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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

Dermot Kennedy

A second home coming for the Multi-platinum selling, chart-topping, BRIT Award-winning, Manchester United supporting Dublin folk pop star.

Calum Scott

The soulful pop artist from Hull first found fame on Britain's Got Talent.

Billy Ocean

A stadium date for the biggest selling black recording star Britain has ever produced.

Madison Beer

Ariane Grande-influenced New York pop star who has enjoyed unprecedented success following her viral rise from a YouTube discovery by Justin Bieber.

The Lottery Winners

A stadium homecoming for the chart topping Salford act with support from Frank Turner and Reverend & the Makers.

Big Thief

Brooklyn indie rockers with folk roots whose songs search for a deep level of self-acceptance, grounded on dried-out, cracked desert dirt.

AVIVA Studios Warehouse, Manchester
Weds 27 & Thu 28 May 2026.

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Pinkpantheress

Bath singer and TikTok star who serves up garage influenced songs which are frequently short in length and include samples of music from the 1990s and 2000s.

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Bank Holiday Mon 25 + Tue 26 May 2026.

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Marina

Chart-topping Welsh electropop singer Marina Diamandis - also known by her previous persona, Marina and the Diamonds - is best known for her hits "Primadonna", "I am Not a Robot", and "Baby".

AVIVA Studios Warehouse, Manchester
Sat 30 May 2026.

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Go Your Own Way

Ray LaMontagne

Grammy award-winning folk star commemorates the 20th anniversary of the release of his seminal debut album, Trouble.

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Weds 27 May 2026.

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Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

Renowned for their joyous, high-energy live shows, the multi-talented troupe of New York singers, dancers and instrumentalists put a retro spin on everything from ’70s rock classics and ’80s Britpop staples to today’s chart-toppers, movie themes and even video-game soundtracks.

Love the 90s Festival

A full day packed with feel-good anthems, singalong moments and iconic 90s energy as Basshunter, DJ Sammy, DJ Sash!, Livin' Joy ft Luzahnn, N-Trance (DJ v MC Set), Phats & Small, Sweet Female Attitude and Ultrabeat.

Toots and The Maytals Featuring Leba Hibbert

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert's daughter Leba Hibbert continues the legacy of the Jamaican reggae and ska legend.

Cobrah

Described as the "Lesbian Queen of Sweden's Fetish Scene", Swedish singer Clara Christensen has gone from being a primary school teacher to making electronic pop music influenced by the BDSM scene in Stockholm.

The Handsome Family

Songwriting husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks have been defining the dark end of Americana for over 30 years.

Sofia Isella

Beck and Nine Inch Nails inspired rising Californian alt visionary and musical polymath who rose to fame on on TikTok, before opening for the likes of Melanie Martinez, Tom Odell, Taylor Swift, and Glass Animals.

The Big Push

Brighton based buskers turned band consisting of three front men Ren, Romain Axisa and Gorran Kendall with drummer Glenn Chambers.

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Fri 29 May 2026.

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Skippinish

The very best of contemporary Celtic music from the Isle of Tiree with a unique and sublime mix of chart-topping, self-penned songs and powerful bagpipe, fiddle and accordion-led tune sets.

Lulu

The UK’s greatest female rock n roll legend.

Rickie Lee Jones

Iconic American musician, storyteller, and two-time Grammy winner, best known for her groundbreaking self-titled debut in 1979 - which spawned the UK Top 20 hit "Chuck E.'s in Love."

Sugar

Fromer Hüsker Dü guitar driven rockers whose now-classic debut album, Copper Blue, was named NME’s 1992 “Album of the Year.”

Rhinestone Rodeo

The popular country music club night returns to Manchester.

RNB vs Garage

The club night which blends RNB with UK garage hits.

The 30+ Club

Daytime clubbing for the over 30s.

Manchester Club Academy
Sat 30 May 2026 + more dates.
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Kortez

The first tour outside of Poland for one of the country's most successful musicians who blends elements of classical, film, pop, electronic, jazz, and alternative music.

Xdinary Heroes

South Korean rockers 엑스디너리 히어로즈 who have enjoyed Top 40 album chart success in Poland and Hungary as well as their home country where they supported Muse.

Teletech Hardcore

A homecoming for the techno night.

Bezstock

A Madchester festival.

Jerron Paxton

Described by The Wall Street Journal as "virtually the only music-maker of his generation — playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements — to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and '30s, the blues of Bessie Smith and Lonnie Johnson."