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The Best Manchester Gigs This Week

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With over 4000 shows listed on Manchester Theatres, it can be hard to decide which show to go and see - as you will probably know if you are one of the 200,000 members who receive our Sunday night "What's on in Manchester over the next seven days" e-mails [subscribe here].

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Our Top 10 What's on in Manchester Gigs This Week

Fontaines D.C.

The London-based, Dublin-raised five piece are back for an arena date ahead of their two massive Heaton Park shows.

AO Arena, Manchester
Sat 21 Nov 2026 + more dates
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Hits Radio Live

Take That headline another stella line-up.

Don Toliver

Texan rapper best known for his 2019 triple Platinum singles "No Idea" and "After Party" which gained popularity on TikTok.

Myles Smith

BRIT-Award winning Luton folk-pop singer-songwriter.

Beabadoobee

Londoner Beatrice Laus has emerged as a British alternative music icon with her flawless output of confessional bedroom pop songs and DIY folk aesthetic.

Good Charlotte

Maryland pop punk legends who have spent nearly three decades crafting anthems for the underdogs, the dreamers.

Elbow

The Bury band go back in tme to celebrate the 25th anniverary of their debut album, "Asleep in the Back" in an intimate environment.

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Fri 20 Nov 2026 - Sun 22 Nov 2026.
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Shinedown

Florida rockers who have notched the most ever No.1s in the 40-year history of the Mainstream Rock Songs Chart .

Enter Shikari

The precocious St. Albans Trance-Metal tykes deliver a genre-bending mashup which has made them the masters of their trade.

Deep Purple

One of the most influential British bands of all time with over 120 million albums sold, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Don Airey continue to hard rock.

Paul Heaton

A homecoming for the chart-topping Manchester-living Beautiful South and Housemartins frontman.

The Hallé - Elvis: Viva Las Vegas

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sat 21 Nov 2026.

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Paris Paloma

Derbyshire dark folk-pop sensation who delivers evocative storytelling with ethereal vocals.

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sun 15 Nov 2026

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Skye Newman

A third night from the BRIT-nominated South East London neo soul star.

Rizzle Kicks

An intimate show from the chart-topping Brighton funk rappers.

Embrace

An intimate "cultural homecoming" of sorts for the lads from Halifax who embraced the Northern Quarter scene with their Manchester music nights providing a platform for many local acts.

Muna

LA indie pop trio.

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sat 14 Nov 2026

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Tony Hadley

A Christmas swing big band show from the Spandau Ballet frontman.

Wilko: Love and Death and Rock 'n' Roll

Clementine Douglas

Soulful Brighton singer who scored “Song Of The Summer” 2025 with Calvin Harris on the UK chart-topping single “Blessings”, as well as collaborating with Chase & Status, Sonny Fodera, MK, and The Blessed Madonna.

The Fray

Melodic pop-rockers from Denver, Colorado.

Montell Fish

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania alternative R&B musician who fuses R&B, bedroom pop, indie and electronic influences.

Hot Creations

Dennis Quin and MJ Cole appear on the line-up of the club night created by Jamie Jones and Lee Foss.

Kanine

One of the leading names in the new wave of Drum & Bass.

The Tumbling Paddies

A mix of original trad folk songs and classic Irish hits.

Waylon Wyatt

Young Arkansas Country artists inspired by red-dirt contemporaries Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan.

Underscores

Filipino-American Hyperpop star April Harper Grey.

President

Anonymous masked metal band rumoured to be led by Busted and Fightstar singer Charlie Simpson or a possible secret side project of Sleep Token or Deftones.

Fat Dog

Mind-bending South Londoners with a thrilling blend of electro-punk, klezmer dance, rock’n’roll snarling, techno soundscapes, industrial-pop and rave euphoria.

Tekno

The Golden Boy of Africa is a chart-topping Nigerian singer, songwriter, and master producer whose infectious melodies have defined modern Afrobeats.

Eagles of Death Metal

Queen of the Stones Age's Josh Homme's side project (although he doesn't tour personally) described as "bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals."

For Vini - The Music of The Durutti Column

Celebrate the iconic musical moments of Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column, with the band’s collaborators Keir Stewart and Bruce Mitchell.

Drake Milligan

Texan country music singer/songwriter and former America's Got Talent contestant who has been called "The New Elvis of Country.".

Caravan Palace

French gypsy jazz band who define the "electro swing" genre.

OK Go

Los Angeles based Chicago alt rock quartet well-loved in the UK for their hits "Here It Goes Again" and "Get Over It", alongside YouTube mega-videos.

KlangKuenstler

Munich techno DJ Michael Korb known for his hardcore techno with a high BPM rate.

Elephant Sessions

Multi-award winning indie folk quintet from the Scottish Highlands

Hothouse Flowers

The popular Irish folk rockers are celebrated for their live performances.

Joshua Idehen

Sweden-based, British-born Nigerian spoken word artist and musician.

Freddie Halkon

Ed Sheeran influenced Isle of Axholme indie folk pop star.

Brymo

African folk, jazz, rock, and alternative pop rolled into one.

Kid Kapachi

With their big punch 'beat punk' sound, and explicitly political songs the Hastings duo have been praised by Liam Gallagher as 'like Noel when he was good'.

W.H. Lung

Named after a Chinese cash & carry in Manchester, the local electronic pop group serve up a vivacious concoction of krautrock, synth pop and infectious grooves.

The Temperance Movement

One of Britain's finest blues rock bands, bearing echoes of the great rock 'n' roll icons of the '60s and '70s like The Faces and Led Zeppelin, Free and The Rolling Stones..

Brian Fallon

Stepping away from the punk rock sound of the Gaslight Anthem, their frontman has scored a chart-topping Americana solo career.

The Rifles

London indie outfit who rose to popularity in the mid-2000s with a jaunty garage rock & roll sound that saw them compared to The Jam and The Kooks.

Day Fever

The day-time clubbing event started by Line of Duty actress Vicky McClure, her husband, Welsh actor and filmmaker Jonny Owen.

New Century Hall, Manchester
Sat 14 Nov 2026 + more dates.
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The Sheepdogs

Canadians who blend Southern boogie rock, groove-based psychedelia, and bluesy barroom swagger into a modern rock & roll revival.

The Slow Show

An intimate gig from the superb Manchester act

Gloryhammer

Angus McFife and his symphonic power metal heroes of Dundee make their triumphant return with perfect galloping, highly melodic power metal that merges galactic fire with unforgettable metal anthems.

Shabaka

Former Sons of Kemet star Shabaka Hutchings is a pioneering voice in the renaissance of British Jazz

Bonnie Prince Billy

"Appalachian post-punk solipsist" freak folk star.

Scott Matthews

Ivor Novello-winning Wolverhampton folk rocker compared to Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake, John Martyn and Paul Simon.

Graeme Park

The legendary Hacienda DJ.

Little Angels

The return of the legendary 90's Scarborough hard rockers.

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

Cambridge psychedelic rock and doom metal heads.

De Staat

With their spectacular viral video "Witch Doctor" and support slots for Muse and the Rolling Stones, the Dutch rockers remain joyfully uncategorisable.