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The Best Manchester Gigs This Week

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(Now updated daily).

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

Creamfields

The world's leading electronic music festival is back with 300+ of the biggest names in dance music including Chase and Status, Swedish House Mafia, and David Guetta.

Daresbury, Cheshire
Thu 21 - Sun 24 Aug 2025.
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Manchester Pride Mardi Gras

Manchester Gay Village
Fri 22 - Sun 24 Aug 2025.
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Manchester Pride Gay Village Party

Manchester Gay Village
Fri 22 - Sun 24 Aug 2025.
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ENHYPEN

The K Pop powerhouse have placed three albums in the U.S. Billboard 200 Top 10, and scored Top 10s in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.

The Maccabees

The UK chart-topping London indie rockers - best known for their hits "About Your Dress", "Love You Better", "First Love" and "Toothpaste Kisses" - return.

Tree Music Nestival

Gruff Rhys, Badly Drawn Boy, Andy Votel and Fenella with Jane Weaver headline this delightful independent festival in Stockport.

King Creosote

Mercury Prize-nominated Scottish singer-songwriter Kenny Anderson is a DIY pop voyager, Fife for lifer, who has had songs covered by artists including Patti Smith and Simple Minds.

The Bluebells

The return of the Glaswegian 80's jangly indie pop act best known for the hit single "Young at Heart".

Continental GT - Steppers

An open air clubbing special from Birmingham DJ, Continental GT.

Day Fever

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

Brigitte Calls Me Baby

With a hypnotically crooning frontman who was selected to be the voice of Elvis in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic, the Chicago-based alt rockers span genres and eras, merging mid-century pop with the frenetic energy of early millennium indie-rock.

Luke Haines & Peter Buck

R.E.M. co-founder and lead guitarist Peter Buck has joined forces with Surrey alt-rocker Luke Haines (The Auteurs, The Servants, Black Box Recorder) to record a 'psychiatric trilogy' of albums.

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy Celebrate REM

Oscar nominated Kentucky actor Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, and Nocturnal Animals) joins forces with Illinois singer Jason Narducy and friends to celebrate the 40th anniversary of REM's third album Fables Of The Reconstruction.

Ashley Monroe & Fancy Hagood

3X Grammy-nominated country singer/songwriter Ashley Monroe and rising country star Fancy Hagood team up for a co-headline tour featuring a combined encore.

Pub Choir

Endorsed by the likes of Kate Bush, Mariah Carey, and Sir Barry Gibb, the wildest, happiest, largest, easiest music lesson in the world comes to the UK from Australia.

Evan Honer

Arizona folk and country singer influenced by the likes of the Eagles, Jim Croce and James Taylor.

Pouya

Miami rapper Kevin Pouya is considered a pioneer of the early underground rap scene that began on Soundcloud in 2012, along with discovering the well known hip-hop duo $uicideboys in their early career..