WHAT'S ON AT THE O2 RITZ, MANCHESTER
What's On at the O2 Ritz, Manchester
O2 Ritz is a Grade II listed building and a live music venue known for its sprung dance floor. It has a capacity of 1500. Built in 1927, it was originally a dance hall before becoming a nightclub in the 60’s. Following varied ownership, in 2015 it was acquired by Live Nation Entertainment as part of the O2 Academy Group.
The O2 Ritz has seen megastars such as The Beatles, R.E.M, Morrissey, Happy Mondays, Adam Ant, and The Smiths premiered there in 1982. It is a multi-use venue space, capable of hosting anything from live music concerts and gigs, to a filming location, weddings, shows, productions, parties, conferences and award ceremonies.
Scotty McCreery, Gary Numan, Brutus Gold's Love Train, The Amy Winehouse Experience, Manchester Psych Fest, and Sonique are just a few events to look forward to. See what's on at O2 Ritz Manchester with Manchester Theatres below and book tickets online.
O2 Ritz is a Grade II listed building and a live music venue known for its sprung dance floor. It has a capacity of 1500. Built in 1927, it was originally a dance hall before becoming a nightclub in the 60’s. Following varied ownership, in 2015 it was acquired by Live Nation Entertainment as part of the O2 Academy Group.
The O2 Ritz has seen megastars such as The Beatles, R.E.M, Morrissey, Happy Mondays, Adam Ant, and The Smiths premiered there in 1982. It is a multi-use venue space, capable of hosting anything from live music concerts and gigs, to a filming location, weddings, shows, productions, parties, conferences and award ceremonies.
Scotty McCreery, Gary Numan, Brutus Gold's Love Train, The Amy Winehouse Experience, Manchester Psych Fest, and Sonique are just a few events to look forward to. See what's on at O2 Ritz Manchester with Manchester Theatres below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at O2 Ritz, Manchester
What's On at the O2 Ritz, Manchester
Brutus Gold's Love Train
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Lock up your daughters.... your mothers.... your self-tan spray and your cheap cologne! Brutus Gold and his Love Train are steaming into town for a night thick and heavy with 70s grooves. Self-proclaimed Puerto Rican Love God, Brutus Gold ...Osees (The Oh Sees)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 16 June 2025
With a stage show that's best described as sweat-drenched, a blistering back catalogue and several name changes along the way - Orinoka Crash Suite (1997-2003), OCS (2003-05), The Ohsees (2006), The Oh Sees (2007), Thee Oh Sees (2008-16), O...Kid Creole & The Coconuts
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 22 June 2025
Incorporating a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco and Latin American, Caribbean, and Cab Calloway styles conceptually inspired by the big band era, Platinum-selling "Tropical Gangsters" Kid Creole and the Coconu...Stephen Wilson Jr
Academy 2
Thursday 26 June 2025
Hard rock inspired Indiana Country music guitarist and singer/songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr. mixes Country and Rock for a Nirvana-influenced sound he describes as "Death Cab for Country." ...PROGRESS Wrestling - Chapter 181 - FAR FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 29 June 2025
PROGRESS WRESTLING Chapter 181 - Far From Ordinary People Sunday 29th June 2025 Doors 2pm Show starts 3pm. Please note that the ticket types are for different areas, and it is unreserved within those areas for the ticket type you choose. Se...Antarctic Monkeys - The Official Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 5 July 2025
The Official International Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band formed from a jamming session, and became a phenomenon in their own right, travelling the UK and Europe with numerous tours. The demand is now more than ever. Firmly established on the ...Geordie Greep (Black Midi)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 18 July 2025
Frontman and lead guitarist of London math rock band Black Midi, Geordie Greep has long been considered part of the emerging wave of British rock music known as the Windmill scene. Influenced by Frank Zappa and classical music, his debut so...The Amy Winehouse Experience
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 25 July 2025
Fronted by the enigmatic Caroline Lowe with a group of backing musicians, this is the UK's premier tribute to the often misunderstood and sadly missed talent of the late Amy Winehouse. From the creators of Lioness, The Amy Winehouse Experi...Guns 2 Roses - Tribute to Guns n' Roses
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 26 July 2025
Guns 2 Roses the UK's longest running Guns N Roses tribute have existed since late 2002 and in 11 years have become biggest GNR tribute in history. Some tributes tried but not one has and will come close to the authenticity, charisma and hu...Wolfmother
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Australian Grammy-winning rockers Wolfmother's burst on to the scene in 2005 with their self-titled debut album, which featured classic songs like the UK Top 40 hit "Woman" (which earned them Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2007 Grammys...Yngwie Malmsteen
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 1 August 2025
Widely recognised as one of the best guitarists of all time, Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish-American guitarist who first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal. As a teenager he was heavily influenced by ...Rhinestone Rodeo
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 9 August 2025
Saddle up, the UK's biggest country night is coming for ya! After selling out dates all over the UK and Ireland, Rhinestone Rodeo is an unforgettable Country celebration. You can expect to hear bangers all night as DJs spin hits from lege...The Lemonheads
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 16 August 2025
Performing their seminal 1992 album 'It's A Shame About Ray' in its entirety, Boston, Massachusetts, grunge rockers The Lemonheads celebrate 30 years of their their prestigious fifth album, which reached UK no.33 , and spawned the singles ...The White Buffalo
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 27 August 2025
As real and honest as they come, Oregon alt folk and country baritone The White Buffalo, aka songwriter Jake Smith, found fame in the Sons Of Anarchy. He delves into various aspects of history through the 19th and early 20th century through...Manchester Psych Fest
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 30 August 2025
Multi-venue festival at O2 Ritz, Manchester Albert Hall, Gorilla, CANVAS, YES and Deaf Institute. Ticket gains access to all venues. Â Venue capacities are based on first come first serve so please arrive early for specific acts. ...
Black Parade - 00's Emo Anthems
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 5 September 2025
The U.K's biggest emo party! Come dance to all the biggest emo bangers from: My Chemical Romance, Paramore, A Day To Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Pierce The Veil, Panic! At The Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Mayday Parade, Enter Shikari, All Amer...Scene Queen
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 5 September 2025
Hannah Collins, formerly ROSE, is the "Pretty in Pink" blonde New York singer known for coining the style "bimbocore", a "hyperfeminine offshoot of metalcore" that "blends the reclaimed hyperfeminine aesthetics and vocal distortions of genr...Scene Queen Manchester Tickets
The Southmartins - A Tribute to The Beautiful South & The Housemartins
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 6 September 2025
The Southmartins are a tribute act to the songs of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, The Beautiful South and The Housemartins. The seven-piece collective has built up a loyal following playing arenas, festivals, clubs and pubs (including Paul ...Cameron Whitcomb
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 7 September 2025
Canadian alt-country and folk pop star who has charted charted internationally with the singles "Quitter", "Medusa", "Hundred Mile High", and "Options". ...Poison The Well
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
The current hardcore scene wouldn't be what it is today without Miami metalcore act Poison The Well. They pretty much invented the "screamo /metalcore" genre. Their first two full lengths "The Opposite of December" and "Tear From The Red...Skye Newman
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 19 September 2025
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...Skye Newman Manchester Tickets
Old Time Sailors
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 21 September 2025
Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing! You will be sailing back to the 19th century for an immersive experience of traditional seafaring music perfor...Ruger
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 25 September 2025
Africa's pace-setter, Nigerian Afrobeats musician Ruger was introduced to the world in January 2021, with the release of "One Shirt"; a song which brought his striking signature style to the world and was followed by Platinum-selling hits i...The Crane Wives
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 26 September 2025
Born of the 2010's folk boom and now comfortably stationed in their rock and roll era, Michigan's The Crane Wives epitomise the evolving landscape of indie folk. Their high-energy performances have been described as "charged with emotion an...Niko B
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
Often compared to Mike Skinner of The Streets, the Buckinghamshire rapper, named after Grand Theft Auto IV's protagonist Niko Bellic, is best known for his UK Top 30 single "Who's That What's That". ...Atreyu
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 1 October 2025
California's own hardcore-metal outfit Atreyu return, exceeding all expectations and expanding the boundaries of metallic rock yet again. Â ...Man With a Mission
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 3 October 2025
Japan's greatest rock sensation flawlessly execute straight-up indie rock metal like the one and only pack of Wolves they are! Their distinguishing feature is that all of the members wear differently designed wolf masks during both their co...VIP Upgrades-MAN WITH A MISSION-Howling Across The World 2025
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 3 October 2025
MAN WITH A MISSION have announced their 15th anniversary HOWLING ACROSSTHE WORLD UK & European tour dates for October 2025....
Sonique
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
Brit Award and Ivor Novello winning North London singer, musician, and DJ, Sonique, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of her million selling debut album 'Hear My Cry'. She came to public attention as a member of dance band S'Express during th...The Wedding Present
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 10 October 2025
Stalwarts of the flourishing independent scene from the mid-eighties onwards and continuing to impact to this day, the Leeds-formed indie band, fronted by Manchester-raised David Gedge, were avidly championed by BBC Radio One's John Peel. T...Bleed From Within
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Glaswegian heavy metal band Bleed From Within "have breathed life into a kind of metal that has long become stagnant and they have done this on their own terms. No backing down and no comprising can be found." - Ghost Cult Magazine. "If you...Nena
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 12 October 2025
The most successful German pop singer in chart history, with over 25 million records sold, NENA is playing her first UK shows in 15 years. Featuring a 10-piece band, fans can expect to hear the 1983 smash hit '99 Red Balloons' and other ico...Nova Twins
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
 The London heavy rap rock renegades are the zeitgeist-capturing polymath pioneers that our times have been waiting for. Playing with genre and rich in different moods, textures, and layers, all the while retaining that purity and simplic...The Groove Chorus
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
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...New Model Army
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Formed in Bradford in 1980, New Model Army's beginnings were inspired by Northern Soul, Punk Rock and the incendiary atmosphere of the times. Since then, they have had a long, creative and eventful journey. They have been massively influent...Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple / Trapeze / Black Sabbath)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
The former bassist and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the 'Voice of Rock', Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the current front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, is pleased to announce that he will be per...Battle Beast
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Famous for their energetic shows, incredibly catchy choruses and odd sense of humour, Finland's Battle Beast are destined for glory after topping the charts in their homeland and hitting #11 in Germany. Having toured tirelessly since they w...Igorrr
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 23 October 2025
 Boasting an idiosyncratic experimental style, combining black metal, baroque music, breakcore, and trip hop into a singular sound, Igorrr is the pseudonym of French multi-instrumentalist and electronic producer Gautier Serre of electroni...Little Man Tate
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025
Back together once more, the original line up of the Sheffield indie rock band - who enjoyed UK Top 40 hits "Sexy In Latin", "Man I Hate Your Band", "House Party at Boothy's", "This Must Be Love" and "What? What You Got?" - pick-up exa...Fields of the Nephilim
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 26 October 2025
Formed in Stevenage, 1984, Fields of the Nephilim is the creation of vocalist and front man Carl McCoy. Highly influential, especially in the world of goth, but also within the metal and electronic genres, their legacy endures to this day. ...CAAMP
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 27 October 2025
The earthy, jubilant Columbus, Ohio, folk band have been writing and singing tender love songs tinged with melancholy and determination ever since they met as students at Ohio University, playing local coffeehouses and growing more committ...Reef
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 30 October 2025
 UK Album Chart-topping Glastonbury hard blues rockers REEF return with their thrilling blast of unadulterated funky rock'n'roll joy. Their energetic shows serve up nineties Top 10 classics such as "Place Your Hands", and "Come Back Brigh...Lord Of The Lost
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
 Not only the sound is massive, but the German Eurovision genrefluid visionaries deliver a sophisticated offering, with the Hamburg gothic metal five-piece cementing their position as exceptional artists that can't be pigeonholed and have...
A Tribute to Jilly's Rockworld
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
A celebration of a Manchester institution, the legendary Oxford Road rock club opened in the 1970s - originally known as Fagan's before being renamed Jilly's in 1983 - attracting punks, rockers, goths, metalheads, skaters, moshers and ind...The Smyths - Tribute to The Smiths
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 1 November 2025
The Smyths are a joyous celebration of arguably the greatest band of all time, Manchester legends The Smiths. Thrillingly accurate, the group have amassed a huge following and regularly sell out huge venues both here and abroad. 2023 marks...As December Falls
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 2 November 2025
The rising Nottingham pop-punk/emo rock act is one of the hottest underground British bands today, led by the distinctive frontwoman Bethany Curtis. ...John Butler
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 3 November 2025
A solo tour from the Californian-Australian guitar maestro who is best known as the eponymous frontman of the multi chart-topping John Butler Trio, a funky Australian roots jam band that have scored Platinum-selling hits with "Better Than...Wednesday 13 (Murderdolls)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 5 November 2025
 Theatrical horror punk alter-ego of Murderdolls frontman Joseph Poole. Wednesday 13 is the stage name of Joseph Poole, frontman of Murderdolls, the theatrical metal outfit that also includes members of Static-X and Slipknot. Starting off...Wednesday 13 - Mid Death Crisis UK Tour 2025
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Security - Bag Policy Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it?s preferable you don?t, please make sure it?s small. Only one small bag...How to get to the O2 Ritz, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at O2 Ritz, Manchester
