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The Best Manchester Gigs This Week

WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK CALENDAR

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

Jessie J

The return of the "Bang Bang" Londoner who blends old-skool alt-R&B, upfront pop, and contemporary soul.

The Prodigy

The legendary Essex techno rockers perform an arena date ahead of their huge Wythenshawe Park concert this summer.

Co-op Live, Manchester
Thu 16 Apr 2026 + more dates.
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James

Everybody's favourite Mancunian folk rockers "Come Home".

Rick Astley

A homecoming for the Newton-le-Willows legend.

Cat Burns

Multi-BRIT-nominated, double-platinum-selling South London indie pop artist and Celebrity Traitor Cat Burns is one of the UK's most exciting singer/songwriters.

Belle & Sebastian

60s chamber pop-inspired cult Glasgow 90s faves.

Albert Hall, Manchester
Sat 11 & Sun 12 Apr 2026.
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Tori Amos

Hugely influential North Carolina singer/songwriter Tori Amos mixes the raw honesty of Joni Mitchell with the haunting atmospherics of Kate Bush.

Fisherman's Friends

Britain’s oldest boy band have nine albums to their name, two feature films, a stage musical, a book, a TV documentary, they’ve played for royalty and to tens of thousands of fans.

Thibaut Garcia & La Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Star guitarist Thibaut Garcia joins the OSG (Galicia Symphony Orchestra) to bring some gorgeous Spanish sunshine to Manchester.

Miguel

Genre-defying, Californian singer often compared to Babyface and Prince for the way he incorporates R&B, funk, hip hop, pop, rock and electronic into his music.

Skye Newman

Platinum-selling BRIT-nominated South East London neo soul star named by BBC Radio 1 as The Voice of 2026.

The High Kings

Widely regarded as the standard-bearer for traditional Irish ballad rock.

Lady Pank

One of the most popular groups in the history of Polish rock history.

The Drifters

Continuing the legacy of George and Faye Treadwell, the latest line-up of The Drifters are back on tour performing all the classic hits of the soul legends from the last six decades.

Stockport Plaza
Weds 15 Apr 2026 + more dates.
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Luuk Van Dijk

Amsterdam house DJ Luuk Van Dijk presents a Get Closer day & night party, with guests TSHA, Jordan Peak, D Stone b2b Storm Mollison, Elias Mazian, Tarzsa.

Maggie Lindemann

Hyperpop meets glam goth Dallas pop-punk polymath who scored the Top 10 hit "Pretty Girl".

President

Anonymous masked metal band rumoured to be the new project led by Busted and Fightstar singer Charlie Simpson, Sleep Token or Deftones.

Yves

A UK tour from the South Korean singer and former member of K-Pop act Loona.

Day Sessions

Dance to music from the 80s and 90s at this day-time clubbing event for over 25+ in the cathedral.

Manchester Cathedral
Sat 18 Apr 2026 + more dates.
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Evgeny Grinko

Having fled Russia after publicly opposing the war in Ukraine, the former noise rock artist turned classical composer brings his multi-million streamed compositions to Manchester.

Faster Horses

Few artists have risen through the ranks of UK Dance Music as quickly as Manchester-based Liverpudlian Joe Germains with his trance-tinged techno.

YĪN YĪN

Dutch quartet known for melding disco, funk, psychedelia, and Southeast Asian sounds into their signature groove with influences from Italo Disco and global travels.

Mr. Scruff

Manchester's very own world music DJ brings his special form of Trouser Jazz to Rossendale.

Peaches

Legendary feminist icon, musician, producer, artist, and "peerless iconoclast".

Ásgeir

Icelandic folk star who released the fastest selling debut album in Icelandic history, which includes lyrics penned by his poet father, Einar Georg Einarsson.

Lusaint

Stretford's Lucy Hopkins has played for the pope, Monte Carlo Film Festival Gala, Montreux Jazz Festival and broken the UK Shazam record with her blend of jazz, neo-soul, and pop which has seen her compared to Adele, Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.

Hayes Carll & Corb Lund

Storytelling country and folk from the brilliant Texan and Albertan.

Girls Don't Synch

The all-female UK Garage, house and bass DJ collective from Liverpool.

The Rolling People

Manchester four piece named after The Verve's Urban Hymns album track, taking their influences from Manchester's rich music history.

Jane Weaver

Manchester-based, Widnes-raised melodic-protagonist is an unshakable figure in the UK’s experimental folk pop music landscape having emerged from Damon Gough and Andy Votel's Nothern Quarter Twisted Nerve record label.

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Fri 17 Apr 2026.

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The Roop

The Lithuanian pop rockers have entered Eurovision three times, finishing eighth with "Discoteque" in 2021 and winning the replacement show in 2020 with "On Fire" when the original contest was cancelled.

The Bros. Landreth

Four bandmates. Two brothers. Canadian roots-rockers who serve up the bluesy wail of electric guitars, the swell of B3 organ, and the harmonized swoon of two voices that were born to mesh.

Saults

With a viral guitar solo, and 100 million views, brilliant French sibling duo Antoine and Greg Saults are inspired by 70’s and 80’s pop music and praised by The Who's Pete Townshend as playing "in the same league as The 1975."

Tanner and the Tones

A 19 piece powerhouse jazz big band from Manchester that brings the timeless energy of jazz to life.

Macharia - Soul Safari

With music in Swahili, Kikuyu, and English, Macharia invites the audience on a journey of self-discovery, transformation, and cultural storytelling as she blends her own original compositions with Kenyan coastal and Kikuyu folk traditions.