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The Best Manchester Gigs This Week

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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(Now updated daily).

Our Top 30 What's on in Manchester Gigs This Week

Parklife Festival

50 Cent, Charli XCX and Jorja Smith headline this year's Parklife festival.

Heaton Park, Manchester
Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jun 2025.
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Chris Brown

With four Manchester dates planned - provided he can stay out of prison - the "King of R&B" is often compared to Michael Jackson, with over 200 million records sold worldwide, blurring the lines between soul, hip hop, pop and dance music.

Co-op Live, Manchester
Sun 15 Jun 2025 - Thu 3 Jul 2025.
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Lionel Richie

Alabama soul icon and former Commodores star Says Hello to his hits.

Co-op Live, Manchester
Thu 12 & Fri 13 Jun 2025.
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Catfish and the Bottlemen

The chart-topping, BRIT award winning Llandudno alt rockers enjoy a huge gig at Heaton Park.

Gary Barlow

Quite literally a homecoming as the Delamere Manor-living Frodsham Take That star makes the three mile journey across his estate for this stunning Delamere Forest concert.

Snow Patrol

The multi-Platinum Dundee-formed, Manchester United-supporting Northern Irish trio - whose single Chasing Cars is one of the UK's best-selling singles of all time - return to the region for a stunning forest gig.

Rag'n'Bone Man

With a unique blend of hip-hop, traditional blues and his powerfully deep baritone singing style, the Sussex singer is best known for his international chart topping hit "Human".

Nine Inch Nails

Pulling the harsh sounds of industrial rock into the mainstream, Trent Reznor and co. became the face of industrial music topping the charts worldwide in the '90s with hits like "Head Like a Hole," "Closer," and "Hurt".

Moovin Festival

Ezra Collective and Folamour headline this year's intimate festival in Stockport.

Outbreak Festival

Knocked Loose, Alex G and Slowdive headline Manchester's counterculture festival.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

After supporting the Strokes and the White Stripes, the New York art punk trio have earned a significant buzz for their arty yet sexy take on garage punk.

The Ting Tings

Multi-Platinum selling, UK chart-topping Salford indie pop duo and real life couple, Katie White and Jules De Martino, are back with a new late 70's, early 80's yacht rock-inspired sound.

Brutus Gold's Love Train

Lock up your daughters....your mothers....your self-tan spray and your cheap cologne! Brutus Gold and his Love Train are steaming into town for a fun club night thick and heavy with 70s funk and disco grooves.

Red Hot Chilli Pipers

With their instrumental covers of pop and rock classics, the most famous bagpipe band on the planet deliver bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show that carries its own health warning.

Osees

Psych-punk warrior, ear worm-farmer, and possessor of many stamped passport pages, trailblazer John Dwyer's Californian psych rockers have transmogrified from Orinoka Crash Suite, OCS, The Ohsees, The Oh Sees, Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees, and since 2020, Osees.

Diamond Platnumz

Elevating the Tanzanian music scene, the versatile Bongo Flava recording artist, actor, dancer, philanthropist, and astute businessman is the highest-selling artist from the region.

We call it Jazz - A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans

1920s New Orleans is recreated in this street-style concert of live jazz.

Band on The Wall, Manchester
Sun 15 Jun 2025 (2 shows) + more dates.
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Kim Deal

A solo tour from the original bassist and co-vocalist of Pixies (from 1986 to 1993 and 2004 to 2013) and frontwoman of the Breeders, which she formed in 1989.

Kanda Bongo Man

The African superstar is the man, who gave the world Kwasa Kwasa, the infectiously charged Congolese dance style and is credited as being one of the pioneers of modern Soukous.

Arkayla

Drawing on the grit of The Strokes, the lyricism of The Smiths, and the mystique of The Doors, Arkayla has gained recognition as Manchester's next big thing.

Northern Jazz Orchestra

The North West's-acclaimed big band Northern Jazz Orchestra are now in their 3rd decade and performing big hitting contemporary music, ranging from funk to swing, pop and jazz.