ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
The Bread Shed
Fri 14 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Manchester Academy
Sat 29 Mar 2025 - Sat 24 Jan 2026
The Man From Delmonte
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 26 February 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. One of best kept secrets of the "Madchester" era, they even boasted Inspiral Carpets and 808 State as support acts. Classically trained, they to...Being Dead
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Now Wave presents Being Dead at YES Basement on 26th February 2025...
Sturgill Simpson
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 27 February 2025
Grammy-award winning Kentucky Outlaw country star Sturgill Simpson delivers "sleazy, steamy rock n roll" With nods to psychedelic drug chronicler Rick Strassman and a cover of Mancunian synth-pop also-rans When in Rome's "The Promise" his ...Whip Round
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 27 February - Thursday 26 June 2025
Your favourite weekly Alt club night is back with three rooms of Indie classics, post punk, new wave, and Kowgirl Karaoke ...
RAW 9 - ISMS Wehmut Dantzic
Stage And Radio, Manchester
Thursday 27 February 2025
Isms bring scuzzy guitars & danceable chaos, Wehmut deliver post-rock energy, and Dantzic fuse goth & electro. Expect a night of raw sounds....Scouting For Girls
Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
Friends since they were five, London indie pop three-piece Scouting For Girls have never changed to chase success. Success came to them; their 2007 self-titled debut went on to become triple platinum and birthed the generation-bridging anth...UNE
The Salty Dog, Northwich
Friday 28 February 2025
UNE is a Cheshire-based electro duo consisting of BBC radio broadcaster, writer and musician Mark Radcliffe and tech boffin, remixer and Hacienda DJ Paul Langley. In remission from head and neck cancer and "loving life", Mark Radcliffe cele...Factory 251 Fridays
FAC251, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
3 floors of music, all your favs with 899 other party goers. DJs spinning dance & RnB, Indie & Cheese, and Tech, Bass & DnB. ...Live Forever
The Venue Nightclub, Manchester
Friday 28 February - Friday 28 March 2025
Live Forever is your weekly Friday of Indie Floorfillers old and new, Â all night long. Expect to hear: Oasis / Stone Roses / The Smiths / James / Courteeners / Arctic Monkeys / Sam fender / DMAs / Blossoms / The Beatles / Vaccines / Idles ...Chalk
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Friday 28 February - Wednesday 28 May 2025
Belfast electronic/noise rock trio Chalk at Band on the Wall February 2025...
The Fairway live @ North Chadderton Social & Bowling Club
North Chadderton Social And Bowling Club, Oldham
Friday 28 February 2025
The Fairway take to North Chadderton Social and Bowling Club with their biggest headline show on their journey through the Indie Rock scene...Fat Dog
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 2025
Described by the NME as "2023's wildest live band", South London indie act Fat Dog's music has been described as containing elements of dance, punk and klezmer. ...Fat Dog
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 2025
Described by the NME as "2023's wildest live band", South London indie act Fat Dog's music has been described as containing elements of dance, punk and klezmer. ...Echoes of the Bunnymen - An Aural Tribute to Echo & The Bunnymen
Star and Garter, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 2025
Echoes of the Bunnymen are an aural tribute to the alternative Fab Four. "A bloody good tribute, go check them out" - Will Sergeant (Echo & The Bunnymen). After Will Sergeant bought tickets and surprised Echoes of the Bunnymen by showing up...Manchester Music Tours - Oasis Tour
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 1 March - 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...
Chloe Slater
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 2025
Now Wave presents Chloe Slater at YES Pink Room on 1st March 2025...This Feeling - Manchester
Off The Square, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...
The Slow Readers Club
Gorilla, Manchester
Sunday 2 March 2025
Manchester's The Slow Readers Club deliver an energetic blend of driving drums and infectious guitar lines with evocative verses and anthemic choruses, imbued with their idiosyncratic brand of insightful and confronting lyricism, all set a...
MICROMAC release
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Sunday 2 March 2025
MERE AMORE are ready to rip your eyes open with new release, MICROMAC Including support bands, Leeroy Salmon and .......MICROMAC: Open Your Eyes
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Sunday 2 March 2025
Get ready to rip your eyes open with new release MICROMAC from MERE AMORE Also joined by lively supports Blythe and Intake....
Alabaster dePlume
Gorilla, Manchester
Monday 3 March - Saturday 3 May 2025
Mancunian jazz poet-performer Alabaster DePlume (a.k.a. Gus Fairbairn), who plays the saxophone out of the side of his mouth, is now known across the globe as the saxophonist who creates wonderful, wordless music, however back home he's mos...
Toro y Moi
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 4 March 2025
An unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, South Carolina chillwave musical mastermind Chaz Bear spans genre and sound, taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they're riding in the back of Bear's Filipino jeepney. Undoubtedly one of ...
N&D Showcase: The Great Unwashed
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Tue 04 Mar - 7:30 pmThe Great Unwashed+ Bank Details + Candlemice£8 adv...Laura Marling
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 5 - Thursday 6 March 2025
 Hampshire folk snger/songwriter. Laura Marling is known for her distinctive and musically compelling collection of songs, run through with her fierce intelligence which have won her multiple Mercury Music Prize nominations. Her father, S...The Ocelots
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Twins from Wexford, Ireland, Brandon and Ashley have crafted their songwriting and musical experience together to produce a forceful blend of rich harmonies and bare, raw acoustic folk. The Ocelots started originally through busking around ...Delivery (AUS) Live at YES Basement
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Fresh off of signing to Heavenly Recordings for their 2nd LP, Aussie group Delivery comes back to Manchester for their 3rd outing in the city...Peer Hat 5th March
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Bad Saint are back at The Peer Hat hosting their next showcase....Doves
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 March 2025
Doves had something of an usual genesis in '90s Madchester. Founding members Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams were all members of Sub Sub, best remembered for their 1993 hit single Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use). After a fire at ...White Denim
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
Texan Southern rockers White Denim are one of the very best rock bands to emerge this millennium with a rootsy swing and uplifting way with melody. It's always been hard to keep pace with James Petralli's group, ever since they first expl...Chris Helme (The Seahorses)
Bask Live Wigan, Wigan
Thursday 6 March 2025
Rising to fame in the 1990s as frontman of indie band The Seahorses York singer-songwriter Chris Helme is now producing acclaimed folk-infused tracks as a solo artist. His enviable back catalogue includes Britpop classics such as 'Love is t...
Peer Hat 6th March
The Pale White
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
In a musical landscape that continues to proudly proclaim the death of modern rock music, The Pale White have consistently proved that this couldn't be further from the truth. Hailing from Newcastle in the UK, the three piece containing bro...Bad Habits Presents Antihoney and Sweet Gene at Fuel Cafe
Fuel Cafe Bar, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
Bad Habits brings you Firsty Thursdays, a night of live music just in time to start your weekend early...THE SICK FIX with Overdrive and Disk jockey
The Spinning Top, Stockport
Thursday 6 March 2025
A night of alt rock at The Spinning Top in Stockport...Alan Sparhawk (Low)
