GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Gigs in Manchester
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Thu 29 Jan - Fri 26 Jun 2026
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 13 Dec 2025 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
Battle Beast

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Famous for their energetic shows, incredibly catchy choruses and odd sense of humour, Finland's Battle Beast are destined for glory after topping the charts in their homeland and hitting #11 in Germany. Having toured tirelessly since they w...Dan Whitlam

New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Poet, spoken word artist, rapper and actor from South London who gained traction from his music videos on TikTok. ...John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)

The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Wednesday 22 October 2025
The songwriter and frontman of Manchester three-piece, I Am Kloot also possesses an enviable back catalogue as a solo artist - previously known around his hometown as Johnny Dangerously - and continues to work on new material under the guis...Keyon Harrold

Gwenifer Raymond

Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Welsh instrumentalist Gwenifer Raymond is set to release her third studio album on 6 September via Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies. Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark is a hybrid of the ancient and the futuristic, where the arcane etchi...Sonnenspot album launch

Carlton Club, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Sonnenspot celebrate the release of their first LP on Before I Die records with a one-off performance....Clampdown x Spread Your Love - TH DA FREAK plus local support

The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
French indie-punk renegades TH DA FREAK headline this Clampdown x Spread Your Love collab, joined by a stacked lineup of loud local talent....Black is the Color of My Voice

Lowry, Salford
Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 October 2025
Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live. Apphia Campbell's acclaimed play follows a successful singer and civil rights activist as she seeks redemption after the untimely death o...Gregory Alan Isakov

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Recently nominated for a Grammy award for Best Folk Album, the Colorado based South African horticulturist-turned-musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his five full-length studi...The Royston Club

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
The Royston Club are the Wrexham band tipped by Gigwise as 'the new band from Wales most likely to do a Catfish'. Despite only being active for two years, the young four-piece have already completed two UK headline tours totalling 30 dates,...Igorrr

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Boasting an idiosyncratic experimental style, combining black metal, baroque music, breakcore, and trip hop into a singular sound, Igorrr is the pseudonym of French multi-instrumentalist and electronic producer Gautier Serre of electroni...Spanish Love Songs

New Century Hall, Manchester
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. ...The Opera Boys - A Night at the Musicals

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Thursday 23 October 2025
The Opera Boys return with a brand new show, featuring the biggest songs from the West End and Broadway. Immaculate 4-part harmony musical medleys are combined with stunning solo performances from shows that the boys themselves have perform...Echoes of the Bunnymen - An Aural Tribute to Echo & The Bunnymen

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Echoes of the Bunnymen are an aural tribute to the alternative Fab Four. "A bloody good tribute, go check them out" - Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen). After Will Sergeant bought tickets and surprised Echoes of the Bunnymen by showing up...Sunflower Bean

Yes, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
New York glam rockers described by Billboard as "even though no one in Sunflower Bean is of legal drinking age, the Brooklyn indie trio's Human Ceremony is one of the most fully realized, sonically eclectic debut albums (everything from ps...The Velvet Hands

Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
London-via-Cornwall indie rockers The Velvet Hands blend hedonistic hooks reminiscent of The Strokes with a slacker kind of storytelling plucked straight from Pavement's playbook, delivered with an easy-going, lackadaisical charm. ...25 YEARS OF LINKIN PARKS HYBRID THEORY

Satans Hollow, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
This October the album that helped to define a generation turns 25 years old. We are putting on a special event to pay homage to Linkin Park and their incredible debut album Hybrid Theory. We will be playing a whole bunch of Nu Metal classi...The Congos

Wisp

Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Wisp is a 20-year-old Shoegaze artist originally from San Francisco. Inspired by the likes of Whirr and Deftones, she has released four singles - the first of which, 'Your face,' having now generated over 101m streams on Spotify since it's ...Jessica Winter
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Now Wave presents Jessica Winter at YES Basement on 23rd October 2025...The History of Garage Orchestra

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
This ultimate night of nostalgia reimagines UKGs most iconic tracks from the 90s and 00s through the power of a full live orchestra....Claremont & Paltin at The Talleyrand

The Talleyrand, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
Claremont & Paltin co-headline a night of live electronic music at The Talleyrand, Levenshulme....The Guilty Men

Live At The Log Cabin - The Nightcreatures Duo

The Log Cabin Greenmount Cricket Club, Bolton
Thursday 23 October 2025
The first Live At The Log Cabin live music event at Greenmount Cricket Club, featuring the fabulous Nightcreatures Duo...Disturbed

AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Emerging out of Chicago in 1994 with an insidious, infectious, and inimitable vision without comparison, Disturbed have quietly dominated hard rock on their own terms. They make the kind of heavy metal music that pushes you to hold on tight...blk.

Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Ground breaking Irish music producer and techno DJ blk. is one of dance music's most in demand artists. ...Confidence Man

Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Parading within a brand of dance pop that sounds like Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder gleefully discovering house music via Dee-lite, Confidence Man will make you feel good. Real good. With ponytails higher than the heavens and moxie turn...Counting Crows

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Introspective Californian roots rockers with a string of high-profile hits including Mr Jones and Accidentally In Love. It's easy to see Counting Crows as a band out of time. While their neighbours to the north spent the early 90s backing t...The Divine Comedy

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Having now completed his third full decade as a recording artist, The Divine Comedy (aka Neil Hannon) is back. With monumental tracks 'National Express', 'Something For The Weekend', 'Songs of Love', 'Our Mutual Friend', 'A Lady of A Ce...Spacey Jane

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Fremantle, Australia's very own garage pop outfit Spacey Jane went from backyards to bright lights, sharing the stage with the likes of Car Seat Headrest, Nothing But Thieves, Alex Lahey, The Jungle Giants & more. For relatively new kids on...Ultimate Power

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Why go anywhere else when you can go to a place where everyone has a sole aim: to embrace the greatest power ballads ever written, all night long. The Ultimate Power DJs will take you on a ride through the very best of the genre: from forgo...The Music Of Taylor Swift By Candlelight

The Monastery, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Swifties, get ready to sing your heart out, swap your bracelets, share the love and Shake It Off! The Music of Taylor Swift by Candlelight is here, and it's pure Magic! A night of your Wildest Dreams awaits, with breathtaking live performan...New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division and Manchester

The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 October 2025
The brand-new stage production of New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division & Manchester celebrates its 10th anniversary. The new touring production is written by Brian Gorman, produced & directed by Giles D Bastow and Sean Mason fo...The Jerseys - Tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 24 October 2025
Join The Jerseys as they celebrate the timeless music of the one-hundred million album selling Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Incredible falsettos, beautiful a capellas - the authenticity of the sublime harmonies of the 60s and 70s ...Kid Kapichi

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
With their big punch 'beat punk' sound, and explicitly political songs the Hastings four piece have been praised by Liam Gallagher as 'like Noel when he was good'. They tried to debut their Partygate polemic 'Party At No. 10' with a busking...Mama Afrika

Waterside, Manchester
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...Naima Bock (Goat Girl)

Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025 - Saturday 24 January 2026
The roots of Naima Bock's music are far reaching. Born in Glastonbury to a Brazilian father and a Greek mother, Naima spent her early childhood in Brazil before eventually returning to England and various homes in South-East London. This he...Wuthering Nights - A Kate Bush & Friends Discotheque
