GIGS IN MANCHESTER
GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Gigs in Manchester
Michael Starring Ben - The Magic of Michael Jackson
The Bridgewater Hall
Fri 23 Jan - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Thu 29 Jan - Fri 26 Jun 2026
What's Love Got To Do With It - A Tribute to Tina Turner
Lowry
Thu 30 Apr - Wed 27 May 2026
Candlelight - Hans Zimmer's Best Works
Manchester Cathedral
Wed 29 Oct 2025 - Fri 6 Feb 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 13 Dec 2025 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
James B Partridge - The Big Christmas Assembly
St Helens Theatre Royal
Sun 2 Nov - Sun 21 Dec 2025
Wet Wet Wet + Heather Small (M People)
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 19 October 2025
Iconic Clydebank pop act Wet Wet Wet have sold more than 15 million singles and albums to date and have featured in the UK Singles Chart and Album Chart for an incredible time period of over 500 weeks. Formed in 1982, their albums have been...Rick Wakeman (Yes)
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Legendary keyboardist Rick Wakeman is well known for being a member of the rock band Yes as well as having his own successful solo career. He made chart history in 2017 when his Piano Portraits album became the first solo piano album to...Jalen Ngonda
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
With shades of Marvin Gaye, Liverpool-based US singer Jalen Ngonda is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm. Despite still being in his twe...Men I Trust
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
 The Quebecois electo-pop band's rise to indie fame is a bit more abnormal than most. The group initially started without their lead singer, as a duo with programmed robotic electronic drums alongside boisterous synthesizers heavily insp...Tamino
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
The spellbinding arrival of the classically trained Belgian-Egyptian indie rocker with a divine falsetto is enough to make even an agnostic ponder predestination. The grandson of one of Egypt's most famed singers, the great Muharram Fouad, ...Simply Dylan - A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 19 October 2025
As straightforward as the title suggests: no frills, no gimmicks, no pretense; Simply Dylan is John O'Connell's personal exploration and celebration of the rich and diverse work of Bob Dylan.O'Connell, formerly of Groundpig, has had his nam...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...UK Pink Floyd Experience
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sunday 19 October 2025
Celebrating over 50 years of one of rock's most influential bands, this highly authentic show recreates the atmosphere of Floyd. Featuring the iconic album "The Dark Side Of The Moon" and classics including "Wish You Were Here", "Shine On Y...Sonata Arctica
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Heavily influenced by Queen, Finnish power metal band messiahs Sonata Arctica have been many things in their storied career. Relentlessly touring powerhouses, champions of sublime melody, but first and foremost, however, they have been sta...Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio specialise in the lost art of "feel good music." The ingredients of this intoxicating cocktail include a big helping of the 1960s organ jazz stylings of Jimmy Smith and Baby Face Willette; a pinch of the snappy ...Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver, a dynamic duo, fuse their deep-seated love for English and Irish folk traditions into a vibrant project that's as grounded in tradition as it is daring in innovation. With Knapp's distinctive voice and her skill ...Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff)
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Sunday 19 October 2025
 Miles Hunt is the singer of highly successful late 80s / early 90s indie band The Wonder Stuff, and also briefly of Vent 414. His solo career began in 1999 and he will perform tracks from his new album together with classic Top 20 hits s...Steve 'n' Seagulls
The Met, Bury
Sunday 19 October 2025
It could've been a cold winter day or warm summer night in Finland - but it was around the year 2010. Someone came up with an idea to combine bluegrass, Finnish folk and rock/metal music. The outcome was and has since been Steve'n'Seagulls....Martha Tilston
St Mary's Church Todmorden, Oldham
Sunday 19 October 2025
 With a voice like spider-webbed hollows and lyrics that inspire and captivate, Brighton-born, Cornwall-based Martha Tilston has carved her niche in the English modern folk scene with sharp, original songs that dissect the modern world an...Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets)
The Green Room, Altrincham
Sunday 19 October 2025
Tom Hingley, ex Inspiral Carpets frontman will be performing songs from his solo career and the brilliant Inspirals back catalogue. ...
Heidi Talbot
The Met, Bury
Sunday 19 October 2025
Born in a small village in Co. Kildare, Ireland, Heidi Talbot became a folk star in the USA as a member of the Irish American band Cherish the Ladies, and now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland teaching yoga in her spare time. With a background l...Factory 251 Saturdays
FAC251, Manchester
Sunday 19 - Sunday 26 October 2025
3 floors of music, all your favs with 899 other party goers. DJs spinning dance & RnB, Indie & Cheese, and Tech, Bass & DnB. ...
ΣTella
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Now Wave presents Σtella at YES Pink Room 19th October 2025...Lucy Gooch
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Now Wave presents Lucy Gooch at YES Basement on 19th October 2025...Zac Lawrence
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
Now Wave presents Zac Lawrence at The Castle Hotel on 19th October 2025....
The Bogtrotters Irish Band
St Joseph's Club, Warrington
Sunday 19 October 2025
The Bogtrotters are bringing their high energy, modern Irish folk sound to St Joseph's Club Penketh. Enjoy the craic Sunday Afternoon 2pm...Suzanne Vega
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 20 October 2025
A masterful storyteller, with literary lyrics that guide the listener through her poetic observations of the world around her, Vega's understated melodic beauty is immediately recognisable and as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was wh...Coheed and Cambria
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 20 October 2025
Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band formed in 1995. The group's critically acclaimed music incorporates aspects of progressive rock, pop, heavy metal, and post-hardcore. The southern California band Thrice merges hardco...Beach Bunny
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 20 October 2025
 Chicago bedroom pop star Lili Trifilio's songwriting project are getting back to basics: urgent, guitar-based indie rock with pop melodies, echoing dynamic '90s indie rock courtesy of fuzzed-out guitars and crashing drums, while slashing...RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
RNCM, Manchester
Monday 20 October - Monday 8 December 2025
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. Witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series,...
CANNIBAL OX
Yes, Manchester
Monday 20 October 2025
FORM Presents CANNIBAL OX+ Special Guests?Age Restrictions: 18+...English National Opera - Albert Herring
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 21 - Wednesday 22 October 2025
From Boy, to King, to Man. In this English National Opera debut at Lowry, join us for May Day celebrations in a fresh and witty new take on Britten's much-loved coming-of-age comedy. Following the success of ENO's previous semi-staged prod...Rumer
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Rumer, one of the UK's most beloved and soulful voices, celebrates the 15th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album Seasons of My Soul, which featured a collection of unforgettable hits, including the chart-topping single Slow, one o...The Cat Empire
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Formed in Melbourne, Australia and adored the world over, jazz/funk band The Cat Empire is a musical success story that continues to be written, crafting infectious, genre-embracing anthems and releasing chart-topping, multi-platinum albums...O'Hooley & Tidow
RNCM, Manchester
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...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...Somebody's Child
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Somebody's Child is a rising young Irish male singer-songwriter who has been making serious waves in the Irish music scene, having supported acts like The War on Drugs and headlined the 3Olympia Theatre. His music has drawn comparisons to ...Vega Trails
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Inspired by the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north-west of Madrid, his home since August 2022, double-bassist, composer and a founder member of Portico Quartet, Milo Fitzpatrick presents Sierra Tracks the new album from h...Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Most recognised as front-woman of iconic 80's alternative rock band TRANSVISION VAMP, Wendy enjoyed massive chart success with a string of hits including Baby I Don't Care, I Want Your Love and Revolution Baby. Her sexually charged and rebe...Spotlight: Harry Lines (singer-songwriter)
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
PerformersHarry Lines vocals and guitarAboutHarry Lines sets the mood with songs from his latest EP Landslide, blending folk and modern soul with effortless style.?TicketsFree admission, no ticket requiredPromoted by RNCM. This event will e...Joe Armon-Jones + Support
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
influential songwriter spanning jazz, dub, electronic, pop, and hip-hop...
Another Country + cob + Ranger @ The Peer Hat
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Electronic legends Another Country $$$$ headline The Peer Hat alongside usual suspects cob as well as Ranger coming up from London...Mild Orange
