education and the legacy of the Windrush genera...
Cupcakke
Saturday 6 June 2026
Chicago rapper Cupcakke is known for her known for her hypersexualized, brazen, and often comical persona and music. ...
Evening4Ricky - A Celebration of Ricky Hatton
Sunday 7 June 2026
One Night. One City. One Icon. One Party. This is Manchester's biggest party celebrating one of the city's most beloved icons - Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton!Where else could this event take place but the iconic AO Arena, home of so many of Ric...
The Weeknd
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 June 2026
A world stadium tour from the multi-platinum selling, chart-topping Canadian R&B artist best known for his UK no.1 "Blinding Lights", and Top 10 hits"The Hills", "Save Your Tears","Starboy" and "I Feel It Coming" (both featuring Daft Punk...
Westside Gunn
Saturday 13 June 2026
New York rapper Westside Gunn (aka Alvin Lamar Worthy) is also a fashion designer and professional wrestling promoter. He co-founded the hip-hop record label Griselda Records in 2012 with his half-brother Conway the Machine and their cousin...
AUR
Thursday 18 June 2026
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D12
Friday 19 June 2026
The platinum selling Shady Records hip-hop collective return to the UK Formed by Proof in 1996, local Detroit rappers joined his collective, such as Bizarre, Bugz, and Da Brigade members Mr. Porter and Kuniva. Following the murder of Bu...
Fatboy Slim
Saturday 20 June 2026
As one of the world's most renowned pioneering dance music DJs and record producers, multi-million selling Brighton artist Fatboy Slim, a.k.a. Norman Cook, is a winner of numerous awards including ten MTV Music Awards, three BRITs, an Ivor ...
Kaytranada
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Haitian-Canadian music producer, rapper, singer and DJ Louis Celestin (aka Kaytradamus) has won two Grammy Awards including Best Dance/Electronic Album. He is best known for the singles "Girl" (with The Internet), "Intimidated" (featurin...
Tezzus & Diamond
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Atlanta rapper T'corrian Walton, also known as Tezzus, with frequent collaborator Diamond. ...
Outbreak Fest
Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 June 2026
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...
Thaiboy Digital
Thursday 2 July 2026
Thanapat Bunleang, better known by his stage name Thaiboy Digital, is a Thai rapper and fashion designer, born in Khon Kaen, Thailand but brought up in Stockholm, Sweden from the age of eight. A member of the Drain Gang group, now based in ...
Black Kray (Sickboyrari)
Friday 3 July 2026
Virginia rapper Timothy O'Neal Mills, better known by his stage names Black Kray and Sickboyrari, has had an influence on the cloud rap, emo rap, and tread genres, and has been cited as an influence by notable artists like Sematary and Xavi...
che
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Atlanta, Georgia, rapper Chase Mitchell, better known by his stage name Che, first gained traction in late 2021 through viral tracks on TikTok and streaming platforms, particularly for his song "Agenda", and later saw additional success in ...
ho99o9
Tuesday 7 July 2026
The New Jersey duo Ho99o9 (pronounced "Horror") mix hip-hop, hardcore punk & strong politics. ...
The Streets
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 July 2026
The Mike Skinner-fronted project known for blending genres that include garage, hip hop, indie and ska. Inspired by bands like Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Daft Punk and Rage Against The Machine, Birmingham native Mike Skinner, who la...
Hot 8 Brass Band
Wednesday 29 July 2026
New Orleans' Grammy-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band return to honour their late co-founder and sousaphone player Bennie Pete. As much a hip hop act as a brass one, many styles and musical inspirations of Hot 8 shine though as they tell their ...
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Friday 21 August 2026
DJ Jazzy Jeff was born in West Philadelphia and developed a love of music at an early age. Jeff was just 10 years old when he started spinning records at parties using his family's basement as a training ground for his expert mixing. Since ...
Prose
Saturday 29 August 2026
Known for their original blend of acoustic hip-hop and indie, Prose have played with Professor Green, The Enemy and fellow Mancunian JP Cooper, but one of their most famous collaborations is with four-time BRIT Award winner Emeli Sande. Emi...
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Monday 31 August 2026
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso are an Argentine experimental trap, hip-hop, electronic dance music, and pop duo formed in Buenos Aires, consisting of Catriel Guerreiro and Ulises Guerriero The duo is known for their distinctive and eccentric style ...
WITCHZ
Wednesday 2 September 2026
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