WORLD MUSIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
WORLD MUSIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular World Music Concerts in Manchester
Peter Cat Recording Co
Thursday 17 July 2025
Indian alternative jazz rock band Peter Cat Recording Co. was formed in 2010. Imagined as a radio station from the near future or a vinyl from the distant past, their true identity transcends any single genre or classification. The music sp...
Rhythm of the Dance
Friday 18 July 2025
Rhythm of the Dance has brought audiences around the world to their feet for over two decades and is returning with a brand new production. Rooted in Ireland's rich culture and heritage, Rhythm of the Dance takes a different perspective on ...
Bien
Sunday 20 July 2025
Bien is a globally recognised Grammy award-winning songwriter, musician and celebrated vocalist from Kenya who has commanded respect across the continent and the world over for his musicianship. He is best known for his raspy vocals, his be...
La Fiesta
Friday 1 - Friday 22 August 2025
A free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, and Jazz with live band. Free entry, every Friday! ...
Tanya Stephens
Friday 1 August 2025
90s alternative and reggae star...
RAMONA LIVE - Salsa De Cuba
Thursday 7 August - Thursday 4 September 2025
Salsa de Cuba Fronted by two old friends Juan Sanchez and Reinier Bazan, Salsa de Cuba bring high-energy and passion to the dance floor....
Candlelight - A Tribute to Arijit Singh
Saturday 9 August 2025
Discover the music of Arijit Singh at Hall performed by a string quartet under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...
Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses / Ian Brown)
Saturday 9 August 2025
Aziz Ibrahim is best known as a guitarist with The Stone Roses and Ian Brown, co-writing songs such as "My Star", "Corpses in Their Mouths", "Longsight M13", "One Way Ticket to Paradise" and numerous other tracks from "Unfinished Monkey Bus...
ENHYPEN
Monday 25 August 2025
Following their historic Coachella debut K-pop powerhouse ENHYPEN come to Europe. The tour follows on from the band's first Korean stadium show at Goyang Stadium, with two consecutive dates, followed by a 3-city 6-show Japanese Dome tour ...
Voices for Gaza - Rioghnach Connolly + Reem Anbar + more
Thursday 28 August 2025
Bringing together a lineup including Rioghnach Connolly and Palestinian oud player Reem Anbar, Voices for Gaza returns, with musical conscience guaranteed. Gazelleband, Indian Pale Male and Ramsey Janini complete this artistically multifar...
Mohammad Syfkhan
Thursday 28 August 2025
Mohammad Syfkhan is a Kurdish/Syrian Singer and Bouzouki player. He began playing music in 1980 while he was in college studying nursing. When he got his degree in 1983, Mohammad moved to the city of Raqqa, Syria where he began working as a...
Santrofi
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Direct from Ghana, 8-piece Highlife CollectiveSANTROFI...
Samba Tourã©
Wednesday 3 September 2025
hypnotic guitar grooves...
Ian Noe
Sunday 7 September 2025
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Daði Freyr
Monday 8 September 2025
Music and family are the most important things in the world to Daoi Freyr. It's what drives him forward, what inspires him, and it's what keeps him rooted to Iceland, to the close-knit communities he has always adored. An artist who obsesse...
Greg Freeman
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Now Wave presents Greg Freeman at YES Basement on 9th September 2025...
Surprise Chef
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Now Wave presents Surprise Chef at YES Pink Room on 10th September 2025...
AURI
Friday 12 September 2025
In the fleeting moments between the state of being awake and reaching the doors of dreamworld lies a borderland whence comes the mood music of ancient stories told - the celestial unison of three creative souls known as AURI. Originally bor...
Yeh Dosti - Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay
Sunday 14 September 2025
Yeh Dosti: Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay will feature mesmerising dance performances choreographed to Sholay's legendary soundtrack. Experience the unforgettable dances and songs that have defined Bollywood cinema! A talented cast of dan...
Daddy Long Legs
Tuesday 16 September 2025
New York City?s most beloved blues bashers Daddy Long Legs have been huffing and puffing and blowing houses down on a nightly basis on their infinite world tour and always bring an elevated level of rough and ready intensity to contemporary...
So Many Beauties Collective
Friday 19 September 2025
A spectacular world premiere performance of the So Many Beauties Collective celebrating the power of creativity. With new music co-created by a culturally diverse groups of people living with dementia and performed by some of the North Wes...
Marina Satti
Saturday 20 September 2025
Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "ZARI", art pop singer, songwriter and music producer Marina Satti was born in Athens, Greece to a Sudanese father and Cretan mother. Marina graduated in classical piano, ...
Art For Rainy Days - How A Spiral Works
Sunday 21 September 2025
Renowned British circus director Jason Dupree, acclaimed Latvian choreographer Alise Bokaldere and the phenomenal Lithuanian aerialist Izabele Kuzelyte join forces to create a unique, hypnotic, and powerful contemporary circus performance, ...
Eivør
Sunday 21 September 2025
Faroese electro folk pop artist Eivor Palsdottir has appeared on Later.... With Jools Holland and soundtracked the current series of Netflix/BBC flagship The Last Kingdom (co-written with Ivor Novello/BAFTA-nominated John Lunn), with her mu...
FAUN
Wednesday 24 September 2025
With influences of Celtic folk and medieval music fusing with driving beats, Platinum-selling Munich ensemble FAUN combines medieval & ancient instruments with modern influences to create an enchanting and powerful atmosphere, taking the au...
Rowena Wise
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Described by Clash as ?carefully etched indie folk?, Rowena Wise delivers songs that have a newfound sense of honesty, holding space for all of life?s beauty and mess. Her storytelling islike a close friend, offering heady ruminations on lo...
Ruger
Thursday 25 September 2025
Africa's pace-setter, Nigerian Afrobeats musician Ruger was introduced to the world in January 2021, with the release of "One Shirt"; a song which brought his striking signature style to the world and was followed by Platinum-selling hits i...
Man With a Mission
Friday 3 October 2025
Japan's greatest rock sensation flawlessly execute straight-up indie rock metal like the one and only pack of Wolves they are! Their distinguishing feature is that all of the members wear differently designed wolf masks during both their co...
DakhaBrakha
Friday 3 October 2025
ДахаБраха (pronounced "DakhaBrakha") is a music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine making a world of unexpected new music with its uncompromising vocal range and self-proclaimed "ethno-chaos." The group was created in 2004 at the Center of...
Sambroso Allstars present The Buena Vista
Friday 3 October 2025
Sambroso All Stars showcase one of the most iconic albums in living memory. Buena Vista won the Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, and remains a high watermark not just for Cuban music but world music as a whole. The 7-piece ...
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 ...
Reg Meuross - Stolen From God
Sunday 5 October 2025
Stolen from God is the product of four years of research by English folk musician Reg Meuross who tackles the history of England's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and 18th centuries. He unearths both incredible ...
Cerys Hafana
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Described as "one of the most original voices in contemporary Welsh folk music," Cerys Hafana is a Powys composer and multi-instrumentalist who mangles, mutates, and transforms traditional music. The Guardian have called her "a master of th...
Mama Afrika
Thursday 9 October 2025
Zimbabwean born singer, musician and storyteller Anna Mudeka tells the remarkable life story of an iconic South African singer, songwriter and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba, charting her rise from the townships of Johannesburg to glo...
Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young
Friday 10 October 2025
Los Pacaminos is a Tex-Mex band that was formed by pop star Paul Young in 1992 during a break in his music career. The band originally consisted of six members, including guitarist Jamie Moses, accordion/keyboard player Matt Irving, songwr...
Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs
Saturday 11 October 2025
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs (マス オブ ザ ファーメンティング ドレッグス, Masu obu za Famentingu Doreggusu) is a post-hardcore/shoegaze trio from Kobe, Japan. In Japanese, they are also popularly known by a shortened form...
Nena
Sunday 12 October 2025
The most successful German pop singer in chart history, with over 25 million records sold, NENA is playing her first UK shows in 15 years. Featuring a 10-piece band, fans can expect to hear the 1983 smash hit '99 Red Balloons' and other ico...
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...
AR Rahman
Friday 17 October 2025
Described by Time Magazine as the "Mozart of Madras", A.R. Rahman is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer, best known in the UK for composing the Oscar-winning soundtrack to "Slumdog Millionaire". Nicknamed Isai ...
Tamino
Sunday 19 October 2025
The spellbinding arrival of the classically trained Belgian-Egyptian indie rocker with a divine falsetto is enough to make even an agnostic ponder predestination. The grandson of one of Egypt's most famed singers, the great Muharram Fouad, ...
The Cat Empire
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Formed in Melbourne, Australia and adored the world over, jazz/funk band The Cat Empire is a musical success story that continues to be written, crafting infectious, genre-embracing anthems and releasing chart-topping, multi-platinum albums...
Mama Afrika
Friday 24 October 2025
Zimbabwean born singer, musician and storyteller Anna Mudeka tells the remarkable life story of an iconic South African singer, songwriter and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba, charting her rise from the townships of Johannesburg to glo...
Lilly Hiatt
Friday 24 October 2025
The last few years have been a little hazy for Lilly Hiatt.?I was on the phone with a friend recently who said she wasn?t sure where I?d been,? Hiatt recalls. ?I realised I wasn?t really too sure of that either.?The search for answers ? whe...
