ManchesterTheatres.com
logo
21 Belvoir Rd
Warrington
Cheshire GB WA4 6PE
Phone: +44 7725 234022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube
Punk Rock Concerts in Manchester mobile mobile

PUNK ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER

The Rumjacks

Gorilla, Manchester
Monday 17 February 2025
Celtic Punk band from Sydney, Australia. One of the band's best-known songs, "An Irish Pub Song", became a viral hit and has earned over 85 million views on YouTube. ...

Squid

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Reaching no.4 in the UK album charts with their 2021 debut "Bright Green Field", Brighton 5-piece indie band Squid deliver towering scope and ambition that has seen them become loved by fans and critics alike, from BBC Radio 6 Music who h...

Four Year Strong

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Massachusetts rockers Four Year Strong blend pop-punk and hardcore punk. The band simply developed their sound off the idea of playing 'exactly what they want to hear' or music that they would listen to, but no one else was playing at the...

Maquina

Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Having already amassed a notorious reputation in Portugal for the all-out energy of their live shows, Maquina.'s sound is organic dance music that's equally punk and psychedelic, played by a guitar-drums-bass power trio formation firing on ...

Set It Off

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 20 February 2025
From the time they were formed, Set It Off have never been your standard emo band. Or pop group. Or pop-punk band. They are all of those things and more. Known for creating their own original brand of pop music, infusing bold electronic ele...

John Otway

The Salty Dog, Northwich
Friday 21 February 2025
From the age of 9, the cult Buckinghamshire folk punkster knew he wanted to be a pop star. But even at that young age, having listened to his sister's Beatles and Stones records, he knew he would never be able to do what they do. However, w...

You Me At Six

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 22 February - Saturday 29 March 2025
Rising out of the British alternative underground, Surrey rockers You Me At Six released their debut full-length album Take Off Your Colours in 2008 through Slam Dunk Records and Epitaph Records. Celebrating early chart success, it was 2010...

State Champs

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Albany, NY punks State Champs were founded in 2010, taking their cues from emo punk royalty like All Time Low, Fall Out Boy and New Found Glory. The initial line-up of Derek Discanio (vocals), guitarists Tyler Szalkowski and Dave Fogarty, W...

Pyncher

Gullivers, Manchester
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Echo Chamber present Pyncher: Manchester's answer to the tantalising charm of grubby 1970s New York. With only a handful of singles and their EP Chew - which catapulted them onto the radar of anyone with a taste for garage rock - to their n...

Fat Dog

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 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. ...

Fat Dog

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 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. ...

Punk Rock Factory

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
High energy, punk rock powerhouses Punk Rock Factory make easy work of their special brand of punk covers - including a UK no.48 album consisting entirely of Disney classics - gaining an online following of over a million fans across the m...

YAANG + Formal Sppeedwear + Autocamper

Yes, Manchester
Friday 7 - Saturday 8 March 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....

The Wildhearts

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
For 3 decades The Wildhearts have remained at the forefront of the British rock scene. From their classic debut album 'Earth Vs' (voted number one album of the year in Kerrang! back in 1993, and number 20 in the best rock albums of all time...

La Femme

New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
La Femme are a French psych-punk rock band established by guitarist Sacha Got and keyboard player Marlon Magnee in 2010 in Biarritz. The band's music has been described as synthetic and hypnotic. It mixes elements of cold wave, punk, and ye...

South Arcade

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
South Arcade are making waves as one of the UK's most promising alternative bands, channeling the energy of early 2000s pop rock. ...

The Mary Wallopers

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
Described by The Guardian as "invoking the raucous ghosts of The Dubliners and The Pogues to startling effect", The Mary Wallopers are a folk group from Dundalk, Ireland, breathing new life into both well known & rare ballads. Travelling th...

Stiff Little Fingers

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
During the first wave of U.K. punk rock, plenty of bands sang about a world full of violence and chaos, but Stiff Little Fingers didn't have to imagine a dystopian world - formed in Belfast in 1977 at the height of "The Troubles," police br...

Descendents + Circle Jerks

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
A co-headline gig from Californian surf-punk rockers Descendents and Circle Jerks, who have been cited as an influence to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Anti-Flag, Dropkick Murphys, the Offspring, NOFX, and Pennywise. ...

The Vapors

33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
The Vapors are a UK New Wave band formed in the late 70s in Surrey. Discovered by The Jam Bass player Bruce Foxton playing in a local pub The Vapors were invited to tour with The Jam on the Setting Sons tour in 1979. Foxton along with Paul ...

The Dare

New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Los Angeles dance punk star Harrison Patrick Smith (aka The Dare) is best known for his single "Girls", and for producing the song "Guess" by Charli XCX. ...

From The Jam

Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 21 March 2025
Bruce Foxton is a part of the English Rock and Roll establishment. A musician who is most commonly recognised as the bass player and vocalist in legendary bands Stiff Little Fingers and, more famously, mod-revivalists The Jam, with Paul Wel...

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival - Ezra Collective + Fat Dog

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Thursday 27 March 2025
BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will take place again in Greater Manchester. The station's flagship event - which will see global premieres of brand new live shows, new music debuts, unique collaborations and surprise guests - returns to the reg...

Dr. John Cooper Clarke

Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the 'Godfather of Punk Poetry' and the original people's poet, John's cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion. From creating some of the most iconic poet...

Say Anything

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 30 March 2025
Marvel comic book writer Max Bemis's Los Angeles emo pop-punk band Say Anything return. Famed for their sardonic, literary sense of humour balanced out with a sense of intense catharsis, they scored five Top 40 albums in the USA between 200...

Peat & Diesel

Gorilla, Manchester
Sunday 30 March 2025
The story began when three Stornoway Cove's (Innes, Uilly and Boydie) met up in the house to have the craic on a Saturday nights playing music with just the dog and the cat watching. After a few tunes getting thrown across the room Boydie s...

Rick Buckler (The Jam) - A Night of Memories & Music

Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 30 March 2025
This is your chance to witness history in the making. It's a must for all fans of The Jam! Feel the rhythm of A Town Called Malice, and get lost in the soulful sounds that define a generation, as the band's legendary drummer recalls all his...

Ditz

Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Abrasive but accessible, Brighton experimental rockers Ditz made one of the most important British guitar debuts when they first appeard on the scene in 2016. The band has been compared to IDLES, Yak, Daughters, Gilla Band and even Foals -...

Vinny Peculiar

The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
The Hampshire punk and folk artist was initially a vocalist in the punk rock band Million Dead, before turning his focus towards a folkier, acoustic-based solo career. Since that time, he has reached international acclaim as a chart-topping...

Lambrini Girls

Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
Brighton based noise-punk duo Lambrini Girls bottle everything wrong with the modern world and shake it up. If peppering political songs with humour is like sticking a sparkler in some bread, then their music is like a fireworks display in ...

Gentleman's Dub Club + The Skints

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 11 April 2025
A co-headline gig from two of the most exciting acts in the UK. Leeds-formed Gentleman's Dub Club have built a reputation for one of the most energetic live shows to emerge from the UK bass music scene with their antics astound crowds at fe...

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 11 April 2025
Incisive in their pulverising riff-driven attack, infectiously catchy in their songcraft and more intrepid than ever in their experimental approach, the Newcastle-based quintet channel a furious drive which only appears to gather momentum a...

Heavy Lungs

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Friday 11 April 2025
Bristol noise rock band Heavy Lungs have since been on a relentless warpath of shred since 2017. Their offerings to the indifferent gods of rock were crafted in dark and dingy church rehearsals and overpriced house shares. Shrouded in ciga...

The Murder Capital

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 18 April 2025
The Irish post-punk band reached the UK Top 20 with their debut album, 'When I Have Fears' which featured the group's first two singles, 'Feeling Fades' and 'Green & Blue'. The album's title takes inspiration from the John Keats' poem, 'Whe...

Peter Hook & the Light

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
  The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs New Order's "Get Ready" live and in full, plus an additional set of Joy Division and New Order's greatest hits. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner,...

Social Distortion

Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
  The "Godfathers of Punk", California stalwarts Social Distortion have a reputation of performing with a fierce energy onstage. ...

The Dollyrots + Don't Panic

Aatma, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
For over 20 years, Florida pop punk rockers The Dollyrots have been a shining example of how to mix raw punk energy with catchy, bubblegum melodies, all while living life entirely on their terms. Fronted by bassist and vocalist Kelly Ogden ...

Viagra Boys

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Thursday 1 May 2025
Perhaps the worst named band in the world for SPAM filters, Stockholm post-punk quartet Viagra Boys have made a name for themselves burning up stages around the world. There's a little Iggy Pop spit and seethe, a David Yow drunken stumble, ...

Rival Schools

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 2 May 2025
New York Hardcore and Emo supergroup Rival Schools was formed by Walter Schreifels, frontman of Quicksand, with members of '80s and '90s hardcore bands including Gorilla Biscuits (Schreifels), CIV (Sam Siegler), Youth of Today (Schreifels a...

The Pogues

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Following the death of Kent frontman Shane MacGowan in 2023, Celtic punk legends The Pogues return in 2025 for their first UK Tour since 2012 to celebrate 40 years of 'Rum Sodomy & the Lash'. Featuring original members, Mancunian accordian ...

PUP

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 10 May 2025
Noisy, biting, and recklessly fun Toronto punk band PUP have earned love and accolades from The New York Times, Pitchfork, and SPIN, which helped to cement them as one the most energetic and exciting up and coming bands in the punk communit...

Special Kinda Madness - Tribute to The Specials & Madness

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 10 May 2025
2 Bands... 2-Tone... 1 Fantastic Night! A Specials Tribute Band and a Madness Tribute Band, all on one stage. That's Special Kinda Madness. Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set from each band, combining the phenomenally energ...

The Beat featuring Ranking Jnr

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 17 May 2025
With 1980's Top 10 hits like "Can't Get Used To Losing You", "Mirror In The Bathroom", "Tears Of A Clown", "Ranking Full Stop", "Too Nice To Talk To", "Hands Off, She's Mine", and "Twist & Crawl", the Birmingham ska legends fused Latin, s...

Mannequin Pussy

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Mannequin Pussy's music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard. The Philadelphia rock band make cathartic tunes about despairing times.  Abruptly turning from searing punk to inviting alternative pop, their m...

Mclusky

Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 23 May 2025
If you're tired of punk rock bands scraping clean the stupid barrel to land the lowest common denominator belly-laugh, Cardiff's McLusky might be just the band you're looking for. An incendiary British rock trio that invites comparisons wit...

Pixies

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 24 May 2025
With elements of indie rock and surf rock, 1980's Boston alternative rockers The Pixies have been cited by avowed fan Kurt Cobain as a heavy influence on Nirvana with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" a conscious attempt to co-opt the Pixies' sty...

From The Jam

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 24 May 2025
Bruce Foxton is a part of the English Rock and Roll establishment. A musician who is most commonly recognised as the bass player and vocalist in legendary bands Stiff Little Fingers and, more famously, mod-revivalists The Jam, with Paul Wel...

The Nightingales

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 24 May 2025
Described by John Robb as "The misfits' misfits" and comprising an ever-fluctuating line up, based around lyricist/singer Robert Lloyd, Birmingham Post punk pioneers The Nightingales enjoyed cult status in the early 1980s as darlings of the...

Mechanical Animals - Industrial Goth Freakfest

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 30 May 2025
Killing Time Events presents Mechanial Animals, Industrial Goth Freakfast, featuring: Spouky Kids (Marilyn Manson Tribute) + Nin UK (Nine Inch Nails Tribute) + Korn Again (Korn Tribute) + Deaftones (Deftones Tribute). ...

Iggy Pop

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Iggy Pop is an avant-garde icon and a punk pioneer behind Stooges classics like 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and 'T.V. Eye', 'The Passenger' and, of course, 'Lust for Life'.  ...
Follow Us
Join Our Free Mailing List