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
Doves
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 March 2025
Doves had something of an usual genesis in '90s Madchester. Founding members Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams were all members of Sub Sub, best remembered for their 1993 hit single Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use). After a fire at ...
White Denim
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)
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
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...
Alan Sparhawk (Low)
Friday 7 March 2025
Thirty years into a career of music making, 2024 finds Alan Sparhawk entering uncharted territory. Sparhawk co-founded the band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker. Low's music fearlessly explored the elementals and their thirtee...
The Bracknall
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 & ...
Happy Mondaze
Friday 7 March 2025
Authentically from Manchester, Happy Mondaze were the first musicians to bravely emulate the Madchester legends. Currently touring the UK with a set of hits and fan favourites from the likes of Pills n thrills and Bummed. ...
Fakermaker - The Definitive Tribute to Oasis
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 Rubens
Friday 7 March 2025
The Rubens are a five-piece alternative rock band from Menangle, New South Wales, Australia. The Rubens are the three Margin brothers, Zaac, Sam and Elliott, and long term friends Scott Baldwin and William Zeglis. With tremendous backing fr...
The Reytons
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
Saturday 8 March 2025
Scottish rock outfit Vukovi demand your attention with songs taking in themes of individuality, drug abuse, depression and suicide. Â ...
Nieve Ella
Saturday 8 March 2025
Albrighton indie pop singer Nieve Ella Pickering has supported Dylan, Inhaler, and the Courteeners. ...
The Smiths Ltd + Clint Boon (DJ Set)
Saturday 8 March 2025
Formed in 2009, the ONLY Smiths tribute band from and based in Manchester have a unique selling point and an authenticity that is hard to beat. Committed to getting the same energy that Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce h...
Fionn Regan
Saturday 8 March 2025
Irish folk musician Fionn Regan has fine-tuned a sensibility of his own since the acoustic poetry of his debut album, 2006's Mercury Prize-shortlisted The End of History. Since then, he has travelled between band-based detours and the glea...
The Smiths Ltd - The Smiths Tribute Band
Saturday 8 March 2025
The Smiths Ltd was formed in Manchester, UK the hometown of The Smiths. After an extensive search to find the perfect Morrissey, the band played their first gig in Manchester to an audience of avid Smiths fans. The response was spectacular...
SLUDGEFEST: Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Gao the Arsonist brings the sludge to Manchester for the first time in 3 years....
La Femme
Sunday 9 March 2025
La Femme are a French psych-punk rock band established by guitarist Sacha Got and keyboard player Marlon Magnee in 2010 in Biarritz. The band's music has been described as synthetic and hypnotic. It mixes elements of cold wave, punk, and ye...
Mark Morriss (The Bluetones)
Sunday 9 March 2025
One of Britain's finest songwriters, the phenomenal frontman of UK chart-topping indie stalwarts The Bluetones performs an intimate solo show. Combining his impressive solo material with the bands hits - such as Top 10 singles Slight Retu...
Pom Poko
Sunday 9 March 2025
"If you have a vacancy for Favourite New Band, Pom Poko would like to apply for the role," tweeted Tim Burgess in April, as Norway's finest punk-pop anti-conformists revisited their joyous debut album, Birthday, for one of Tim's mood-liftin...
Bdrmm
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Leeds based Hull proto-shoegaze and krautrock five-piece bdrmm, musically, give nods to The Cure's Disintegration, Deerhunter and DIIV, while the band reference RIDE and Radiohead. There are also echoes of krautrock and post-punk, from The ...
Dhruv
Tuesday 11 March 2025
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Florentenes
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Manchester indie band Florentenes was born from two bedroom musicians with a passion for creating music and showing off to others. Vocalist Will Smith and lead guitarist Luke Holding spent a long time trying to hone their craft of songwriti...
Michael Kiwanuka
Thursday 13 March 2025
Michael Kiwanuka is a British singer-songwriter (indie rock/folk rock/soul) and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted...
South Arcade
Thursday 13 March 2025
South Arcade are making waves as one of the UK's most promising alternative bands, channeling the energy of early 2000s pop rock. ...
The Mary Wallopers
Friday 14 March 2025
Described by The Guardian as "invoking the raucous ghosts of The Dubliners and The Pogues to startling effect", The Mary Wallopers are a folk group from Dundalk, Ireland, breathing new life into both well known & rare ballads. Travelling th...
Animals As Leaders
Friday 14 March 2025
When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker ANIMALS AS LEADERS in 2009, few would have predicted the now ground-breaking, critically-acclaimed, genre defying instrumental Washington D.C. trio'...
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 14 March 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band's top priority is delivering what their fans want to see and hear. They put in a lot of hard work to ensure their sound a...
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 14 March 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band's top priority is delivering what their fans want to see and hear. They put in a lot of hard work to ensure their sound a...
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 14 March 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band's top priority is delivering what their fans want to see and hear. They put in a lot of hard work to ensure their sound a...
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Friday 14 March 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band's top priority is delivering what their fans want to see and hear. They put in a lot of hard work to ensure their sound a...
BAB L'BLUZ
Friday 14 March 2025
Now Wave presents Bab L'Bluz at YES Pink Room on 14th March 2025...
The Vapors
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 ...
Crystal Tides
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...
