ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Manchester Academy
Sat 1 Nov 2025 - Fri 27 Feb 2026
Just Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Manchester Academy
Fri 31 Oct 2025 - Fri 30 Oct 2026
Antarctic Monkeys - The Official Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band
O2 Ritz
Fri 31 Oct 2025 - Sat 4 Jul 2026
Finn Wolfhard
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 12 October 2025
Canadian actor, musician, and film director Finn Wolfhard is best known for playing Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things, Richie Tozier in the 2017 remake of Stephen King's horror classic It and its sequel It: Chapter Two, and Trevor Spengler i...Factory 251 Saturdays
FAC251, Manchester
Sunday 12 - Sunday 26 October 2025
3 floors of music, all your favs with 899 other party goers. DJs spinning dance & RnB, Indie & Cheese, and Tech, Bass & DnB. ...
Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens)
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Monday 13 October 2025
Robert Forster is a Brisbane based singer-songwriter and author. In 1978, with Queensland University friend Grant McLennan, he co-founded the acclaimed indie pop/rock band The Go-Betweens. The group, based in London for five and a half year...Dead Posey
Yes, Manchester
Monday 13 October 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Dead PoseyPlus support:The Cruel Knives...Newton Faulkner
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Multi-Platinum selling Surrey-born acoustic singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner possesses a pop sensibility that allows him to sit easily alongside the likes of Jack Johnson, Paolo Nutini, and Ed Sheeran - who stole his original "ginger guy ...SE SO NEON
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Since their formation nearly a decade ago, SE SO NEON has become one of Korea's most loved and respected alternative bands, receiving awards and acclaim while steadily amassing a global fanbase. The band- now the solo project of singer, son...Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
The mind-spinning indie-rock/folk/art of Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage developed when songwriter and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis began recording homemade cassettes in New York City in 1998; his critically acclaimed, unusual and word-dense...Skating Polly
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Fusing elements of '90s-inspired alt-rock and riot grrrl with classic D.I.Y. punk and indie pop, savvy Oklahoma siblings Kelli and Kurtis Mayo, with step-sister Peyton Bighorse found national exposure in the early 2010s, earning both critic...DIVINITAS + Support @ YES Basement
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
DIVINITAS kick off their Headline UK Tour with an intimate hometown show with support from Insurgent and Silence Reigns...d4vd
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Houston indie musician David Burke, better known as d4vd (pronounced "David"), is an artist that's unable to be boxed into a specific genre, with familiar hits including his UK Top 40 hits 'Romantic Homicide,' a grungy, guitar-driven breaku...LEAP
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Indie rock sad boys LEAP are on the verge, in every sense of the word. Bubbling with anticipation, whether it's the palpable energy at their explosive sold out shows across the UK and Europe, or landing in Shazam's top 50 viral playlist, th...
N&D Showcase: Dirty Freud
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Wed 15 Oct - 7:30 pmN&D Showcase: Dirty Freud+ Noelle£8 adv...John Myrtle
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Now Wave presents John Myrtle at The Castle Hotel on 15th October 2025...Pale Waves
O2 Ritz, Manchester
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...Panic Shack
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
Cardiff punks Panic Shack aren't interested in the keys to the boys' clubhouse or fighting with sharp-elbows for a seat at the table. They're with you, out there: in the pit, at the bar, in the group chat - and their sound, collar-grabbing ...Hope of the States
Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
Named after Albert Deutsch's 1948 book on the state of mental healthcare in the United States, Chichester indie rockers Hope of the States have developed their post-Radiohead sound, scoring UK Top 40 hits with "The Red the White the Black...Assemblage 23
Rebellion, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
ASSEMBLAGE 23 2025 UK TOUR, Plus Special Guest MARI KATTMAN...Mleko
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 October 2025
Now Wave presents Mleko at The Castle Hotel on 16th October 2025...
Sleeper
Albert Hall, Manchester
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...We Are Scientists
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
New York indie rock legends We Are Scientists are glued to the indie dance floor but also showcase a darker, more electronic pop rock sound. UK Top 40 hits include "After Hours", "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt", "It's a Hit", "Chick Lit" ...Pop Will Eat Itself
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
With the help of John Peel, the industrial/alt-rock Stourbridge band's earliest singles became surprise chart hits in the late 80s and early 90s thanks to their many samples of other songs and musical scores. Tracks like "Get the Girl! Kill...Charlie Simpson (DJ Set) After Party
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
Get ready for a night you won't forget... We're keeping the Busted vibes alive long after the final encore with an exclusive DJ set from Charlie Simpson himself! That's right - straight from the stage to the decks, Charlie will be spinning ...The Happy Fits
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
The New Jersey indie rockers come to Europe. Following the departure of Ross Monteith, and addition of Nico Rose and Raina Mullen, it is the first chapter of a brand new band, chronicled by four once-broken artists that grew together to cre...The Phonics - Tribute to Stereophonics
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 17 October 2025
Described by Kelly Jones himself as "Awesome" The Phonics are the Uk's most authentic tribute to Stereophonics. Fresh from their UK o2 academy tour, you will hear all of the biggest hits from every Stereophonics album including their latest...Teen Spirit - 90s Rock Night
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
A 90s Rock night with DJs playing: Nirvana + Pearl Jam + Red Hot Chili Peppers + Rage Against The Machine + Guns N' Roses + Foo Fighters + Green Day + Blink 182 + Pixies + Weezer + Oasis + Blur + Faith No More + Radiohead + Offspring + Sub...The Oasis Experience - Tribute to Oasis
Fatbird, Wigan
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 Camden Grunge Scene Presents: NeverUnder The Peer Hat
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
The Camden Grunge Scene finally arrives in Manchester with its main band, NeverUnder (+ supports TBA soon)....The Camden Grunge Scene: NeverUnder + Anomaly + Sigils
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
NeverUnder, one of the main grunge bands in the UK, takes over Manchester on October 17 They'll be joined by local band Anomaly and by Sigils...Hang Linton: Apparitions Tour at The Rat and Pigeon
The Rat And Pigeon, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
Splicing dance-punk, avant-funk & breakbeats, Leeds-based Hang Linton comes to Manchester for a headline show at The Rat and Pigeon....
Karkara (FR) Live at Big Hands
Big Hands, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
French psych wizards Karkara bring their hypnotising noise to Big Hands...The Vamps
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
The Vamps had never really had the chance to be bored before 2020 struck. Since their platinum-selling debut album, 'Meet The Vamps', crashed into the UK charts at number 2 in 2014, the band have been holding onto a dream-like rush of album...Men I Trust
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 October 2025
The Quebecois electo-pop band's rise to indie fame is a bit more abnormal than most. The group initially started without their lead singer, as a duo with programmed robotic electronic drums alongside boisterous synthesizers heavily insp...Idlewild
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Raucous cult Scottish Highlands curiosity turned chart bothering national treasures, Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, and Colin Newton, plus Allan Stewart, Luciano Rossi and Andrew Mitchell return. Their form of alternative rock woven together...NewDad
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Growing up in Galway, Ireland, the four members of NewDad thank a random band name generator for their unusual moniker. Dark and stormy with undeniably beautiful moments amid the mammoth guitars, there's a heaviness to the music, whic...The Velvetines
