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
Now Wave presents - RE6CE
Elegia w/ Marina Zispin Nova Guardiafaux naif Conor Thomas
Carlton Club, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
After a period of seclusion Elegia return for a 4th night of darkwave industrial, Belgian new beat and goth body hymns at new haunt, The Carlton Club....
The Vapors
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
The Vapors are a UK New Wave band formed in the late 70s in Surrey. Discovered by The Jam Bass player Bruce Foxton playing in a local pub The Vapors were invited to tour with The Jam on the Setting Sons tour in 1979. Foxton along with Paul ...Candlelight - A Tribute to Oasis
Hall? St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 15 March 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
Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 15 March - Saturday 13 September 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...Crystal Tides
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 15 March 2025
Crystal Tides are an electrifying indie rock band hailing from the coastal city of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Formed in the vibrant music scene of this historic naval town, the band?s catchy melodies, lively performances, and heartfelt lyr...The Slates - Salford
Eagle Inn, Salford
Saturday 15 March 2025
'This Feeling, Flying the flag for British guitar music' Serge Pizzorno...Toy Car - Manchester
Off The Square, Manchester
Saturday 15 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...Douves (FR) // Butterfly Bulldozer (FR)
Madame Claude live at the Railway
The Railway Inn Greenfield, Oldham
Saturday 15 March 2025
Madame Claude live at the railway book ended by a night of Vinyl rocksteady, Ska and Reggae...Shaun Ryder
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 16 March 2025
He's the wild man of rock who became a national treasure. Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is hitting the road for a new, spoken word tour. The star of more-TV-shows-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-feature-on - including Celeb...
Martian Home Studio: Live On Tour
Eagle Inn, Salford
Sunday 16 March 2025
GREETINGS, THE MARTIAN HAS NOW LEFT HIS SHUTTLE. WATCH AN INTERSTELLAR PERFORMANCE BY STEFANO ARK AT THE EAGLE INN, SALFORD, PLANET EARTH....The Waeve
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 18 March 2025
The WAEVE is a coming together of two musicians, Graham Coxon (Blur) and Rose Elinor Dougall (The Pipettes), who have formed a new, singular, sonic identity, a powerful elixir of cinematic British folk-rock, post-punk, organic song-writing ...Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball (Gomez)
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball are best known as members of Gomez, the Southport rock act whose debut album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. As Gomez never had a designated frontman, Ottewell, Ball, and Tom Gray all sang, and t...Clairo
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 19 - Thursday 20 March 2025
Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American lo-fi folk pop singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13, rising to pro...The Dare
New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Los Angeles dance punk star Harrison Patrick Smith (aka The Dare) is best known for his single "Girls", and for producing the song "Guess" by Charli XCX. ...The Picturebooks
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
German energetic rock duo Fynn Claus Grabke and Philipp Mirtschink deliver Uptempo songs alongside their trademark midtempo burners. Their genuine sound includes instruments such as piano and tubular bells. They even handcraft some of their...
Hockey Dad
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
Heavily influenced by 1960s garage, Australian indie duo Hockey Dad have scored Top 5 albums in their homeland. ...Chokers 20/03
The Tubs
Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
Now Wave presents The Tubs at Gullivers, Manchester on 20th March 2025...Antony Szmierek
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Manchester spoken word and indie hip-hop artist Antony Szmierek has a distinctive way of mixing introspective and poetic lyrics with cool nostalgic beats which have seen him compared to Mike Skinner and The Streets. "He is being lauded as o...Miracle of Sound
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Cork indie musician Gavin Dunne, better known by the name of his music project "Miracle of Sound", performs music inspired by video games, films, and TV shows. While not widely known in his home country of Ireland, his music is very popular...Josienne Clarke
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Indie-folk singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer Josienne Clarke is often said to draw on traditional British folk inspirations, but is a thoroughly modern, multifaceted artist who follows her own compass. Blessed with a voice of cryst...Bernard Butler (Suede)
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Bernard Butler is a Brit and Grammy Award winning musician who first found fame in 1992 as the guitarist with Suede, forging a songwriting partnership with Brett Anderson. He co-wrote and played guitars or piano on every recording unt...Pete Wylie & the Mighty Wah
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Described as "like the Lightning Seeds crossed with Phil Spector and the Manic Street Preachers, with lavishes of grand guitars and swathes of strings", part time rock star, full time Liverpool legend, singer, musician, composer Pete Wy...Charles Moothart & Fast Band Live at YES Pink Room
Yes, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
L.A. based multi-instrumentalist Charles Moothart brings his solo album to Manchester for the first time....Faux Real
Big Condo Records presents Misery Misery
Peggy Mccools, Warrington
Friday 21 March 2025
Big Condo Records presents Misery Misery Live at Peggy McCools in Cheshire with Special Guests The Hillocks, Dafties and Spwci.......Valentyne Live from Sacred Trinity Church Salford
Sacred Trinity Church Salford, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
Following a 13-date UK support tour, Valentyne return home to headline Sacred Trinity Church for an unforgettable night of bewitching melodies....The Wombats
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 22 March 2025
Helped by the viral success of Oliver Nelson's remix of their 2015 hit 'Greek Tragedy' on TikTok, The Liverpool-formed indie rockers marked lockdown by topping the UK charts with their fifth studio album 'Fix Yourself, Not The World' - some...
The Lilacs
Fatbird, Wigan
Saturday 22 March 2025
Wigan band The Lilacs have hit the scene with a bang already performing on stages at Manchester Academy, o2 Ritz and London's O2 Academy Islington ...
cleopatrick
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 22 March 2025
Listening to the story of Canadian duo cleopatrick is a bit like hearing the plot of the best, most righteously validating coming-of-age film never made. Two friends meet aged four in Hicksville, Nowheretown (real name: Cobourg, Ontario, po...The Smiths Utd - A Tribute to The Smiths
Bask, Wigan
Saturday 22 March 2025
Lincoln-based tribute band The Smiths Utd play all the hits from The Smiths and Morrissey solo. ...The Smiths Utd - A Tribute to The Smiths
Bask Wigan, Wigan
Saturday 22 March 2025
Lincoln-based tribute band The Smiths Utd play all the hits from The Smiths and Morrissey solo. ...
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