RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
RAP & HIP-HOP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rap & Hip-Hop Concerts in Manchester
Smolasty
Friday 19 September 2025
Polish rapper, singer and record producer, Norbert Smolinski, better known as Smolasty, icreates R&B, pop, and rap music. The Warsaw rapper has gained tens of millions of views on YouTube, with platinum-selling hits such as "Nim zajdzie slo...
Live Hip Hop, Afrobeats and RnB + DJs
Friday 19 September - Saturday 20 December 2025
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. ...
THEATRO
Saturday 20 - Saturday 27 September 2025
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Jehst
Sunday 21 September 2025
Kent-born, Huddersfield raised hip hop star and graffiti artist Jehst performs live. ...
Lord Finesse
Wednesday 24 September 2025
A true legend of golden-era hip-hop, Lord Finesse - co-founder of the iconic D.I.T.C. crew - makes a rare appearance in Manchester....
Keyshia Cole
Thursday 25 September 2025
Dubbed the "Princess of Hip-Hop Soul", Californian singer Keyshia Cole has gone from being a backing vocalist for MC Hammer to a multi-million selling artist in her own right. Best known in the UK for her hits "Let It Go" (featuring Missy ...
Jim Legxacy
Thursday 25 September 2025
Today, generational talent Jim Legxacy releases his long-awaited new mixtape black british music (2025) on XL Recordings. A rapper with intensity, a vocalist with passion and a producer who harnesses nostalgia to command the future, the pro...
Lil Baby
Friday 26 September 2025
With over 76 million digital units sold and more than 155 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 - the 7th most in the chart's history - Atlanta rapper Lil Baby is among the highest certified artists in the United States. In the UK, he has scored...
Niko B
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". ...
Corbin
Sunday 5 October 2025
Known for limited public appearances, genre-defying American Polish cloud rapper Corbin Smidzik (FKA Spooky Black) makes captivating, honest, and raw music that harkens back to the days when the singer-songwriter's artistic vision prioritis...
Nxdia
Sunday 5 October 2025
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GoldLink
Tuesday 7 October 2025
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...
Jev.
Tuesday 7 October 2025
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The Herbaliser Band
Thursday 9 October 2025
Featuring Ollie Teeba on the decks and touring with the original 8 piece live band* The Herbaliser return. Way back In January 1995, Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry AKA The Herbaliser, a sample- based beatmaking duo from Twickenham, South West ...
Redzed
Thursday 9 October 2025
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Bilk
Saturday 11 October 2025
Bilk are three musicians creating a unique angsty blend of indie, rap, rock n roll and punk from the suburbs of Essex, UK. Their honest social commentary is as real as it gets, reflecting on the highs and lows of British culture today. ...
Chuck Strangers
Monday 13 October 2025
Now Wave presents Chuch Strangers at YES Basement on Monday 13th October 2025...
Nova Twins
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...
Little Simz
Thursday 16 October 2025
Operating at the very heights of what rap can be, with lush, expansive, defiantly sprawling music, the Ivor Novello award-winning, Mercury nominated rapper and actress Simbiatu Ajikawo (a.k.a. Little Simz) delivers undeniable modern classic...
Cymande
Thursday 16 October 2025
The 1970's London Psychedelic funk legends return to form, bringing a fresh modern edge to their iconic sound, which remains foundational to early hip-hop and funk scenes in the United States and UK. A band that never fully got its due back...
SL
Friday 17 October 2025
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The Pharcyde + Souls of Mischief
Saturday 18 October 2025
Los Angeles alternative hip hop crew The Pharcyde scored UK hits in the 1990s with "Passin' Me By" and "Runnin'" and have collaborated with Brand New Heavies and Rae & Christian among others. Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from O...
McKinley Dixon
Saturday 18 October 2025
Now Wave presents McKinley Dixon at YES Basement on 18th October 2025...
CANNIBAL OX
Monday 20 October 2025
FORM Presents CANNIBAL OX+ Special Guests?Age Restrictions: 18+...
Dan Whitlam
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Poet, spoken word artist, rapper and actor from South London who gained traction from his music videos on TikTok. ...
Duke Dumont
Saturday 25 October 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...
Lord Apex
Sunday 26 October 2025
West London rapper Lord Apex, who hails from White City, is a man of many names including Sensei, Yardie Miyagi and AP. He grew up listening to reggae giants like Beres Hammond and Queen Ifrica, and was also influenced by American rap heavy...
EZHEL
Tuesday 28 October 2025
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Skindred
Thursday 30 October 2025
From hard-hitting metal to reggae, rock to pop, dub to electro, nothing's off limits for Welsh ragga rock pioneers Skindred as their heavy, distortion-laden riff punches melt into vocalist Benji Webbe's frenzied rapping. Explosive metal an...
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Friday 31 October 2025
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Joey Valence & Brae
Monday 3 November 2025
Pennsylvania rap duo Joey Bertolino and Braedan Lugue (a.k.a. Joey Valence & Brae), scored a TikTok viral hit during Lockdown with their song "Crank It Up," a celebration of rap music's early boom bap sound. ...
Pa Salieu
Tuesday 4 November 2025
At only 23-years-old, Coventry's Pa Salieu is blending his West Midlands upbringing and Gambian heritage into a unique brand of rap that has seen him carve out space as an exciting new voice in British music. Breakout song 'Frontline' becam...
Bob Vylan
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Bob Vylan are a two-piece band that mix punk, rock, grime, and rap amongst other genres, to create a unique style of poetical political music that speaks openly on a wide range of topics. After releasing their critically acclaimed album 'We...
