ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
ALTERNATIVE & INDIE MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Alternative & Indie Music 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 7 Dec 2024 - Sat 29 Mar 2025
In Conversation with Peter Doherty
AO Arena, Manchester
Monday 9 December 2024
A very special evening in conversation with poet, musician, singer-songwriter, artist and label boss, Peter Doherty;Â the last of the great rock n roll stories. To his devoted fans, he is a cult hero, a modern-day Rimbaud. Musically, he has...DIIV
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 9 December 2024
Indebted to classic kraut, dreamy Creation-records psychedelia, and the primitive-crunch of late-80s Seattle, Zachary Cole Smith's Brooklyn-based indie rockers yield a multiplicity of textures, lyrical themes, and moods. Dark and honest to ...Yannis & The Yaw (Foals)
New Century Hall, Manchester
Monday 9 December 2024
In 2016, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis was offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a two-day session working with the great drummer Tony Allen, who he admired intensely for his influential, multi-genre work with the likes of Fela Kuti, S...Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
Blackbird Brewhouse & Kitchen, Stockport
Monday 9 December 2024
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ ...Mattiel
Yes, Manchester
Monday 9 December 2024
Now Wave presents Mattiel at YES Pink Room on 9th December 2024...
Lightning Seeds
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Tuesday 10 December 2024
Ian Broudie's Liverpool indie power pop act are famed for their UK Top 20 singles "You Showed Me", "Sugar Coated Iceberg", "Change", "What If...", "Lucky You", "Pure", "Perfect", "Ready or Not", plus their chart-topping England anthem "...Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 10 December 2024
MFGG are a punk rock supergroup covers band that formed in San Francisco in 1995. The band's lineup consists of Spike Slawson (Me First), CJ Ramone (The Ramones), Joey Cape (Lagwagon), Pinch (The Damned) and John Reis (Rocket from the Crypt...Kishi Bashi
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 10 December 2024
In a sonic departure from the symphonic folk of his critically lauded 2019 LP Omoiyari -a career-defining body of work born from his intensive meditation on the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II - the Seattle-born...
The Home Team
Del Amitri
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 11 December 2024
 Formed in 1982, Glaswegian semi-acoustic jangly rockers Del Amitri boast a back catalogue of pure pop gems that cover a gamut of rock styles and observations on life's ironies. With six million record sales worldwide, the Dels are best...
The Wonder Stuff
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 12 December 2024
 Stourbridge indie rockers The Wonder Stuff boast an extensive catalogue which includes UK Top 20 hits "The Size of a Cow", "Unbearable", "Caught in My Shadow", "Don't Let Me Down, Gently", "Circlesquare" and the chart-topping cover "D...Aquilo
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 12 December 2024
Aquilo is an English duet consisting of Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher and based in Silverdale, near Lancaster. Tom and Ben were originally the frontmen in rival bands in their hometown. Higham was jumping around on stage making heavy metal wh...Hubble Bubble Sound Bazaar
Carlton Club, Manchester
Thursday 12 December 2024
World Fusion, Music, Dance, DJs, visual arts mini indoor festival...
A Tribute To Manchester
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 13 December 2024
A TRIBUTE TO MANCHESTER:THE CLONE ROSES + OASISH + THE SMITHS LTD + HAPPY MONDAZE + DJ CLINT BOON. What better way to celebrate all things Mancunian than with the annual return of 'A Tribute to Manchester'. Returning to the Academy stage...Dylan John Thomas
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 13 December 2024
The Glaswegian indie folk rocker has an incredible story, going from foster care and busking to, appearing on The Voice UK and supporting Gerry Cinnamon and Liam Gallagher. Named after Bob Dylan, his influences include Johnny Cash, Bob Dy...
UGLY CLUB - Manchester
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 13 December 2024
'If you're going to see the emergence of a new great band you'll see them at This Feeling first.' Carl Barat...Made of Stone Roses
The Snig, Warrington
Friday 13 December 2024
Stone Roses tribute Made of Stone Roses performing all of your favourite anthems from this classic band in it's Spike island spiritual home of Widnes...
The Prodigy
Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 December 2024
"This one's for Flinty!" Dedicating the shows to their former frontman Keith Flint, following his tragic death in 2019, the legendary Essex group return. With over 20 million albums sold worldwide, The Prodigy are the undisputed superstars...The Chameleons
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 14 December 2024
After celebrating their 40th anniversary in style, legendary Manchester band Chameleons return. The Middleton-formed band serve-up a career spanning set. Helmed from the front by long-standing "Chameleons Vox" custodian Mark Burgess, these ...The Twang
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 14 December 2024
Inspired by acts like Happy Mondays and The Streets, the Midlands indie rockers formed at Kidderminster College in 2004, with a goal to create the antithesis of dance music, mixing dance grooves and blistering guitar riffs. Three years lat...Arctic Numpties - Tribute to Arctic Monkeys
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 14 December 2024
Barnsley and Sheffield's premium tribute to Arctic Monkeys, playing hits from all their albums. ...Mums present - The Big Gig
The Peer Hat, Manchester
Saturday 14 December 2024
A night of explosive noise rock at the Peer Hat, Manchester - Mums, The Big Hell and The Big Them - Saturday 14th December 2024...Paul Heaton
Co-op Live, Manchester
Monday 16 December 2024
Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriting genius Paul Heaton will be performing songs from throughout his career including classic tracks by The Beautiful South and The Housemartins, with the help of guest singer Rianne Downey. One of the ...James Walsh (Starsailor)
The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Tuesday 17 - Wednesday 18 December 2024
Front man of multi-million selling band Starsailor, Chorley's James Walsh has proven his own worth as a singer-songwriter in his own right. He's written songs with Eliza Doolittle, Melanie C, Suzanne Vega, and Professor Green - to name a fe...Definitely Mightbe - The Definitive Tribute to Oasis
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 19 December 2024
The longest established Oasis tribute in the world with over 2,000 shows under their belt. So, as good as the real thing? Well the lengendary Alan McGee thought so when he recently introduced the band live on stage! So they..... DEFINITELY ...Mark Morriss (The Bluetones)
The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Thursday 19 December 2024
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...Sprechen Presents: The Thief Of Time + Love Letters From Space
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 19 December 2024
An evening of live electronic music played through synthesisers, guitars, acid synths, bass guitars & much more...
Mad Friday at Fatbird with Mark Frith and Jake Irving
Fatbird, Wigan
Friday 20 December 2024
Mark Frith and Jake Irving join us at Fatbird this Mad Friday...The Rolling People
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 21 December 2024
Named after The Verve's Urban Hymns album track, The Rolling People are a Mancunian 4-piece rock and roll band with a big sound and Brit-pop style choruses. Taking influence from a wide variety of artists based on the classic Manchester sou...Jordan Allen
The Night And Day Caf?, Manchester
Saturday 21 December 2024
Rampant, lyrical Indie for fans of The Streets, James, Franz Ferdinand, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, Jamie T and The Strokes. After emerging from the Manchester Scene alongside Blossoms, The Sherlocks, The Blinders and ...
Danny Mahon
Blackbird Brewhouse & Kitchen, Stockport
Sunday 22 December 2024
Danny Mahon returns to the stage for a rare and intimate hometown show ...Tom Meighan (Kasabian)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 23 December 2024
As former lead singer of multi-platinum band Kasabian, Tom Meighan has sold 4 million albums, headlined Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds (twice) and most other major festivals in the EU and he's had five no.1 albums. Now, as a solo artist, he r...The Lottery Winners
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 27 - Sunday 29 December 2024
Born in Salford and raised on romance, unstoppable indie-pop four-piece The Lottery Winners blend fizzing anthems and momentous guitar pop melodies with a humorous and wistful lyricism. The band has built an extensive and loyal fanbase thro...The Gerry Cinna-Man Experience - Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon
Definitely Maybe Bar Ltd, Bolton
Friday 27 December 2024
Gary Digan Aka is the UKs Premier & Definitve Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon. With his Strong Scottish Accent, his infamous live shows are a mixture of up-beat acoustic guitars, soulful harmonica and heartfelt vocals. The anthemic sing along tra...Ben Ottewell (Gomez)
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 27 December 2024
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ ...James Walsh (Starsailor)
