WHAT'S ON AT BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER
What's On at Band On The Wall, Manchester
Band On The Wall is a showcase venue for some of the best live music events in the world, celebrating the diverse musical wealth of all cultures and communities. Owned by Inner City Music, an impressive renovation in 2022 saw its capacity increase to 520.
Great live music, producing national tours and international artists are a staple for Band On The Wall, with a reputation for bringing outstanding jazz, blues, folk and international music to the heart of Manchester. They also provide a platform for local artists to make music and to educate themselves via accessible digital content.
Band on the Wall has always been a place to be, and in the 1970’s even hosted the likes of Buzzcocks, The Fall and Joy Division during the punk scene. This multi award winning venue has plenty of shows, events, and productions to look forward to including Jazzy Jeff, Clinton Baptiste, The Sound Of Joy Division, and Willy Mason. Band On The Wall will be hosting Un-Convention Manchester in November 2025 and and Manchester Folk Festivalin March 2026. See what's on at Band On The Wall Manchester below and book tickets online.
Band On The Wall is a showcase venue for some of the best live music events in the world, celebrating the diverse musical wealth of all cultures and communities. Owned by Inner City Music, an impressive renovation in 2022 saw its capacity increase to 520.
Great live music, producing national tours and international artists are a staple for Band On The Wall, with a reputation for bringing outstanding jazz, blues, folk and international music to the heart of Manchester. They also provide a platform for local artists to make music and to educate themselves via accessible digital content.
Band on the Wall has always been a place to be, and in the 1970’s even hosted the likes of Buzzcocks, The Fall and Joy Division during the punk scene. This multi award winning venue has plenty of shows, events, and productions to look forward to including Jazzy Jeff, Clinton Baptiste, The Sound Of Joy Division, and Willy Mason. Band On The Wall will be hosting Un-Convention Manchester in November 2025 and and Manchester Folk Festivalin March 2026. See what's on at Band On The Wall Manchester below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Band On The Wall, Manchester
What's On at Band On The Wall, Manchester
Marconi Union
Band on the Wall
Thursday 19 June 2025
Marconi Union (LIVE AV) return to The Yard to perform tracks from recent new album Signals as well as selections from their highly acclaimed discography. Despite having released twelve albums in the last eighteen years the Manchester musici...Jazzy Jeff
Alison Burns & Martin Taylor
Band on the Wall
Sunday 22 June 2025
Martin Taylor is widely considered to be the world's foremost exponent of solo jazz and fingerstyle guitar playing. He dazzles audiences with a signature style that artfully combines his virtuosity, emotion and humour with a strong, engagin...Clinton Baptiste
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy ...Start to End - Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen
Band on the Wall
Thursday 26 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
A group of Scotland's leading young musicians perform a selection of albums from Start to End. Organised by Admiral Fallow's Joe Rattray with Pronto Mama duo Craig McMahon and Martin Johnston. ...Black Uhuru
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
For over 50 years Black Uhuru has remained one of the most popular recognized prolific reggae band from Jamaica. The living legends have earned several achievements in the music industry including winning the first ever Grammy Award for reg...Lady Wray
Band on the Wall
Thursday 3 July 2025
Multi-million streamed R&B artist "Lady Wray carries the charisma of a Jackson 5 family member, while also boasting similar vocal prowess to an icon such as Aretha Franklin." -Consequence of Sound. Only a few people in the world can take th...YolanDa Brown
BCUC
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 6 July 2025
From Soweto, South Africa, BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) deliver full power indigenous funk, hiphop consciousness and punk rock energy. If you've not had the pleasure of experiencing their unmissable live show, you can expect h...Peatbog Faeries
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 17 July 2025
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary multi-award winning Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influe...Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division
Band on the Wall
Friday 18 July 2025
Devoted to recreating the atmosphere of a live Joy Division gig, Transmission emulate the sound of one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era. Joy Division were formed in Manchester during the late 1970s and d...
Held By Trees
Band on the Wall
Sunday 27 July 2025
A new instrumental project sitting somewhere between post-rock and prog, bringing together veterans of bands such as Talk Talk, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits and Blur. Described by many reviewers as a cross between Spirit of Eden-era Talk Talk a...Tanya Stephens
JJ Grey & Mofro
Band on the Wall
Friday 8 August 2025
From his early days playing cover music behind chicken wire at a west side Jacksonville juke joint while still working at a lumberyard, to playing sold-out shows at some of the largest venues and music festivals in the world, JJ Grey has al...The Fatback Band
Thumpasaurus
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 14 August 2025
?10+. Under 16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Thumpasaurus?UK/EU summer 2025 tour - MANCHESTER, Band on the Wall....
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KNOWER
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 12 September 2025
KNOWER are a searing hot music group from Los Angeles spearheading a new musical movement or as they call it CONSCIOUS RACK-ROP. The LA duo are drummer-producer Louis Cole and singer Genevieve Artadi, known for their hard-hitting funk, cool...
FAUN
Band on the Wall
Wednesday 24 September 2025
With influences of Celtic folk and medieval music fusing with driving beats, Platinum-selling Munich ensemble FAUN combines medieval & ancient instruments with modern influences to create an enchanting and powerful atmosphere, taking the au...Nearly Dan - The Spirit & Sound of Steely Dan
Band on the Wall
Saturday 27 September 2025
Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear the meticulously crafted grooves and allusive lyrical style of Donald Fagen & Walter Becker. Nearly Dan's approach is faithful, thou...Kira Mac
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 28 September 2025
Led by the captivating Rhiannon Kira Hill, who starred on ITV's Voice UK in 2022, Kira Mac is a band built on straight up old school blues rock riffs with a modern edge, a lot of flares, soul and double shots of rock n roll. Twinning powerh...Allo Darlin'
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
We're excited to be welcoming Allo Darlin' back - for their first Manchester show in over 10 years!Allo Darlin' were formed in 2008 after Australian Elizabeth Morris arrived in London and bought a ukulele from the Duke of Uke shop in Shored...
Robert Forster & His Swedish Band
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Monday 13 October 2025
We?re excited to be welcoming Robert Forster back ? this time, to Band on the Wall, with His Swedish Band. Robert Forster is a Brisbane based singer-songwriter and author. In 1978, with Queensland University friend Grant McLennan, he co-fou...Pete Roth Trio Feat. Bill Bruford
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Joe Armon-Jones + Support
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
influential songwriter spanning jazz, dub, electronic, pop, and hip-hop...
Lack of Afro
Band on the Wall
Wednesday 5 November 2025
A colossus of the funk & soul world,  Adam Gibbons (aka Lack of Afro) has been releasing music for 17 years and continues to go from strength to strength with the release of Square One in 2023, his eighth album under the Lack of Afro mo...Emma-Jean Thackray
Band on the Wall
Thursday 6 November 2025
The Yorkshire-raised, South East London based bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and producer draws glowing lines between '70s jazz fusion and P-funk, the cosmic invocations of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane and the gorgeous orchestration of the ...Stone Foundation
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 8 November 2025
Inspired by Stax Records, the Spencer Davis Group, and the Style Council, this Warwickshire, England-based modern soul band released material at a steady rate for over a decade before Paul Weller offered to produce their 2017 album, St...
Martin Stephenson and The Daintees
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 9 November 2025
County Durham singer-songwriter Martin Stephenson's early love of literature and music led to the formation of the first Daintees line-up in his early teens. Never pandering to a particular scene, Stephenson's lightness of touch on a varied...
The Subways
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 13 November 2025
Displayed a melodic maturity far beyond the band's tender years, Welwyn Garden City rockers The Subways veer from rambunctious punk thrash to tender acoustic pop through grungy blues-infected dynamos like the addictive top 30 singles, 'Oh...How to get to Band On The Wall, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at Band On The Wall, Manchester
