JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
JAZZ & BLUES IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Jazz & Blues in Manchester
The Magic of Motown
The Bridgewater Hall
Sat 27 Apr 2024 - Fri 25 Apr 2025
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 11 May 2024 - Sat 29 Mar 2025
The Magic of Motown
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 27 April 2024
Get ready for all the hits, glittering costumes, dazzling dance routines and outstanding musicianship in this breath-taking live concert spectacular. You will be going Loco down in Acapulco as we take you back down memory lane with all the ...Nadine Shah
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 April 2024
Mercury Prize-nominated Tyneside indie jazz rock star Nadine Shah returns. ...Chetham's Big Band Concert
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 27 April - Tuesday 25 June 2024
Enjoy Chetham's Big Bands and Jazz ensembles, featuring young performers showcasing their finest ensemble and solo skills. ...Back to Black (15)
HOME, Manchester
Saturday 27 April - Thursday 2 May 2024
★★★ Don't write off this Amy Winehouse film. Sam Taylor-Johnson does a decent job of making a tight drama from a tragic yarn. ~ Irish Times. --- The extraordinary story behind one of the greatest albums of all time, the new biopic b...Lauren Ruth Ward
The Yard, Manchester
Saturday 27 April 2024
Lauren Ruth Ward's music has spread like wildfire these past couple years in LA after leaving her hometown of Baltimore. Her lyrics are secrets to strangers, writing about her life's trajectory sharing both vulnerability and strength delive...Manchester Got Soul
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Saturday 27 April - Sunday 30 June 2024
With live music + DJs across both floors of Blues Kitchen from 10pm - 3am, the house band take to the stage for three live sets. Expect to hear the hits of Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder & The Rolling Stones. ...Jerron Paxton
Low Four Studio, Manchester
Saturday 27 April 2024
Smithsonian Folkways is proud to announce that Jerron Paxton has signed with the label for his next, long-awaited full-length release, due out in 2024. Paxton joins Folkways contemporaries such as Dom Flemons, Jake Blount, Our Native Daught...
Ute Lemper
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 28 April 2024
World renowned German chanteuse Ute Lemper makes a welcome return to the UK stage performing songs from throughout her illustrious and celebrated career, including selections from her new album Time Traveller. With a career spanning four d...Cem Adrian
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Sunday 28 April 2024
Turkish singer-songwriter Cem Adrian makes a rare UK appearance. Famed for his incredible vocal range and for mixing a wide variety of genres into his music, he'll be performing songs from his new album Gokyuzumun Yildizlari. ...Okvsho +Experience
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 28 April 2024
Okvsho is one of the most interesting and promising projects in the European modern jazz scene. The two brothers (Christoph & Georg Kiss) from Zurich, Switzerland who form Okvsho let their original musical background in beat-making and elec...Dave Matthews Band
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 29 April 2024
Boasting more than 25 million concert tickets, 39 million records sold, and seven US Billboard Chart no.1 albums, Charlottesville, Virginia, folk rockers DMB are back. An acoustic jam band, The Grammy award-winners are renowned for their li...Pink Martini
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 29 April 2024
Pink Martini - the musical sensation led by pianist Thomas Lauderdale, known for their unique blend of Latin, jazz, pop and classical influences - will be celebrating 30 years in the business on their 2024 tour. Formed in Portland, Oregon, ...Nikki Yeoh & NYJO
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Deeply rooted in the language of improvisation, British jazz pianist Nikki Yeoh's seminal multimedia work "Speechmik X-Ploration" promotes a message of unity and plurality, which remains poignant today. Over a quarter of a century after it ...
DIO presents Tanner and the Tones - Live Big Band Jazz
Area, Manchester
Thursday 2 May 2024
Tanner and the Tones are back with their own brand of big band jazz, this time at AREA...Candlelight Jazz - A Tribute to Aretha Franklin
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Discover the music of Aretha Franklin at this awe-inspiring location performed by a jazz band under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...Candlelight Jazz - A Tribute to Nina Simone
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Discover the music of Nina Simone in this awe-inspiring location performed by a jazz band under the gentle glow of candlelight. ...Love Is Everywhere: Tina Edwards and NikNak
The Yard, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
Hosted by Tina Edwards Warm up set: NikNak Tina Edwards brings her jazz dance floor party to Manchester! Love Is Everywhere leaves London for the first time to hit The Yard on Friday 3rd May, with support from DJ, turntablist and musician N...Craig Charles Funk & Soul House Party + Heather Small + The Real Thing + Loose Ends
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 4 May 2024
Craig Chales delivers the ultimate house party featuring live performances from M People's Heather Small, The Real Thing and Loose Ends. This all-new DJ show for 2023 invites you to enter the Red Dwarf star's living room as he delves into h...Ledisi
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 4 May 2024
Grammy Award-winning New Orleans artist and actor Ledisi brings her signature R&B and jazz vibe to the UK! This acclaimed recording artist, songwriter, music producer, author and actress is a powerhouse vocalist with a career spanning almos...Newton Faulkner
The Met, Bury
Sunday 5 May 2024
The famous dreadlocks are probably the easiest signifier for Newton Faulkner. That might have been the point, as pretty much everything else about the Surrey-born singer songwriter is more difficult to define. Faulkner possesses a pop sensi...Tommy Blaize - The Voice of Strictly Come Dancing
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 5 May 2024
Toxteth, Liverpool, vocalist Tommy Blaize has one of the most recognisable voices in the UK. As the lead singer on Strictly Come Dancing for 20 glorious years, he's sung live each week to up to 12 million people. And in a remarkable caree...Shabazz Palaces
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 5 May 2024
Now Wave presents Shabazz Palaces at YES The Pink room on 23rd March 2022 ...Crazy P (DJ Set)
Cuckoo Prestwich, Manchester
Sunday 5 May 2024
Nobody embodies the vintage boogie disco spirit like the Manchester/Nottingham electronic wonder-band Crazy P. The lush vocals of ebullient Bury frontwoman Danielle Moore glide over swung house beats and funky synth-work bringing pure eup...
The Buffalo Skinners
Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 8 May 2024
In their thirteenth year together as The Buffalo Skinners, 2024 marks an exciting new chapter for Peter (guitar and vocals) and James (violin and vocals). Fellow founding member Lawrence Menard is back in the fold on accordion, keys and ele...The Belgrave House Band - Amy Winehouse's Back to Black
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Thursday 9 May 2024
Raise your glass and celebrate the stunning sounds of queen of soul, Amy Winehouse. Expect a funked up performance by the Belgrave House Band, embracing her Back to Black album from start to finish with live renditions of undeniable classic...Rat Pack - Swingin' at the Sands
Middleton Arena, Manchester
Friday 10 May 2024
Take three great West End Singers, add a dash of comedy and rousing camaraderie with a pinch of the greatest songs ever written and what do you get? A perfect day's entertainment with The Rat Pack tribute show, "Swingin' At The Sands!" rec...The Handsome Family
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 10 May 2024
The Handsome Family (songwriting and marriage partners Brett and Rennie Sparks) have been defining the dark end of Americana for over 30 years. Brett writes the music and Rennie writes the words. Their work has been covered by many artists ...Cut Capers
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 10 May 2024
CUT CAPERS are a 9-piece Bristol band whose energetic live performance and infectious sound have won them a cult following on the British festival scene. Mixing a heavy 4-piece brass section with funk, dance and hip-hop. Like all the best b...Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
New York City's pop-jazz sensation, Postmodern Jukebox, are returning to the UK. Bringing their innovative twist on classic sounds, performing 'today's hits yesterday', on an unforgettable tour. Famed "Pop music in a Time Machine" concert a...Warren Mailley-Smith - Rhapsody in Blue by Candlelight
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
Join the exceptional British concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, for an atmospheric candlelit performance of Gershwin's epic Rhapsody in Blue and other works within this spectacular setting. This is a great choice for first-time classica...Brutus Gold's Love Train
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 11 May 2024
Lock up your daughters.... your mothers.... your self-tan spray and your cheap cologne! Brutus Gold and his Love Train are steaming into town for a night thick and heavy with 70s grooves. Self-proclaimed Puerto Rican Love God, Brutus Gold ...Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
The Met, Bury
Saturday 11 May 2024
Fleetwood Bac are the world's first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, the only Mac tribute to authentically replicate the classic 'Rumours' line-up. The show focuses on the 'Rumours' era of the band ...
Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Sunday 12 May 2024
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ ...The Black Crowes
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Although essentially a modern blues rock group, chart-topping Atlanta, Georgia brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, better known as The Black Crowes, cite many musical influences, such as psychedelic pop from the 1960s, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rol...Nonunonu
Low Four Studio, Manchester
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Nonunonu have been making waves playing major gigs around the North West including Manchester International Festival, Lancaster Jazz Festival and Manchester Jazz festival. Groove based jazz loaf fresh out the oven, Nonunonu are a Guitar tri...
The Black Keys
Co-op Live, Manchester
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Entering the third decade of their existence, chart-topping Ohio duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their 2002 debut album 'The Big Come Up' with more rough blues-rock directly linking back to the ban...Rakim
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 15 May 2024
Despite his celebrated partnership with Queens DJ Eric B, whose intricately constructed soundscapes made an excellent match for Rakim's more cerebral presence on the mike, the North Island rapper never became a household name, but is near-u...BrassWerk - A 10-Piece Brass Band Perform Arctic Monkeys
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Thursday 16 - Sunday 26 May 2024
Celebrating the Arctic Monkeys' anthemic album 'AM', a 10-piece brass band perform it cover to cover alongside some other Arctic Monkeys favourites. From the foot-stomping 'Do I Wanna Know?' and 'R U Mine?' to the clever lyricism of 'Arabe...
Robbie Cavanagh
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 16 May 2024
Award-winning artist Robbie Cavanagh released Tough Love ? his much-anticipated third record - in May 2023, and in the months since has been touring prolifically as a headline artist, as well as in support of American trio The Wood Brothers...A Certain Ratio
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 May 2024
Mancunian Post-Punk legends ACR's greatest strength has always been their unpredictability. They've always moved with gleeful disregard for the boundaries of style and genre, their eye fixed firmly on constant progression. It's an ethos tha...Aaron West + The Roaring Twenties
