RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rap & Hip-Hop Concerts in Manchester
Gunna
Thursday 26 March 2026
Georgia rapper Gunna is best known in the UK for his chart-topping single "Lemonade" (with Internet Money and Don Toliver featuring Nav), plus the Top 30 Platinum-sellers "Drip Too Hard" (with Lil Baby) and "FukUMean" among other hits. H...
MOBO Awards
Thursday 26 March 2026
With performances from Olivia Dean, FLO & Tiwa Savage, the MOBO Awards are coming to Manchester for the very first time! Hosted by global icon Eve and broadcaster Eddie Kadi, Europe's biggest and most influential celebration of Black musi...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 27 March - 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. ...
By Storm
Monday 30 March 2026
Now Wave presentsBY Storm, Live at YES Basement - Manchester...
Cut Capers
Thursday 2 April 2026
CUT CAPERS are a 9-piece Bristol band whose energetic live performance and infectious sound have won them a cult following on the British festival scene. Mixing a heavy 4-piece brass section with funk, dance and hip-hop. Like all the best b...
Tays with special guests
Friday 3 April 2026
Hot Cross Bunny presents opening night in the Warehouse with Tays plus special guests Get ready for a major hometown headline show from Tays - one of Manchester and the UK's fastest-rising artists. Blending melodic UK rap, grime and modern ...
J.I.D
Monday 6 April 2026
Rapper J.I.D first appeared on the Atlanta hip-hop scene in 2015, crafting his skills and teaming up with a host of producers including EARTHGANG to deliver a sound that was more than just a beat, and instead focused on lyrics as well. His ...
Freddie Gibbs
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Freddie Gibbs is the product of violent, drug-laden streets but unlike most rappers with similar resumes, he brings the block to the booth without inhibition or an exaggerated rap persona. His transparent approach to making music, combines ...
Aries
Friday 10 April 2026
Arshia Nicholas Fattahi, better known by his stage name Aries, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and YouTuber best known for his songs that gained popularity off of his YouTube channel. ...
Jordan Ward
Sunday 12 April 2026
Over 14s only. A max of 6 tickets per person and per household applies. Tickets in excess of 6 will be cancelled....
Frank Ocean: 10 Years of Blond
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Thursday 16 April 2026
Find tickets and full event details for Frank Ocean: 10 Years of Blond live in the UK, including venues, performance dates, and accessibility information. Where can I buy tickets for Frank Ocean: 10 Years of Blond?Tickets for Frank Ocean: 1...
Peaches
Friday 17 April 2026
The Teaches of Peaches Anniversary Tour 2022. The legendary feminist icon, musician, producer, artist, and "peerless iconoclast" (Elle) Peaches has always been a political figure, with lyrics famous for their focus on social inequality, bod...
9th Wonder
Sunday 19 April 2026
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...
SINN6R
Monday 20 April 2026
South East London rapper SINN6R is a member of the music group South East Demons / Kill the World and has collaborated with artists like EsDeeKid and Lancey Foux. Sinn6r's music style draws from alternative hip-hop, known for its chaotic an...
Hunxho
Thursday 23 April 2026
Atlanta rapper HUNXHO slides through the vibes with grace, grit, and gusto. Between the laidback rhymes and silky harmonies, charisma drives his seamless balance of provocative hip-hop and bedroom ready R&B. With every move the American sin...
Lloyd Banks
Thursday 23 April 2026
Emerging from New York in the early 2000s, Lloyd Banks first gained global recognition as a founding member of G-Unit, standing at the forefront of one of hip-hop?s most influential eras. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with arti...
Lloyd Banks (G-Unit)
Thursday 23 April 2026
Emerging from New York in the early 2000s, Lloyd Banks first gained global recognition as a founding member of G-Unit....
GoldLink
Wednesday 29 April 2026
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...
MC Hammersmith
Sunday 3 May 2026
The multi-award winning freestyle rap comedian is the world's leading gangsta rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. He presents his latest show "Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property" - an evening of improvi...
bbno$
Thursday 7 - Friday 8 May 2026
bbno$ (pronounced as "baby no money"), is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his collaborations with rapper Yung Gravy as well as his 2019 UK Top 40 single, "Lalala" with prod...
Cult Of The Damned
Thursday 7 May 2026
This May, we welcome UK rap crew Cult Of The Damned to The Blues Kitchen....
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. ...
