ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC GIGS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music Gigs in Manchester
Fri 21 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Sat 22 Feb - Sat 29 Mar 2025
Fri 14 Mar - Sat 24 May 2025
Fri 28 Mar - Fri 16 May 2025
Manchester 80's & 90's Music Tour & Exploration Game
Wednesday 25 - Tuesday 31 December 2024
Join an interactive adventure that blends nostalgia, culture, and intrigue, as you uncover the hidden gems and untold tales of Manchester's musical past. Embark on a journey through Manchester's musical heyday, where the streets come aliv...
Lottery Winners
Friday 27 - Sunday 29 December 2024
Born in Salford and raised on romance, unstoppable indie-pop four-piece The Lottery Winners blend fizzing anthems and momentous guitar pop melodies with a humorous and wistful lyricism. The band has built an extensive and loyal fanbase thro...
The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
Friday 27 December 2024
Gary Digan Aka is the UKs Premier & Definitve Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon. With his Strong Scottish Accent, his infamous live shows are a mixture of up-beat acoustic guitars, soulful harmonica and heartfelt vocals. The anthemic sing along tra...
Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
Friday 27 December 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 ...
Ohasis - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 27 December 2024
Ohsais play the songs in the most current live arrangements, with amazing accuracy. Nailing the Oasis look was very important, as image is everything; and was everything to Oasis. The band take the stage show very seriously, meticulously re...
The Lunar Youth
Friday 27 December 2024
The Lunar Youth, The Hillocks and Collusion performing live for the first music event in the new look Postern Gate...
The Lathums
Saturday 28 December 2024
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...
James Walsh (Starsailor)
Saturday 28 December 2024
Front man of multi-million selling band Starsailor, Chorley's James Walsh has proven his own worth as a singer-songwriter in his own right. He's written songs with Eliza Doolittle, Melanie C, Suzanne Vega, and Professor Green - to name a fe...
Lottery Winners & The Untold Orchestra
Sunday 29 December 2024
Born in Salford and raised on romance, unstoppable indie-pop four-piece The Lottery Winners blend fizzing anthems and momentous guitar pop melodies with a humorous and wistful lyricism. The band has built an extensive and loyal fanbase thro...
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Monday 30 December 2024
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...
Live Forever - The Rise of Oasis
Friday 10 January 2025
The first ever production of its kind, Live Forever celebrates the story of the greatest rock 'n' roll band the UK has ever seen... Oasis! You'll be transported back to the 90s where audiences will follow the band's meteoric rise to fame; f...
Candlelight - A Tribute to Oasis
Friday 10 January - Friday 28 February 2025
Discover the music of Manchester legends Oasis performed by violin under the gentle glow of candlelight in this awe-inspiring location. ...
Manchester Music Tours - Tour Special
Saturday 11 January - Saturday 15 March 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...
The Blockheads
Saturday 11 January 2025
Performing a large selection of their classic songs spanning over 5 decades. Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Dury's album New Boots and Panties on the first Stiff Records tour of the UK. The Blockheads are now fronted by one of Ian's best fri...
Ghosts In Space
Saturday 11 January 2025
Forest Fawn presents Ghosts In Space - A series of gigs featuring independent artists from Manchester in goth, darkwave, rock and adjacent genres....
BrassWerk - A 10-Piece Brass Band Perform Arctic Monkeys
Wednesday 15 January 2025
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...
That Old Quiet Lighthouse Headline Show
Wednesday 15 January 2025
Come join your favourite unheard of, unsigned indie-emo-folk band at the legendary Band on the Wall bar stage, with special guests galore...
Joshua Bassett
Thursday 16 January 2025
The Californian actor and pop rock singer-songwriter is best known for his starring role as Ricky Bowen in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. As a solo musician, he has scored the international hit "Lie Lie Lie" and collaborated...
Good Looks
Thursday 16 January 2025
Good Looks at YES BASEMENT on 16th January 2025....
Art Battle Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
Ten fearless artists will go head-to-head in a live painting competition. Each will be given a blank canvas and 30 minutes to create a masterpiece. Circulate the action and watch the art evolve, YOU decide which artist should progress to...
IST IST
Friday 17 January 2025
Regularly condemned as too 'out there' to be successful; through sheer determination, hard work and a bulging catalogue of songs, Ist Ist continue to silence the doubters and move from strength to strength. Displaying an arrogance akin to t...
Martyn Joseph
Friday 17 January 2025
A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, the jaw dropping guitar player has developed a unique percussive style with a powerful show stopping voice, which has seen him dubbed "The Welsh Springsteen". Take ...
The Belair Lip Bombs
Friday 17 January 2025
Now Wave presents The Belair Lip Bombs at YES Basement, Manchester on 17th January 2025...
Greg Mendez
Friday 17 January 2025
Now Wave presents Greg Mendez at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on 17th January 2025...
Glacmanis
Saturday 18 January 2025
Alternative/indie rock duo from Manchester, pronounced "Glass-Manis". ...
The Magic Numbers
Saturday 18 January 2025
The Magic Numbers are a UK-based four-piece comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters (Romeo and Michele Stodart, Sean and Angela Gannon) who are known for their unique harmonies, melodic hooks, songwriting craftsmanship and their timele...
Lunar Sounds Album Launch
Saturday 18 January 2025
It's been 5 years in the making but the day has finally arrived. Join Lunar Sounds plus special guests to celebrate their debut album launch....
Better Lovers
Sunday 19 January 2025
A Buffalo, New York, hardcore punk supergroup of tried-and-true musicians got together and found the sort of camaraderie and kinship you typically only find once in a lifetime. Formed in 2023, the group consists of Fit For An Autopsy vocal...
Ron Pope
Monday 20 January 2025
Critically-acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Ron Pope has drawn comparisons to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, while also refusing to put him squarely into one category. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one ...
Ron Pope
Monday 20 January 2025
Critically-acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Ron Pope has drawn comparisons to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, while also refusing to put him squarely into one category. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one ...
An Audience with Mark & Lard
Thursday 23 January 2025
The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the 'Mark and Lard Show' come to an end with a resounding: 'STOP...!' Now fully twenty-one years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: '... CARRY ...
Say Anything
Friday 24 January 2025
Max Bemis's Los Angeles emo pop-punk band Say Anything return. Famed for their sardonic, literary sense of humour balanced out with a sense of intense catharsis, they scored five Top 40 albums in the USA between 2007 and 2016. ...
The Rainband
Friday 24 January 2025
Manchester's The Rainband are back! Founded in 2010 by lead singer Martin Finnigan and guitarist Phil Rainey - who made his name with Peter Hook's cult combo Monaco - their single "Rise Again", a tribute to legendary MotoGP rider Marco Simo...
