PUNK ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
PUNK ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Punk Rock Concerts in Manchester
Fri 18 Jul 2025 - Fri 10 Apr 2026
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...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Monday 16 June 2025
After supporting the Strokes and the White Stripes, New York's art punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs earned a significant buzz for their arty yet sexy take on garage punk. Their clean sound and eclectic songwriting won critical acclaim and ...
Power Trip
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Following the death of vocalist Riley Gale in 2020, at the age of 34, from a fentanyl overdose, Grammy-nominated Dallas crossover thrashers Power Trip return. Their crushing, soul mangling, neck bustin' music appeals to fans of both hardc...
North West Calling
Saturday 21 June 2025
All-day punk festival, North West Calling, is back and features another riotous line-up: Cockney Rejects + Special guests TBA + UK SUBS + Anti-Nowhere League + Steve Ignorant + The Bar Stool Preachers + Random Hand + Riskee and the Ridic...
Gaol Bird (Cabbage)
Saturday 21 June 2025
Manchester's Gaol Bird are led by former Cabbage front man Lee Broadbent and describe themselves as an "anti-band bored of societies hypocrisy." ...
Manchester Music Tours - Joy Division Tour
Saturday 28 June 2025
A four hour musical journey covering all things Joy Division and Factory Records! The chance to visit many of the important venues and locations around Manchester and surrounding areas that helped shape and influence the Joy Division sound....
Pil (Public Image LTD)
Tuesday 1 July 2025
After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd in 1978 and, with a shifting line-up and unique sound, PiL have gone on to become widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all time. Their musi...
YAANG + Formal Sppeedwear + Autocamper
Friday 4 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Hot Take is a brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester. Manchester punk trio YAANG + FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR + AUTOCAMPER....
FIDLAR
Monday 7 July 2025
Muscular jacked-up party-punk 'n' snotty garage-surf from the SoCal skating kooks, aka "Fuck It Dawg, Life's a Risk." The Los Angeles band are known for their short, fast songs about partying and drugs. ...
Bloc Party
Thursday 10 July 2025
Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Their ...
Gustaf
Thursday 10 July 2025
Brooklyn's Gustaf have built a kind of buzz that feels like it comes from a different era. The art punk 5 piece rapidly established a reputation as one of New York's "hardest working... and most reliably fun bands" (BrooklynVegan), and exci...
That Night In Manchester
Friday 11 July 2025
That Night in Manchester is a brand new musical regaling the audience with a nostalgic and emotional journey through the heady days of the 80s and 90s Manchester indie scene. The audience will be taken back to the vibrant and exhilarating ...
Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division
Friday 18 July 2025
Devoted to recreating the atmosphere of a live Joy Division gig, Transmission emulate the sound of one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era. Joy Division were formed in Manchester during the late 1970s and d...
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,...
Bodega
Wednesday 23 July 2025
With widescreen multi-tracked guitars and a giant sounding rhythm section complementing sharp songwriting and yearning vocal melodies, the Brooklyn art-punk incendiaries attempt to interrogate the external factors that make them who they ar...
Death or Glory - Tribute to The Clash
Thursday 14 August 2025
Formed on International Clash Day in 2023, Manchester-based tribute band provide a young and energetic stage show, delivering a near like-for-like night of live music that is as close to the intensity of The Clash as you can get. With a lo...
InFest
Friday 15 August 2025
After 24 great live (+1 hybrid) years in Bradford, InFest moves to Manchester for 2025 ...
Infest
Friday 15 August 2025
After 24 great live (+1 hybrid) years in Bradford, InFest moves to Manchester for 2025 ...
The Linda Lindas
Monday 25 August 2025
All-female Los Angeles pop punk act The Linda Lindas - comprising Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, and sisters Lucia and Mila de la Garza - went viral in 2021 with the track "Racist, Sexist Boy". ...
Gurriers
Friday 29 August 2025
Dublin's newest alternative addition, Gurriers, embody the emerging Irish genres of post-punk, noise rock and shoegaze. ...
Gurriers
Friday 29 August 2025
Dublin's newest alternative addition, Gurriers, embody the emerging Irish genres of post-punk, noise rock and shoegaze. ...
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Thursday 11 September 2025
Leeds fuzzy punk-rock supremos Dinosaur Pile-Up mix up big, melody-driven alt-rock songs with the energy of in-your-face punk. ...
Black Country, New Road
Friday 12 - Saturday 13 September 2025
Melding klezmer, post-rock, indie, jazz, art-pop, and an often intense spoken word delivery, the Mercury Prize nominated Cambridge six-piece's unique concoction creates a singular sonic middle ground that traverses classical minimalism, in...
As It Is
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Brighton pop punk band As It Is serve up melodic, earnest, emo-inspiredrock which has delivered them two UK Top 40 albums. ...
That Night In Manchester
Sunday 28 September 2025
That Night in Manchester is a brand new musical regaling the audience with a nostalgic and emotional journey through the heady days of the 80s and 90s Manchester indie scene. The audience will be taken back to the vibrant and exhilarating ...
Refused
Thursday 2 October 2025
The farewell tour from the Swedish Hardcore-punk legends. Refused pull no punches with their signature riffs and melodic blend of punk and hardcore. Cited as an influence by many including Linkin Park, Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velv...
Ferocious Dog
Saturday 4 October 2025
Worksop's Ferocious Dog has emerged as a prominent figure in the music world, renowned for their dynamic and authentic folk-punk sound that echoes the essence of Nottinghamshire. Celebrated for their narrative-driven lyrics addressing so...
Too Much Too Young - The Music of 2 Tone And Beyond
Sunday 5 October 2025
Pack your bags and get ready to board the Night boat to Cairo as we celebrate the iconic story of 2-Tone and beyond! 'Too Much Too Young' is the non stop Ska party that tells the story of one of the most influential musical movements in Br...
KULT
Sunday 5 October 2025
Over the last four decades, Polish rock band, Kult, led be singer and songwriter Kazik Staszewski, have become one of the most popular acts from the scene; fusing their roots in punk and new wave, to inspiration from psychedelic rock, jazz ...
The Spitfires
Friday 10 October 2025
From their emergence, movement, progression and taking chances have been ever-present in The Spitfires camp! Three self-financed albums, a diary full of live shows and a rabid fanbase continues to see the trio looking forward on their wave ...
The Dualers
Saturday 11 October 2025
The Dualers are a 9-piece Jamaican Rhythm & Blues band from South-East London. They first hit the headlines when the single Kiss on the Lips stormed in to the UK top 30 despite no industry or professional backing, they progressed to playing...
New Found Glory
Saturday 11 October 2025
Florida pop-punk band New Found Glory are known for their fast-paced punk drums and emo lyrics. They reached the UK Top 10 with their 2002 album Sticks and Stones which spawned the Top 40 hit "My Friends Over You". ...
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. ...
ONE OK ROCK
Monday 13 October 2025
Japanese rockers One OK Rock bring their world tour to Europe. With numerous number 1 albums in their own country and success on the US Billboard Rock Charts, they play varied styles of music, with songs ranging from alternative rock and em...
Skating Polly
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Fusing elements of '90s-inspired alt-rock and riot grrrl with classic D.I.Y. punk and indie pop, savvy Oklahoma siblings Kelli and Kurtis Mayo, with step-sister Peyton Bighorse found national exposure in the early 2010s, earning both critic...
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...
John Lydon - I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right
Thursday 16 October 2025
He's a legend and an icon, a revolutionary and an immortal. John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution. The frontman and lyricist of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) caused a poli...
Panic Shack
Thursday 16 October 2025
Cardiff punks Panic Shack aren't interested in the keys to the boys' clubhouse or fighting with sharp-elbows for a seat at the table. They're with you, out there: in the pit, at the bar, in the group chat - and their sound, collar-grabbing ...
The Stranglers
Saturday 18 October 2025
One of the UK's most exciting, credible and influential British groups, The Stranglers, are set for an extensive, full production tour - the last time they play together in this format! Covering tracks from their mighty, 45-year catalogue, ...
New Model Army
Sunday 19 October 2025
Formed in Bradford in 1980, New Model Army's beginnings were inspired by Northern Soul, Punk Rock and the incendiary atmosphere of the times. Since then, they have had a long, creative and eventful journey. They have been massively influent...
Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Most recognised as front-woman of iconic 80's alternative rock band TRANSVISION VAMP, Wendy enjoyed massive chart success with a string of hits including Baby I Don't Care, I Want Your Love and Revolution Baby. Her sexually charged and rebe...
Spanish Love Songs
Thursday 23 October 2025
Los Angeles based punk band Spanish Love Songs are self-described as "grouchrockers" making "music for fans of boxed wine, divorce, and crushing self-doubt", tapping into the emotions we all seem to feel but harbour. ...
Split Frenz - Tribute to Split Enz
Friday 24 October 2025
Tribute Band to the Mighty 'Split Enz'. 80's New Wave Pop Nostalgia. Recreating the 'New Zealand Beatles' who enjoyed the 1980 UK hit "I Got You" before brothers Tim and Neil Finn would go on to create Crowded House. ...
Gogol Bordello
Sunday 26 October 2025
Since 1999, Gogol Bordello has been bringing their unique fusion of punk rock and Eastern European influences to the world, including their legendary theatrical and rambunctious live shows. From its inception, Gogol Bordello has been a b...
Skindred
Thursday 30 October 2025
In 2023, Skindred - one of the UK's most exciting live acts - celebrate their 25th anniversary. From hard-hitting metal to reggae, rock to pop, dub to electro, nothing's off limits for these Welsh ragga rock pioneers as their heavy, distor...
The Lovely Eggs
Thursday 30 October 2025
Lancaster indie rock duo the Lovely Eggs were formed in 2006 by Holly Ross and David Blackwell following the breakup of all-girl punk band Angelica, which Ross fronted between 1994 and 2003. Blackwell, a member of psychedelic drone outfit ...
Fat Dog
Saturday 1 November 2025
Described by the NME as "2023's wildest live band", South London indie act Fat Dog's music has been described as containing elements of dance, punk and klezmer. ...
Emofest
Saturday 1 November 2025
Put on your eyeliner, lace up your high-tops and get ready to rock to all your favourite nostalgic emo anthems as the Emo Festival is the greatest tribute night to the music that was never just a phase... Teenage Nostalgia featuring all ...
A Tribute to Jilly's Rockworld
Saturday 1 November 2025
A celebration of a Manchester institution, the legendary Oxford Road rock club opened in the 1970s - originally known as Fagan's before being renamed Jilly's in 1983 - attracting punks, rockers, goths, metalheads, skaters, moshers and ind...
