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
Smote
Friday 24 January 2025
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Neck Deep
Saturday 25 January 2025
The "biggest band you've never heard of" has stepped onto the world stage, but it won't be long before that adage is a distant memory. The Wrexham underground heroes turned breakout stars with three UK Top 10 albums continue carving out the...
Destroy Boys
Saturday 25 January 2025
Californian punk rockers Destroy Boys embrace everything from garage punk to 90's college indie rock. Â Â ...
Purple Hearts
Saturday 25 January 2025
Mod Legends Purple Hearts celebrate the 45th anniversary of their seminal debut LP 'Beat That!'. Purple Hearts were formed in 1978 after the demise of The Sockets, their previous band. The band's debut single 'Millions Like Us' hit the ...
Manchester Music Tours - The Smiths Tour
Saturday 25 January - Saturday 8 March 2025
The Smiths fans from across the globe will have the opportunity to experience once again how this iconic band made their mark in Manchester and the world. Iconic places that will be visited on the tour include; Strangeways prison, which bec...
Du Blonde
Sunday 26 January 2025
Now Wave presents Du Blonde at Yes Basement on 26th January 2025...
John Craigie
Sunday 26 January 2025
John Craigie has mastered the art of creating live shows that feel more like intimate conversations than performances. Infusing humour, wit, and poignant storytelling, his shows are a space where audience members feel like old friends. Whet...
Valley
Sunday 26 January 2025
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Soul Asylum
Tuesday 28 January 2025
 One of the most successful American Alternative Rock bands of the 1990s, Minneapolis's Soul Asylum's folk-influenced grunge beared the roots of the Country-Rock revival with their triple-Platinum certified Grave Dancers Union album, whi...
Lake Street Dive
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Since forming in 2004, Lake Street Dive have matched their sophisticated musicianship with a fearless refusal to limit their sound, creating joyously soulful rock & roll with equal parts ingenuity, intelligence, and irresistible abandon. F...
Spread Your Love x IVW - YASMIN COE
Tuesday 28 January 2025
YASMIN COE headlines the 1st of 3 Independent Venue Week x Spread Your Love specials at Manchester hottest new grassroots venue: The Rat & Pigeon...
The DSM IV
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Formed by Guy McKnight of cult favourites The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, The DSM IV are one of the most electrifying live bands of the moment, having supported both Sleaford Mods and The Libertines across Europe, which offered them ...
Danko
Wednesday 29 January 2025
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Joshua Radin
Thursday 30 January 2025
Joshua Radin emerged in 2004 as an empathetic, engaging, and often enthralling troubadour. Over the years, he's tallied north of 1 billion streams, moved 1 million-plus albums worldwide, and scored a gold certification for the single "I'd R...
Spread Your Love x IVW - DAFFODILS
Thursday 30 January 2025
The final IVW special in the series, London hot picks DAFFODILS headline Manchester's hottest new grassroots venue: The Rat & Pigeon...
Coast Noir
Friday 31 January 2025
Dark psychedelic rock from Manchester. ...
The Rifles
Friday 31 January 2025
 London indie outfit the Rifles rose to popularity in the mid-2000s with a jaunty garage rock & roll sound that's equal parts Jam-like swagger and a playfulness not unlike contemporaries the Kooks. First grabbing public attention with the...
Big In 2025 - Manchester
Friday 31 January 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first' Carl Barat...
Ten Fe
Friday 31 January 2025
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Me Rex
Friday 31 January 2025
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Casey Lowery (Casey Lowry)
Saturday 1 February 2025
 One of the most talked-about names in bedroom guitar pop and all-conquering king of indie TikTok, the future hero from Chesterfield takes to the road. ...
Tristwch Y Fenywod
Saturday 1 February 2025
Singing black-lit liturgies of bog bodies caked in mud, entranced by nocturnal landscapes flickering in the moon-glow and powered by queer enchantment, Tristwch y Fenywod are a Welsh-language gothic avant-rock power-coven. Exhumed from the ...
Manchester Music Tours - Oasis Tour
Saturday 1 February - Sunday 20 July 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...
This Feeling - Manchester
Saturday 1 February 2025
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...
Green Fake - Green Day Tribute
Sunday 2 February 2025
God"s Favourite Tribute Band. Embark on a nostalgic journey through the rebellious anthems of Green Day with Green Fake, a Manchester-based tribute band that captures the essence of the iconic punk rock trio. With electrifying performances ...
Young Knives
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Crosstown Concerts Presents... English indie rock band Young Knives performing at Deaf Institute in Manchester...
Field Music
Thursday 6 February 2025
Field Music on Band on The Wall on 6th February 2025....
Sam Greenfield
Friday 7 February 2025
Now Wave presents Sam Greenfield at YES Pink Room on 7th February 2024...
