RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rap & Hip-Hop Concerts in Manchester
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 24 April - Friday 14 August 2026
DJs and live musicians play old and new school hip hop, afrobeats and RnB goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill. ...
After Dark
Tuesday 28 April - Tuesday 5 May 2026
A Tuesday night clubnight with Funky House, Tech House and Deep House in one room and RNB, Hip Hop, and Rap in the other. ...
GoldLink
Wednesday 29 April 2026
D'Anthony Carlos, better known by his stage name GoldLink, is an American rapper and singer from Washington, D.C. who is best known for his 2016 single "Crew", which went 7 x Platinum in the USA, and was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performa...
MC Hammersmith
Sunday 3 May 2026
  The multi-award winning freestyle rap comedian is the world's leading gangsta rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. He presents his latest show "Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property" - an evening of improvi...
bbno$
Thursday 7 - Friday 8 May 2026
 bbno$ (pronounced as "baby no money"), is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his collaborations with rapper Yung Gravy as well as his 2019 UK Top 40 single, "Lalala" with prod...
Cult Of The Damned
Thursday 7 May 2026
This May, we welcome UK rap crew Cult Of The Damned to The Blues Kitchen....
Rico Ace
Wednesday 13 May 2026
UK rapper Rico Ace mixes fast paced beats with sounds reminiscent of UK grime. He is best known for the single "Phantom" (with EsDeeKid) which reached no.12 on the UK charts in 2025. ...
Tricky
Saturday 16 May 2026
Bristol trip hop rapper Adrian "Tricky" Thaws began his career as an early member of the band Massive Attack before going solo in 1995 and scoring the Top 20 hit "Hell Is Round the Corner" among other hits. His work is noted for its dark, l...
M.O.P.
Sunday 17 May 2026
Brooklyn hip-hop duo M.O.P. (Mash Out Posse) -rappers Billy Danze and Lil' Fame - are best known for their hits "Ante Up" and "Cold as Ice" which reached the UK Top 10 in 2001. ...
Pishro + Arta + Koorosh
Sunday 17 May 2026
Persian rap from exiled Iranian hip hop star Reza Pishro, Canadian Arta Mir Hosseini, and Istanbul-living Iranian Istanbul Koorosh. ...
Celebrating Drake
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Manchester's creme de la creme of musicians will be performing some of Drake's biggest hits, followed by a live set of hip hop, afrobeats and RnB. Expect old and new school goodness from Kendrick Lamar and J Hus to Wizkid and Lauryn Hill....
Jimothy Lacoste
Thursday 21 May 2026
Ever since his breakthrough track 'Getting Busy' in 2017, rapper Jimothy Lacoste has smashed a series of viral hits including FUTURE BAE, I Can Speak English and Fashion. The Camden based rapper embarks on a UK tour. ...
Doja Cat
Saturday 23 May 2026
The "Queen of Pop-Rap", GRAMMY Award-winning L.A. rapper and global superstar Doja Cat is best known for the UK no.1 single and International chart topper "Paint the Town Red". With over 65 million records sold worldwide, her Platinum-sell...
Example
Sunday 24 May 2026
Rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer extraordinaire, London-born Elliot John Gleave (a.k.a. Example) took his stage name from his initials "e.g.", the abbreviation of the Latin phrase meaning "for example". The first artist signed...
Pinkpantheress
Monday 25 - Tuesday 26 May 2026
 With a UK no.2 single and three Top 30 albums to her name, Bath singer and TikTok star PinkPantheress serves up garage influenced songs which are frequently short in length and include samples of music from the 1990s and 2000s. Spanning ...
Pitbull
Friday 29 May 2026
Florida rapper Armando Christian Perez, Pitbull, invites disruption on a global scale as a GRAMMY Award winning independent international superstar, education ambassador, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. With billions of audio stream...
Buckshot
Saturday 30 May 2026
With a dark, cult-followed sound Irish artist Buckshot, a core member of the Haunted Mound collective, boasts over 1.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify. ...
Music and Mental Health with Hypes
Saturday 30 May 2026
Manchester-based grime artist, rapper and performer Hypes is one of the leading figures in the northern urban music scene, known for his complex lyrics addressing topics such as mental health, education and the legacy of the Windrush genera...
The Weeknd
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 June 2026
A world stadium tour from the multi-platinum selling, chart-topping Canadian R&B artist best known for his UK no.1 "Blinding Lights", and Top 10 hits"The Hills", "Save Your Tears","Starboy" and "I Feel It Coming" (both featuring Daft Punk...
Westside Gunn
Saturday 13 June 2026
New York rapper Westside Gunn (aka Alvin Lamar Worthy) is also a fashion designer and professional wrestling promoter. He co-founded the hip-hop record label Griselda Records in 2012 with his half-brother Conway the Machine and their cousin...
AUR
Thursday 18 June 2026
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D12
Friday 19 June 2026
 The platinum selling Shady Records hip-hop collective return to the UK Formed by Proof in 1996, local Detroit rappers joined his collective, such as Bizarre, Bugz, and Da Brigade members Mr. Porter and Kuniva. Following the murder of Bu...
Fatboy Slim
Saturday 20 June 2026
As one of the world's most renowned pioneering dance music DJs and record producers, multi-million selling Brighton artist Fatboy Slim, a.k.a. Norman Cook, is a winner of numerous awards including ten MTV Music Awards, three BRITs, an Ivor ...
Kaytranada
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Haitian-Canadian music producer, rapper, singer and DJ Louis Celestin (aka Kaytradamus) has won two Grammy Awards including Best Dance/Electronic Album. He is best known for the singles "Girl" (with The Internet), "Intimidated" (featurin...
Tezzus & Diamond
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Atlanta rapper T'corrian Walton, also known as Tezzus, with frequent collaborator Diamond. ...
Outbreak Fest
Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 June 2026
Finding its roots in hardcore and punk, Manchester's three day Outbreak Fest has built a major platform to the UK's consistently thriving counterculture, while also providing a rite of passage for major touring acts across the world such as...
Thaiboy Digital
Thursday 2 July 2026
Thanapat Bunleang, better known by his stage name Thaiboy Digital, is a Thai rapper and fashion designer, born in Khon Kaen, Thailand but brought up in Stockholm, Sweden from the age of eight. A member of the Drain Gang group, now based in ...
Che
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Atlanta, Georgia, rapper Chase Mitchell, better known by his stage name Che, first gained traction in late 2021 through viral tracks on TikTok and streaming platforms, particularly for his song "Agenda", and later saw additional success in ...
ho99o9
Tuesday 7 July 2026
The New Jersey duo Ho99o9 (pronounced "Horror") mix hip-hop, hardcore punk & strong politics. ...
The Streets
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 July 2026
The Mike Skinner-fronted project known for blending genres that include garage, hip hop, indie and ska. Inspired by bands like Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Daft Punk and Rage Against The Machine, Birmingham native Mike Skinner, who la...
