MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER BANDS & ARTISTS ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Manchester Bands & Artists On Stage in Manchester
Northern Live - Do I Love You
Stockport Plaza
Sat 10 May - Fri 21 Nov 2025
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
The Bread Shed
Fri 2 - Sat 24 May 2025
New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division and Manchester
RNCM
Sat 4 - Fri 10 Oct 2025
Dr. John Cooper Clarke
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the 'Godfather of Punk Poetry' and the original people's poet, John's cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion. From creating some of the most iconic p...BBC Philharmonic - John Wilson conducts Saint-Saëns's Organ Symphony
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
The pipes of the Bridgewater Hall organ get a full wash, wax and valet tonight with a performance characterised by Romantic splendour. Saint-Saëns's spectacular Third Symphony takes us on a dramatic journey from darkness to light, and gav...Russell Watson
The Edge, Wigan
Saturday 29 March 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...Oasiz - A Tribute to Oasis
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 29 March 2025
When a short clip of Oasiz front man Steve, performing as Liam, went viral on social media with over half a million views, many fans were convinced the clip was actually of Liam Gallagher himself which led to the story being covered in the ...Back To The 90s Spring Day Festival
Freight Island, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
Manchester the BIGGEST 90s Spring Indoor Daytime Dance Festival is coming! Brace yourselves as we bring you an experience like no other! Get ready for a massive Indoor 90s Festival boutique festival with a massive lineup in Manchester inclu...HENGE
St Mary's In The Marketplace, Stockport
Saturday 29 March 2025
Attention Earth! This is HENGE. We bring you the gift of Cosmic Dross - a kind of music that is new to your world. There are no Earth words to describe it... but it will one day save your species. Henge are a British concept band formed in ...Hallé Chamber Series - Adès Alchymia
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
The Halle's lunchtime Chamber Series at Halle St Peter's provides a unique opportunity to hear players and guest artists perform in more intimate surroundings. Artist-in-Residence Thomas Ades' most recent major chamber work Alchymia is the ...Hallé Chamber Series - Adès Alchymia
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
The Halle's lunchtime Chamber Series at Halle St Peter's provides a unique opportunity to hear players and guest artists perform in more intimate surroundings. Artist-in-Residence Thomas Ades' most recent major chamber work Alchymia is the ...Shade
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
'SHADE' are a brand new, exciting alt-rock band hailing from the UK's most vibrant music hub: Manchester ...Funk Street!
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 29 March - Saturday 7 June 2025
Get your groove on at Funk Street, a free night of live funk, soul and disco brought to you by resident bands. Traversing the finest in funk, soul, disco, house and more. Expect soul-heavy beats, infectious rhythm, and free-flowing danceflo...Manchester Music Tours - Tour Special
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 29 March - Saturday 13 September 2025
You've heard the songs, now see the sights and hear the stories behind Manchester's greatest artists on the Manchester Music Tour. Founded by Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill, the Manchester Music Tour offers a fascinating first-hand ins...Oasis Wonderwalk Tour
The Edwardian Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester
Saturday 29 March - Monday 12 May 2025
Enjoy this Manchester walking tour with your expert guide Joe, exploring the city where the legendary Britpop band was born. ...Owen Wingrave
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 30 March - Saturday 5 April 2025
Can one act of defiance shatter generations of tradition, or will history always find a way to repeat itself? Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave grapples with this question in a tale that feels strikingly relevant today. Commissioned by the...Dirty Laces
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Sunday 30 March 2025
Fear, loathing, and pages of notebooks filled in between; North Manchester's Dirty Laces' relentless work ethic has seen them become signed, collaborate with Ride drummer Laurence Colbert, and continue to release a stream of new music recor...RNCM Spotlight - Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 30 March 2025
This FREE recital combines the English voices of Rebecca Clarke and Ralph Vaughan Williams into a soundscape of poems and dreams. ...
Band on the Wall Jazz Workshop Live
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 30 March 2025
Band on the Wall's Jazz Workshop is the longest running of its kind in Manchester. They will be joined by our Jazz Foundations course for an evening of brilliant music. Both groups are taught and directed by renowned saxophonist Munch Mans...Strawberry Studios Forever
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Monday 31 March 2025
The Stockport Music Story presents Strawberry Studios Forever, a celebration concert of the legendary music recorded at Strawberry Recording Studios. Many of Manchester's iconic bands made their early recordings here in Stockport. An evenin...RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
RNCM, Manchester
Monday 31 March 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,...Hope Mill Community Choir & Orchestra
Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Monday 31 March 2025
Join Hope Mill Community Choir and Orchestra for their seasonal sharing. Each term the Community groups work on new performance pieces as well as building on the old favourites in their repertoire. ...Hetta Falzon
Fuel Cafe Bar, Manchester
Monday 31 March 2025
Somerset singer-songwriter Hetta Falzon studies at the RNCM in Manchester. Her songs exist in many worlds, with arrangements which vary from jazz trios to orchestral ensembles. She invites you into some of these worlds, reimagining her son...Do I Love You?
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 2 - Saturday 5 April 2025
Why not join twenty somethings Sally, Nat and Kyle in this hilarious comedy written and directed by John Godber, the award-winning writer of "Bouncers", as they develop a love for, and the people involved with, Northern Soul. What started a...Elkie Brooks
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Having started her career in music in 1960, a remarkable 64 years of performing live, Salford blues legend Elkie Brooks will embark upon her Long Farewell Tour. A celebration of Elkie's illustrious award winning career in music performing s...Manchester Camerata - Mozart Made in Manchester
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 2 April - Friday 23 May 2025
Manchester Camerata and Chetham's School of Music have embarked on a multi-year collaborative project to perform and record all of Mozart's piano concertos, bringing together eminent pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Camerata Music Director,...BBC Philharmonic - Roman Holiday
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Italy. Land of sun, sea and serious culture - look no further than its great operatic Hall of Fame led by Giuseppe Verdi (that's Joe Green to you and me). Inspired by Shakespeare's tragic Othello, soprano Mariangela Sicilia joins us for Des...Thursday Lunchtimes - RNCM Saxophones
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Drop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free with the RNCM's Monday and Thursday Lunchtimes. Tickets:Free admission, ticket required ...Eleanor Ryan, Yevgeny Dokshansky & Ben Powell
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Lecturer in Performance Studies, Eleanor Ryan (violin) from the University of Manchester joins Professor Yevgeny Dokshansky (Clarinet) of University of Houston, and Professor Ben Powell (Piano) from RNCM. Performing Clarinet Trios from the ...Vinny Peculiar
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...Jane Weaver
St Mary's In The Marketplace, Stockport
Friday 4 April 2025
Abusing, evading, and obliterating 20 years of whimsical pop trends, Jane Weaver's experience as a truly independent and resilient songwriter and sound-carrier commands respect and inspiration in equal measures. Complete with unpretentious ...Delights
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
Dubbed as "kaleidoscopic guitar janglers", Manchester-based 4-piece guitar band Delights formed in 2017 while at sixth form together. The band draw their inspirations from an eclectic catalogue of music, influenced both by what their par...The Richard Ashcroft Experience
Bask, Stockport
Friday 4 April 2025
Andy O'Brien performs as The Richard Ashcroft Experience. Andy is famously known for being the number one look and sound alike to Richard Ashcroft from the huge band The Verve. Andy has even performed in front of the band themselves befor...
RNCM Spotlight - A Night at the Cabaret
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
In this FREE concert, RNCM students perform songs from Cabaret, Chicago, West Side Story, and South Pacific. ...University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra - Bach and Beyond
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
The University's Baroque orchestra and guest singers present Bach's beautiful 'Actus Tragicus' cantata (no. 106) alongside Telemann's viola concerto, the first composed for the instrument. The Baroque Orchestra is the Music department's mai...The Hallé - The Music of Star Wars
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Feel the force of the Halle as we bring you John Williams' music from Star Wars to the stage of The Bridgewater Hall. Join conductor Stephen Bell, presenter Tom Redmond, the Halle and the Halle Choir as they bring to life John Williams' ico...Badly Drawn Boy
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 April 2025
Dunstable-born, Bolton-raised, Manchester-living Mercury-prize winning folk rocker Damon Gough has always been one to wear his heart on his sleeve, and his truly personal and heartfelt catalogue of glorious, colourful warming, honest pop so...The Lancashire Hotpots
The Met, Bury
Saturday 5 April 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...The Favours
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
The Favours are a three-piece, Manchester-based, post-punk group, taking inspiration from pioneers of all genres from The Doors and Joy Division, to Fontaines D.C. and Radiohead. They formed in 2023 and have been perfecting their live prese...Spangled
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
The genre-spanning Manchester four-piece dance on the fringe between jangly guitars and yesterdays promises, offering an eclectic blend of witty, heartfelt lyrics, lively attitudes and punch the air riffs proving there is still decadence in...Phoebe Green
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Sunkist-haired, Manchester-based artist Phoebe Green has been steadily accruing fans and buzz for her darkly witty and very danceable indie rock tunes about the cringe-worthy and often cold behavior at play in contemporary relationships. "O...Yasmin Coe
Lion's Den, Manchester
Sunday 6 April 2025
The Manchester-based Hull singer/songwriter takes inspiration from artists like Current Joys, Mazzy Star and the Pixies, with performances and music which bring together storytelling lyrics amongst jangly indie guitar sounds. Self-described...Mark Hoyle In Conversation with Tony Walsh
The Met, Bury
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Two Crows proudly present an evening with musician Mark Hoyle spotlighting his critically acclaimed book Swerve. Featuring a Q&A, signing and readings from the book - including his account of the infamous Joy Division gig in The Met's Derby...The Lathums
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 April 2025
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive change...Proud Mary
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
Celebrating 20 years of their classic album "The Same Old Blues", Manchester band Proud Mary are very pleased to announce a series of special anniversary gigs, including an unmissable homecoming set on 24th September. The five-piece will be...Primal Scream
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 11 April 2025
Formed in Glasgow in 1982 by Bobby Gillespie, a member of Manchester-based Glaswegian indie act The Wake, Primal Scream's career didn't really take off until the legendary frontman had left his temporary role as drummer of The Jesus and Mar...The Man From Delmonte
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. Between 1988 and 1991 they shone brightly creating some of the most memorable pop songs of the "Madchester" era. Water in My Eyes, My Love is Li...Northside
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
Formed in 1989, Manchester favourites Northside released their only album, Chicken Rhythms, on Factory Records in 1991, reaching no.19 in the UK charts. The band became part of the 1990s Madchester baggy scene and are best remembered for th...
The Absolute Stone Roses (Tribute Band)
Lower Kersal Social Club, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
A tribute band to the Manchester legends The Stone Roses who create a "Resurrection" of that iconic sound and vibe that you got at a Roses' concert. The band themselves are big fans with an obvious great love for The Stone Roses and have w...YAANG + Formal Sppeedwear + Autocamper
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 12 - Thursday 24 April 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....Songs of Resistance
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 15 April 2025
A not-for-profit concert raising money for international human rights organisation Restless Beings, starring Cookie Love - J. Chambers - Mali Hayes - Renee Stormz - Saf S2E - Third Kulture - Twisted Tubes - Yemi Bolatiwa. Hosted by Jenn...Hallé Rush Hour - Beethoven's Fifth
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 17 April 2025
Beethoven?s thundering Fifth Symphony closes the programme. Also known as ?The Fate Symphony ? ?that instantly-recognisable opening motif was characterised by the composer himself as fate literally knocking at the door ? it is one of the mo...Manchester Music Tours - Oasis Tour
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Thursday 17 April - Saturday 30 August 2025
You have the opportunity to see first-hand where Manchester's most famous brothers grew up. Acclaimed by Noel and Liam themselves, the tour includes visits to the iconic Boardwalk where the band rehearsed and performed their first gig. Cana...The Showhawk Duo
