WORLD MUSIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
WORLD MUSIC CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular World Music Concerts in Manchester
Thu 29 May - Sat 21 Jun 2025
Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses / Ian Brown)
Friday 27 June 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...
Mini Music Adventures
Saturday 28 June 2025
Come explorers! Get ready to travel across the world discovering tales and tunes exploring who we are, and where we come from. Each fresh adventure takes you to a different country, meeting new characters, hearing new music, and listening t...
YEULE
Tuesday 1 July 2025
yeule (aka Nat Cmiel), the Singaporean cyborg alchemist coalescing the soundscapes of glitch-pop electronica, alt rock, and trip-hop. After their breakthrough sophomore album in 2022, 'Glitch Princess', Nat Cmiel crystallised their place as...
Hallé & Singapore Chinese Orchestra - Sounds of The East
Sunday 6 July 2025
An evening of music woven together by Eastern tradition and inspiration. Conducted by Kahchun Wong, featuring the European premiere of Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung's Grand Spiral (Desert Flowers Bloom), Debussy's La mer and the U...
BCUC
Sunday 6 July 2025
From Soweto, South Africa, BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) deliver full power indigenous funk, hiphop consciousness and punk rock energy. If you've not had the pleasure of experiencing their unmissable live show, you can expect h...
Gurdas Maan
Wednesday 9 July 2025
One of the world's greatest musical icons, legendary Punjabi artist, Gurdas Maan, returns to the UK. Globally renowned for his inspirational lyrics and enthralling stage presence, the iconic singer-songwriter has been entertaining fans for ...
Nick Shoulders
Thursday 10 July 2025
All Bad, the latest album from Nick Shoulders, released via Gar Hole Records (a label founded and co-owned by Shoulders), ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Shoulders? inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of...
Hannah Juanita
Saturday 12 July 2025
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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...
Tanya Stephens
Friday 1 August 2025
90s alternative and reggae star...
La Fiesta x E&I Collective
Friday 1 August 2025
La Fiesta, a free-to-dance global music night featuring Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin and Jazz with live band....
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Hanabie
Saturday 1 November 2025
Hanabie. (花冷え。) is a Japanese metalcore band from Tokyo known for combining loud and heavy music with contrasting Harajuku aesthetics in a style self-described as "Harajuku-core". Their songs incorporate elements of metalcore, hardc...
The Witcher in Concert
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 November 2025
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the critically acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as the open-world RPG's timeless score is brought to life with a live orchestra performance featuring special appearances by Polish folk metal band Perci...
Jamie Duffy
Friday 7 November 2025
Irish composer Jamie Duffy is bringing his 2025 tour across the UK! At 23 years old, Jamie Duffy has rapidly emerged as a standout figure in the music scene, seamlessly blending traditional, popular, and classical influences to create a cap...
Willy Mason
Friday 14 November 2025
Willy Mason is returning on tour to Europe in 2025. Since 2020 Willy has been touring with increasing regularity, steadily honing his live sound and playing. His band includes Charlotte Anne Dole on drums (Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hammydown, Cu...
Hope Tala
Sunday 23 November 2025
Hope McDonald (aka Hope Tala), is a London-born singer-songwriter. Her musical style has been described as pulling from R&B, Latin, neo soul, and bossa nova. Tala's "All My Girls Like To Fight" was listed as one of Barack Obama's favourite ...
Jesse Cook
Friday 28 November 2025
An accomplished guitarist and producer, and equally prolific film maker, Canadian new flamenco musician Jesse Cook has evolved his talents to create experiences that delight audiences both in concert, and online. He composed his first al...
Hans Zimmer
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The multiple Oscar and Grammy Award winner Hans Zimmer enters The Next Level - and brings Europe with him! The Next Level promises a completely new show featuring groundbreaking electronic soundscapes and a spectacular light production t...
Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
Friday 13 March 2026
One of three line-ups currently touring, Gipsy Kings featuring original vocalist Nicolas Reyes will be bringing their Catalan rumba, flamenco, and salsa party to town. Founded in 1979 in Arles, France, by French born Catalan musicians fr...
Manchester Folk Festival - Festival Pass
Thursday 19 March 2026
Manchester Folk Festival is an urban multi-venue festival based in Manchester's Northern Quarter. The festival takes place in March and brings together a diverse range of artists who represent the broad definition of contemporary folk mu...
