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
The Met
Sat 29 Mar - Fri 26 Sep 2025
The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
Fatbird
Fri 30 May - Sun 28 Dec 2025
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Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Dean Wareham was born in Wellington, NZ, but moved to NYC at age 14. He formed the bands GALAXIE 500 (in 1987) and LUNA (in 1991). After Luna played their "final shows" in 2005, Wareham released three albums as DEAN & BRITTA with Luna bandm...Holly Macve
Ryan Adams
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
The 7 time Grammy nominated North Carolina indie folk rock star, famed for being one of music's most talented songwriters and charismatic stars, has sold millions of records, produced albums for some of the industry's most influential artis...The Academic
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Irish chart-toppers The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland's midlands. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared ...Vinny Peculiar
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Described as 'The Tony Hancock of pop' by UNCUT magazine, Salford-based singer-songwriter and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records. V...Divorce
Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Now Wave presents Divorce at Gorilla, Manchester on 3rd April 2025...Oracle Sisters
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
The Oracle Sisters come to Band on The Wall in April 2025...Okgiorgio (Live)
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 3 April - Saturday 3 May 2025
Now Wave presents okgiorgio (Live) at YES Basement on 3rd April 2025...
Save Face
Star and Garter, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Save FaceThursday 3rd AprilThe Star & Garter, Manchester (18-20 Fairfield Street, M1 2QF)...Skunk Anansie
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
With an unparalleled influence, the iconic multi-racial Platinum-selling British Hard Rock band Skunk Anansie, fronted by female vocalist Skin, are famed for their incendiary live sets over the years, during a career that was kickstarted w...Jane Weaver
St Mary's In The Marketplace, Stockport
Friday 4 April 2025
Abusing, evading, and obliterating 20 years of whimsical pop trends, Jane Weaver's experience as a truly independent and resilient songwriter and sound-carrier commands respect and inspiration in equal measures. Complete with unpretentious ...Delights
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
Dubbed as "kaleidoscopic guitar janglers", Manchester-based 4-piece guitar band Delights formed in 2017 while at sixth form together. The band draw their inspirations from an eclectic catalogue of music, influenced both by what their par...
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
The Hampshire punk and folk artist was initially a vocalist in the punk rock band Million Dead, before turning his focus towards a folkier, acoustic-based solo career. Since that time, he has reached international acclaim as a chart-topping...The Zutons
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Back together for their first album in 16 years, recorded with legendary songwriter and producer Nile Rodgers and the band's original producer, Ian Broudie, the multi-platinum selling Liverpool band scored nine UK Top 40 singles be,tween 2...Badly Drawn Boy
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 April 2025
Dunstable-born, Bolton-raised, Manchester-living Mercury-prize winning folk rocker Damon Gough has always been one to wear his heart on his sleeve, and his truly personal and heartfelt catalogue of glorious, colourful warming, honest pop so...Spangled
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
The genre-spanning Manchester four-piece dance on the fringe between jangly guitars and yesterdays promises, offering an eclectic blend of witty, heartfelt lyrics, lively attitudes and punch the air riffs proving there is still decadence in...Dan Sealey (Ocean Colour Scene & Merrymouth)
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Dan started his career with folk rock band Ocean Colour Scene and toured the world, played headline slots at major festivals for over a decade and co-founded the band Merrymouth with Simon Fowler. Merrymouth featured award-winning musici...Phoebe Green
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 5 April 2025
Sunkist-haired, Manchester-based artist Phoebe Green has been steadily accruing fans and buzz for her darkly witty and very danceable indie rock tunes about the cringe-worthy and often cold behavior at play in contemporary relationships. "O...Rosie Rowe
Yes, Manchester
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Now Wave presents Rosie Rowe at YES Pink Room on 8th April 2025...Siobhan Winifred
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Carving out a unique space of her own, Siobhan Winifred has cultivated a passionate following for her deftly pop-tinged, rousing indie-rock. Born & raised in Dorset, UK and of Irish lineage, Siobhan was influenced at a young age by the lyri...The Lathums
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 April 2025
UK album chart-topping Wigan trio The Lathums cite the melodic worlds and street hymns of The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses and The Ramones amongst their influences. Singer-songwriter Alex Moore simply believes in 'making positive change...Peach Pit
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
If friendship had a sound, it would be Peach Pit. The wistful grooves, glassy guitars, and sun-kissed melodies feel like they could only be made by musicians who have spent close to a lifetime (or at least half of their lives) together. ...Heather Nova
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
Bermudian folk rock singer-songwriter and poet Heather Nova first hit the radio in 1994 when her breakthrough album "Oyster" charted worldwide and put her firmly on the indie pop map. Her cool, infectious songs, critically acclaimed albums...
Heather Nova
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
Bermudian folk rock singer-songwriter and poet Heather Nova first hit the radio in 1994 when her breakthrough album "Oyster" charted worldwide and put her firmly on the indie pop map. Her cool, infectious songs, critically acclaimed albums...Proud Mary
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
Celebrating 20 years of their classic album "The Same Old Blues", Manchester band Proud Mary are very pleased to announce a series of special anniversary gigs, including an unmissable homecoming set on 24th September. The five-piece will be...Lambrini Girls
Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 10 April 2025
Now Wave presents Lambrini Girls at Gorilla Manchester on 10th April 2025...
Primal Scream
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 11 April 2025
Primal Scream's career could in many ways be read as a microcosm of British indie rock in the '80s and '90s. Bobby Gillespie formed the band in the mid-'80s while drumming for noise-pop pioneers The Jesus and the Mary Chain. Primal Scream p...Toploader
FAC251, Manchester
Friday 11 April 2025
Since forming in 1997 Eastbourne's Toploader have over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album 'Onka's Big Moka,' sold over one million copies and remained in the Top 5 of th...
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...Ronker @ Gullivers
