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
Live Forever - The Rise of Oasis
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 10 January 2025
The first ever production of its kind, Live Forever celebrates the story of the greatest rock 'n' roll band the UK has ever seen... Oasis! You'll be transported back to the 90s where audiences will follow the band's meteoric rise to fame; f...Death or Glory - Tribute to The Clash
The Spinning Top, Stockport
Friday 10 January 2025
Formed on International Clash Day in 2023, Manchester-based tribute band provide a young and energetic stage show, delivering a near like-for-like night of live music that is as close to the intensity of The Clash as you can get. With a lo...The Blockheads
The Met, Bury
Saturday 11 January 2025
Performing a large selection of their classic songs spanning over 5 decades. Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Dury's album New Boots and Panties on the first Stiff Records tour of the UK. The Blockheads are now fronted by one of Ian's best fri...Joshua Bassett
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 16 January 2025
The Californian actor and pop rock singer-songwriter is best known for his starring role as Ricky Bowen in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. As a solo musician, he has scored the international hit "Lie Lie Lie" and collaborated...Good Looks
IST IST
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
Regularly condemned as too 'out there' to be successful; through sheer determination, hard work and a bulging catalogue of songs, Ist Ist continue to silence the doubters and move from strength to strength. Displaying an arrogance akin to t...Martyn Joseph
The Met, Bury
Friday 17 January 2025
A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, the jaw dropping guitar player has developed a unique percussive style with a powerful show stopping voice, which has seen him dubbed "The Welsh Springsteen". Take ...The Belair Lip Bombs
Yes, Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
Now Wave presents The Belair Lip Bombs at YES Basement, Manchester on 17th January 2025...The Magic Numbers
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 18 January 2025
The Magic Numbers are a UK-based four-piece comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters (Romeo and Michele Stodart, Sean and Angela Gannon) who are known for their unique harmonies, melodic hooks, songwriting craftsmanship and their timele...
Better Lovers
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 19 January 2025
A Buffalo, New York, hardcore punk supergroup of tried-and-true musicians got together and found the sort of camaraderie and kinship you typically only find once in a lifetime. Formed in 2023, the group consists of Fit For An Autopsy vocal...
Ron Pope
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Monday 20 January 2025
Critically-acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Ron Pope has drawn comparisons to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, while also refusing to put him squarely into one category. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one ...Ron Pope
The Night And Day Caf?, Manchester
Monday 20 January 2025
Critically-acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Ron Pope has drawn comparisons to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, while also refusing to put him squarely into one category. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one ...
An Audience with Mark & Lard
The Lowry, Salford
Thursday 23 January 2025
The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the 'Mark and Lard Show' come to an end with a resounding: 'STOP...!' Now fully twenty-one years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: '... CARRY ...Say Anything
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Max Bemis's Los Angeles emo pop-punk band Say Anything return. Famed for their sardonic, literary sense of humour balanced out with a sense of intense catharsis, they scored five Top 40 albums in the USA between 2007 and 2016. ...The Rainband
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Manchester's The Rainband are back! Founded in 2010 by lead singer Martin Finnigan and guitarist Phil Rainey - who made his name with Peter Hook's cult combo Monaco - their single "Rise Again", a tribute to legendary MotoGP rider Marco Simo...
Heavy Lungs plus Special Guests
The Boulevard Wigan, Wigan
Friday 24 January 2025
Heavy Lungs stop off at Wigan as part of their UK tour....Neck Deep
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
The "biggest band you've never heard of" has stepped onto the world stage, but it won't be long before that adage is a distant memory. The Wrexham underground heroes turned breakout stars with three UK Top 10 albums continue carving out the...Destroy Boys
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Californian punk rockers Destroy Boys embrace everything from garage punk to 90's college indie rock. Â Â ...Purple Hearts
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Mod Legends Purple Hearts celebrate the 45th anniversary of their seminal debut LP 'Beat That!'. Purple Hearts were formed in 1978 after the demise of The Sockets, their previous band. The band's debut single 'Millions Like Us' hit the ...Du Blonde
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 26 January 2025
Now Wave presents Du Blonde at Yes Basement on 26th January 2025...
Lake Street Dive
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Since forming in 2004, Lake Street Dive have matched their sophisticated musicianship with a fearless refusal to limit their sound, creating joyously soulful rock & roll with equal parts ingenuity, intelligence, and irresistible abandon. F...
Joshua Radin
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
Joshua Radin emerged in 2004 as an empathetic, engaging, and often enthralling troubadour. Over the years, he's tallied north of 1 billion streams, moved 1 million-plus albums worldwide, and scored a gold certification for the single "I'd R...Coast Noir
The Rifles
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 31 January 2025
 London indie outfit the Rifles rose to popularity in the mid-2000s with a jaunty garage rock & roll sound that's equal parts Jam-like swagger and a playfulness not unlike contemporaries the Kooks. First grabbing public attention with the...
Casey Lowery (Casey Lowry)
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 1 February 2025
 One of the most talked-about names in bedroom guitar pop and all-conquering king of indie TikTok, the future hero from Chesterfield takes to the road. ...
Field Music
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 6 February 2025
Field Music on Band on The Wall on 6th February 2025....
Sam Greenfield
Yes, Manchester
Friday 7 February 2025
Now Wave presents Sam Greenfield at YES Pink Room on 7th February 2024...
Kawala
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 8 February 2025
Starting their musical journey while studying in Leeds, North London duo Jim (vocals) and Dan (acoustic guitar, vocals) quickly developed a distinctive sound as an acoustic indie-folk act, finding inspiration from a range of musical styles....Manilla Times
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 8 February 2025
 Emerging indie rockers Manilla Times, hailed as one of XS Manchester's "Ones to Watch 24", deliver infectious anthems brimming with energy and nostalgia. Originating from small towns in Ireland and North Wales, the band-comprising Jack M...
Billy Lockett
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sunday 9 February 2025
Northampton piano man has been playlisted on Radio 1, supported Lewis Capaldi, Electric Light Orchestra, Birdy, Lana del Rey and KT Tunstall, and performed on Made In Chelsea, James Corden's Late Late Show. He has written, recorded, perform...
Hamish Hawk
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February 2025
Rich of voice and even richer of imagination, Edinburgh born indie singer-songwriter Hamish Hawk creates musical pen-portraits as vivid in lyric as they are in melody. He has established himself as a writer of heartfelt, headstrong, unasham...
Bilk
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2025
Bilk are three musicians creating a unique angsty blend of indie, rap, rock n roll and punk from the suburbs of Essex, UK. Their honest social commentary is as real as it gets, reflecting on the highs and lows of British culture today. ...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
