WHAT'S ON AT THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER
What's On at the Albert Hall, Manchester
Albert Hall Manchester is a Grade II listed venue hosting music, comedy, Bongo’s Bingo, Backyard Cinema and festivals. Originally built as a Methodist Central Hall in 1908, this Baroque and Gothic style venue has also been a nightclub, and officially reopened as a concert venue in early 2014. It can hold around 2’500 standing guests.
Live music and club events premier throughout the year with artists such as Beck, Sam Smith, Primal Scream, Fatboy Slim, Manic Street Preachers, and Placebo having performed here. Club nights include La Discotheque, Warehouse Project and Glitterbox. Albert Hall Manchester also homes corporate events. Clients include Sony, Boohoo, and Bruntwood.
Albert Hall Manchester also hosts theatre and cabaret style seated events with a capacity of 300. Shows, events, and productions to look forward to include White Lies, Mumford & Sons, The Fratellis, Echo & The Bunnymen, Leigh-Anne, Jessie J, RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 7 Tour, and One Night In Nashville. See what's on at the Albert Halls Manchester below and book tickets online.
Albert Hall Manchester is a Grade II listed venue hosting music, comedy, Bongo’s Bingo, Backyard Cinema and festivals. Originally built as a Methodist Central Hall in 1908, this Baroque and Gothic style venue has also been a nightclub, and officially reopened as a concert venue in early 2014. It can hold around 2’500 standing guests.
Live music and club events premier throughout the year with artists such as Beck, Sam Smith, Primal Scream, Fatboy Slim, Manic Street Preachers, and Placebo having performed here. Club nights include La Discotheque, Warehouse Project and Glitterbox. Albert Hall Manchester also homes corporate events. Clients include Sony, Boohoo, and Bruntwood.
Albert Hall Manchester also hosts theatre and cabaret style seated events with a capacity of 300. Shows, events, and productions to look forward to include White Lies, Mumford & Sons, The Fratellis, Echo & The Bunnymen, Leigh-Anne, Jessie J, RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 7 Tour, and One Night In Nashville. See what's on at the Albert Halls Manchester below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Albert Hall, Manchester
What's On at the Albert Hall, Manchester
WU LYF
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 June 2026
Described by Q magazine in 2011 as "Manchester's next great band" WU LYF (pronounced "Woo Life") - "World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation" - they originally adopted a mysterious indentity, or as one critic put it, "an ability to maintain mys...D12
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 19 June 2026
The platinum selling Shady Records hip-hop collective return to the UK Formed by Proof in 1996, local Detroit rappers joined his collective, such as Bizarre, Bugz, and Da Brigade members Mr. Porter and Kuniva. Following the murder of Bu...
The Black Crowes
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 25 June 2026
Although essentially a modern blues rock group, chart-topping Atlanta, Georgia brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, better known as The Black Crowes, cite many musical influences, such as psychedelic pop from the 1960s, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the ...Knocked Loose
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 June 2026
Kentucky metalcore band Knocked Loose open up the pit with a brutal sound that falls between hardcore, punk, and metal, even incorporating elements of death metal, going from strength to strength with fans among their peers. ...The Groove Chorus
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 June 2026
Get ready to dance all night with The Groove Chorus! Featuring a choir of 40 singers and a 9-piece live band, they serve up dance anthems with a disco twist. Naturally, they are joined by a resident pole dancer, special drag queens, and lot...Hamza Namira
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 28 June 2026
Described as the 'new Sayed Darwish', Egyptian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hamza Namira (حَمزة نَمِرة) has become one of the leading figures in Egypt and the Middle East's music scene. Through luminous expressio...Jinkx Monsoon
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 11 July 2026
Two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner, comedian, award-winning actress, and Broadway supernova Jinkx Monsoon brings her new comedy and concert show, 'Speaking of Witch' to town. ...African Heritage Festival
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 28 August 2026
An unforgettable celebration of African (Ghanaian) music and unity. Get ready for an unforgettable night at the African Heritage Festival 2026 featuring electrifying performances from Kofi Kinaata, Wendy Shay, Akwaboah, and the Davison Band...Syd
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 31 August 2026
Los Angeles neo-soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ Syd (formerly known as Syd tha Kyd) rose to prominence as a key member of the hip-hop collective Odd Future. She gained wider fame in 2011 by co-founding the alternative R&B ...GK Barry
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 1 September 2026
She's hilarious, honest and completely unfiltered - and now she's hitting the road. Join GK Barry as she celebrates the release of her new book, It's Giving Life, with an unmissable live tour packed full of laughs, oversharing, and some ...The Dresden Dolls
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 10 September 2026
Formed in Boston in 2000 after a chance meeting at a Halloween party, Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione quickly established The Dresden Dolls as a singular force in the underground music and art scene. Their fusion of theatricality, punk ene...Electric Wizard
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 17 September 2026
Considered by many to literally be The Heaviest Band In The World, Electric Wizard is more like a cult than a band. Taken their name from two Black Sabbath songs - "Electric Funeral" and "The Wizard" - the Dorset stoner metal act conjure up...Danny Beard
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 18 September 2026
Descibed by Graham Norton as "high fashion, hilarious and hairy! What's not to love?", the Liverpool-born, Manchester-living winner of RuPaul's Drag Race U.K. is hitting the road again! Multi-award winning cabaret artist Danny, one half of...Can I Be Candid?
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 20 September 2026
Can I Be Candid? The break-out hit podcast is a blast of honesty from online phenomenon Perrie Sian and the Candid Crew, with no scripts, no fluff, and now it's time to take this show on the road. Can I Be Candid? Live On Tour is the ultima...
Home Free
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 21 September 2026
Country music all vocal a cappella quintet Home Free have made their mark on the music scene, racking up nearly 600,000 album equivalents globally; embarking on major international tours; amassing 500+ million views and over 1.5 million sub...Rhiannon Giddens
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Rhiannon Giddens has made a singular, iconic career out of stretching her brand of folk music, with its miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, into just about every field imaginable. A two-time GRAMMY Award & Pulitzer P...The Lemonheads
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Evan Dando's Boston, Massachusetts, grunge rockers The Lemonheads finally found popularity in 1992 with their fifth album, which spawned the hit singles "Mrs. Robinson", "It's a Shame About Ray", "Confetti", and "My Drug Buddy." They...Aries Spears
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
Critically acclaimed comedian, Aries Spears, known for his sharp wit and charisma, is finally heading to Europe with his Euro Trip tour. Ever since Chicago native Aries Spears was 14 years old, he has been a force to be reckoned with in t...Aries Spears
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 8 October 2026
Critically acclaimed comedian, Aries Spears, known for his sharp wit and charisma, is finally heading to Europe with his Euro Trip tour. Ever since Chicago native Aries Spears was 14 years old, he has been a force to be reckoned with in t...Band Of Horses
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 10 October 2026
Delivering strikingly beautiful woodsy, dreamy indie folk rock with sophisticated arrangements which ooze amorphous tension, longing and hope, the raw ethos that lies at the heart of the Charleston, South Carolina band is the emotionally i...Band of Horses Manchester Tickets
The Mountain Goats
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 16 October 2026
The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific former California nurse John Darnielle and whatever cast of musicians he's working with at the moment, which means the indie folk sound may change from pr...Sol and the Gang
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 18 October 2026
A high-energy journey through the decades - from Motown to present day - blending timeless RnB classics with premium production and tight musicianship. Founded by award-winning artist and choreographer J-Sol of The X Factor fame, the hand-p...Cabaret Voltaire
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 19 October 2026
Stephen 'Mal' Mallinder and Chris Watson celebrate 50 years since Cabaret Voltaire first performed live. The first performance, at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975, the live launch of one of Britain's most influential a...Lake Street Dive
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 24 October 2026
Since forming in 2004, Lake Street Dive have matched their sophisticated musicianship with a fearless refusal to limit their sound, creating joyously soulful rock & roll with equal parts ingenuity, intelligence, and irresistible abandon....Foy Vance
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 25 October 2026
Foy Vance, folk rock singer and songwriter from Bangor, Northern Ireland, has earned acclaim from fans and fellow musicians alike with critical praise and invites on tours from Ed Sheeran, Bonnie Raitt, Marcus Foster, Snow Patrol and Sir El...Arlo Parks
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 26 October 2026
Inspired by an eclectic mix of artists from Radiohead to Portishead, and Sufjan Stevens to Solange, in Arlo Parks' world, words are as useful as photographs. Luscious, expressive vignettes pepper the poetic lyrics in the sweet, ruminative i...Slayyyter
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 30 October 2026
Missouri rising electropop trailblazer Slayyyter (aka Catherine Garner) delves deep into her pop stardom with an extravagant Los Angeles starlet persona. With songs centered around themes of fame, sex, femme fatales, and celebrity obsessi...
Cat Power
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall, better known as Cat Power, pursues the slinky Hi Records sound of the '70s - folk singers, blues singers, and everything in between -with a sensuous feel and beguiling rhythms such as Memphis horns, funky stri...Seb Lowe
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 13 November 2026
Manchester-based Seb Lowe has burst out of nowhere. (Okay Saddleworth...). Good in that this can be a younger child with a head stuffed with phrases which are his weapons and telling his fact and a guitar that could be a machine gun of riff...Adam F LIVE - 30 Years of Circles
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 14 November 2026
Albert Hall welcomes Adam F for a very special live celebration marking 30 years of the groundbreaking album Colours....Bonnie Prince Billy
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 16 November 2026
With an eclectic blend which lends not only to a flow of moments so fluidly encompassing of a wide range of musics from classical to Japanese acid folk and elsewhere, prolific Kentucky freak folk singer-songwriter and actor Will Oldham, bet...Daniel Kitson
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 18 November 2026
Thrum is the new comedy show from Daniel Kitson. There's the sound of somewhere else and the permanence of a plant pot and the ubiquity of a phrase and the heartbreaking brevity of a very long time. There's figs and worms and an old dog re...WH Lung
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 20 November 2026
Named after a Chinese cash & carry in their native Manchester, electronic pop group W.H. Lung serve up a vivacious concoction of krautrock, synth pop and infectious grooves, which has topped end of year lists with the likes of Piccadilly...Waylon Wyatt
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 22 November 2026
Waylon Wyatt is a young Folk/Country artist born and raised in Hackett, Arkansas. Inspired by red-dirt contemporaries Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan, Waylon began writing songs at fifteen, workshopping them after long summer days spent worki...East 17
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 24 November 2026
One of the UK's biggest ever boy bands and true trailblazers of the 90s pop era, East 17 have sold over 22 million albums and scored eighteen Top 20 singles from a catalogue packed with era-defining hits. The iconic London boy band were for...Biology Of Belief With Bruce Lipton
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 26 November 2026
A revolutionary journey into the grand convergence of the Body-Mind-Spirit trinity. We live in a world full of crises, but from an evolutionary standpoint, these crises ignite evolution. Join American writer and lecturer Bruce on a fast-pac...R&B Orchestra
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 27 November 2026
Get ready to experience the golden era of R&B reimagined by a live orchestra. From the heartfelt ballads of the '90s R&B to the club classics of the 2000s and beyond, this is more than just a concert; it's a love letter to R&B. Expect to ...Chicane
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 28 November 2026
Trance legend Chicane (aka Nicholas Bracegirdle) is best known for the UK chart-topping "Don't Give Up" (featuring Bryan Adams), and Top 10 hits "Stoned in Love" (featuring Tom Jones), "Poppiholla", "Offshore", and "Sunstroke", as well ...Cameron Winter (Geese)
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 30 November 2026
In 2024, Cameron Winter stepped out from the whirlwind of life on the road as vocalist of New York rock band Geese to unveil his solo debut Heavy Metal, which has taken the world by storm. Expect a live show that's intimate, unpredictab...Hermanos Gutiérrez
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 2 December 2026
Latin instrumental band Hermanos Gutierrez (Spanish for "Gutierrez Brothers") are made up of Ecuadorian-Swiss brothers Alejandro Gutierrez (guitar and lap steel) and Estevan Gutierrez (guitar and percussion) from Zurich. The band's genre ha...Westside Cowboy
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 5 December 2026
With echoes of fellow Manchester bands, The Travelling Band and Alfie, "Britainicana" indie band Westside Cowboy formed after meeting at The University of Manchester. With millions of streams on Spotify, they have supported Geese on the Eur...
Elmiene
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 6 December 2026
Elmiene's voice is undeniable, resurrecting the theatrics and vocal chops of old-school R&B loverboys with the timeless philosophies of our soul titans and filters it through a refreshingly modern production prism of jagged synths, metallic...Tori Kelly
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 7 December 2026
California pop star Tori Kelly first gained recognition after posting videos on YouTube as a teenager, and made it through to Hollywood week on the ninth season of American Idol in 2010. She picked up two Grammy Awards for her gospel album ...Ash
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 8 December 2026
Platinum-selling, chart-topping Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, alternative rockers Ash are best known for their 1995 hit "Girl from Mars", as well as UK Top 10 singles "Goldfinger", "Oh Yeah", "Shining Light", and "A Life Less Ordinary" ...Barenaked Ladies
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 9 December 2026
Known for their tremendous hits and incredible live shows, over the course of their remarkable 30 year career, the Canadian rockers have sold over 15 million albums, written multiple top 20 hits including "One Week" (which reached UK no.5 i...Kodaline
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 15 December 2026
Critically-acclaimed Irish indie folk quartet Kodaline broke onto the scene when their debut single "All I Want" topped the Irish charts in 2013, heralding their Platinum selling album In a Perfect World, which also spawned the hits "High ...The Milk Carton Kids
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 16 January 2027
Los Angeles indie folk duo The Milk Carton Kids, singer-guitarists Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, have been compared to Simon & Garfunkel. Their songs invite listeners to lean in close and hover in the small moments the music magnifies. ...Transatlantic Ensemble - Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 22 January 2027
After multiple sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and right across the UK, the Transatlantic Ensemble will perform Fleetwood Mac's iconic Rumours album in its entirety. Experience one of the greatest albums of all time, lovingl...The Fratellis
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 29 - Saturday 30 January 2027
The brashly melodic BRIT Award-winning indie rock trio from Glasgow mix the tried-and-true sounds of glam rock, stripped-down acoustic-driven tracks, and Class of 1977 punk with fun, energetic 70's Cali-rock, rockabilly and glorious hints ...Julia Jacklin
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 14 February 2027
Melbourne's Julia Jacklin has carved out a fearsome reputation as a direct lyricist, willing to excavate the parameters of intimacy and agency in indie folk songs both stark and raw, loose, and playful. Deeply personal, timeless songs featu...The View
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 4 March 2027
Dundee's The View came from humble beginnings to assert themselves as one of the most exciting young rock bands that only happens once in a generation. Plucked from their somewhat bleak youth training jobs and blasting straight into a numbe...Matt Mathews
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 17 March 2027
Matt Mathews is a comedian, Country singer/songwriter, and unapologetic trailblazer from Birmingham, Alabama, whose raw honesty, razor-sharp wit, and unmistakable Southern charm have made him one of comedy's fastest-rising stars. Life rarel...Sophie McCartney
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 March 2027
After a phenomenal debut tour, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is back! A new decade beckons and she DOES NOT BELIEVE IT! What does life look like when you're too old to be young, but too young to be old? Grab your glow sticks and j...Kings of Convenience
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 23 May 2027
Norwegian indie folk duo, Kings of Convenience (Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe) draw inspiration for rhythms, melodies and chords from all over: jazz, Brazilian music, house music. They are perhaps best known in the UK for their 2000 ind...How to get to the Albert Hall, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at Albert Hall, Manchester
