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
Ocean Colour Scene
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
In their 30 years together, multi-Platinum selling Birmingham indie legends OCS have enjoyed five Top 10 albums, six Top 10 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards. But behind all the swagger and the style there are great songs, with words...The Man From Delmonte
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
After a 34 year hiatus, 1980s Manchester indie art pop favourites The Man from Delmonte return. Between 1988 and 1991 they shone brightly creating some of the most memorable pop songs of the "Madchester" era. Water in My Eyes, My Love is Li...Northside
Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
Formed in 1989, Manchester favourites Northside released their only album, Chicken Rhythms, on Factory Records in 1991, reaching no.19 in the UK charts. The band became part of the 1990s Madchester baggy scene and are best remembered for th...The Absolute Stone Roses (Tribute Band)
Lower Kersal Social Club, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
A tribute band to the Manchester legends The Stone Roses who create a "Resurrection" of that iconic sound and vibe that you got at a Roses' concert. The band themselves are big fans with an obvious great love for The Stone Roses and have w...
Father John Misty
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 13 April 2025
Internationally acclaimed, UK Top 10 charting indie folk star Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, sounds and acts a bit like solo-era John Lennon, Scott Walker, Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, and Dory Previn, while taking more than a few cue...Sea Power
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 13 April 2025
Formerly British Sea Power but renamed to distance themselves from the Brexit madness, Kendal indie rockers Sea Power have won some remarkable admirers - Lou Reed, David Bowie and London's National Maritime Museum. Indeed, the BSP fanbase n...Dead Space Chamber Music / Futures We Lost / Slow Knife
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Sunday 13 April 2025
Dead Space Chamber Music - Gothic / Experimental / Doom from Bristol UK Futures We Lost - Post-industrial / Cinematic Soundscapes from Manchester UK...Walker Not Walker & Elle Mary @ The Goods In Manchester
The Goods In Prestwich, Manchester
Sunday 13 April 2025
Walker Not Walker & Elle Mary performing the music of Scott Walker and original material. The show will be a Sunday afternoon matinee....
'White Riot (I Wanna Riot)' - Brickhouse
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Monday 14 April 2025
'White Riot' is a punk event from Interzone Promotions headlined by Brickhouse with support from The Sick Fix, Room Service and Female Shades...King No-One
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 16 April 2025
2022 was a good year for the York band; not only did they sell over 7,000 tickets on two sold out tours to an ever growing insatiable fan base, including 1,500 at Manchester's Ritz venue, but they were also the first unsigned band to play t...N&D Showcase: This Summit Fever
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Wed 16 Apr - 7:30 pmThis Summit Fever+ Guests£8 adv...Ronker @ Gullivers
Gullivers, Manchester
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Belgian touring band Ronker bring their incredible performance to Manchester for the first time, don't miss out....
Peter Hook & the Light
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs New Order's "Get Ready" live and in full, plus an additional set of Joy Division and New Order's greatest hits. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner,...All My Friends Day Do - James Acaster + Sophie Willan + John Robins (DJ Sets)
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
The best indie disco around, straddling the two best cities in the world - Manchester and London - returns for a huge day of indie pop bangers, with special guest DJs James Acaster, Sophie Willan and John Robins! An all-out party where Indi...Longheads Live at Big Hands
Big Hands, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
British heavy psych rock group Longheads, stop by Big Hands to deliver some lysergic rhythms....
Aziz Ibrahim
The Spinning Top, Stockport
Monday 21 April 2025
Aziz Ibrahim is best known as a guitarist with The Stone Roses and Ian Brown, co-writing songs such as "My Star", "Corpses in Their Mouths", "Longsight M13", "One Way Ticket to Paradise" and numerous other tracks from "Unfinished Monkey Bus...
Danny Mellin
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Monday 21 April 2025
Emerging as a new rising star within the Indie Rock scene, Danny Mellin is known for his distinctive sound and high-energy performances....
Roddy Woomble (Idlewild)
The Met, Bury
Thursday 24 April 2025
The frontman of much loved Scottish alternative rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble has enjoyed a successful solo career and is widely regarded as one of Scotland's finest songwriters. He is known for his enigmatic lyrics, warm baritone voice...Social Distortion
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
The "Godfathers of Punk", California stalwarts Social Distortion have a reputation of performing with a fierce energy onstage. ...JAWS
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
With their hook-laden, impressive and artful songs that have been featured in the unlikely cross section from Made In Chelsea, and Hollyoaks to Match Of The Day, and Rocksmith 2014 computer game, Birmingham dream pop prodigies JAWS displa...mxmtoon
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
The Oakland-born, Brooklyn based social media sensation delivers bedroom pop which she calls "rhyming diary entries": an off-the-cuff account of her most private thoughts and feelings, straight from her brightly lit brain. With her disarmin...Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart
Todmorden Unitarian Church, Oldham
Friday 25 April 2025
Combining global music, reggae, fusion and punk influences, Jah Wobble has entranced the world with his hypnotic bass riffs for over four decades and has become one of Britain's most influential and distinct bass players. Accompanied by h...The Redroom
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
Formed in 2019, Manchester band The Redroom saw early success with their debut single Nostalgia and have since amassed over 150,000 Spotify streams, attracting interest from the likes of BBC 6 Music, Radio X, ThisFeeling, and Crack Magazine...Alex Spencer
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
First discovered while busking on the streets of Manchester, new indie talent Alex Spencer has already been hailed as one of the UK's most promising songwriters at just 16 years old. Combining infectious guitar lines with his street-savvy v...
Orchards
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
Born from Brighton's diverse musical breeding ground, indie pop group Orchards are among the city's brightest rising stars. The band are a resplendent mix of summer melodies and stellar hooks that threaten to be stuck in your head for days....
Skegss
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
Australian duo of Ben Reed (vocals, guitar) and Jonny Lani (drums) have enjoyed #1 albums on their homeland Australia ARIA Albums Chart. They bring a newly heightened creative energy to every aspect of their explosive yet introspective form...Sheppard
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
It's the stuff of teenage dreams: one minute you're writing songs in your parents' front room, the next you're knocking Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' off the No.1 slot and going 7 x Platinum. Sheppard's 2014 international hit single Geronimo w...Pearl Scam + Angry Hair - Pearl Jam & Alice In Chains Tributes
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
Pearl Scam is the UK's finest Pearl Jam experience. The band's musicians have come together with one common goal - recreating Pearl Jam's high energy live shows. Hear classic songs like Jeremy, Betterman, Elderly Woman and Given To Fly and...Big Lad
