ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music 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 7 Dec 2024 - Sat 29 Mar 2025
Personal Trainer
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
Amsterdam's Personal Trainer is a rock band built around singer/songwriter Willem Smit. Live, they have an ever-shifting line-up with members from bands like Canshaker Pi, Pip Blom, Bull, Steve French, The Klittens, Home Counties and many m...Heartworms
The White Hotel, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
Now Wave presents Heartworms at The White Hotel, Salford on Friday 14th February 2025...Don't Stop Queen Now - Tribute to Queen
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 15 February 2025
Don't Stop Queen Now's energetic and true-to-life performance, fronted by the incredible Michael Spence who has featured on ITV1 as Freddie Mercury, brings Queen's 50 year reign to life in a show that's guaranteed to blow your mind! The si...Nerina Pallot
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
Having been nominated for an Ivor Novello and Brit Award, Jersey-raised pop rock star Nerina Pallot has had an exciting music career, writing and performing her own pieces alongside working with artists like Kylie Minogue. She scored UK Top...
Myles Smith
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 16 February 2025
Luton singer-songwriter Myles Smith began posting cover versions of songs on TikTok in August 2020. His acoustic cover of The Neighbourhood's "Sweater Weather" went viral in 2022, leading to its full release in February 2023. He gained sig...HONNE
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 16 February 2025
London-based duo Andy Clutterbuck and James Hatcher bring a little romance to the dance floor as Honne, a duo inspired by classic soul and complex synths. Influenced by acoustic instruments and classic song structure, their smooth, summery ...The None
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Now Wave presents The None at YES Basement on 18th February 2025...Set It Off
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 20 February 2025
From the time they were formed, Set It Off have never been your standard emo band. Or pop group. Or pop-punk band. They are all of those things and more. Known for creating their own original brand of pop music, infusing bold electronic ele...She Drew The Gun
FAC251, Manchester
Thursday 20 February 2025
Wirral psych pop band She Drew the Gun, fronted by singer/songwriter Louisa Roach won the Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent competition in 2016,and are known for their poetic political lyrics. Drawing acclaim for both her music and the s...Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Noasis - The Definitive Oasis Tribute Band
The Met, Bury
Friday 21 - Saturday 22 February 2025
Noasis is the definitive tribute band to Manchester's five piece Oasis. Since their formation in 2006 and with over 800 performances to date Noasis has justly earned its reputation as the best tribute on the circuit packing out venues up an...
Snow Patrol
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Dundee-formed Northern Irish trio Snow Patrol have carved out a unique place for themselves by constantly delivering melancholic ballads and music of depth that's painted from a broad palette. They shot to fame with their third album, Final...
You Me At Six
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 22 February - Saturday 29 March 2025
Rising out of the British alternative underground, Surrey rockers You Me At Six released their debut full-length album Take Off Your Colours in 2008 through Slam Dunk Records and Epitaph Records. Celebrating early chart success, it was 2010...Circa Waves
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Becoming one of Britain's most influential and adored guitar bands, the Liverpool indie four piece's dedication to constantly developing their sound has seen them secure increasingly high positions in the Official Album Charts, as well as a...Autechre
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Rochdale electronic duo Rob Brown and Sean Booth formed in 1987, after meeting through Manchester's graffiti scene in 1987, and gained initial recognition when they were featured on Warp's 1992 compilation Artificial Intelligence. ...The Zangwills
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Northwich indie rockers The Zangwills are a charismatic band with an unusual, youthful vibe and energy which sets them apart. The four-piece have a reputation for their strong live sets, selling out venues in Manchester and beyond. Describe...The Smiths Utd - A Tribute to The Smiths
FAC251, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Lincoln-based tribute band The Smiths Utd play all the hits from The Smiths and Morrissey solo. ...The Bug Club
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Now Wave presents The Bug Club at The White Hotel on Friday 14th April 2023...Dutch Criminal Record
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Dutch Criminal Record are a south coast indie surf band from Portsmouth. Their sound is a blend of 60's pop vocals, interlinking riffs and blooming harmonies. "There's something wonderful and wilfully gleeful about 00's Nostalgia which de...
The Futureheads
New Century Hall, Manchester
Monday 24 February 2025
Take their influence from The Flaming Lips, Devo, Queen, Fugazi and Kate Bush, Sunderland post-punk act The Futureheads shot to fame in 2004, scoring Top 20 hits "Hounds of Love", "Area", and "The Beginning of the Twist". Their tunes are...
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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...
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 ...
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...
Fat Dog
New Century Hall, 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. ...
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 ...
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 ...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...
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...
The Bracknall
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
With a sound that wrestles Brit Pop nostalgia into gritty modern-day Indie Rock, the Bracknall are a grass roots guitar band from the unlikely London suburb of Collier Row: steadily emerging in the last three years as one of British Rock & ...Fakermaker - The Definitive Tribute to Oasis
Elton Liberal Club, Bolton
Friday 7 March 2025
Fakermaker are five West Yorkshire lads with a mutual love of all things Oasis, recreating the songs that propelled the Gallagher brothers and their band to mega stardom in the mid-90s. A proper five-piece like Oasis themselves, Fakermaker ...
The Reytons
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Like the Arctic Monkeys, who they are often compared, the South Yorkshire four-piece are born under a Sheffield sky with a penchant for pubs, pints and pandemonium, and are bursting with working class grit and tales from the local boozer to...Vukovi
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Scottish rock outfit Vukovi demand your attention with songs taking in themes of individuality, drug abuse, depression and suicide. ...Nieve Ella
