COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
COUNTRY & FOLK MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Country & Folk Music in Manchester
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 4 - Sat 8 Feb 2025
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
Manchester Academy
Sat 31 May - Sat 6 Sep 2025
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....
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...Warren Zeiders
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February 2025
Pennsylvania country music singer and songwriter Warren Zeiders found fame posting covers on TikTok before his original songs, including "Ride the Lightning", gained over 500 million views. He signed with Warner Records and re-released "Rid...A Tribute To The Carpenters
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 13 February 2025
It's time to get over that rainbow and make the smallest of dreams come true as the Entertainers present A Tribute to the Carpenters, featuring Gordy Marshall's The British Carpenters and starring the fantastic Sally Creedon as Karen Carpen...Oh My God It's The Church
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2025
The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but there is nothing mysterious about the rise of the phenomenon that is - Oh My God! It's The Church. Original, outrageous, irreverent, and endlessly entertaining, OMGITC have had a monumental few ye...Anna B Savage
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2025
A sense of rootedness is at the heart of Anna B Savage?s third record You and i are Earth, a record that is as much about healing as it is an unbowed sense of curiosity, and, more simply, ?a love letter to a man and to Ireland?. Following o...
James Blunt
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
James Blunt's 2005 single You're Beautiful catapulted the former British Army officer into the spotlight. The track was the second single from his 11x Platinum-selling debut album Back To Bedlam, and hit the No.1 spot on the official UK...Nerina Pallot
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
Having been nominated for an Ivor Novello and Brit Award, Jersey-raised pop rock star Nerina Pallot has had an exciting music career, writing and performing her own pieces alongside working with artists like Kylie Minogue. She scored UK Top...Mad Dog Mcrea
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and "shake your ass" music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flie...High On Life - Single Launch Manchester
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Sunday 16 February 2025
Emilia Quinn unveils her newest single 'High On Life' with full band single launch party in Manchester. With support from Jake O'Neill and TBA...
Oliver Anthony
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 19 February 2025
In August 2023, Hank Williams-influenced Virgina country-folk singer-songwriter Christopher Lunsford - who performs under his grandfather's name "Oliver Anthony" in homage to the Depression era in which he lived - became the first artist ...Calum Bowie
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
Calum Bowie is an Edinburgh based singer-songwriter from Banchory in Aberdeenshire whose presence among the Scottish music scene has grown exponentially, with his captivating melodies and authentic lyrics fuelling his uplifting music, his c...
Keith James - The Songs of Nick Drake
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Keith James performs a haunting and immaculately crafted concert of the songs of Nick Drake, one of the most revered and loved of all this country's Singer/Songwriters. Two decades have now passed since singer/guitarist Keith James became t...Shovel Dance Collective
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Nurturing a passion for the folk musics of the British Isles and Ireland with experimental tendencies, London's Shovel Dance Collective explore the ways in which traditional music holds queer histories, proto-feminist narratives and the voi...McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Sunday 23 February 2025
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle. Name a more iconic trio... I'll wait. First jamming together as teenagers, a quarter century later these Celtic folk heroes are still combining forces to share music with the world. Combinin...Carly Pearce
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 24 February 2025
2018's Radio Disney The Freshest! Country Best New Artist winner and a 2019 ACM Awards New Female Artist of the Year and iHeartRadio Music Awards Best New Country Artist nominee, Kentucky's Carly Pearce continues to be a loyal advocate of C...Sturgill Simpson
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 27 February 2025
Grammy-award winning Kentucky Outlaw country star Sturgill Simpson delivers "sleazy, steamy rock n roll" With nods to psychedelic drug chronicler Rick Strassman and a cover of Mancunian synth-pop also-rans When in Rome's "The Promise" his ...Miss Americana - A Tribute to Taylor Swift by Xenna
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 2 March 2025
Step into the unparalleled world of Taylor Swift and her Eras experience in this electrifying show presented by RED Entertainment, Cuffe & Taylor and Live Nation, featuring the incredible Xenna - a celebration of the iconic pop sensation's ...Darren Kiely
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 3 March 2025
Hailing from a quaint town in Co. Cork, Ireland, Darren Kiely's folk-infused pop sound originates from his inherited love of traditional Irish music, intertwined with modern influences such as The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, and Noah Kahan. ...The Ocelots
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Twins from Wexford, Ireland, Brandon and Ashley have crafted their songwriting and musical experience together to produce a forceful blend of rich harmonies and bare, raw acoustic folk. The Ocelots started originally through busking around ...Chris Helme (The Seahorses)
Bask Live Wigan, Wigan
Thursday 6 March 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...Sean Rowe
Yes, Manchester
Thursday 6 March 2025
Though he grew up in the generally frozen landscape of Troy, New York, Sean Rowe spent many of his formative summers in DeLand, Florida where his father was a residential caretaker at a home for troubled youths. It was there, in a mercifull...WILLE & THE BANDITS
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Friday 7 March 2025
Cornwall's Wille and the Bandits have been praised by critics for being one of the most dynamic bands around the globe, as they move from riff-tastic rock and roll to more acoustic sensibilities that only few bands manage. The use of strin...Fionn Regan
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Irish folk musician Fionn Regan has fine-tuned a sensibility of his own since the acoustic poetry of his debut album, 2006's Mercury Prize-shortlisted The End of History. Since then, he has travelled between band-based detours and the glea...David Kushner
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 10 March 2025
Compared to Bon Iver and Hozier, Chicago singer-songwriter went viral on TikTok in 2022 with his song "Miserable Man", which peaked at number 11 on the charts in Norway and number 19 in Ireland, additionally reaching the top 40 in Austral...Bear's Den
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
British folk rock duo from London, formed in 2012, who have released three studio albums: Islands (UK no.49), Red Earth & Pouring Rain (UK no.6) and So That You Might Hear Me (no.13). The band has been nominated for several music awards thr...Alec Benjamin
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Critically acclaimed Arizona-born, New York-raised and University of Southern California enrolled folk pop singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin breakthrough in 2018 when his single "Let Me Down Slowly" reached the top 40 in over 25 countries, i...The Weather Station
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
The critically acclaimed Canadian folk band, fronted by Toronto songwriter Tamara Lindeman, with her gentle, conversational, intoning voice, deliver jagged music, with stabbing strings, saxophone, and several layers of percussion. Emergi...IDER
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
North London-based "cross-genre" electropop duo IDER are back. Formed after meeting at Falmouth Univeristy, Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville have cited Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Beyonce, ...Michael Kiwanuka
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Michael Kiwanuka is a British singer-songwriter (indie rock/folk rock/soul) and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted...Beans on Toast
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
The foolhardy cult folk legend and accomplished songwriter offers some hope and light relief from this bizarre world in which we find ourselves, singing simple songs about complicated subjects. Joined by a brand new live band, Beans will be...
The Mary Wallopers
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
Described by The Guardian as "invoking the raucous ghosts of The Dubliners and The Pogues to startling effect", The Mary Wallopers are a folk group from Dundalk, Ireland, breathing new life into both well known & rare ballads. Travelling th...The Breath
The Met, Bury
Saturday 15 March 2025
Nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019, Rioghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum are the creative heart of bewitching Manchester alt-folk act The Breath. And for them, it's all about the song. Connolly writes the only way she knows ho...Joshua Burnside
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 15 March 2025
Joshua Burnside is an experimental folk songwriter, singer and producer. He takes influence from alternative electronica and Irish folk, chopping and blending them with a mixture of found sounds, world music and unorthodox production method...Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Monday 17 March 2025
Direct from the West End, the show brings to life the music of Ireland's favourite sons 'The Dubliners'. Telling the story of a career spanning 50 years and evoking the spirit of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Jim McCann, Ciaran B...The Dublin Legends (The Dubliners)
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Following the sudden death of founding member Barney McKenna in 2012 and John Sheahan's' decision to retire it was agreed that The Dubliners, as a touring band, would end and The Dublin Legends were born. The Dublin Legends - Sean Cannon, P...Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball (Gomez)
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball are best known as members of Gomez, the Southport rock act whose debut album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. As Gomez never had a designated frontman, Ottewell, Ball, and Tom Gray all sang, and t...Clairo
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 19 - Thursday 20 March 2025
Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American lo-fi folk pop singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13, rising to pro...Nadia Reid
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 19 March 2025
New Zealand folk artist Nadia Reid has praised the world over for her intimate, complex songwriting. She is described by The Guardian as "an understated, wise guide through uncertain territory", while her lyrics are called "allegorical... b...Manchester Folk Festival - Festival Pass
Various Venues, Manchester
Thursday 20 - Saturday 22 March 2025
Manchester Folk Festival is an urban multi-venue festival based in Manchester's Northern Quarter. The festival takes place in March and brings together a diverse range of artists who represent the broad definition of contemporary folk mu...Cara Dillon
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
Cara Dillon, the multi-award winning Northern Irish singer, returns to perform some of her favourite and most popular songs. Cara has been celebrated as one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in the world and continu...Peter's Field
