WHAT'S ON AT THE RNCM, MANCHESTER
What's On at the RNCM, Manchester
RNCM – The Royal Northern College Of Music is a conservatoire of The Royal Schools Of Music based in Manchester. As well as an education establishment, it also houses two venues. With a history dating back to the 1800’s, its current home on Oxford Road Manchester opened in 1973, with a refurbishment of the concert hall completing in 2014.
RNCM Concert Hall (capacity 443 - 710) and the RNCM Theatre (capacity approx. 600) have hosted many professional artists and organisations including Adele, BC Big Band, English Youth Ballet, Hugh Laurie, Jarvis Cocker, Manchester Jazz Festival, Rob Brydon and even Question Time.
RNCM has music programmes and series, shows, events, festivals, productions, concerts, comedy and ballets to look forward to including regular Monday and Thursday lunchtime showcase, Manchester Camarata, BBC Philharmonic, Chamber music, The Ultimate Classic Rock Show, Ballet Of Lights - Peter Pan In A Sparkling Show, Juno Birch, and An Evening With Francis Rossi. See what's on at the RNCM below and book tickets online.
RNCM – The Royal Northern College Of Music is a conservatoire of The Royal Schools Of Music based in Manchester. As well as an education establishment, it also houses two venues. With a history dating back to the 1800’s, its current home on Oxford Road Manchester opened in 1973, with a refurbishment of the concert hall completing in 2014.
RNCM Concert Hall (capacity 443 - 710) and the RNCM Theatre (capacity approx. 600) have hosted many professional artists and organisations including Adele, BC Big Band, English Youth Ballet, Hugh Laurie, Jarvis Cocker, Manchester Jazz Festival, Rob Brydon and even Question Time.
RNCM has music programmes and series, shows, events, festivals, productions, concerts, comedy and ballets to look forward to including regular Monday and Thursday lunchtime showcase, Manchester Camarata, BBC Philharmonic, Chamber music, The Ultimate Classic Rock Show, Ballet Of Lights - Peter Pan In A Sparkling Show, Juno Birch, and An Evening With Francis Rossi. See what's on at the RNCM below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at RNCM, Manchester
What's On at the RNCM, Manchester
Steven Osborne
RNCM Concert Hall
Tuesday 17 June 2025
 Internationally acclaimed Scottish pianist and RNCM alumnus, Steven Osborne is one of the most sought-after pianists in Britain. Known for his insightful interpretations and superb musicality, his numerous accolades include The Royal Phi...The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss
RNCM Concert Hall
Wednesday 18 June 2025
The finalists of the Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss, from the RNCM's School of Vocal Studies and Opera, present individually selected programmes from Strauss' extraordinary repertoire. The Joyce and Michael Kenne...Jasdeep Singh Degun
RNCM Concert Hall
Thursday 19 June 2025
A custodian of tradition with a restless passion for innovation, multi-award winning sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun is an anomaly indeed. Unconstrained by genre, the Leeds-born virtuoso's extraordinary skill and creativity are reshaping the m...RNCM Opera Scenes
RNCM Theatre
Thursday 19 June 2025
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...RNCM Gold Medal - Classical Final
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 21 June 2025
The RNCM Gold Medal celebrates solo performance and new music at its best from the next generation of musicians. A day of outstanding live music, rounding off with the Winner's Announcement where two competitors will be awarded the College'...RNCM Gold Medal - Composition Final
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 21 June 2025
The RNCM Gold Medal celebrates solo performance and new music at its best from the next generation of musicians. A day of outstanding live music, rounding off with the Winner's Announcement where two competitors will be awarded the College'...Greater Manchester and Blackburn with Darwen Music Hub Celebration Concert
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 22 June 2025
The Greater Manchester and Blackburn with Darwen Music Hub partnership brings together educators and professional musicians to ensure that students can access the very best musical opportunities and experiences. The five GM Youth Ensembles ...RNCM Spotlight - Mendelssohn's Octet
Carol Nash Recital Room
Tuesday 24 June 2025
A cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire, Mendelssohn's Octet combines rich orchestral textures with intricate interplay, written when the composer was just 16 and performed here by two chamber groups. ...Dangerous Matter: A New Opera on Medicine Memory…
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 24 June 2025
ProgrammeZakiya Leeming Dangerous MatterPerformersZakiya Leeming composerSam Redway Wells director, dramaturgMelvin Tay conductorRosie Middleton Lady Mary Wortley MontaguRuth Harley Sarah Chiswell / Multi-roleAnkur Dang Princess Caroline / ...RNCM Guitars
RNCM, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
PerformersCraig Ogden directorRNCM Students from the School of StringsAboutCurated by internationally acclaimed classical guitarist and RNCM Professor Craig Ogden, this evening of performances showcases the artistry of RNCM guitar students....RNCM Spotlight - Aurora Winds
Carol Nash Recital Room
Thursday 26 June 2025
Aurora Winds performs new works for wind quintet influenced by hip-hop, the Talking Heads, Annie Clarke, Sigur Ros, and Radiohead. ...RNCM Big Band with Iain Ballamy (saxophone)
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 26 June 2025
PerformersIain Dixon directorIain Ballamy saxophoneRNCM Big BandAboutListed between Count Basie and Chet Baker in the BBC?s publication 100 Jazz Greats, Iain Ballamy has spent over three decades transcending musical genres, blending strong ...RNCM Symphony Orchestra
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
 The Royal Northern College of Music's Symphony Orchestra round off an exceptional year of music making with a celebratory concert at The Bridgewater Hall. Antony Hermus returns to conduct RNCM students in a performance of one of Mahler's...Explore@RNCM
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 29 June 2025
AboutExplore@RNCM returns this June, and we can?t wait to welcome you and your family for a day filled with music, creativity, and shared experiences. Join us in the heart of Manchester for an afternoon bursting with live performances, hand...Juno Birch
RNCM Theatre
Wednesday 2 July 2025
 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Juno Birch the absolutely stunning outlandish blue alien who'd love nothing more than to speak to the manager of Earth. Juno travel's the Earth and probes the absurdity of life on this planet, in her...
Wigan Music Service: Strings in Concert
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 11 July 2025
A varied programme of string repertoire ranging from popular arrangements to classical favourites, performed by Wigan Junior, Intermediate and Youth String Orchestras.6.30pm / Doors7pm / Main Event?Tickets:Full Price ?9Over 60 / Under 18 / ...Wigan Music Service: Youth Orchestra in Concert
RNCM, Manchester
Monday 14 July 2025
Wigan Youth Orchestra is joined by specially invited students to take part in a side-by-side performance of Brahms? Academic Festival Overture to open this event.? Grace Butcher (soloist for the Binge Saxophone Concerto) is a former Wigan M...Wigan Music Service: Brass and Percussion Gala
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Hundreds of young brass musicians and percussionists have graduated from the Wigan Music Service brass department and the flagship Wigan Youth Brass Band. This concert showcases the work of the current brass and percussion departments throu...Wigan Music Service: Woodwind Extravaganza
RNCM, Manchester
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Wigan Music Service is proud to present the Woodwind Ensembles, including Flute and Saxophone Ensemble along with the Junior and Youth Concert Band.7pm / Doors7.30pm / Main EventTickets:Full Price ?9Over 60 / Under 18 / Student ?6 ...Germaine Kruip - A Possibility
RNCM Theatre
Thursday 17 - Sunday 20 July 2025
A Possibility is a new artwork for the theatre by Dutch artist Germaine Kruip exploring the possibilities of perception, sound and performance. Performed at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), the piece features new compositions by ...Do You Own the Dançefloor? (15) + Q&A
RNCM Theatre
Saturday 30 August 2025
Step back into the legendary world of The Hacienda, the iconic Manchester nightclub that defined an era with this 10th anniversary screening of Do You Own the Dancefloor? featuring special guests and a Q&A. This documentary captures the un...CANCELLED: Do You Own the Dançefloor
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 30 August 2025
We regret to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances, the 10th anniversary screening of Do You Own the Dan?efloor? at the RNCM on Saturday 30 August 2025 has been cancelled, and all tickets will be refunded. Step back into the legenda...Northern Doctors' Orchestra
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 7 September 2025
ProgrammeBedrich Smetana M? VlastLudwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37Antonin Dvo??k Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70PerformersJulian Davis pianoRohan Shotton conductorNorthern Doctors? OrchestraAboutThe Northern Doctors? ...No Rolls Barred
RNCM Theatre
Tuesday 9 September 2025
No Rolls Barred is one of the UK's top tabletop channels on YouTube, a bunch of friends and comedians playing board games to show you just how fun board gaming can be. Famous for their regular series' House Rules, Board Game Club and Bl...Luke Morley (Thunder)
RNCM Concert Hall
Thursday 11 September 2025
Luke Morley has stood at the very heart of UK rockers Thunder since 1989 as their guitarist, chief songwriter and producer. He's been a lynchpin in their 14 albums' success and served a crucial role in building up these rock heroes' loyal f...AURI
RNCM Theatre
Friday 12 September 2025
In the fleeting moments between the state of being awake and reaching the doors of dreamworld lies a borderland whence comes the mood music of ancient stories told - the celestial unison of three creative souls known as AURI. Originally bor...DakhaBrakha
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 3 October 2025
ДахаБраха (pronounced "DakhaBrakha") is a music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine making a world of unexpected new music with its uncompromising vocal range and self-proclaimed "ethno-chaos." The group was created in 2004 at the Center of...New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division and Manchester
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 4 - Friday 10 October 2025
The brand-new stage production of New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division & Manchester celebrates its 10th anniversary. The new touring production is written by Brian Gorman, produced & directed by Giles D Bastow and Sean Mason fo...Simon & Oscar (Ocean Colour Scene)
RNCM Theatre
Saturday 11 October 2025
In 2015 Ocean Colour Scene celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a sell-out acoustic tour of some of the most prestigious UK Concert Halls, it was not only their most successful for 15 years, but also their best received, with ecstatic aud...Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
RNCM Theatre
Sunday 12 October 2025
Co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the legendary rock band Status Quo, Francis Rossi embarks on a solo tour performing fan favourites from a remarkable 50+year career.  Also known as the GOMOR (The...
Eddi Reader (Fairground Attraction)
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 18 October 2025
The supremely talented, unique and charismatic triple BRIT award-winning Scottish folk pop singer delivers the most consistently beautiful, often deeply personal and intimate songs, including the charming acoustic pop of 1988 chart-topper P...The Blow Monkeys + The Christians
RNCM Theatre
Saturday 18 October 2025
British pop royalty, The Blow Monkeys and The Christians have announced a co-headline UK tour. Both bands continue to create great new music and are live acts to be reckoned with. The Blow Monkeys' new album Birdsong will be released ahea...O'Hooley & Tidow
RNCM Concert Hall
Tuesday 21 October 2025
 After 15 years of performing together, eight studio albums, four BBC Folk Award nominations, composing Gentleman Jack as the BBC/HBO drama theme tune and hundreds of venues and festivals across the UK and Europe, the much loved Yorkshire...Julie Fowlis
RNCM Theatre
Monday 27 October 2025
"If snow could sing, it would sing like Julie Fowlis..." ... this is how her pure Northern voice was described by acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane. Hailing from the Outer Hebrides and now based in the Highlands, Julie Fowlis is ...Hallé Chamber Series: John Adams Chamber Symphony
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
ProgrammeJohn Adams Chamber SymphonyJohn Adams Hallelujah JunctionJohn Adams John?s Book of Alleged DancesPerformersEuan Shields conductor?Eliza McCarthy, James McVinnie pianoMusicians from the Hall? and RNCMAboutAlongside the symphonic pie...Beth Nielsen Chapman & Judie Tzuke
RNCM Theatre
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Two of the most revered female singer-songwriters unite for an evening of unparalleled music. Texas singer Beth Nielsen Chapman has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame while London folk pop rocker Judie Tzuke is best ...The Amy Winehouse Band
RNCM Theatre
Wednesday 12 November 2025
 In this stunning retrospective show, Amy's original band fronted by the exceptional young vocalist Bronte Shand, celebrate her era defining music and live performances. This is the only completely authentic re-imagining of the Amy Wineh...The Van Morrison Alumni Band
RNCM Theatre
Saturday 15 November 2025
An all-star revue staring long-time members of Van Morrison's band. The Van Morrison Alumni Band, a repertoire company unlike any other, features the musicians who played thousands of concerts and recorded hundreds of songs with Van Morriso...Penguin Cafe
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 22 November 2025
Avant-pop from musician, composer, and producer Arthur Jeffes and his Penguin Cafe ensemble, performing music from their Handfuls of Night record and back catalogue. Combining folk, classical, and minimalism in a style distinctive to the Pe...BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025 - Friday 1 May 2026
ProgrammeB?la Bart?k DivertimentoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for StringsPerformersZo? Beyers directorBBC Philharmonic OrchestraAboutTonight, the string section takes centre stage. Written in 1939 as Europe teetered on the brink of war...Lucy Rose
RNCM Concert Hall
Sunday 1 March 2026
Lucy Rose is an elfin 20 year old songwriter with a voice that people instantly fall for. In her slight frame she combines purity of musical purpose, a beautifully grainy voice and a passionate, narrative songwriter's instincts with a thirs...AEG Presents MILOÅ
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 22 March 2026
RNCM on sale Thu 12 Jun at 10AMGeneral on sale Fri 13 Jun at 10AMMILO? is one of the world?s most celebrated classical guitarists. His career began its meteoric rise in 2011, with the release of his international best-selling Deutsche Gramm...
How to get to the RNCM, Manchester
RNCM Frequently Asked Questions
124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD
The two closest public car parks to the RNCM are Booth Street West and Booth Street East.
Visitor parking is available in the RNCM underground carpark weekdays and Saturdays 5pm - 11.30pm and Sundays 6am - 11.30pm.
Please note that general traffic along Oxford Road is no longer permitted to use the route between 6am and 9pm, 7 days a week.
The nearest train station to the RNCM is Manchester Oxford Road and is approximately a 13 minute walk (0.5 miles).
Manchester Piccadilly is 0.8 miles/20 minute walk. Deansgate is 0.9 miles/21 minute walk and Manchester Victoria is 1.5 miles/33 minute walk.
The nearest tram stop to the RNCM is St Peter’s Square and is approximately a 15 minute walk (0.8 miles).
The RNCM Concert Hall has a seating capacity of between 443 - 710 depending on the layout.
The RNCM Theatre has a seating capacity of 600.
Click here for seating plans.
Please contact The RNCM directly. For further information on ticketing, please visit their how to book page.
If you would like to buy a ticket in person from RNCM Box Office, they open one hour prior to the event starting, and can only facilitate in person bookings for the performance showing on the day.
Alternatively, you can see what's on and book online here.
When we know of a duration of a show, we add it to the description of the show on our event pages. For example, on our Wicked event page, after the description of the show we have added the duration of the show in large capital letters. If the time isn't listed, we do not have the information yet. We update our pages daily so it maybe a case of knowing closer to the performance itself, so keep checking.
The RNCM curfew is 11pm. More precise timings are often confirmed close to the performance date.
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