HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Hard Rock & Metal Concerts in Manchester
Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
The Citadel Theatre
Sat 14 Mar - Fri 10 Apr 2026
UK Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Tribute Band
The Grand
Sat 14 Nov 2026 - Sat 27 Feb 2027
Lost Society
Star and Garter, Manchester
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Lost Society...Cardiacs
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 12 March 2026
One of Britain's leading cult rock bands, Cardiacs' sound folded in genres including art rock, progressive rock, art punk, post-punk, jazz, psychedelia and heavy metal (as well as elements of circus, baroque pop, medieval music, nursery rhy...WHIP ROUND THURSDAYS AT DEAF
Still Dangerous - A Tribute to Thin Lizzy
The Spinning Top, Stockport
Friday 13 March 2026
Still Dangerous are a UK based band that play the greatest hits from legendary rockers Thin Lizzy. With blisteringly precise dual guitars, heavy drums and the signature vocals of Phil Lynott. ...Twin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy Tribute
Empire Warrington, Warrington
Friday 13 March 2026
Twin Lizzy are one of the UK's leading tributes to the music of Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynott. The Chorley-based band are known for playing the greats plus some lesser known tracks together with the on stage energy Lizzy was known for....Thrice
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 14 March 2026
The influential Californian post-hardcore rockers enjoyed their first commercial success in 2003, when their album "The Artist in the Ambulance" reached no.16 in the USA and spawned the hit "All That's Left". They have gone on to have s...Louder Than War Live
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 14 March 2026
John Robb's music and culture website Louder Than War launch its own festival in 2026. Based in Manchester, the debut event will be headlined by the great Sea Power and a full bill of bands over three stages at Manchester Academy. Reflecti...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 14 March 2026
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...Fit For A King
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 19 March 2026
The Texas metalcore quintet deliver a delicate balance of sharp metallic intensity and soaring melodic energy. ...
Goremageddon 2026 Preshow
Aatma, Manchester
Friday 20 March 2026
An evening of grind chaos before a day of more grind chaos...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 21 March 2026
Live/Wire is the AC/DC Show. The hugely successful and unique six-man tribute to rock music's greatest band, AC/DC - complete with cannons, a wall of Marshalls and over two hours of High Voltage Rock 'n' Roll, in a show critically acclaimed...Witch Fever
Amber's, Manchester
Friday 27 March 2026
Concocting a potent sonic assault that recalls the foreboding darkness of Black Sabbath, Savages' monochrome post-punk and the dirty breathlessness of Bleach-era Nirvana, the Manchester quartet create a confrontational racket that takes no ...Infected Rain + Butcher Babies
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 27 March 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Infected Rain+Butcher BabiesPlus support:Black Spikes...Type o negative - Pantera A.D
Holy Diver, Stockport
Friday 27 March 2026
Type O Negative bring the iconic album in full to Holy Diver this March with support from Pantera AD...Kreator
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
German thrash titans, Kreator make a ferocious return that finds the band at full strength, blending classic thrash fury with fresh intensity and purpose. From their relentless tracks, hit with unrelenting speed, to darkly melodic songs ,...Live/Wire - The AC/DC Show
The Grand, Clitheroe
Saturday 28 March 2026
Live/Wire is the AC/DC Show. The hugely successful and unique six-man tribute to rock music's greatest band, AC/DC - complete with cannons, a wall of Marshalls and over two hours of High Voltage Rock 'n' Roll, in a show critically acclaimed...INME
The Bread Shed, Manchester
Saturday 28 March 2026
InMe's debut album 'Overgrown Eden' reached #15 in the UK Album Chart and #1 in the Rock Album Chart upon its release in 2003. Since then, the Essex-based alt rockers have enjoyed a highly successful career, scoring UK Top 40 hits with "Cru...
Bon Jovi Forever
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 28 March 2026
A high energy electric packed Bon Jovi tribute show guaranteed to raise your hands with a performance that will recreate a stadium style show to any sized venue with all the greatest hits, album tracks... and so much more. Every performan...Knowtfest - Stockport
Holy Diver, Stockport
Saturday 28 March 2026
Knowtfest brings crushing tributes to Slipknot, Lamb of God, Machine Head and Killswitch Engage for one explosive night of pure metal energy....The Awakening
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 1 April 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:The AwakeningPlus support:Black Lakes...Hell in a Cell - Manchester
Aatma, Manchester
Friday 3 April 2026
Rancid Offal Promotions are happy to announce the Hell in a Cell Southside Sermon tour's Manchester date at Aatma in Northern Quarter...A Tribute to Jilly's Rockworld
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
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...
Rituals + Inretrospect
Star and Garter, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Rituals+Inretrospect...Tyrannical Perceptions: Manchester
Aatama, Manchester
Saturday 4 April 2026
Manchester, brace yourselves for crushing breakdowns, fight riffs and a merciless night of distorted echoes....Exhumed + Gruesome
Rebellion, Manchester
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Exhumed + Gruesome...Mimi Barks
Star and Garter, Manchester
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Mimi BarksPlus special Guest:Swarm6ix...Suzi Quatro
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 9 April 2026
Following her last UK outing in November 2024 rock icon Suzi Quatro make a triumphant return to UK stages in 2026 with a 10-date tour across some of the country's most prestigious venues, celebrating an incredible 62 years in the music indu...WORLD PEACE
Star and Garter, Manchester
Thursday 9 April 2026
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:WORLD PEACEBrutally chaotic and yet rigorously disciplined, San Francisco's WORLD PEACE have been turning headswith their unique brand of low-end mayhem since the release of their 2020 debut LP ?Come...
Skynd
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 10 April 2026
The gothic industrial rock band consisting of lead singer, Skynd, and multi-instrumentalist, Father have pioneered the genre of true crime music with a grim aesthetic and songs largely based on disturbing deaths and murders. SKYND's lyrics ...Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 10 April 2026
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world reno...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
The Met, Bury
Friday 10 April 2026
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...The History of Rock Celebrates Led Zeppelin
