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 Sep 2025 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
Adrian Younge
Eleni Drake

Yes, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 2025
Now Wave presents Eleni Drake at YES Pink Room on 20th November 2025...Murs: the Last Run

The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 2025
The Blues Kitchen is delighted to host Hip Hop mogul Murs on his final tour, celebrating an astounding career spanning over two decades....An Evening with Vasilis Kazoulis - Manchester

Carlton Club, Manchester
Thursday 20 November 2025
Singer-songwriter Vasilis Kazoulis is coming to Manchester for a career retrospective show. Opening act: Yiannis Panagoulias...ABC & Southbank Sinfonia

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
To celebrate 40 years since the release of their lauded and timeless debut album The Lexicon of Love, ABC have announced they will perform the iconic album in its entirety with the Soutbank Sinfonia, and conducted by Anne Dudley. Martin Fr...Barry Can't Swim - Earth's Only Paradise

Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Multi-faceted Scottish artist Barry Can't Swim moves from deep house to jazz, from ambience to the percussive charge of afrobeat, all held together by his singular sense of purpose and trademark vivacity. DEPOTBARRY CAN'T SWIM (DJ SET)CHLOE...Adam Ant

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Pop icon Adam Ant returns with his UK Antics tour, with a set list that promises to get everyone on their feet. Performing his classic chart-topping singles and personal favourites, audiences will be thrilled with the return of live musi...Northern Live - Do I Love You

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 21 November 2025
Keeping the faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect ...Lucy Spraggan

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Canterbury-born, Buxton-raised and Cheshire-living folk pop star Lucy Spraggan was the first contestant on the X Factor to perform her own compositions in 2021 with her introspective acoustic hip-pop style festival anthems since helping sc...The Chameleons

Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
After celebrating their 40th anniversary in style, legendary Manchester band Chameleons return. The Middleton-formed band serve-up a career spanning set. Helmed from the front by long-standing "Chameleons Vox" custodian Mark Burgess, these ...The ABBA Reunion Tribute Show

Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 21 November 2025
Created by the director, producer and choreographer of the award-winning ABBAMANIA musical and starring the original 'Frida' from the London West End cast! Superbly accurate harmony vocals, guitar and keyboards combine with stunning replica...The Guest List

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Formed in early 2021, up-and-coming Manchester rock band The Guest List have built up a global following on social media, clocking up millions of streams on Spotify with the release of their self-titled EP, 'Steel Police', and the heartfelt...Tom McGuire and the Brassholes

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Tom McGuire & the Brassholes are a funk soul powerhouse from Glasgow. ...2hollis

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Los Angeles electronic/hip-hop artist 2hollis combines traditional Hip Hop components with jazz, blues, and soul influences. ...Nouvelle Vague

Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
15 years Anniversary Tour. Bossa Nova = Nouvelle Vague = New Wave. This transliteration was the starting point for Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux's unique project, which, by appropriating the punk and post-punk cannon and running it thr...Killer Rhapsody - A Night of Queen

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Now in their 10th year, Killer Rhapsody remain one of the hottest and most riveting tributes to Freddie Mercury and Queen. Publicly endorsed and featured on none other then Dr Brian Mays Guitars. Performing a spectacular show, running for o...Death or Glory - Tribute to The Clash

Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 21 November 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...Bootleg Blondie - Blondie Tribute Band

Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Friday 21 November 2025
The world's No. 1 official Debbie Harry and Blondie tribute band. Established in 2001 this band are the only Blondie tribute to play the legendary CBGB in New York City before it's demise in 2006 and unique in that not only have they had th...Diana Ross Tribute (Tameka Jackson)

The Grand Bar, Warrington
Friday 21 November 2025
Join us for our Diana Ross Tribute brought to you by the amazing Tameka Jackson...Steely Don live at Walkden Legion Club

Walkden Legion Club, Manchester
Friday 21 November 2025
Steely Don - A Tribute to the Music of Steely Dan and Donald Fagen...Hits Radio Live

Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Hits Radio is the only radio station to bring the biggest stars on stage for one amazing night of live music. Hits Radio Live is the pop party of the year with an exclusive line-up you don't want to miss! Artists for Hits Radio Live in M...The Muppet Christmas Carol In Concert

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Back by popular demand, Disney's much loved 1992 musical comedy The Muppet Christmas Carol returns to The Bridgewater Hall, the beloved festive movie brought to life by a talented orchestra performing its musical score live in time with the...The Australian Pink Floyd

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Since their first ever concert in Adelaide, Australia in 1988 the Australian Pink Floyd Show have performed in over 35 countries worldwide; played at David Gilmour's 50th birthday celebration and were even joined on stage by Rick Wright. TA...The Lilacs

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Wigan band The Lilacs have hit the scene with a bang already performing on stages at Manchester Academy, o2 Ritz and London's O2 Academy Islington ...Hot Milk

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
HOT Milk are an emo power-pop duel fronted band from Manchester, Jim and Han met in a bar in the Northern Quarter in 2016, became fast friends and have lived together ever since. What started over a bottle of wine and an acoustic guitar in ...Turin Brakes

New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
With characteristically robust pop melodies and spine-tingling harmonies, South London's Mercury Music Prize-nominated urban folk-pop act Turin Brakes have sold over a million records worldwide, including the UK Top 5 hit, in 2003, "Pain K...Cast

Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Part of Liverpool's incredible musical heritage, rock band Cast were formed in the city in 1993. Founded by John Power, the former bassist with The La's, and Peter Wilkinson, Cast were a major part of the Britpop movement of the 1990s along...Penguin Cafe

RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Avant-pop from musician, composer, and producer Arthur Jeffes and his Penguin Cafe ensemble, performing music from their Handfuls of Night record and back catalogue. Combining folk, classical, and minimalism in a style distinctive to the Pe...Heaven 17

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Sheffield new wave duo Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh left the original lineup of the Human League in after having differences with Phil Oakey. They recruited Glenn Gregory (who's vocal's were remarkably similar to Oakey's) and Heaven 17 w...The ABBA Reunion Tribute Show

The Met, Bury
Saturday 22 November 2025
Created by the director, producer and choreographer of the award-winning ABBAMANIA musical and starring the original 'Frida' from the London West End cast! Superbly accurate harmony vocals, guitar and keyboards combine with stunning replica...The Lancashire Hotpots

The Monaco, Wigan
Saturday 22 November 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...The Southmartins - A Tribute to The Beautiful South & The Housemartins

Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Saturday 22 November 2025
The Southmartins are a tribute act to the songs of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, The Beautiful South and The Housemartins. The seven-piece collective has built up a loyal following playing arenas, festivals, clubs and pubs (including Paul ...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...The Men They Couldn't Hang

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
English-Folk-Punk Group The men They Couldn't Hang celebrate their 40th Anniversary Tour. The bands unique combination of barnstorming live performance, rich storytelling ability, often rooted in historical and social themes, and mix of Ce...Colin Hay (Men at Work)

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Possessing one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices on the planet, former Men at Work songwriter and frontman Colin Hay has gone on to establish himself as a solo artist with an ability to interpret other songs which he fell in ...Martyn Joseph

Mottram St Andrew Village Hall, Macclesfield
Saturday 22 November 2025
A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, the jaw dropping guitar player has developed a unique percussive style with a powerful show stopping voice, which has seen him dubbed "The Welsh Springsteen". Take ...Morgan Wallen Tribute UK

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 22 November 2025
The UK's first tribute to Country mega star Morgan Wallen with a full live band, comprised of some of the UK's finest musicians, takes you on a musicaljourney through the hits of this world record-breaking artist. Morgan Wallen's meteoric r...Humour
