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 2 - Sat 24 May 2025
Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Manchester Academy
Fri 26 Sep 2025 - Sat 24 Jan 2026
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Heaton Park, Manchester
Friday 13 June 2025
Originating on the North Wales Coast, alt rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are practically of no fixed abode due to the constant touring since 2014. The band's first album The Balcony achieved platinum status in the UK followed in 2016 wit...Catfish and the Bottlemen
Heaton Park, Manchester
Friday 13 June 2025
Originating on the North Wales Coast, alt rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are practically of no fixed abode due to the constant touring since 2014. The band's first album The Balcony achieved platinum status in the UK followed in 2016 wit...Snow Patrol
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Friday 13 June 2025
Dundee-formed Northern Irish trio Snow Patrol have carved out a unique place for themselves by constantly delivering melancholic ballads and music of depth that's painted from a broad palette. They shot to fame with their third album, Final...That Night In Manchester
The Edge, Wigan
Friday 13 June 2025
That Night in Manchester is a brand new musical regaling the audience with a nostalgic and emotional journey through the heady days of the 80s and 90s Manchester indie scene. The audience will be taken back to the vibrant and exhilarating ...
Fright Years
Yes, Manchester
Friday 13 June 2025
Fright Years are an Edinburgh-based band crafting music that's as emotionally charged as it is cinematic. Their songs are born out of the pure joy of making music together, with each track designed to tell its own story, full of mood and de...Butler, Blake & Grant
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Sunday 15 June 2025
Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant are three of the most renowned and respected musicians in Britain. Norman- the centrifugal force in Teenage Fanclub; Bernard-renowned for his song writing with Suede and several artists, and most...Yeah Yeah Yeahs
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 16 June 2025
After supporting the Strokes and the White Stripes, New York's art punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs earned a significant buzz for their arty yet sexy take on garage punk. Their clean sound and eclectic songwriting won critical acclaim and ...Could Be Real Tribute Festival
Walton Hall & Gardens, Warrington
Friday 20 June 2025
Touring the UK, the Could Be Real Tribute Festival stops at the stunning grounds of Walton Hall & Gardens with some of the very best tribute artists in the country. Full line up to be announced! ...Seb Lowe
Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Friday 20 June 2025
Manchester-based Seb Lowe has burst out of nowhere. (Okay Saddleworth...). Good in that this can be a younger child with a head stuffed with phrases which are his weapons and telling his fact and a guitar that could be a machine gun of riff...Jamie Webster
Haydock Park, Newton-le-Willows
Saturday 21 June 2025
Jamie Webster is an English folk singer, songwriter and guitarist from Liverpool. A former electrician who initially sang cover versions in local pubs in Liverpool city centre, his shows have become synonymous with Liverpool F.C. and their ...Blossoms
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 21 June 2025
Stockport quintet Blossoms burst onto the Manchester scene in the 2010s, quickly rising from local clubs to festival stages and the top of the UK Album charts within a few short years. Their catchy, synth-forward blend of Brit-pop and indi...
Blossoms
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 21 June 2025
Stockport quintet Blossoms burst onto the Manchester scene in the 2010s, quickly rising from local clubs to festival stages and the top of the UK Album charts within a few short years. Their catchy, synth-forward blend of Brit-pop and indi...Blossoms
Delamere Forest, Northwich
Saturday 21 June 2025
Stockport quintet Blossoms burst onto the Manchester scene in the 2010s, quickly rising from local clubs to festival stages and the top of the UK Album charts within a few short years. Their catchy, synth-forward blend of Brit-pop and indi...Pulp
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Although formed in Sheffield in 1978 by 15 year old schoolboy Jarvis Cocker, the critically acclaimed indie rock band Pulp only first came to fame in the Britpop era, scoring their first Top 40 hit in 1994 with "Do You Remember the First Ti...Bright Eyes
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 21 June 2025
Uncommon intensity and tenderness, communal exorcism and personal excavation are qualities that fans of American indie folk rockers Bright Eyes have come to expect, nearly three decades into their career. The tight-knit band of Conor Obe...Ohasis - Tribute to Oasis
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Saturday 21 June - Friday 5 December 2025
Ohsais play the songs in the most current live arrangements, with amazing accuracy. Nailing the Oasis look was very important, as image is everything; and was everything to Oasis. The band take the stage show very seriously, meticulously re...
Chris Helme (The Seahorses)
The Green Room Goose Green Altrincham, Warrington
Sunday 22 June 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...Start to End - Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 26 June - Sunday 13 July 2025
A group of Scotland's leading young musicians perform a selection of albums from Start to End. Organised by Admiral Fallow's Joe Rattray with Pronto Mama duo Craig McMahon and Martin Johnston. ...TV On the Radio
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 27 June 2025
After a pause of several years, influential Brooklyn art rock trio TVOTR are back. In the 10 years since their last album Seeds, each of the members have explored other creative side projects, ranging from the studio to the screen. And now...HANNAH MAZEY
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 28 June 2025
Hailing from the working-class town of Wigan, Hannah Mazey's talent has quickly caught the attention of major platforms like BBC Radio, XS Manchester, Fresh on the Net and an A-List artist on Future Hits Radio. Tongue in cheek lyrics and No...Japanese Breakfast
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 29 June 2025
South Korean born, American raised indie pop artist Michelle Zauner, frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast, has garnered acclaim for the way she pours her own life into the universe of each song to tell real stories, and allowing those universes...Faye Webster
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Emotional and musical alchemy, Atlanta, Georgia, Faye Webster's indie folk sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap an...Elbow
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Elbow are an English rock band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1997. The band consists of Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner. They have played together since 1990, adopting the name Elbow in 1997Having built a dese...
Lucy Dacus
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 2 July 2025
From Richmond, Virginia, indie folk rocker Lucy Dacus's voice, both audible and on the page, has a healer's power to soothe and ground and reckon while her lyrics feel destined for countless yearbook quotes and first tattoos. She is full of...The Charlatans
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Thursday 3 July 2025
The West Midlands-formed, Northwich-relocated Madchester legends have notched up seventeen Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 Top 40 singles, including nineties Top 10 hits "One to Another", "The Only One I Know...Shed Seven
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Friday 4 July 2025
Perpetual underdogs, Shed Seven seldom received critical acceptance, yet the York-formed indie legends were one of the leading lights of Britpop with two gold albums, 15 Top 40 singles and a legion of loyal fans. Their thunderous indie-rock...Arctic Numpties - Tribute to Arctic Monkeys
The Met, Bury
Friday 4 July 2025
Barnsley and Sheffield's premium tribute to Arctic Monkeys, playing hits from all their albums. ...Antarctic Monkeys - The Official Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 5 July 2025
The Official International Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band formed from a jamming session, and became a phenomenon in their own right, travelling the UK and Europe with numerous tours. The demand is now more than ever. Firmly established on the ...FIDLAR
Gorilla, Manchester
Monday 7 July 2025
Muscular jacked-up party-punk 'n' snotty garage-surf from the SoCal skating kooks, aka "Fuck It Dawg, Life's a Risk." The Los Angeles band are known for their short, fast songs about partying and drugs. ...The Black Keys
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Wednesday 9 July 2025
Entering the third decade of their existence, chart-topping Ohio duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their 2002 debut album 'The Big Come Up' with more rough blues-rock directly linking back to the ban...Bloc Party
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Thursday 10 July 2025
Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Their ...Gustaf
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 10 July 2025
Brooklyn's Gustaf have built a kind of buzz that feels like it comes from a different era. The art punk 5 piece rapidly established a reputation as one of New York's "hardest working... and most reliably fun bands" (BrooklynVegan), and exci...Oasis
Heaton Park, Manchester
Friday 11 - Sunday 20 July 2025
Manchester rock legends Oasis have ended years of feverish speculation with the confirmation of a long awaited run of comeback shows after 14 years of bitter seperation/ This will be one of the biggest live moments and hottest tickets of th...That Night In Manchester
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 11 July 2025
That Night in Manchester is a brand new musical regaling the audience with a nostalgic and emotional journey through the heady days of the 80s and 90s Manchester indie scene. The audience will be taken back to the vibrant and exhilarating ...
Definitely Mightbe - Tribute to Oasis
Definitely Maybe Bar, Manchester
Friday 11 - Sunday 20 July 2025
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 ...Oas-is - Oasis Tribute Band
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 11 July 2025
What's the story? Some might say Oas-is are definitely, NOT maybe the best Oasis tribute out there! They are the only act to tour with a full video show, using some of the same equipment and visuals/footage that Oasis used on their tours...Wheezed at 33 Oldham St
33 Oldham Street, Manchester
Friday 11 July 2025
Wheezed (Weezer tribute act) return to Manchester for their longest, most complete set to date...Ben Ottewell (Gomez) at The Green Room Altrincham
The Green Room, Altrincham
Sunday 13 July 2025
Join us for a special evening with Ben Ottewell, as he brings his soulful sound and powerful songwriting to The Green Room....Jessica Pratt
