MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Manchester Bands & Artists On Stage in Manchester
Sun 26 Apr - Mon 18 May 2026
The Hallé & Amy Yule - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sunday 12 October 2025
Star flautist and Halle Principal, Amy Yule takes centre stage to perform Ibert's intricate Flute Concerto in a programme filled with an air of musical enchantment. When Sergei Diaghilev - founder of the Ballets Russes - visited Stravinsky ...
RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
Monday 13 October - Monday 8 December 2025
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtime concerts. Witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series,...
Abel Selaocoe
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Manchester-based South African cellist Abel Selaocoe is a rapidly rising star who is redefining the parameters of the cello. The RNCM alumnus and Honorary Associate Artist moves seamlessly across a plethora of genres and styles, from collab...
Jesca Hoop, Kate Stables & Lail Arad - The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Line Up: Jesca Hoop, Kate Stables (This is the Kit) and Lail Arad. Following a revered debut at The Roundhouse's In The Round Festival in April 2024, 'The Songs of Joni Mitchell' returns with a new line-up. The show was conceived and cura...
Shayne Ward
Wednesday 15 October 2025
The multi-Platinum Mancunian recording artist Shayne Ward rose to fame as winner of the second series of The X Factor. His debut single "That's My Goal" was the 2005 Christmas No. 1, spending four weeks at the top of the chart and selling 2...
Jonathan Scott
Wednesday 15 October - Monday 24 November 2025
Epic orchestral masterpieces as you've never heard them before! Jonathan Scott uses all the resources of the Bridgewater Hall concert organ to create the full sounds and expression of a symphony orchestra using 5,500 pipes, two hands and tw...
Hallé Chamber Series - Schubert Quintet
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Eva Thorarinsdottir and friends open the Halle's Chamber Series with Schubert's Quintet in C Major, Desert Island Discs' most frequently requested piece of chamber music. The addition of a second cello to the usual quartet line-up gives ...
Hallé Chamber Series - Schubert Quintet
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Eva Thorarinsdottir and friends open the Halle's Chamber Series with Schubert's Quintet in C Major, Desert Island Discs' most frequently requested piece of chamber music. The addition of a second cello to the usual quartet line-up gives ...
Graham Nash
Thursday 16 October 2025
Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy award winning Salford singer-songwriter Graham Nash returns to Europe to perform songs spanning his sixty-year career from The Hollies to Crosby, Stills and Nash, to CSNY and his be...
Pale Waves
Thursday 16 October 2025
The Manchester indie-pop icons step up once more, fulfilling the promise of that widely-lauded UK Top 10 debut album My Mind Makes Noises, in 2018, and striding towards pop megastardom with the UK no.3 2021 follow-up Who Am I?. The slick f...
Re-Take That - The Ultimate Take That Party Night
Thursday 16 October 2025
Join the UK's favourite tribute act for the ultimate Take That party night with a live and fully interactive sing-a-long experience. Jason Orange calls the show "brilliant," while Dec of Ant & Dec says it's "the best Take That tribute act ...
Darren Alboni as Mick Hucknall - Simply Red Tribute
Thursday 16 - Friday 17 October 2025
Quoted to be the No.1 Mick Hucknall impersonator by the Simply Red Fan Club, Darren Alboni has been performing as the legendary Manchester soul star since 1991 after appearing on, and winning, his heat in Granada Television's "Stars In Thei...
Sleeper
Friday 17 October 2025
The Platinum-selling Manchester-formed Britpop band are back. Sleeper enjoyed huge critical and commercial success in the mid 90s: achieving 8 Top 40 singles across 3 Top 10 albums with well over 1,000,000 sales. They garnered front cove...
Stax of Soul & The Soul Review
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 October 2025
The original. A reputation that needs no introduction. Born in Manchester in 1983, 9-piece 100% live band Stax of Soul feature incredible musicians (including a powerful brass section), meticulously and energetically recreating the very...
The Oasis Experience - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 17 October 2025
Described by Alan McGee as "the best tribute to Oasis in the world!, in fact I'll go one better, they're better than the real Oasis!", if you are a connoisseur of the Mancunian mayhem makers, you will definitely see the difference between T...
The Hallé & Anna Lapwood - Flying Through Film
Saturday 18 October 2025
Radio 1's film critic, Ali Plumb, pilots this exhilarating musical journey: from the sound of wings, wheels and broomsticks slicing through the air, to engines roaring and planets in orbit, these musical scores bring to life the majesty and...
The Velvetines
Saturday 18 October 2025
The Velvetines are a Hard Rock indie/alt band from Bolton, Lancashire. With Cameron Tonge fronting the band with lead vocals and rhythm guitar. To George Parmenter's infectious riffs and solos on lead guitar! And Zakori Waring's heavy bass ...
Merry Hell
Saturday 18 October 2025
Joyful Wigan folk rockers Merry Hell have graced the UK charts with their trademark all-standing, all-dancing, roof-raising traditional folk music. Formed in 2010, the core members of the band include the three Kettle brothers, who were pre...
Wet Wet Wet + Heather Small (M People)
Sunday 19 October 2025
Iconic Clydebank pop act Wet Wet Wet have sold more than 15 million singles and albums to date and have featured in the UK Singles Chart and Album Chart for an incredible time period of over 500 weeks. Formed in 1982, their albums have been...
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Wednesday 22 October 2025
The songwriter and frontman of Manchester three-piece, I Am Kloot also possesses an enviable back catalogue as a solo artist - previously known around his hometown as Johnny Dangerously - and continues to work on new material under the guis...
New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division and Manchester
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 October 2025
The brand-new stage production of New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division & Manchester celebrates its 10th anniversary. The new touring production is written by Brian Gorman, produced & directed by Giles D Bastow and Sean Mason fo...
Gary Barlow
Saturday 25 October 2025
One of Britain's most successful songwriters and record producers, as part of the Manchester group Take That, Frodsham's Gary Barlow has won eight BRIT Awards and sold over 45 million records. Aside from his achievements with Take That, he ...
Ten
Saturday 25 October 2025
Mancunian melodic hard rock band Ten were formed in 1994 by frontman Gary Hughes following a prolific solo career. ...
Elephunk in the Room
Thursday 30 October - Thursday 18 December 2025
Showcasing some of the finest local bands, melding disco, funk and jazz together and ending the night with disco classics. Come dance with the Elephunk in the Room, a Rebel Riot Record event. ...
RNCM Symphony Orchestra
Friday 31 October 2025
Antony Hermus returns to conduct RNCM students in a performance of one of Mahler's most profound works - an awe-inspiring journey from darkness to light. Mahler is alone in his ability to convey emotions at their most extreme, from ang...
Baked a La Ska
Friday 31 October 2025
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 ...
YAANG + Formal Sppeedwear + Autocamper
Friday 31 October 2025
Hot Take is a brand new monthly night from promoters Now Wave, bringing you the freshest new sounds from Manchester. Manchester punk trio YAANG + FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR + AUTOCAMPER....
A Tribute to Jilly's Rockworld
Saturday 1 November 2025
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...
The Smyths - Tribute to The Smiths
Saturday 1 November 2025
The Smyths are a joyous celebration of arguably the greatest band of all time, Manchester legends The Smiths. Thrillingly accurate, the group have amassed a huge following and regularly sell out huge venues both here and abroad. 2023 marks...
Glacmanis
Saturday 1 November 2025
Alternative/indie rock duo from Manchester, pronounced "Glass-Manis". ...
Amplifier
Saturday 1 November 2025 - Saturday 19 September 2026
Described as "Soundgarden, Tool, Black Sabbath, Oceansize and Pink Floyd taking copious amounts of mind-altering substances and venturing on a trip through time and space (to another dimension), and back again," Manchester progressive rock...
Radio X is 10 - Blossoms + Hard-Fi + Jake Bugg + Circa Waves
Monday 3 November 2025
To celebrate 10 years of the brand, Radio X will host an exclusive gig in Manchester this November - with Blossoms, Hard-Fi, Jake Bugg and Circa Waves billed to perform, and Radio X's Sunta Templeton set to provide the tunes in between acts...
Scott Brothers Duo
Monday 3 November 2025
Mancunian brothers Jonathan & Tom Scott perform an unmissable programme of duos for piano and organ, demonstrating the full range of sounds and colours available from this brilliant combination. Their programme includes original works for p...
Definitely Mightbe - Tribute to Oasis
Thursday 6 November 2025
The longest established Oasis tribute in the world with over 2,000 shows under their belt. So, as good as the real thing? Well the lengendary Alan McGee thought so when he recently introduced the band live on stage! So they..... DEFINITELY ...
FIVE
Friday 7 November 2025
They were one of the most successful and iconic boy bands of all time - topping charts across the globe and selling more than 20 million records worldwide. After 25 years apart, the multi-platinum selling band Five are finally back together...
Room D
Friday 7 November 2025
5 piece indie rock band fresh to the Manchester scene. ...
Room D
Friday 7 November 2025
5 piece indie rock band fresh to the Manchester scene. ...
Richard Ashcroft
Saturday 8 November 2025
Wigan's two-time Ivor Novello winner (Songwriter of the Year in 1998 and Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2019) has released six Top 5 solo albums, including the chart-topping debut Alone With Everybody. He first came to attenti...
Repercussion
Saturday 8 November - Saturday 13 December 2025
Jungle (Live) | Bonobo (DJ)Honey Dijon | Major League Djzsalute | berlioz (DJ) | DJ Seinfeld | Sofia Kourtesis (DJ)Chez Damier | Chloe Caillet | Hamdi | Bradley ZeroLuke Una presents E Soul Cultura | DESIREE | Bakey | AnzJarreau Vandal |...
Rosellas
Saturday 8 November 2025
Fresh from supporting Starsailor, the young Mancunians serve up stadium-ready guitars, punchy drums and pure adrenaline, with a sound that gives a nod to the bands of 90's Britpop, drawing sonic comparisons to The Verve, The Stone Roses and...
Montello
Saturday 8 November 2025
Montello are a four piece indie-rock powerhouse from Wigan, Greater Manchester. Formed in November 2023, they hit the local indie music scene performing small gigs around the North West of England, and have amassed a small but loyal cult f...
True Order - A Tribute to New Order
Saturday 8 November 2025
TRUE ORDER are Europe's only tribute to the iconic Manchester band New Order and are considered by many to be the next best thing to watching the real thing. Playing the songs from the early years after the demise of Joy Division, including...
Tanner and the Tones
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Tanner and the tones are a 19 piece powerhouse jazz big band from Manchester that brings the timeless energy of jazz to life. Featuring a line up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, keys and strings they push the boundaries of the big band ...
Howard Jones
Thursday 13 November 2025
Hailed by many as an electronic music pioneer, Howard Jones first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English song-writing and pioneering synthesizers. He topped the charts in the UK and worldwide with his deut a...
Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman
Thursday 13 November 2025
Legendary Bolton broadcaster, writer and musician Mark Radcliffe met David Boardman a few years ago when he moved to Knutsford and they found each other in the Builder's Arms. David is a seasoned singer/songwriter, guitar teacher and fine a...
Quatuor Danel - Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello
Thursday 13 November 2025
The leading French string quartet - who have been "Quartet in Residence" at the University of Manchester since 2005 - perform Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello, and Aulis Sallinen's String Quartet No. 3. Gilles and Yovan perform Rave...
BC Camplight
Friday 14 November 2025
Brian Christinzio is the force behind the lo-fi indie rock moniker BC Camplight, who originally played live with members of The War on Drugs and appeared as a session piano player for Sharon Van Etten among other collaborations before near...
Russell Watson
Friday 14 November 2025
As a child Russell Watson could always carry a tune, but he never dreamed he'd become an opera singer. Today, he's counted among the world's finest classical voices. Born and raised in Salford, Watson worked an array of jobs and started sin...
Maruja
Friday 14 November 2025
The extraordinary Manchester four piece are a creative force of nature, a deeply emotional and empathetic band concerned primarily with the power of community, both in the nuclear sense, as a tight knit creative unit, but also as a wider fo...
Space Monkeys
Friday 14 November 2025
Manchester band Space Monkeys were the last act signed to Factory Records, between 1995 and 2000. In 1997 their debut album 'The Daddy Of Them All' sold in excess of 100,000 copies worldwide with the single "Sugar Cane" reaching no. 58 ...
