Most Popular Ska & Punk in Manchester
Jim Bob (Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine)
Friday 3 May 2024
More topical than an episode of Newsnight, with songs about Putin, the Taliban and whoever "Billionaire in Space" is about, the album-chart smashing Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine's fiery frontman returns. It's not all doom and gloom ...
Manchester Music Tours - Joy Division Tour
Saturday 25 May 2024
A four hour musical journey covering all things Joy Division and Factory Records! The chance to visit many of the important venues and locations around Manchester and surrounding areas that helped shape and influence the Joy Division sound....
Arab Strap
Saturday 25 May 2024
Arab Strap's music features frank, unflinching narratives about sex and drugs spoken/sung in a thick Scottish brogue, often backed by drum machines, electronic loops, and sparse guitar melodies. A major part of the Glasgow music scene that ...
John Otway
Thursday 30 May 2024
From the age of 9, the cult Buckinghamshire folk punkster knew he wanted to be a pop star. But even at that young age, having listened to his sister's Beatles and Stones records, he knew he would never be able to do what they do. However, w...
North West Calling
Saturday 1 June 2024
All-day punk festival, North West Calling, is back and features another riotous line-up: The Exploited + Buzzcocks ("Singles Going Steady" 45th anniversary show) + Cockney Rejects + The Rezillos + Anti-Nowhere League + Resistance 77 + Gimp ...
John Lydon - I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right
Thursday 20 June 2024
He's a legend and an icon, a revolutionary and an immortal. John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution. The frontman and lyricist of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) caused a poli...
Green Day
Friday 21 June 2024
Enduring power trio - Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool & Mike Dirnt - are back and remain devoted to their defiant craft that has fueled their career-long destruction of every boundary bestowed on the genre, and landed 3 East Bay punks in the...
Billy Talent
Friday 21 June 2024
The multi-Platinum selling Toronto-based band take punk to new heights, amplifying the explosive energy and earnest lyricism that has made them an international sensation. Powerful songs like "Red Flag", "The Ex" and "Devil In A Midnight M...
Outbreak Fest
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June 2024
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...
The Skatalites
Friday 5 July 2024
More than a band, the Skatalites are an institution, an aggregation of top-notch musicians who didn't merely define the sound of Jamaica, but were the sound of Jamaica in the 1950s and '60s. Frequently credited as the originators of ska - t...
Section 25
Friday 12 July 2024
Originally formed in 1977, Section 25 were a duo of brothers Larry and Vincent Cassidy. After several reincarnations, in 2024 the band are once again a duo consisting of Vincent Cassidy and long-time collaborator Steven Stringer. Section 25...
Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
Sunday 14 July 2024
The Hampshire punk and folk artist was initially a vocalist in the punk rock band Million Dead, before turning his focus towards a folkier, acoustic-based solo career. Since that time, he has reached international acclaim as a chart-topping...
Alkaline Trio
Wednesday 17 - Sunday 28 July 2024
With multiple world tours and numerous chart successes under their belts, Chicago's high-energy melodic cult rockers Alkaline Trio have cemented their legacy as one of dark punk's greatest forces. They have scored UK Top 40 singles with "Me...
Rise Against
Tuesday 20 August 2024
The chart-topping, critically acclaimed Chicago band offer a gritty combination of hardcore punk and melodic hardcore which continues to defy the status quo of modern rock, scoring four UK Top 40 albums in the process. They are also known f...
PorkPie
Saturday 7 September 2024
Eight piece Scottish Ska band PorkPie perform classics from The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness, The Beat, etc, the list goes on and on. If you were into music in the late 70s and early 80s, the chances are you were into 2-Tone, the iconic C...
Tokky Horror
Thursday 12 - Friday 13 September 2024
Forming across a triangle of Leeds, Birkenhead & Bristol, the founding members of electronic punk trio Tokky Horror hadn't met each other before the band signed their first record deal. The collective formed during a pandemic, sending demo...
Stand Atlantic
Saturday 14 September 2024
After early incarnations under other names, pop-punk outfit Stand Atlantic formed in 2014 with a desire to be inventive, take risks and push boundaries. Hailing from Sydney, their music features the dynamic vocal talents of Bonnie Fraser ba...
Sultans of Ping
Saturday 21 September 2024
Irish punk legends Sultans of Ping were formed in Cork in 1988, gaining attention (as Sultans of Ping F.C) with the single "Where's Me Jumper" in 1992 - which was later used as the closing song in the Irish comedy, "The Young Offenders" -...
Mudhoney
Saturday 28 September 2024
Having emerged in 1989 and become a mainstay of the American alternative scene, Mudhoney may not have achieved the household name status enjoyed by a handful of their contemporaries but the band maintained a strong following, and the admira...
Tom Robinson
Wednesday 2 October 2024
Musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories spanning five decades of adventures in the music industry. Tom's musical journey began in 1974 when his first band was discovered by Ray Davies, and included a B...
Joe Jackson
Thursday 3 October 2024
With his Two Rounds of Racket 2024 tour, Joe Jackson makes an unprecedented two-part performance. First, he performs songs from his solo catalogue, and then Mr. Joe Jackson presents the music of Max Champion, featuring a nine-piece band. Jo...
KULT
Friday 4 October 2024
Over the last four decades, Polish rock band, Kult, led be singer and songwriter Kazik Staszewski, have become one of the most popular acts from the scene; fusing their roots in punk and new wave, to inspiration from psychedelic rock, jazz ...
The Scottish Sex Pistols - Tribute to The Sex Pistols
Friday 11 October 2024
The Scottish tribute act who perform full Sex Pistols anthems with punk & new wave classics. The band, which was originally formed in 1993, includes ex-members of The Members, Del Amitri, The Fits and is fronted by award winning actor Keit...
LIZZIE The Musical
Thursday 17 October - Sunday 10 November 2024
LIZZIE is Rage! Sex! Betrayal! BLOODY MURDER! A True Crime Punk Rock Musical. Lizzie The Musical explores the life of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in the late summer of 1892 in Fall Riv...
Peter Hook & the Light
Thursday 17 October 2024
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs both Substance albums live. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company boss and author was a co-founder of the seminal post-punk band Joy Divis...
Sham 69
Friday 18 October 2024
Formed in Hersham, Surrey in 1976, Sham 69 lacked the art school background of many British punk bands of the time, and brought in football chant back-up vocals and sing-along populist political lyrics, which earned them a large often vio...
Fu Manchu
Monday 21 October 2024
2020 marked the 30th anniversary of the existence of Fu Manchu. Originally formed in 1985 as a Black Flag-influenced hardcore punk band called Virulence, Fu Manchu has since become one of hard rock's most celebrated names. Since the band's ...
Beartooth
Thursday 24 - Friday 25 October 2024
A pure distillation of rage - weaponizing a deceptively radio-ready bombast to deliver stone cold truth missives, each packed like a bomb with noisy rock chaos - Ohio hardcore band Beartooth revel in the darker underbelly of traditional me...
Wednesday 13
Wednesday 30 - Thursday 31 October 2024
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 in ...
Peter Hook & the Light
Thursday 31 October 2024
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs both Substance albums live. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company boss and author was a co-founder of the seminal post-punk band Joy Divis...
Baked a La Ska
Thursday 31 October 2024
Baked A La Ska are the heavy heavy sound of Manchester ska; an 11piece band of assembled oddballs and pranksters fronted by an unholytrio of singers and featuring one of the tightest rhythm sections inManchester with the "chops to make you...
Paul Weller
Friday 1 November 2024
Few people have had as great an influence on the British music scene as Paul Weller. As frontman of The Jam, Weller spearheaded the Mod revival in the late '70s and early '80s, scoring a string of hits, including Going Underground and A ...
Pidzama Porno
Friday 1 November 2024
Polish punk rock / reggae / ska band Pidzama Porno (Porno Pyjamas) are famed for their 1998 track "Antifa", which has become an anti-racist anthem amongst Polish youth, and the song "Twoja Generacja" ("Your Generation"). After origin...
Adam Ant
Sunday 3 November 2024
Pop icon Adam Ant returns with his UK Antics tour, with a set list that promises to get everyone on their feet. Performing his classic chart-topping singles and personal favourites, audiences will be thrilled with the return of live musi...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. They were formed after the break-up of the Birthday Party and...
The Libertines
Thursday 7 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Volatile rock 'n' roll revivalists fronted by the mercurial Pete Doherty. A plethora of 'The' bands dominated the magazine covers and airwaves of the '00s. The Strokes flew the skinny tie flag for NYC, The White Stripes held the bluesy encl...
Yellowcard
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Florida pop punk rockers Yellowcard are recognised for having a distinct sound in its genre, primarily due to the prominent use of a violin in their songs, and are best known for their 2003 single "Ocean Avenue", which went double platinum ...
Punk Rock Factory
Sunday 17 November 2024
High energy, punk rock powerhouses Punk Rock Factory make easy work of their special brand of punk covers - including a UK no.48 album consisting entirely of Disney classics - gaining an online following of over a million fans across the m...
Electric Six
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Detroit's fun-loving alternative garage rock collective Electric Six celebrate 20 years of their UK Top 10 debut album "Fire" in 2003. The high-octane collection, mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-y...
Skinny Lister
Thursday 28 November 2024
Regularly cited as one of the best live bands in the biz, London indie punk folk band, "The Skinnies" have been described by The Independent, in a 5 star review, as "a visceral, deafening experience." Following the release of their rave-re...
Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)
Friday 29 November 2024
When future historians of music draw up a list of the movers and shakers who changed the modern musical landscape, there will be no doubt that North London-born Hugh Cornwell, the former leader and main songwriter of all The Stranglers' mos...
The Damned
Friday 6 December 2024
The greatest surviving British punk band THE DAMNED formed in 1976, releasing the first ever UK punk single 'New Rose' over forty years ago. Considered one of the greatest songs from this period, THE DAMNED's 'New Rose' brought focus on the...
Emofest
Saturday 7 December 2024
Put on your eyeliner, lace up your high-tops and get ready to rock to all your favourite nostalgic emo anthems as the Emo Festival is the greatest tribute night to the music that was never just a phase... Teenage Nostalgia featuring all ...
The Chats
Sunday 8 December 2024
Notorious for their loud and chaotic live shows and their zero fucks attitude, The Chats are a pub-punk shed-rock band from Queensland, Australia. They've toured with Australian punk legends Cosmic Psychos, US rock heavyweights Queens of th...
The Style Councillors - Tribute to The Style Council
Friday 13 December 2024
The Style Councillors are the world's one and only tribute to The Style Council. Formed in 2013 by Darren Fletcher (Paul Weller) and Steve Hayes (Mick Talbot), The Style Councillors have quickly built a loyal fanbase for the group w...
Bad Manners
Thursday 19 December 2024
Buster Bloodvessel, one of the biggest characters in Ska, has stayed loyal to the music and has become as influential as he is entertaining with his band Bad Manners, who are best known for their biggest hits, "Lip Up Fatty" (UK No.15 in 19...
Bullet For My Valentine + Trivium
Thursday 30 January 2025
A co-headline tour from Welsh quartet Bullet For My Valentine, who straddle metal, punk and emo, with Florida quartet Trivium, whose inimitable masterful melody, hypnotic hook-craft, tight thrash, metal scope, and cinematic extremity has m...
Pretty Vacant - The Story of Punk & New Wave
Thursday 6 February 2025
From its birth in New York City to its adolescence in London and onto its maturity across the globe, Pretty Vacant celebrates the legacy of the punk and New Wave movements. For the first time, the music, the attitude and the fashion are bro...
